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I've seen this kicking around - I just have to assume it's a meme, but it didn't come with instructions. However, the description kind of says it all. I assume that you pick 20 OTPs and list them.

Like hell I have 20 OTPs. You guys get ten. I think third_requiem only listed five on her journal anyway. Granted, she actually gave reasons for each of them...

Ah well.

( Ten OTPs )

It is my birthday today, and I am 23 years old! Yay! And I just found out yesterday that it's also feather_down's birthday - she is 21 years old. Happy birthday!

So far I've gotten a card from my parents and one from my grandmother. The one from Grandma also had a $100 gift card for Chapters. I'm getting $50 worth of stuff from Chapters from my mom too, so I think I'll be set for manga for a while.

Yup. It's been a great birthday so far already.

Also, yesterday I finished writing up drabbles for the Hunter X Hunter 20 Themes, and have posted them here. Some are general fics and some are shounen-ai/yaoi. They're all either 100, 150, or 200 words long.

I had a lot of fun writing them. It was a lot like writing haikus, since you can only have the one brief scene - like a clip in time. It was a great exercise, and I wouldn't mind doing it again some time.

We'll see, I guess.

I spoke to Dalia on MSN last night... I haven't seen her in about three years now, I think. It was nice chatting with her again - and she sent me an e-card, too. I got two e-cards in total; one from her, and one from V. They both arrived shortly after midnight, so I saw them before I went to bed - which was nice.

This is a beautiful song. I downloaded an AMV with this song on it, and absolutely fell in love. The AMV wasn't that great - not bad, but not great - but the song is. I downloaded some more by the same group, and most of them were pretty nice, too.

Excellent.

True Story. A religion teacher assigned her class an essay on what makes a good Christian. One student wrote about praying nightly, say no to abortion, banning gay marriage, and donating money. The other student wrote about talking to God and allowing people to enjoy their lives, and supporting gay marriage. The day the teacher was to hand the papers back, she called up the second student and told him she would pray for him when he went to hell. The student asked why would he be going to hell, and why he got an F on his paper. The teacher told him that Catholisim is against gay marriage. The student looked at her for a minute, then said aloud, "I'm gay." The teacher kicked him out of class as if he had said fuck or worshiped Satan. A girl in the back of class who had a boyfriend and was obviously straight got up and left too.

If you would leave the classroom, repost this. It doesn't matter if you're straight, bi, or gay. It doesn't matter if you're Catholic or not. Everyone is a human being and deserves happiness.

I watched the other Hunter X Hunter Musical yesterday. It was more entertaining than the first, just as people had told me. Actually, it looked like the seiyuu were having a lot of fun actually playing their characters in live action. Kurapika looked the best - which you'd think would be odd, given that his seiyuu is female, but since it's Kurapika... nope, he looked about right. Gon looked a little odd, but that's probably the lack of hair more than anything.

The Zoaldyeck family is crazy, too. No wonder Killua never wants to go back home. I like the scene where Hisoka makes them all dance, though.

Ah, fun times.

I also read some more of the manga. The new storyline involves mutant killer ants. I'm not too impressed. I've taken to skimming through the ant scenes and just reading the stuff Killua and Gon are actually part of. Like chapters 217 and 218, which inspired me to write a very, very brief accounting of Gon's First Date (sort of?) in which Killua is obsessive and Gon is clueless. But I guess if you've read the manga, you know that already.

And poor Pokkoru... They finally bring him back in, and look what happens! Yeesh.

Well, I finished watching the last Hunter X Hunter OVA yesterday... It makes me sad that it's over, even though I still have the manga and the musicals to go through. It's just not quite the same.

Anyway, though, here are my thoughts on the OVAs.

( Under here )

In other news, I started working on the Hunter X Hunter 20 Themes, which were posted on one of the LJ communities by someone who'd already done them. So far I've done 8, in a series of drabbles, double drabbles, and one drabble and a half. I'm hoping to get a full-sized fic out of at least one of the themes, but we'll have to see, I guess.

And now, I work. Evil work...

Ganked from sailormac

List 10 Anime/Manga Females that you like, or at least think are tolerable. Then write something about them-your first impression, something you like, something you DON'T like, whatever.

( List under here )

So I made icons last night. Originally it was only the one I used on the post I made at that time, but then it turned into more. I have three new ones now.

Excellent.

The radio show was pretty good yesterday... I didn't make as many little screw-ups. And it was fun, as usual. I enjoyed it.

I finished off the little bit I had left to read in Harry Potter. It was a good book. I'm not going to note anything in here about it, including any and all reactions to anything that happened. I know there's at least one person on my friends list who doesn't want to be spoiled, and I don't feel like writing anything large enough to even make an LJ cut worth it, so... no comments.

I didn't watch any more episodes of Prince of Tennis, but I *did* watch more of the Greed Island Final. I still have nine episodes of it left. I meant to watch more, but it just didn't happen. Heh.

Oh well. Next time.

The title of this song was so long it wouldn't fit into the 'Current Music' box. I shortened it considerably.

Anyway, I have watched three episodes so far of the GI Final OVA. It would be more, but I stepped over to the book store and picked up a copy of Harry Potter, which I then spent several hours reading. I did pause to sleep, though, so I guess I'm not a real fan.

Ah well. It's been a good read so far, as usual. I'm not very far from the end now. Excellent.

I watched an episode of Prince of Tennis yesterday too, and so far, it's okay. The main character bugs me a little, but I'm told he's better when he's with other characters? I guess I'll find out for myself when I see more.

I'm on the radio again today, it seems - meeting Anika at lunch today to plan that out. I forgot to find some news... crap. I may end up only having one thing to say during the little news break.

Ah well...

I love how this icon came out. So pretty and lazy and perfect. I'm going to use this one a lot, I think. It's such a summer icon.

I heard this song at BP the night before last and couldn't remember what it was called. Heard it again last night, and wrote down the title. Then I downloaded it. Now I have it. Apparently it's a remake of a Roxette song and there's a techno version too, so I downloaded both of those as well.

And here's a character-interaction analysis thing I did a while ago, just for the hell of it.

( Leorio and Kurapika )

This is post number three. Two more to go!

Watched two episodes of the Greed Island OVA. Leorio and Kurapika's goodbye was ANGSTY! Holy CRAP! As if Kurapika needed more angst... It seems more on Leorio's part, though.

Still. I wasn't really expecting that much veiled tragedy in a "see you later".

I also want to note that I hope Kuroro never comes back. Ever. Not that I hate him, but I want him to take his punishment. I don't care about the rest of the Genei Ryodan, but I don't want to see him again.

I guess I'm going to have to start paying attention to Gon and Killua now...