My sister missed her class yesterday because of a stupid call from the doctor who was concerned over her last urine test. Said it was urgent, please go see him, and worries the hell out of my family, so my sister heads off. Apparently the urine sample contained a large amount of blood. “Do you have your period?” he asks her. My sister said yes.

Hours later, we come home from school to an extremely hysterical Mumsy who demands what was wrong. Nothing, just her period. My mother thanks God for answering her prayer. She was afraid of my sister getting AIDS it turns out. “Anything except AIDS!” she had prayed fervently. “How will I hold up my head with the relatives if she has a veneral disease! That would mean she’s doing naughty things with boys and everyone will know. If you have to make her sick, God, let it be cancer, diabetes, anything except AIDS!!!!”

“MUMSY!” calls me and my sister at the same time, both of us helpless with laughter. “I can’t believe you’re more concerned about your reputation than your daughter’s health!”

Well, of course she is. If my sister had cancer or diabetes, at least she could be seen as the suffering mother helpless against the will of God, but AIDS or some kind of STDs, how the relatives would gossip and snigger. Our family reputation would be soiled forever. Her own mother and ancestors will be turning in their graves. What about the aunt in Hong Kong who always said my mom was only a half-decent housekeeper. Imagine if she had gotten a wind of the news!!! Oh, the shame, THE SHAME!

In which my sister and I look at our histrionic mother and decide that we have the most adorable mother in the world. Our Mumsy rocks better than all your mumsies. Except for the mumsies of the people in the first four column to my left, because they had the said people and that makes them cool.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Friday, January 11, 2002, 02:04 p.m.

I'm taking a Comuputer 101 class for Arts and Social Science Students, Arts and Social Sciences students meaning dummies and idiots of course. We learned that if you want to retrieve something from the A: drive, the diskette usually has to be in the drive for it to happen. And now half the class knows why their project didn't work. Hopefully, by the end of the year, we will be as computer-inclined as this babe. The pink looks great, my dear. I might as well start with you in the social as I have missed you so very much! *hugs*

Ammie: *nails her to the computer* You may join the nunnery, but you're not leaving us. Actually, I think it would be great fun if we all joined the nunnery ^^ Convents can be the ultimate gay-utopia. And yet I say Bible slash crippled me. How the hypocrisy thrives. *snuggles* It's so good to have you back, darling :D Thanks for calling my face sweet, babe. I'll remember that the next time I'm feeling low about my looks (which luckily isn't often, as I'm very happy with how I look.) I don't mind about the voting thing at all. If I gave half a rat's tail about the contest, I would have left "Mystic Eyes" in, and "Earthquakes" is a very good fic indeed, plus it gave us all your wonderful Keiichi rants and fanarts (they are to die for!) and of course, Kraft Dinner. KD never tasted so good XD

KIMMIE! *shrieks and fall over* You deserve lots of and lots of S/S sandwiches for this. LOTS of S/S sandwiches. I'm printing this baby out and putting it on my wall beside the Karenart Ammie gave me *beams* Wet Karen, you people are too nice! As for the sandwich, you're in the middle of course, but you can all take turns ^^ Thanks babe, that totally made my day like you wouldn't believe *hugs* And you have a Charmander plushie! I want your Charmander plushie! Even if I was more of a Squirtle girl. I also want Yodi. Your cats are cute too *cough*

As for your points on humour: totally. When I was reading X, I wasn't thinking it was grim or angsty, I thought it was downright hilarious and parody material. Come on, how one read a story where the main boy holds onto the head of his talks-to-bird friend after she's been decapitated by her brother and not want to make fun of it?

Jeannie: !! I miss you too, dear! Stupid school. I'll probably drop by tomorrow and borrow something of John Woo and to check if the next X-Men Ultimate has finally arrived *crosses fingers* And love that layout. But not as much as I love my Snape T-Shirt *beams*

Anna: Someone else who likes Mulan :D Mushu was culturally wrong but too hilarious to pass up. The whole "you miss! How could you miss? He was three feet in front of you!" was priceless. Do stay offline and study. I need to do that myself. $50 000 depends on it.

Jenni: I didn't even realise that there was two Tony Leungs until I said I like Tony Leung and Alison asked me which one - the tall or the short one. I don't even know if the Tony Leung I like is tall or short, but according to Alison, Tony Leung Chiu Wai was in Happy Together. If that's the same TL in Tokyo Raiders, that's the one I like.

Alison: Thanks for the information. And I'm going to start that proposal thing again because you're just too cool. You know, you could always be the Eye who needs sacrifices.

Satsuki-chan: One Snape/Sirius fanart. Pretty please? As for your last post, you said everything I wanted to say and said it a lot more coherently than I would.

Kerianne: Satsuki-chan and Alison were never mean to me in their feedback. They were honest and frank, and I being thin-skinned simply exploded. But their intent was never malicious. I know they like my work. Anyways, I know myself and my fics enough to know which criticism to take and which to discard. If someone is going to say an Arashi-as-owner-of-male-strip-joints is OOC, I'd be thinking, "you must be insane if you didn't know I knew it was OOC, you twit!" Depends on the criticism, depends on the fic, depends on how well you know yourself. Just remember, you should only be writing for yourself. And really do love your humour pieces ^__^

Maria: The New Look is cool. As are you fics and I really do hope Summers win. I still remember being insanely jealous about how good Language of the Flowers was :) Anyways, correct me if I'm wrong but I thought your post wasn't against criticism, but like Satsuki-chan mentioned, on flames. The second post anyways. In the first one that got wrongfully scorched seemed to me more like a request to not take fanfic seriously when slash was concerned.

I guess most people came into slash with anime/manga where slash was fine, but with X Files, Star Trek, Due South, Buffy, slash doesn't work (except with Tara/Willow). Spock/Kirk, Spike/Giles, Mulder/Krycek, really. Folks, do you think slashers think slash is in-canon, in-character and adds to the series? People are not that stupid. I know it's wrong, not in the universe, whatever little thing you want to point out. I don't care.

Tomorrow I'll put a dictionary of Lapine vocubulary so you can all talk to rabbits in Watership Down. Back to some common sense.

Malice: Thank Em for this site. It's priceless.

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

According to Kerianne, Subaru was referred to Kimeragi in the dubbed version of the movie. Now THAT is funny. I can see it already:
Kimeragi, Kimeragi, Night and day it's Kimeragi
Make the fire, fix the breakfast, Wash the dishes, do the mopping
And the sweeping and the dusting They always keep him hopping
He goes around in circles till he's very, very dizzy,
still they holler keep a-busy Kimeragi

I wonder who the evil stepsisters will be XD

Kim, about the Bible Slash, my Christian upbringing wails in pain, IT WAILS IN PAIN! And please don't spare us about the telling of your family and Schlinder's List. Or at least one of your horsie tales.

Malice, I'm not saying you're some kind of LotR guru, but you have been into Tolkien and fantasy for a long time, and while that doesn't mean you necessary know more than other people who aren't in the genre, I'm still trusting what you've got to say more than other people. Sorry if the last post came out as if you were some indignant know-it-all. Folks, that's me, not her.

ali, couldn't you put your brother's head back on after you become a god?

Lika frolicked in the snow at Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 01:07 p.m.

I like Wynne-Jones more than Rowling. I love Harry Potter to bits, but there’s an understated sadness in some of DWJ’s book that adds an extra layer of maturity and poignancy to her books. I finished Eight Days of Luke, which from the premise sounds like a book full of mirth and fun, but the ending was actually quite sad. It wasn’t as sad Dogsbody, which was just… evil! but Wynne-Jones pulled the rug from under my feet again. I love that book! So a BIG THANK YOU to Ammie :D

As for your bodaciousness, the first thing I thought when I saw your picture was that you reminded me of Leelee Sobieski. Now I have to admit, while I think Leelee Sobieski is awfully pretty, she doesn’t turn me on like, say, Michelle Yoeh does. But the thought of someone who reminds me of her, with your sweet smile and irresistible personality and charm – like WOW! Total Babe There!

Though I’m calling Metamia (Babe, your new layout is swanky -- Thank you Linh for the word ^_~) a Babe for the day too *METAGLOMP * Thanks a bunch, My Darling, for the link changes. Added and changed a bunch but the ones I’m really happy about are Sarah and Kim. And there's a list of interests :)

BTW, Alison and Satsuki-chan are two people who really rock. I exploded a couple of days ago in email to them, and they wrote back emails that made me feel much better. Those two are so cool. They know how to compromise between being a serious critic and being able to enjoy themselves. And they don't let little things upset them. Look at their blog replies, not a smudge of irrationality or malice, just a direct and well-put-together entry.

Not that getting upset with a subject is a bad thing, particularly when it's a subject you feel strongly about and other twits who don't know a thing about it are making claims. So anything to do with Lord of the Rings, be it fanfiction, fandom, how derivative it is, facts and generalisations, the only opinions I'm going to trust about Tolkien are Malice's. Because she actually knows the stuff.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Tuesday, January 8, 2002, 10:42 p.m.

I owe you all an email, I know. I'll get to it before this weekend. If school doesn't kill me first.

In the meantime, I will do something I have never done in the history of X Fanfic: ask for C&C. The reason why I never asked for comments before is because I never thought my fics warrant them, being the type I usually write for fun (for those dimwits who can't seem to understand what “for fun” means: an idea pops in your mind, you think, "Whoa! I want to see that down on paper!" and you get it down on paper and post it so other people who share your thinking pattern can entertain themselves with it.)

So yes, I normally don’t ask for C&C, but that didn’t stop these two from telling me a couple of fics really do suck. In fact, that's how I met Satsuki-chan. One day she sent me an email telling me how absolutely wrong my Seishirou was. And we became friend. After I sat there for half an hour writhing in that temper so many of you know me for. The same one I felt when Alison also sent me an email about how ridiculous the characterisation of Lady Sumeragi was in one of my fics. It was that usual, "I DIDN'T ASK FOR YOUR F@#$%# OPINIONS!!!" followed by "You're taking this exercise in experimenting FAR TOO SERIOUSLY!" and then followed by "I should give up writing fanfic!"

However, once I calm down, I realise that their points were very good and the fics did indeed suck, but they didn’t mean for me to stop ficcing. They were making perfectly valid points and I love them for it. And it didn’t mean I had to stop ficcing for kicks either. It's up to me how I want to take the comments. If I wrote a ridiculous parody and someone wants to treat it like an epic, fine. I’m comfortable enough with my fics to figure out which of their points are valid and which are the person taking the fic far too seriously.

(Note to critics: If the fic starts off with either of the following: I was bored and wrote this in ten minutes; I know this is stupid; possible OOC; Category: SILLY, etc, the author isn’t looking for constructive criticism.)

Anyways, there are two points of this post:

Number 1. Harsh criticism is good. They do improve writing so that the next time you're writing a fic where the emotions changes six times in eight lines (Thanks Shizuka-chan for your invaluable comment on melodrama), you'll know to change it. It also makes the fanfic process much more meaningful. The above-mentioned episodes made me respect Alison and Satsuki-chan more not only as friends, but also as critics. When they both said "Guilty" was an excellent fic, it meant something.

Number 2. You can write both "for fun" and "for art." People will say otherwise, that fanfic is either this precious little gem you have to treat carefully or it is a self-indulgent exercise in bashing the canon. It's about both. I love reading good stories. I also love reading fics about Subaru and Seishirou going at each other with drainpipe.

While I’m on the subject about reading, readership, folks, to all those wondering why fanficcers don't just make original fics when the slash only functions to wet one's panties and completely disregards the canon. Because there are readers, who also cares nothing for canon, who want a slashfic that features Sean Biggerstaff with anything that moves. And who wants S&S - not original characters but specifically S&S - to be bashing each other with drainpipes.

(I could also go into the point that PEOPLE DON’T READ ORIGINAL STORIES ONLINE but I’ll save that for another day.)

Which should explain why I don't give much criticism. I'm a complacent reader whose taste is shot to hell. Remember how I thought Moon Warriors was a masterpiece and Crouching Tiger the most annoying piece of cinema to come out of the East? Exactly.

But please don't let that stop you from giving me C&C. My taste and fics may be on the unconventional, but I’m willing to read your criticism. Even if it’s about my S/K lesbian mother fic.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Tuesday, January 8, 2002, 09:38 p.m.

I'll stay offline after this but I couldn't resist answering Satsuki-chan's question about SUVs. Sats-dearie, I have never seen an SUV, but there was a hilarious report about them on CBC Radio this morning (CBC Radio being the best radio station in the world of course -- wonderfully witty and thoughtful) which I listened to on my way to church. According to them, SUVs are vehicles that are large, powerful, and as obnoxious as the old woman who budded in front of you in the groccery line. In short, they are a menace to society. People who ride SUVs are not always teenagers in search of a chocolate factory to run over, but they certainly act like it. One gets the impression that these drivers get turned on the moment they heard their engine go on and start humming, "vroom vroom VROOM." Because of their power and size, the driver feels invicible and cuts people off, whirl by at ungodly speed, and runs through red lights because should they hit another car, the hard frame should keep them safe (though the same thing can't be said about the other car and driver.) Now the real beef, the real reason to fear this menaces is the environmental factor. They eat up resources like you wouldn't believe and pollute like the Industrial Revolution. They are a terror to human beings and to the Earth. And then I arrived at church and I had to turn off the radio to go inside. Anyways, that's why i know about SUV, but here's a (highly biased) website on them. I hope that helps, though you should probably get an opinion about them from someone. Someone who has actually seen an SUV.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Sunday, January 6, 2002, 08:24 p.m.

The dumbest, absolutely dumbest thing in the world has to be Tupperware Parties. (To all people who host or have relatives who host tupperware parties, no offence meant, but they really are dumb.)

I'm going to assume Kerianne is reading "Storm Front -- Annex" at the moment ^^ And if it's another smutfic, girl, you better give me the URL. Aw, you don't have to write me another fic, but I certainly won't complain ^__^ I really do like your Karen. As for the exercise thing, you hit the nail over the head. My main fault with exercise is that it's boring. Dancing is rather cool, but everything else was either monotonous (like running and aerobics) or no one passed me the ball/pluck/whatever so I sat at the side bored out of my mind. But put me in Tokyo or Hong Kong and I'll probably walk more in one hour than I did in my entire life :D And I'm glad I got Alice. She's a good sensible girl who kept her head straight (and on!) in a land that was crawling with weirdos (but such wonderful weirdos they were!)

Anna, I thought Disney did a pretty good job with "Alice in Wonderland. The queen scared me as a child ^^ "Off with His Head!" I love that character. And I'm such a Disneyphile too! Everytime I see "The Little Mermaid" I burst into tears at the end. "I love you, Daddy." Never fails to have me sniffling. "Beauty and the Beast" was just perfection, and I saw "Aladdin" about sixty or seventy times. Sorry about not having the school rings. Maybe in university? And good luck on your GCSEs. I hope you do well.

Kim, at least you stopped looking for S/K fics to read after that one. I'll read anything too, I read and enjoy S/S fics by the dozens, but I'm not going to read hords and hords of Kamui/Yuzu to see if I could find the beauty in them. Maybe a couple to see if there's any redeeming qualities but if they suck - and I assure you they will - I'm not going to keep looking in hopes of finding one that I will enjoy. BTW, I heard this joke about people testing horse riders for drugs: "You're not even testing the athlete!" *grin* Anyways, I always figured steroids was either to make you stronger or faster so I can't see how it could be wrong for an equestrian have take any, but what do I know about sports? I'm with Kerianne in believing that any form of exercise is evil. And you saw Storm Riders! Do you have ANY idea how jealous I am? I REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT MOVIE! What, am I the only person who hasn't seen it (who wants to see it?) And you saw Kissed too. It's a Canadian movie. Ah, I love being Canadian ^__^ Lots of weird sex and porn, which btw, what's this about a birthday present? O.o

Really, Satsuki-darling, Hagrid was the granddaddy? O.o Direct me to this fic, I'm very curious how this came about. You are indeed correct. This test does indeed suck muchly. Here's my results. We must have put the same answers or something o.O : 1. Sirius x Lupin 2. Draco x Harry 3. Harry x Ron 4. Krum x Hermione 5. Percy x Neville 6. Cedric x Cho 7. Harry x Hermione 9. Lily x James and you get the idea. No sign of Snape in either of them. I don't even think they considered Snape, those ingrates.

And while we're on the subject on tests that suck: 13% evil
You try to stay away from evil deeds but succumb to temptation every once in a while. You aren't quite on your way to hell but you certainly have some explaining to do.

Huh? Since when was killing animals on purpose evil? Lying is bad, and swearing does indeed equal profanity, sleeping too much and skipping class are bad habits, but there is nothing wrong with killing animals. If you want to stand around during misquitoes season and let them buggers suck your blood and make you all itchy and gross, go for it. I'm killing everyone of them pest with great glee. And I'm doing the world a favor by doing so.

So yes, I retook the test and cheated a little to get the results I wanted: You are 4% evil. You are an Angel. You rarely sin which makes your life pretty boring i assume. However if there is a god he will likely reward you in the afterlife. I could have gotten 0%, but I just couldn't lie on the kill-the-animal-on-purpose question.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Sunday, January 6, 2002, 02:53 p.m.

Alison, may I tell how much pleasure I get seeing you write so much in one blog entry *silly happy grin* I agree with you that Tolkien isn't fanfic. To call LotR fanfic would be calling Paradise Lost fanfic (after the Bible), Rosencrantz and Guilderstein are Dead fanfic (after Hamlet), and every damn play Shakespeare writes fanfic (after Greek mythology/history /Dacameron/whatever). Pretty much every written thing would have to be fanfiction because they're all derivative. I won't even call these books X Files fanfic. They're more merchandise to me. I'm sticking to the definition of Fanfiction as fiction written by fans within a community that doesn't pay a freaking damn red penny (let the starving student in me emphasize the last part: Not a Freaky Damn Red Penny.) So Scarlett isn't fanfic to me, just a REALLY BAD attempt to finish a novel that no one except the author herself should have finished. I do of course agree with you on the point that one doesn't have to know every single detail about the series to write a good fiction. Perhaps it will suffer fanfic, but it could end up being a pretty good story. I'll look up Robert Rankins. Right now, I just LOVE the titles of his books: They Came And Ate Us: Armageddon II: The B-Movie Cute:)

Had a strange day, where I again slept through most of it. I feel like I'm in a Sandman novel. I've been sleeping an average of 20 hours a day lately, and when I'm awake, I'm so tired I keep thinking of going bed. Ah, probably my bad hygiene. My mom thinks I'm trying to harm myself because I overeat (and overeat junkfood at that), don't exercise, and have yet to finish a whole bottle of antibiotic prescription. On the antibiotic notes however, I have convince the doctor that being the kind of person who HATES medicine, pills in particular (cough syrup being the exception because I get high off it), I'm not taking antibiotics again or any kind of pills that requires me to finish the whole bottle. I have to remind my mom again that my unhealthy lifestyle is a result of my being lazy, fearful of vegetables and fruits, with an abhorance for the medical world, and not because "I hate myself." Because I don't. Lord knows if I suffer from anything, it's Extreme Narcissism. I still think I'm the hottest thing since sliced bread.

Okay, Fine, I'll try to do something about my lifestyle and hope I stay away from this diabetes epidemic. My mom has diabetes from her unhealthy lifestyle and I know it's no joke, but Damnation, healthy living is such a pain! Had I ordered the world, healthy food would have been chocolate and cookies, messy rooms would be epitome of responsibility, you get thin by NOT moving about, and finishing a whole bottle of antibiotics would kill a person. Do I ever love alternative universes.

And university would be for losers (actually it is, but that's a post for another day.) Anyways, I'll try to keep some of the New Year Resolutions. I know I'm capable of getting better grades. I'm not (completely) stupid. So I'm not one of those folks who can skip class and pull off a good mark. I just have to work at it is all. If I sulk less and work more, I could even get into library school. So let's hope this is the last post for a while as I try to catch up on all the work/classes I miss last term and do better in this one *insert optimism*

Ooh! I got some more DWJ books, thanks to my friend Mike (Hey, Mikey Boy, if you're reading this, THANKS! I owe you for that!!) I'm not totally cut off the real world ^^ I gave him Strangers in Paradise and X Men Ultimate in return. I wonder if he likes it. I had no idea Strangers was about lesbians, I really didn't, Mike. My sister read it before I did and her thoughts were, "Wow, This is so Lika's kind of stuff. I wouldn't be surprised if she wrote it." And indeed it was. It's totally my cup of tea. Anyways, Mike, I hope you still enjoy it. And if not, I'll send you Gift Certificates on your Birthday to make up for it.

Speaking of birthdays, if your name is in the first three column to my left, can you PLEASE email me with your birthday? Because I got a bunch of cards I want to send to folks on their day of specialness. Thanks.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Saturday, January 5, 2002, 10:15 p.m.

Maria, if you weren't so in the depths of holy matrimony with Bob, I would pursue a more-than-platonic relationship with you XD I LOVE your last rant. It always amuses me how people seem to go out looking for badfics or fics they know will tick them off. There was an X Files fic labelled "Rapefic" and in which the author got flamed for writing a story where the character got raped. Um, flamer, did you actually read the labels? Sounds like someone who flames for the hell of it.

And while I'm on my soapbox, Kristin (congrats on the 1st place in the Quills contest!) made a very good point a while ago saying she wouldn't read Sirius-Remus/Others pairing to expand her wings. There was a S/Ser who was trying to find a good S/K fic to see why people like it, I guess. I can't figure out the reasoning, but please, folks, if you don't like the pairing, no one is forcing you to read it. You are not doing us S/Kers any favors by "trying to understand us." It annoys me to no end when S/Sers say they can't find S/K fics they like, as if somehow the lack of fics equals a bad pairing preference. Well, of course you won't find one, dummy! S/K isn't your stuff. Stop looking for them.

The day people stop looking for fics they know will tick them off and stick to ones they know they'll enjoy the happier we'll all be. Unless you like bitching. Oh, whatever. Do what you want.

Azure and Epee, glad to see you two putting something in your blog finally. Hope your New Years went well too, Azure-dear, and sure, send me that Hell thing, Epeeblade. Sunless Land is from Sandman, isn't it?

Meta, I wish you better luck in keeping your New Year Resolution than I'll have.

You couldn't go more hentai with Firath than just the pose, could you, Jenni ;)? Yeah, I saw Flying Daggers. Didn't really like it. I like silliness and off-the-wall, but that was too much. I couldn't tell which one was Tony Leung, or which Tony Leung. I don't even know how the other Tony Leung (not Tokyo Raiders) looks like. I got some serious catching up to do in the HK movie department. Malice, brns.com is taking away my sanity too. There are so many movies I want to see after going there. Still haven't seen Storm Riders, or Saviour of the Soul, or for that matter, most of Wong Kar Wai movies. I've only seen In the Mood for Love and from what I heard, it's one of his weakest. Which must mean the others are amazing because I dug that movie.

Anna, if it makes you feel better, I wanted to be the fucking cat. I got Alice instead. Heh, Kerianne, we do indeed share birthdays. In fact, we share birthdays with this groovy fantasy novel January 15 should be a rather festive day this year. That fic you did with Hokuto-chan is a big enough present for my birthday btw. I LOVE THAT DRUNKFIC! :D And yes, arguing with you over marriage, adultery, Karen/Aoki is indeed a dream. The board is up, so let's get back to dissecting.

Quick antitode about my family: My niece is still seriously ticked off at us (her family) for not showing up for her Christmas concert. I can't blame her as my parents didn't come to my high school production of "A Midsummer's Night Dream" where I was Peter Quince, and to this day, I haven't forgave them for it. Anyways, had I known my niece's part in the concert, I would moved mountains and oceans to get there. Seriously. She was "The End" holder, as in, the last kid on stage to go up, stand in the middle, and hold up the sign, "The End" when everyone was done. This is usually given to the cutest kid in the class, and in my totally biased opinion, my niece is the cutest kid in the whole freaking school. Damn, I wish I was there, just to see her holding up that sign. I would taken a picture and told everyone, "here's my niece holding up the "The End" sign at her school Christmas concert." Holding up the "The End" sign is so much cooler than being the lead actor. And who was there to see her do this cool act? Not a person from our family. We all suck. Let this be a lesson. Never miss your niece's concerts/plays/awards show ever again, Lika.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Saturday, January 5, 2002, 11:42 a.m.

MWAH! THE WORLD DID NOT END!!!

Or it did and I’m living in a dreamworld right now and my body is rotting between buildings in reality o.O That does it. No more valium for me.

Ammie my love, you’re called a babe because I saw your picture and you’re so incredibly hot I have to go to NZ now just to jump you. As if your integral charms weren’t enough :D Chocolate frogs and Every Flavor Beans and *ViolentGlomps!* Eight Days of Lukey, and I’m so under your thraldom! Not to mention that you actually got Daisuke’s hair colour right. Damnation to the anime for making him a brunette! Though he’s cute as hell in it anyways. (Thanks Maria, for offering a chance for me to see his greatness!) The gold moon sounded so cool! Should we be married under one?

(Not sure how I will explain this to Alison-dearest O.o) Hey, congrats on passing the exam! I hope the next year goes well in psychology. And yes, it is about hair, but I am glad Subaru got the short hair because after Kakyou, I'm so turned off guys with long hair. Unless they're fairies.

Satsuki-chan, when I said canon, I meant cannon, as in the one that throws balls and smokes, as we will be seeing a lot of smoke from the side we’re on. McGonagall as Hermione’s grandmother!? *wails* Why, why did she have to be so old? That’s the last time I’m making a wanton sex goddess out of a teacher in a child’s book ever again. I have learned my lesson. Granddaddy was Dumbledore, I’m guessing, which would explain why Hermione is so powerful ^^

Kerianne, I wanted to see Kate and Leopold too, just to see Hugh Jackman. He’s a cutie, plus period clothing, accent, and oh, you should hear him sing, “have yourself a merry little christmas!” Totally Dickens!

Speaking of Dickens, we were suppose to read “Great Expections” before class tomorrow. Bleah. School starts too soon. I can’t believe it started even sooner for you, Malice. How are people trying to recover from hangovers (and valium overdoses) suppose to survive through classes? The gore thing sounds awful, no wonder your stomach is rumbling. Hope the ickiness wears off soon.

And the pictures for the calender is amazing, Jenni. I love this picture of Cayir and this one of Firath, but the one of Catrien was too cool. (Hey, Lany, if you’re still reading this, you should check out the fanarts.) And someone else who saw Shaolin Temple. I saw that back when it was in beta form XD It was really cool, though if you’re a doglover, beware, the fate of the dog is not good. I haven’t seen that movie for years *insert nostalgia* As for Fong Sai Yuk 2, the first one was much better. I miss the dad. I haven’t seen The One, but from what I heard, it’s pretty bad and Jet Li really has to stop trying to speak English.

Okay, New Years Resolution that I will break within the next week:
1. Start on essays earlier than the day before they’re due
2. Spend no more than four hours a day on the internet
3. Attend at least 50% of my classes
4. Exercise ß Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!
5. Curb the swearing (Which would be a lot easier if I didn’t come across the fact the only movie that had four of the greatest femme fatales of Asia ended with the rape, multilation, and impalement of my girl Cynthia Khan. What the FUCK were they thinking of?)

I guess I shouldn’t judge the movie before I see it, but from reviews and such, it’s no Heroic Trio. Not that I want another Heroic Trio, but you got four great female action stars. Surely you can get something out of it better than that ending. That’s one Girls-with-Gun movie I’ll be wary of. There’s an excellent overview of the GWG genre on this site, btw. I know the genre sounds sexist and piggish, especially with that reference above, but it really isn’t. The In the Line of Duty series is a fine example that GWG are about tough, intense and gritty women. I might as well start the movie reviews off with Royal Warriors, which is the first in the series:

RW: Is Michelle Yeoh EVER cute in the beginning! Check her out with chubby cheeks and a shaggy haircut and grinning. Seriously grinning, not the mature smile that's her trademark, or the sweet, happy one she has in Wing Chun, but a fullblown girlish '80s grin. It’s too cute. She gets grittier and more intense as the story progress of course, as does the action. Unfortunately, the plot gets worse, mainly because it shifts its focus to Michael Wong's character. Bah! But hey, seeing Michael Wong's name on a coffin did give me numerous untold pleasures XD

Drunken Master II: Okay, I borrowed this for my dad because he's a Jackie Chan fan. I prefer Jet Li as Wong Fei Hong. There are some great movements and it is a good movie on its own (Dad loved it), but it's not my thing. I prefer Once Upon a Time in China.

A Few Good Men: This is an extremely clean and neat movie, and therefore it lacks 1. tension 2. depth 3. action 4. fear of a character dying 5. subplot Which, strange enough, is why I liked it so much. I love being able to watch a courtroom drama and not have to worry about a lynch mob wanting to dryhang the main lawyer or a potential romance between the main characters, and no comparison to someone’s past or current situation. I like messy, SwordsmanII was abominably messy (and what a well-done mess it was!), but it's nice to watch a clean and direct everyone once in a while. Despite being plot driven, it still allows for good characters, my favorite being Demi Moore’s. She’s devoted and passionate but she’s not a good lawyer and insecure about it as hell. I could so relate to that.

A League of their Own: Okay, Geena Davis has been happening for how long without me knowing about her? Shame on me. She’s gorgeous in her baseball outfits and the period clothing. Sats, you might like the 20s, but I think I’m definitely a 40s girl. Those hats! I totally dug this movie. It’s nothing special, but the story is such a change from what I usually see and the characters are stereotypes but still so sweet and engaging that I loved the bunch. I missed the first half much to my annoyance (it was on TV), but the second half suckered me in. I was thinking of renting the movie so watch the beginning, but hell, I’m buying it. It rocks that much.

BTW, I did get back at my sister for making me watch war movies on Christmas and made her watch Bullet in the Head and A Better Tomorrow. ABT is even better the second time around, and dammit, I cried again in Bullet. So did my sister, though not as hard as I thought she would. She literally wailed in The English Patient. But she did like Bullet in the Head a lot and started a four hour conversation on why Paul wasn’t the bastard I thought he was (and she was right, he was every bit as traumatised as the others were, that jerk)and we both came up to the conclusion that John Woo is indeed the man.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Wednesday, January 2, 2002, 12:48 p.m.