Darn, I can't get into Malice's blog or your sites and I really wanted to show my mom how she looks like. Ah well, next time.

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! ^____________^ Hope it went well and you got some great presents, my dear!!

Satsuki-chan, your blog layouts are some of my favorites. Even if I don't believe in Snape/Remus, we're both in danger of being on the wrong end of the canon with the Sirius/Remus out there. But hey, Long live the wrongness of Snape slash!

Maria, sending healing vibes for your husband. I hope he feels better soon! As for the fic, take your time. It could always be a Birthday fic anyways :D

Ali, you're the only person I know who draws super deformed SQUIRRELS. But they are cute ^^

The Babe is Back! *hugs* I miss you!

Of course there's more (about six hundred movie reviews coming up and some gushes on the beauty of Geena Davis -- A League of their Own is such a great movie!) but I'm late for something so get back to the rest of you later.

Because I'm sure everyone wants to know how Miss Leeka spends her New Year: I am off to the drugstore to buy a bottle of valium. Every year since 1999, I have slept through New Year, as I am afraid of the world ending. This fear is due partly because of my religious upbringing, partly because I watch too much Buffy, and partly because of that Y2K scare from a couple of years ago that I never recovered from. So tonight at midnight, after six near-comatose hours of watching movies, I will be drugged out and asleep while everyone else is doing whatever they do at New Year. Probably a count-down and some firecrackers. Those who were awake, let me know what went on when the world ended. Thanks.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Monday, December 31, 2001, 01:23 p.m.

YOU!. Get back here! I miss you like you wouldn't believe. And "Everyone Loves Kamui" was hilarious, Kerianne. Good luck with it in the contest!

Would I be against homosexuality if I became Christian? Okay, I take back what I said about going around tell homosexuals to watch their sins, but should I become a Christian, and then someone asks me about how I feel about the subject, I would have to follow what the Bible says. Keri, I know my rants on religion are confusing, but that's because I'm confused about Christianity myself. I'm not against it, and I love the people, but at the same time, I have issues with it, Homosexuality and Hell mostly.

Anyways, Kim, I still think if you're going to be a Practising Christian, as oppose to merely someone who believes in God, or who is Christian because it's their family background, you should be following the Bible. Which doesn't mean you should be casting a hateful eye on homosexuals or not hanging around prostitutes. Christianity isn't about respectability, but it is about telling people to get off the wrong path. Jesus did hang around prostitutes and other "sinners", but he told them to sin no more after he talked to them. Mind you, he was also willing to tell off the rich, the righteous, and the pharisees so no biases there. Great, now I sound like a preacher. Can you tell I have a very fundamental Christian background?

Anyways, Kim, about this: I have broken my nose, been kicked in the chest by a horse, thrown into electric fences, bitten by numerous types of animals, stabbed, and set on fire Good grief, girl, what were you doing!?

Lika frolicked in the snow at Saturday, December 29, 2001, 01:37 a.m.

Audrey, good to have your back! Hope your holidays went well. Kim, glad I can laugh even if you were in pain, because that account of your trip to the emergency was hilarious. Taryn, if Kevin likes lesbians, he might like this movie. Mmm... Chingmy Yau. She's yummy.

And I agree with on the Christian thing. Pacifist Christians who says other Christian who says homosexuality is wrong and who go around telling people to watch their sins are hypocrites are the real hypocrites. I'll take out my Bible and list a bunch of verses to prove my point. If you're going to be a Christian, don't do a half-ass job of it. Stop swearing, stop telling people they can't judge sins, be loud and freaky and REVOLUTIONARY. That's what Jesus was about, and Jesus kick ass. If I'm going to be a Christian, I'll be like Jesus, telling the hyprocrites off and telling people, including homosexuals, to watch their sins (he would have given an earful to the teachers who were raping Native students in the Residential School), fighting for the good of humanity, because that's what you're suppose to do. Not be a humming and sitting on your hands being a waterdown pacifist. And that was Rant Number One.

Now for Rant Number Two: I don't mind the question "Where are you from?" "What nationality are you?" (insanely pissed off with "Where were you born?" though), and stuff like that, but I'm annoyed when people can't accept, "I'm Canadian" for the answer. Look folks, if I say I'm from the Bahamas, you accept it. If you look at my hair and skin color and want to put me in a category, go for it. Just don't expect me to say I'm anything other than what I want to say. It's not that I'm ashamed of my heritage, it's that I'm not a part of that heritage. I do not speak or read or understand the language, I can't stand their food, I don't particularly like the people, I have no intentions of leaving Canada, I most certainly CAN'T do well in math and science. I'm Canadian. Just Canadian. Accept it and move on.

Thirdly, about sexual orientation, if she likes guys but calls herself a lesbian, let her. I don't care if the labels are wrong. I don't care if it's natural, decision, whatever. All I know, all I CARE about is that I like pretty HK actresses and a certain redhead soapland hostess. Plus a rabbit.

Luckily, people online I've met don't care about those thing either *happy grin*

Lika frolicked in the snow at Thursday, December 27, 2001, 01:25 p.m.

To anyone who wants to sniff at my adoration for HK movies, and at The Heroic Trio and Swordsman II in particular, remember, you read X. I'll leave it at that ^^

Before I talk about my Christmas, I will refer everyone to this link that the lovely Maria gave me. It's a wonderful essay on Buffy and why it's such a good show: because it deals with real life stuff, such as finances.

About Christmas, I watched war movies. How the pendulum has shifted. It used to be I would be bringing home the heavy movies like "Slingblade" and "Sweet Hereafter" while my sister would bring home her teen movies like "She's All That" and "Never Been Kissed." Now I'm bringing home the campy stuff and she made me watch Grand Illusion and Open City on Christmas Day.

Luckily, we watched Open City first, because had we ended with that movie, I would be depressed. It's an Italian movie about WWII, and there's a bunch of things going on, but the thing you will probably remember it for is the torture scene. It's so gruesome and horrifying and realistic. It's short, but it gets to you. It made me think about the all the torture that was going on, unbearable and horrible torture to get people to betray others, to betray themselves, and to punish people for believing in something. It's also a powerful movie on the endurance and faith. That someone could remain that loyal and keep their mouth shut despite all the pain is amazing. Even more amazing is the friend watching the torture who wants to talk to save his friend from the pain, but won't. That's incredible strength. It's a really moving and beautiful movie, highly recommanded, though maybe not on Christmas. I told my sister after it was done that if she brings another movie that ends in torture and death on Christmas I'm smacking her. Next year, we're watching "It's a Wonderful Life."

Grand Illusion made no sense to me, but I guess it's because it's an illusion. French movie, takes place in WWI and about a bunch of guys who wants to get out of their German prison. Unlike the first one, this is much lighter and funnier but not without its sad and touching scene. I love the dragshow, the digging of the tunnel, and my favorite, the life at Elsa's farm. I love the bit with Elsa's farm. If it was an illusion, it was a nice, fluffy illusion. With romance *sniff* You know what a sucker I am for romance. He better come back for Elsa when the war is done. He better.

Anyways, I'm going to make my sister watch Bullet in the Head since she made me watch Open City XD They're both great movies.

Ended the little Christmas war thing with re-reading Rilla of Ingleside. Montgomery is a goddess. She's an amazing author and creates characters that I totally dig. I like characters, couldn't care less about plot, though the plot here is very good. Anne Shirley's children during WWI, and I can't imagine a mother's pain when she sends off her sons to war. The daughters are working at the Red Cross centres across Canada. Rilla is doing her share at Glen St. Mary (in P.E.I.) Their lives are totally different Anne's twinkling one at Green Gables. It's a really good novel, one of the best to come out of Canada, Montgomery's usual brand of humour and strength and emotions. Hers were the first novels I read as a child and they remain a favorite. They may never be a classic like stuff from James Joyce or Virginia Woolf or Faulkner, but they have a lot more heart than any of those authors ever will. That for me puts her high above them.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Thursday, December 27, 2001, 12:05 p.m.

I swear to God the bathtub scene was only ten seconds long. Ten seconds of heaven to make up for the big bag of wrong that was The Executioners. I went out and borrowed the sequel to the Heroic Trio because we got free five rentals (ROB IS SO THE MAN!). I watched it with a fast-forward button to minimalised the wrongness and it still crept in. The Heroic Trio was awesome not just for the female bonding the relationship between the three beauties, but also for the relationship between Tung and her husband and Ching and the scientist. I know the husband said that the more they were married, the harder it was to communicate with each other, and that's realistic, but I wasn't in the mood for realism. I wanted that beautiful relationship back, especially with that happened to him as well as the Scientist. Men don't fare well in this movie. Not that they did in the first one, but it's unforgivable here. Especially when the trio should be powerful enough to stop it. Come on, these are the same three girls who can break through walls, beat up a gang of hostage holders and who could save others from an extremely powerful demon, even diverting bullets. I still can't believe Chat got screwed over by one mere mortal who had a puny gun. Add on THE BIG MISTAKE which I was forewarned off and therefore fast-forwarded through and I was still screaming and pulling my hair out. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IDEA HOW WRONG THAT WAS!?

On the upside, Anita Mui has never looked lovelier. Yes, I watch stuff just for pretty faces. Why do you think I hung onto the X Files for so long? Scully's pretty facade, that's right. Until I saw House of Mirth and realise she can't act and not even a pretty face can make up for that fault. Back to Miss Mui, she's just gorgeous here and I was rewinding some scenes just to see that lovely face again. Maggie Cheung looked especially beautiful at the church. Classic Maggie Cheung beauty :D And when doesn't Michelle Yoeh look anything less than stunning? Yes, all three of them *can* act as well.

Other good points: The aforesaid bathtub scene is a dream, Tung's daughter is adorable and I love the idea of her as a mother, and of course, female bonding. I love it when they hug each other. I am a female-bonding whore, but I don't squeals at every single movie that has it. Most leave me cold, but this gets extra squeals. There's no female bunch like the three of them. They're a wonderful group of very human, full blooded characters who would do anything for each other. It's great to watch that, especially in The Heroic Trio where that atttitude actually gets them somewhere.

I love the Heroic Trio. The more I see it, the less campy and over-the-top it seems and the more well-structured and moving it gets. Not that campy and over-the-top is not good. Exploding brains will always be a crowd-pleaser at my house *cheers* Executioners could do with similar humour and campiness. Skip Executioners, get The Heroic Trio. It's a fantastic film, surpassed for me only by Swordsman II. And you can't get better than Swordsman II.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Thursday, December 27, 2001, 10:56 a.m.

As it officially Christmas here, well-wishes goes to the following darlings
Alison, my goddess, you are a dream, and good luck on the CFA contest
Satsuki-chan, one of the oldest and the best, still loving you like mad
Ammie, my moon princess, have the loveliest holiday with your family
Malice and Jenni, you two are neat. Have an awesome holiday!
Jeannie, hope your hand is better and you don't spend the day at the hospital but opening presents and other goodies
Meta-darling One day you're getting a real-life SMUSH
Linh, May all remain well with the world and have a swanky Yuletide.
Maria-dearest, good luck on the CFA contest. Have a wonderful Christmas with Bob.
Anna, All the BEST for the Number one Onee-sama in the world.
Azure, I love you! Merry Christmas
KerianneLove you too, my dear, and have a great Christmas!
Sarah, you are too cool. Hope the holdays goes well for you.
Ali, Enjoy the break from school!! You so deserve it.
ali, Tom will be back before you know it. Merry Christmas!
Epeeblade, Heh heh, Official Librarian
Kim, I swear, the links will change soon. Happy Holidays!
Taryn, Happy 17th!!
Shinri, you amazing ficcer. Best wishes, dear.
Lany, Get your blog. And phone me! MERRY CHRISTMAS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!!! ^___^

Lika frolicked in the snow at Tuesday, December 25, 2001, 12:21 a.m.

Read Sandman Never read a whole volume in one day. It bogs you down. I couldn't sleep after wards. My sister kept asking me if I liked it and I couldn't answer it. It's nothing something you like, you just experience it, and it grabbed me totally and when I was finished, I couldn't stop thinking about it. It was just really really heavy, and there's images and scenes and people that keep repeating in my mind. Rosemary, Dee, Alex, Unity Kinkaid, a boy who died at sixteen after he couldn't sleep for a year, a diner in the dark, The Sound of Her Wings<-- Most LOVELY chapter. I really can't say I liked it, especially the hell part and I have this fear of anything to do with hell, but at the same time, it was totally alive to me. It's kind of like an experience you didn't like having, but you're glad you had it. It's one of the highest compliments I can give.

Saw Psycho. Fruit Cellars *evil laugh* Talk about tension. I was at the edge of my seat, sort of hopping and jumping during the second half. I miss thrillers. I remember there being some gems of them in the 80s, like The Hand that Rocked the Cradle and Single White Female, none of them as good as Psycho though.

For those who asked, No, I do not speak Chinese. So I don't read it. Or undertsand it for that matter. I can, however, speak Pig-Latin. Because I'm cool of course.

Spent an hour trying to talk my sister into giving me the present she got me at the CBS, which apparently she helped her with. The suspense is killing me.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Monday, December 24, 2001, 11:57 p.m.

Jean Grey is staring at me from Jeannie's printer as I type this. I would stare her down only she has no eyeballs so I don't think that would work very well. The yellow and blue is pretty, with Sandman next to me, and a bag of Snape yummies from these two awesomes nearby. The Snape shrine shall now commence, as well as a new interest in pool, which is a totally cool game if I could play it well, but hey, I got two balls in! Darts went better as the clock got finished with only minimal cheating. As for the dancing, who would have thought moving in time with music could be so difficult? Jeannie could shake a mean booty though, and therefore, I am now in her thraldom. And I swear, I'm stealing that dog of yours!

Lika frolicked in the snow at Saturday, October 20, 2001, 12:06 p.m.

Christmas rush, Santa Claus visit, All-night vigils with family, Shopping like crazy and I'm still behind. Plus there's a Christmas party tonight *beams* Some (very) quick replies before I get back to RL:

Alison-darling, glad you're feeling better! Glad you got so many compliments on the layout, and okay, fine, eye aside, it is a pretty one.

Sats, my dear, I want Snape and SIRIUS to get together, not Snape and Remus! Though a threesome might solve the problem :) And those badges are squeal-worthy. Though not as squeal-worthy as the chibi-Karen on a broom that this babe drew for me. You're a great artist! I'm so keeping the envelope. And yes, I've been checking out the card like crazy. Thank you!

In that case, good job stickers to Beth, Kerianne (love your Christmas fic!), and Elanor. And you deserve some credit too. The LotR movie sounds pants-wettingly good.

Maria, my mom says I'm selfish (true) and lazy (very true) because I said I don't want to raise kids of my own. Well, think about it, do you want a selfish and lazy person as a parent? I wonder how many abusive parents were told they would love being parents once they had kids? If people automatically turned loving and kind once kids were born, there would no such thing as parental neglect and abuse, but there is. The logic of some people fail me. Stick to your guns, girl! I admire you for it :D I'm glad you quit your job, especially since it wasn't what you wanted. I'm sure you'll find something you like and everything will work out fine.

SANDMAN ROCKS!!! Yes, Sarah, I loved it tons. Thank-you! *hugs her graphic-novel*

Okay, I'm off. Must wrap a certain somebody's Christmas gift. Talk about last minute >_<

Lika frolicked in the snow at Friday, December 21, 2001, 10:09 a.m.

HOLY SHIT, SARAH!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! Talk about scream-worthy!! This is one of the best Christmas ever *laughs* Wow. My mother didn't see the beauty in it, but I was all giggles and adoration when I flipped through it. Expect some rants about it in the next blog entry. Life is good ^__^

Also bought myself Ultimate X Men about my boy Gambit as a Christmas present for myself. Dumbledore indeed.

I'm trying to figure out if I should take out The Executioners. It's a sequel to The Heroic Trio, which is one of my favorite movies of all time, but it's way more depressing and knowing the spoilers, I know I'm going to scream and pull out my hair at the end. On the other hand, my three fave girls are in it, and it has this scene!!! Indecision >_<

The links to your left will be changed eventually, mostly sites/blogs will be added, and a couple changed. Whenever poor Metamia gets the time *hugs* Hope you're feeling better.

More social blog later. Mumsy wants me to do dishes at her side. Augh! After I finish the dishes here!!

Lika frolicked in the snow at Wednesday, December 19, 2001, 07:31 p.m.

You know what I said about the world being overpopulated and we should keep the birth rates down? That doesn't apply to Ammie. Because I want to have all her twenty eight babies. *TACKLES&GLOMPHER* Should I find this babe on the street (and is she *ever* a babe!), she's so getting jumped.

Love and Peace. Love and Peace. Love and Peace
Hee! I Love Trigun!! That show kicks up a storm of mad booty, and the two girls who are following are, for a change, *not* annoying! Meryl and Milly are definitely some of my favorite anime characters. I watched the second tape of the series and Hoo boy, does that show rocks. As does My Father is a Hero, which is a most dumb title, but the movie itself is really cool. Jet Li and Anita Mui is in it, and it's so feeding my Anita Mui obsession.

Ali, if the lyrics was in Chinese, I wouldn't understand it, and if they were in English, I never heard, but if the song is by Anita Mui, I will get my hands on it. I've only heard three of her songs and they're all my type of music. I'm glad your exams are over. Mine ended on Saturday and it's like, "FREEDOM." They were horrible, but they're over, so sit back, my dear, relax, and enjoy the holidays. You deserve it. Do keep up the Christmas carols. It's great knowing the lyrics to them for a change XD

I'm glad your exams are over too, ali and you're back at home :) I was thinking the magazine might be a little to sombre for Christmas, but the art was so amazing and touching. And we have a serious lack of anime stuff here XD Actually, I really love the mag myself, so I'm glad you do too. Have a great holiday with your folks! *hugs back*

Kerianne, sorry about your bad day yesterday. Hope today was better. I totally know what you mean about writing overdramatic fics. I do that all the time. In one my first drafts, I had a character changing emotions six times in eight lines. Plus I have this thing with exclamations and swear words and over gushing about happiness and gratitude and all that jazz. But that's what revisions are for. Chances are the plot is just fine. You just have to go through the fic again and snip out a few lines, tone down some festures, cut a few emotion-changes (if your character is changing emotions six times in eight lines, he's going going too far). It's actually a lot of fun, especially since the fic usually ends up shorter and I like short fics because I find they're more concise than long ones that drag on forever. I love revising to calm down melodrama. I hate revising for grammar and sentence structure and to get the writing to "flow". So I don't XD Anyways, Keri, I enjoy your writing so don't give up.

Also like Kim's stuff. A most excellent Keiichi/Kamui Christmas one. Your characterisation of those two is much better than a lot of people who say they have hate OOC. Blah. Love your take on their character and the situation.

Speaking of fanfic, I still can't believe Malice is more or less in charge of the CFA Contest. But congrats on getting to the voting stage and enjoy LotR tomorrow. The day has finally come :D

Anna, if you want to give away those X mangas, I'll come for them. I can't believe you! Nah, joking. I'm not much for merchandise either and I seem to be overflowing with a bunch of Evangelion stuff I don't care for anymore. If I do end up teaching in Hong Kong, I'll see what I can buy off you, all right? It'll be great to meet you there!

And while I'm in HK, I'll make a trip to Japan to see Alison and Sarai of course. And I'll drag Satsuki-chan and Ammie and the rest of you along. Alison, the chibi pics on your blog was totally squeal worthy. I WANT THOSE BAGDES!!!

Lika frolicked in the snow at Tuesday, December 18, 2001, 01:54 p.m.

Had the usual weekend, some crap, some great moments. To dwell on the great moments:
1. My family gave me a postcard that was at their house for a while. THANKS SARAI! Only I feel bad that I gave her such a tiny jar of maple syrup for Christmas. Boxing day, I'll buy her something nice to make up for the cookies and meat sauce and pictures she sent me.
2. My friend from Waterloo came over to church and gave me my Christmas/Birthday present: a HUGE poster of In the Mood for Love. I knew she was going to get it for me, but it doesn't make it any less squeal-worthy. lord, I love that movie so much! I love my friends :)
3. Got a Karen/Aroki Christmas fic for this babe out that's all fluff and sappiness and she liked it! Thanks Kerianne! *hugs her*
4. Spent the whole day yesterday talking to my Mumsy who I have hardly seen during exams hell. I struck gold in having parents who like HK movies. If they had the internet, I would so move back there. My brother's place is way depressing.

Lentils? Emily must be talented! XD Love the picture of the dog on your site. I want a doggie. And bunnies. Only I realise that might not work out well. Don't worry abou the room. I have nieces and they're worse than most pets I know XD Just watch, when you let someone watch Sushi for a couple of a days, Mayo will miss the kitty like crazy. Azure is a complete cutie *waves* There is indeed a lack of Keiichi and Daisuke fanfics, but I figured they would be hard people to write. And when you are going to turn fanficcer? SMDB? SDMB? DMSB?
Daisuke: Stop trying to figure the order, Keiichi, and start with the riding crop.

Alison, your version of the cat-and-mouse makes more sense than my teacher's. She said something about mouse using the cat to cross a river and the cat got exhausted and nearly drowned but the mouse jumped from the cat's head onto the shore. Which makes no sense that the mouse could have made it but the cat didn't. The nap sounds more plausible.

And LOVE your account on your trip to Japan. The country looks so pretty! I'm glad you had so much fun and had a chance to meet Sarai. And that the country didn't sink into the oceans *laugh* Thank you so much for taking the time to show us the pictures so we fans can see how Tokyo out of the mangas. Next time you go, I'm latching onto you and coming with you. And take Satsuki and the rest of the gang as well ^__^

I'm glad Maria's stuff finally got to you :) If only the birthday package would get to Alison! Don't worry, "Wings of Desire" did get a second nomination so it's in. It better be in. And I know what you mean about couples and pram. I don't mind public affection, but I am sick of parents acting like having kids somehow elevated them higher than those who don't have kids. "Everything should be accomodated to suit me because I have a child with me." Blah!

Don't get me wrong, I am a bleeding hearts of sort. I love children, I think each life is a miracle, I'm against abortion and all that jazz, but damn, folks, the world is overpopulated. One more media frenzy on a couple having six or seven babies at the same time and I'm going to throw something. And don't get me started on cloning. Humanity is screwed up enough. I can't believe we want to replicate ourselves.

*lol* I love your suggestion of DoEs handing out condoms at Tokyo Towers to keep the population down. Love your rant on Fandom. You said exactly what I wanted to say: Get off your fucking horse ^__^ I'm glad you understand that I do like Slap in the Head reviews, I just dislike how they break the fic down. Taking of "points" because the plot has been done before is so stupid.

I'd love to see how they review the plots for some of the Hong Kong movies out there. Malice, I want to see "Savior of the Soul" now! I'm glad you and Maria don't mind me writing so much about Hong Kong stuff here. I like the acting community. The only American actor who I could really get into like that was Gillian Anderson, and after "House of Mirth", her acting was so wooden and uninspired and I realised she could only play the Dana Scully type. Geh. Laura Linney was really good though. And just because you're not a fan of this particular community doesn't make you're a wrong kind of X fan. You and Tuuli sounds like perfect X freaks to me.

Anna, my view on Hong Kong music is the same as Hong Kong movies: I like them best in the late 80s and early 90s, when they were more energic and had this edge to them. My favorite Chinese song of all time was called something to the effect of "The little bird who couldn't fly high" and was in Mandarin, a really powerful and awesome song, only the CD I had it on got stolen (grrr, that was THE BEST collection of Mandarin songs!). I did however, come across another version of the song, only a Cantonese singer was singing it and the freaking idiot made the song into a wimpy ballad. I was furious!! But yes, dear, do send me some mp3s of Korean pop. The music scene in North American is waning. Or maybe I'm just getting pickier, but I miss the music from my high school days, both English and Chinese. I'm definitely looking for someone more energic. BTW, looked at the shinhwa pictures and boy, are they cute!

Lika frolicked in the snow at Monday, December 17, 2001, 12:47 a.m.

ALISON, I'M GOING TO KICK YOUR ASS!

Lika frolicked in the snow at Monday, December 17, 2001, 11:28 a.m.