Exclusive Insanity

I think I went to bed way too late last night. Gotta work this morning, so I can't sleep in. Damn it...

Oh well. I'm a moron. Nothing new there.

I managed to accomplish nothing yesterday. All I did was kick around and read and watch anime I've already seen until I had to go to work. It was a fun, fun day.

I mean that seriously, too. I love doing nothing.

I did write down my opinions for various pairings on FMA... but I don't think I'll be sharing. It was basically just to get my thoughts in writing so they'd stop bothering me. I'm not going to invite argument or agreement here.

Maybe it's just because I'm lazy.

Oh well.

I haven't watched any new episodes of FMA yet since I am taping them because my DVDs tend not to work a lot of the time. For whatever reason, they work best in the morning so that's when I either watch new episodes or tape a few.

Right now, I'm taping. When my taping's all caught up, then I'll watch the ones I have yet to see.

It's a plan.

I work tonight. I despise work. I also have to work for the rest of the weekend and Monday. Evilness. It'll probably be disgustingly hot all weekend, too.

I'm tired and cranky right now. Our computer is being slow and refuses to open any link that needs to display in a new window. I think we might have a virus or something.

Ugh.

Man, I almost forgot how goofy the first episode of Digimon is... That brings back memories. It was nice to see it again, without all the dub one-liners and such.

Fun stuff. I'm looking forward to more episodes now.

Surprisingly, volume one of Tamers didn't arrive yesterday, so I'm still waiting on that - but it's okay, since I had other things to do with my morning. And of course work in the evening, which wasn't too bad.

Two days off now!

I also got in episode 33 of FMA, which was good. Mwaha. Greed. I want to see the fight between Greed and Ed animated... They sort of started on it, but didn't finish it. Hopefully next episode. It'll be different from in the manga, but I'm sure it'll be awesome.

I'm just glad Wrath is gone for now. Annoying little thing...

Ah well. I really like Izumi, too. This is the second time I've seen the instructor reading a book while successfully fending off his or her trainees' attacks. (the first was in Naruto) She is awesome, though. I find myself hoping she'll be in the anime more, even though I get the feeling she won't.

Too bad... I don't have many anime females I like.

Oh well.

It is quite warm out. Yesterday was actually pretty decent as far as temperature went - which is good, because I was at work - but today is hot.

Ah well... it's summer.

I managed to break one of the ceiling grates at work while attempting to dust it. The thing snapped in half and fell on me. I escaped with just a small scrape, but unfortunately I was standing beside the fan. It survived and worked okay, but the front plating broke off and I didn't know how to put it back on.

Yeeks.

In other news, my Digimon Tamers manga is here! I ordered it on either Wednesday or Thursday last week with the gift card my grandmother gave me for Chapters - that's pretty quick shipping. Actually, for some reason, they shipped volumes two and three before they shipped volume one. So I have two and three so far.

Still excellent, though. I'll read them all when volume one gets here.

I've watched up to episode thirty-two of FMA. Greed! Back into manga territory, I see... I dislike Wrath - who as far as I know wasn't in the manga, at least not in the same form - but Greed is kinda neat.

I also discovered a little while ago that Envy has the same seiyuu who does Jenrya from Tamers. No wonder it sounded slightly familiar at times...

I watched another couple of FMA episodes... So now I'm watching the stuff with the third opening theme - which I like very much. Not as much as the fourth, but more so than the first and second.

Interesting how that works.

The new ending theme is NOT good, though. Bleh. Who wants to watch two minutes of footage of WINRY? I don't CARE about Winry! This isn't the first time I've seen a pointless ending theme that just focusses on a female character (Gundam Wing and Sorcerous Stabber Orphen spring immediately to mind) but for crying out loud, Winry's not even a very big part of the story! Can't we at least have Ed and Al in there? They're the main characters!

I guess it's no big deal, but still. Annoying.

There was an anime club meeting yesterday, but we did mostly a discussion meeting again, watching a few anime afterward. I managed to get them to put on the first episode of FMA, which went over very well.

So, probably next meeting, we'll watch episode two. Excellent.

You know, they should've made Ken an image song for before and after he was evil. Then he'd have two. Not that I don't like this one, but then I'd have another one in addition to it.

I just like listening to Paku Romi sing and sound kind of evil right now, just because. You know. The fact that she does a voice in FMA as well and not an evil one.

Unless Ed somehow turns evil... I think that would massively screw things up, though.

So far, the anime is still loosely following manga canon. Going in the same basic direction, that is. I'm wondering when they're going to split and go their separate ways. I haven't seen all of the manga yet, so I might not find out at all.

Ah well.

Well, yesterday was pretty fantastic... I had a fabulous birthday - if only because nothing could've ruined it after I got the Les Miserables tickets from my parents.

My Fullmetal Alchemist DVDs arrived in the mail yesterday as well... just in time for my birthday, which is perfect. They're not the greatest - some episodes skip - but I can generally get them working long enough to watch an episode or two at a time undisturbed, and that's perfectly good enough for me.

Episodes one through forty, all for me!

I went out for dinner with my friends and boyfriend last night, and received lots of manga. I am very happy with that. Volume two of D.N.Angel, volume two of Gravitation, volume one of Clamp Campus Detectives, and one that I already had but will exchange for volume one of Tokyo Babylon.

An excellent haul, really.

I also got a new pen and a mini book on palm reading. Now I won't ever have to pay $15 to get mine read! (Not that I would've anyway, but still) Thanks, V!

So last night we hung out at V's house and watched Fullmetal Alchemist and the Today show. And then some random channel surfing. It was a very enjoyable evening.

I also watched episodes thirteen and fourteen of Fullmetal Alchemist this morning. Thirteen was AWESOME. Roy is such a dork. I love how the miniskirt fetish made its way into the anime as well. And poor Ed... but at least he didn't get roasted and carted out on a stretcher like he did in the manga.

Funny, funny stuff. I love it.

It is August the 9th and I am 22 years old today.

Hooray!

I intend to celebrate with my friends tonight, so last night I had a small family celebration. My parents gave me a gift and took me and one of my sisters (the only one who could go) out for dinner. Pizza and cheesecake, yummy.

I got some new clothing from my parents... and...

A ticket to go see Les Miserable in Vancouver!

There are a few people who will know how exciting this is for me. I was ecstatic. No matter what now, it's been a good birthday. I am incredibly happy. I also can't wait for November 13th now, since that's when the ticket is for.

Yay yay yay!

Oh, also, according to the newspaper, it is also Eric Bana's birthday today. That is kinda neat.

The weather's gone strange again. It was so hot earlier this week... now it's raining and cold. It's a real relief, actually. I'm *cold*! Yay!

Heh. Anyway.

I hate waiting for things in the mail. It makes me antsy and I have a hard time getting things done. Which might explain why Game Over is creeping along at barely a crawl. Bah.

Hopefully they'll be here on Monday. In any case, I'm hoping to post chapter two of Game Over then.

I'm hoping for a few things on Monday. But that's understandable.

Almost August 9th already... I can't believe summer's gone by so fast. Ugh. And soon I'll be back to *school*. Evil.

Ah well.

I have two days off now. It's glorious.

Last night at work wasn't as bad as Tuesday night. But I feel much better now that it's over. Evil work.

Anyway, yesterday I managed to get some writing done. I'm about five pages into the third part of Game Over. Considering how long each part seems to be, that means I've probably got about fifteen pages to go.

The title of part three is going to depend on how long it takes to get Shane through his first illusion.

I also added a scene I hadn't planned to add... but it accomplishes several purposes. Even if it seems pointless to most people. Romantic tension, mostly, but also helpful when Zinc figures out Coal is an active Guide as well...

So many plans... so little time left in the summer to write this at my leisure.