Exclusive Insanity

Ugh. School. I *wish* I could pass on school...

Oh well. Only one class for now, then I come home and return at noon. Then I'll have three straight hours of class, which sucks after getting used to one-hour classes. At least this time it's two different classes.

Fun times.

Seeing as how it was my last day off yesterday, I resolved to do absolutely nothing all day, and succeeded admirably. Somehow, it's just not that difficult.

Today should be interesting. I also work tonight, so it'll be a fairly full day.

Oh well... I'd better get used to it again. Darn it all...

Heh... so, yeah, I have a paid account now for six months. This means more icons. I've put up some of the ones I have at GreatestJournal and will probably attempt to use each of them at least once. And then probably make more, too. Yay!

A million times thank you to the person who gave me the paid time! I don't know who you are, but I love you!

Anyway.

Yesterday I had Sarah over and we watched a bunch of Slayers Try and Fullmetal Alchemist. Both awesome shows. I've decided that Zelgadis is my favorite character in Slayers. He is very cool.

We're gonna do the anime viewing thing again next Sunday, so it's all good. Sarah also ordered Slayers Next, so we'll have plenty to watch for quite a while.

Excellent.

I also watched episode 44 of FMA this morning.

( I think I'll cut this so I don't have to worry about giving spoilers while I talk about it )

I am going to spend today doing absolutely nothing at all. Just because I can.

School starts tomorrow, but I don't have a class. On my first day of classes, Wednesday, I also have to work. So I intend to relax today and go see about some things I need to take care of tomorrow.

Fun times.

We had an anime club meeting yesterday. I got there late, so I missed episodes of Chobits, Sailor Stars, and Cowboy Bebop. I caught Saiyuki: Reload and Get Backers, and squeezed in an episode of Fullmetal Alchemist. I also brought up the discussion point V and I had come up with about self-preservation.

It was interesting.

On a whim, I downloaded and watched a Pokemon movie last night. It was movie six, which means no Kasumi, since Advanced Generation doesn't have her. It was also subtitled, so this marks the first time I've ever watched Pokemon subtitled.

It's a lot less annoying than it is dubbed. I actually enjoyed it. Not a bad movie at all.

I also watched episode 43 of Fullmetal Alchemist this morning. Yay military! Um... is it just me or do alchemists play rough? Roy and Armstrong were laying it on a bit thick, weren't they? I guess they were sure enough about Ed and Al's ability to remain intact, but still. Excessive.

Very cool episode, though. I especially liked Roy's little mini speech at the end. Yay Roy!

I'm very curious as to what will happen when Ed and Al return home. VERY curious.

I hate work... Ugh. Two more days of it, and then I get a day off. I work on the first day back to school, but that doesn't matter since I don't have any classes on that day. I would've had a lab, but I have to drop that class anyway, so... no class.

I still have to go drop the class and possibly check out the bookstore (which I know will be packed, but there's no harm in checking) to see if I can sell back the books I've been putting off carting back over there.

I could use the money, but... I'm lazy.

Oh well.

I intended to watch episode forty-two of FMA now that I've finished making tapes. But I kind of rolled out of bed without thinking about it. I'll do that in a short while.

Gives me something to look forward to.

So, I saw 'Hero' last night with V, Jen, and Nancy. It was actually a good movie - kind of overdone, but since it's a Chinese tragedy, that's to be expected. The colors were beautiful. So yeah, I enjoyed it very much. The imperialism was so thick you could swim in it, but that didn't take away from the movie, really.

Anyway...

Mom had a very nice birthday yesterday. My father and I made pizza from scratch and it turned out pretty good. He also got her a ring to replace the wedding ring that had broken a while back. It was expensive and very pretty.

I said goodbye to V last night. By now, she's on her way to Victoria. I'll see her again in a month, for a little while... It's sad, though. I got a little bit teary last night, but we didn't linger over the goodbye, so it was okay.

I'm really going to miss her. But I know she'll do well at school, and will be back at Christmas.

So... good luck, V! I expect daily updates in the journal to keep me informed. Don't forget!

Well, last night was a lot of fun, even though I'm extremely tired and I still have to go out and get mom's present and then head down to the tattoo parler so we can buy V her going away tattoo.

I believe I'm the only one not getting one today. I just can't bring myself to allow someone to permanently color my skin with needles.

But it'll be fun to see the others get theirs.

So we just hung out and talked last night - and ate a lot of junk food and half-heartedly watched some TV. It's always nice to hang out with friends, especially when one is leaving.

Well, since my parents had to buy tickets to Riverdance in order to get the Les Miserables tickets... they're giving the Riverdance tickets to me, and that gives me and Jo an excuse to meet up with V on October 2nd to go see that.

I'm glad about that. I'll miss her.

But we'll see her again before too long, so it's okay.

I am going to lounge around and do nothing today... Mm, does that sound like fun. I usually work Sundays, but not today! And yes, this makes me very happy.

Before I forget (like I did yesterday), for those who are interested, Wolf Pack Productions released episode two of Digimon Adventure on Friday. So you can go download that if you're a fan.

It's a little more interesting than episode one, in my opinion, but still the infancy of the series. Ah, memories.

We had the anime club meeting yesterday, and I got in episode two of FMA on the list. Other stuff we watched included Chobits, Sailor Moon, and Saiyuki: Reload.

I'll never be more than mildly interested in Sailor Moon and Chobits isn't that good, but Saiyuki: Reload seemed kind of cool. I like the little dragon that turns into a jeep.

Also, watched episode 40 of FMA this morning. So that's it for my DVDs, but I have 41-45 burned onto VCD, so I can watch those next. In any case, 40 was good. A little more manga material caught up with us, it seems.

I like Scar. I really do. He's got that kind of "we can't do this to THOSE people, but it's okay if it's THESE people" attitude - and as annoying as that is when you're part of a more objective audience, it's so human.

I wonder if Martel had time to say anything to Al. Doubt it, but it would be nice.

I've been getting so frustrated over my writing lately that I've decided to take a little bit of a break from it - a couple days, maybe (we'll see how long I can stand) and then attack it again with a fresh brain. I re-edited the illusion in chapter three, and now I'm resting.

And watching FMA, of course.

Watched episode 37 this morning... A day with the military? When can that *not* be fun? Er - I mean, when it's Roy and his people, not the *rest* of the military. Anyway, the episode amused me. There were even little tidbits of plot thrown in! Now how can you complain about an episode like that?

Fun times.

I'm not looking forward to school at all... I won't have time to lounge around and watch episodes! It's going to break my spirit - I know it.

Ah well...

Game Over chapter three is finished and posted here, for those who are following the story. I've barely started chapter four, so it might be a while for that one too. But I'll get there! No worries.

Other than that, not much happened yesterday. I hung out with Jo and V last night - and Jen was with us for a little while. It was nice to have just the four of us there... It's been a while for that. We used to do it a lot, but I guess things change.

And now V's leaving... I'm going to cry. I know I will.

But not yet.

So I'm meeting a friend from the anime club who wanted to see more FMA today. We're going to watch at the comic store. I love watching anime I like with other people, so it'll probably be fun.

Checked out one of the video rental places last night. They have the first two volumes of Witch Hunter Robin, which I would like to see. I'll have to rent that when I'm finished with either Noir or RahXephon.

Excellent.

So last night I finished chapter three of Game Over... phew! It's still very, very rough, so it's not being posted today, but hopefully it'll only take me a day or two to read over it, force other people to read over it, and edit it until I'm satisfied (more or less).

So hopefully tomorrow or the next day, I'll be posting it and providing the link here. Excellent.

I also watched episode 34 of FMA.

( Just in case - spoilers, I guess )

Got to hear Edward scream in utter mental anguish again. Reminds me of how much I love Paku Romi. Who else could pull off that? I don't know why, but it's so... satisfying. Makes the angst all the more apparent. Addicting, that.

I love this series.

By the way, anyone know where I can find the character song files for FMA that everyone else seems to have but me? Preferably for download, but if you could tell me where to buy them, I think I've still got a bit of money left on my credit card anyway.

Also, is there a second soundtrack? If so, I want that too. I love the music for this show.

Obsessed? Me? Naaaaaw.