Shadow's Oft-Neglected Blogapalooza

So yeah.

2008-05-20T19:59:00.003-05:00

It's been nice, but I'm afraid this blog has ceased to be. It is an ex-blog!
It's just not the right place to talk about what's been happening in my life that's important, and to only talk of unimportant things just feels pointless now. I've got other outlets; if you're interested, ask and I'll link you.

Oh FU, AP history packet.

2008-03-10T20:41:00.002-05:00

"3. Why did the conflict over Hetch Hetchy become such a divisive controversy? Why do you think it was possible to generate such widespread protest over this issue? What were the most persuasive arguments for damming the Hetch Hetchy? How did they relate to changes in American population distribution? Who were the proponents of full development, and what was the relationship between their regional/political backgrounds and their endoresement of resource exploitation?"

This, ladies and gentlemen, is not a single question.
This is a hellish nightmare of essay-writing from which there is no quarter.

February 29th...

2008-02-29T22:57:00.001-05:00

And the only unusual thing I can think of doing is making a blog entry. ._.; Though, I guess I've already argued with my mom about a stuffed cat and the origin of two dollars, so maybe I am all set.
S'yeahbai.

Zomg.

2008-01-19T22:00:00.001-05:00

o_o
I saw Cloverfield today.
It pwned, yo.
Enough that I even just said that, see?
I also saw something severely important beforehand, that still hasn't been seen by the majority of the masses, which is cool.. and I have to say, hellz yeah Zachary Quinto. Not that he even appeared, it just had to be said.

Ah, sir, times is hard.

2008-01-17T17:03:00.000-05:00

Oh... you're still here?
Have some crappy but well-graded English writing or something then, gawd.

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Groups of similarly dressed teens cluster together at overcrowded tables. Members of opposing sexes flirt shamelessly. Food, trash, and the occasional fist flies haphazardly above the rumble of the constant chatter.

Such is the daily scene of the high school cafeteria, and a grim picture it is. In fact, this central part of the social life of a high school student may give an overly negative view of the future, to student and observer alike. To one of the multitude of teenagers in the cafeteria, the question lurks in the subconscious: Is this how it always is? If, as we are so often told, high school and its trials prepare us to face the reality of life after graduation, will we be forever dealing with cliques, bullies, breakups, crappy food, and all of those other ever-present high school clichés? Probably- hopefully- not, but it is a very discomfiting thought.

A guest to the school, or even one of the teachers who dutifully stands watch during the lunch period, may draw an equally dismal conclusion about what is to come; and in this case, these opinions are loudly and repeatedly voiced. “This,” they say, “is the face of the future?” They look at the masses of chatting, fighting, flirting teenagers, and see with glum resignation what terrible hands their country will fall into when they are past their prime. Never mind the handful of students who are genuinely smart, dedicated, and prepared to make something of themselves; never mind that it is these dedicated people- the minority of our generation, as of any other- that will truly make a difference in the future, not the larger group who have a great influence on popular culture but will ultimately hold little to no significance. Here, in our gruesome element, our individual skills and aspirations cannot be seen; We can only be interpreted as a whole, and that whole is far from a pleasant one.

Whether student or outsider, one can only hope that life is different from the unpleasant picture painted by the high school lunch.

I lost a baby tooth today.

2008-01-10T21:14:00.001-05:00

And I still have two more.
Just thought you might all like to know how pathetic I am.

Winnar is me.

2007-12-02T09:16:00.000-05:00

Not that this blog has been dead or anything.
Okay, fine. I finally hit a brick wall in my goal to post once a day and was sufficiently bummed about it to stop posting altogether. So fine.
Lately, my life has been... Well, that's not why anyone reads this, is it?
I need some o'them there Nendoroid figures. Like now.

I won at NaNo, by the way. Just a little side-note.
So in celebration, I'm hoping to bring this blogapalooza back~ Probably not daily any more, but a return of the random uninteresting babblings as I find random interweb things and tell uninteresting stories.

For example, ZOMG FUNIMATION LICENSED OURAN AND THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THEY WILL NOT SCREW IT UP (CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOOOL)
Though I fear nobody can match Ayako Saito's adorability as Honey. And if they cast Kimberly Grant (who, while normally a decent actress, butchered Ayako's character Momiji in Furaba), I will probably become an hero.

Whoopsadaisy.

2007-10-08T07:44:00.000-05:00

Apparently I, like the British to the early American colonies, am now operating this blog under a policy of salutary neglect. Well, I'll catch it up eventually... maybe.
Anyway, I've motivated myself to make a post just so I can complain that the extra day of a three-day weekend should NOT be so full of fail before it even begins. I've been up for a few hours doing anything but a horrendous English essay, at 10:00 I'm off to my former flute teacher's house to practice Christmas music probably until I have to come back for 12, because at 12:30 I have my first driving lesson which should be interesting since I've only been out with my dad for about 4 hours in all. So it'll be halfway through the day before I can do anything that doesn't suck, and even then I'll have to find a way to write the rest of this essay.. which I ought to be doing right now.
Garfield was right.

"Black holes are where God divided by zero."

2007-08-20T21:39:00.000-05:00

Atlas, you're silly.

Shadow's VDDs #007

2007-08-12T05:00:00.000-05:00

It's a bit early for this, but nonetheless I feel everyone should know that last night I had a dream that I was going to a concert with my buddy movie!Voldemort. The band wasn't there and we were rather miffed, but Tenacious D was getting ready to start next door and Jack Black tried to teach me how to play the piano. He gave us tickets to their next concert, on the following night, and said that he would continue the lesson during intermission. And yes, I know there wouldn't be an intermission.
Yeah, that's about it.

Oh I'm alive, and how I know it

2007-08-11T21:04:00.000-05:00

Today we visited Gram for her birthday. Fairly uneventful and stuff. Assaulted my family with music by way of the FM transmitter. Oh- but before that, there was a rededication ceremony at the old junior high, which is now an "Early Childhood Center" (a kindergarten with a few preschool classes, I think). The building's all big and nice and the classrooms are huge- their own bathrooms in some cases- and there's a computer lab. Seriously, what? Come on...

WHAT.

2007-08-04T10:49:00.000-05:00

I don't care how many copies your book has sold, O great and pretentious David Guterson, or how speshul your take on racism is- you did not just describe the Japanese language as guttural.
>[

needs a life

2007-07-29T11:43:00.001-05:00

Road to Disney: Log 2

2007-07-02T22:58:00.000-05:00

We took a bit long to leave this morning. The shower confused me very much. But this van was made for drivin', and that's just what it'll do...
12:35
In retrospect, eating at a Sonic Drive-In just because there are basically none back in New England was kind of a bad idea. Before, the commercials just made me think, "Wow, these people need to learn the concept of precise marketing." Now I'll think, "ARGH! That place was so good! But I'll probably never eat there again! T_T"
1:59
Is that a FIREWORKS STORE?! PULL OVER! SERIOUSLY, RIGHT NOW!
2:21
Les Miserables has an anime.
I'm watchin' it, yes.
But it's centered on Cosette (hence the subtitle: Shoujo Cosette >_>). You better not villainize my precious Eponine, bahstahds. >O
3:29
WTF? Are those palm trees or something? We're not even in Florida yet! Wait, where *are*-
"Welcome. We're Glad Georgia's On Your Mind."
...oh.
...:headdesk:
3:42
I think rain is wonderful.
5:07
McDonald's makes surprisingly good cookies.
There are some really picturesque fields in... ah... still Georgia, apparently... but they're offset by this big factory in the distance. Smoke rises from the pillars and seeps into the sky... gloomy.
5:14
Note to self:
The Ouran girl's uniform would be a fun and kinda easy cosplay.
If I do that Lucky Star cheerleader costume, I should go for the girl with long orange-brown-y hair and a headband so I can be lazy about my hair color.
5:36
"Now entering Florida" sign.
I still need yellow pom-poms.
5:51
I glanced out the window, vaguely hoping to see something aside from miles of highway, generic trees, and billboards. The rain had ceased, and left behind a clouded sky as a reminder, but-
"Oh, a rainbow!" I pointed, and Dad looked over right away.
"What? What'd she say?" Mom shouted immediately. I twitched.
"RAIN. BOW. IN. SKY." I had little patience for her inability to hear me at any time.
"Ohh!" she cried once Dad had translated. "Pretty! It must be a sign that we'll have a great time at Disney!"
"Or maybe it's a sign that it just rained," I muttered darkly, turning back to my writing.
9:34
Oh, I was off the laptop for a while. But oh man... David Tennant...
;3;
Doctor Who is lub. Oh so much lub.
We're in Florida. It's hot with palm trees. I expected it to be... otherwise, shall we say. Like, everyone says that, but I tend to imagine that they're just saying so because it seems like something you're supposed to say.
But no, it actually is hot and rather muggy. It's almost 10 PM, and it's 79 degrees out. We have indeed driven by palm trees. It is, in fact, tropical.
Huh.

Road to Disney: Log 1

2007-07-01T22:39:00.000-05:00

06-01
11:25 AM
Got up early and set off driving at around 7:30. We've been through Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York already, and are now driving through New Jersey. Maybe it's because I've been reading, writing, or watching anime the whole time, but I can't really tell the difference. All roads and buildings.
We drove by a seaport some distance away. The cranes looked like brightly-colored giraffes. Though that was probably my poor eyesight talking.
A plane flies overhead. From my point of view, it's moving so slowly that it's practically suspended in the air. Still, I reflect on how much more quickly we'd be at our destination if we were on one of those planes.
Not that I really mind. Long drives are kind of relaxing, and I have more than enough to amuse myself with.
Well, back to PPC-writing.

12:09 PM
Jimmy and I are watching Versus.
xD.
Best movie ever. I kinda want to MST it or something.

6:04 PM
WTF, Spiral ending. W. T. F.

7:54 PM
Aww, Hai-chan bes all sweet and stuff.
My mother can be disgustingly immature and insensitive, though.
Anyway, we're in Virginia right now. I've been writing fics and stuff. Woo.
11:37 PM
We've been driving for 15 and a half hours now, which is not as bad as it sounds.
We're now staying in an "Econo-Lodge," which is also not as bad as it sounds.
Now then, time for sleep.

Even more post-vacation win

2007-06-29T14:27:00.000-05:00

Protectors of the Plot Continuum.
Is there anything I can even say about it?
But once again, I'll have to wait until we get back.
I'm also looking into serious, literate, preferably canon character-less Naruto RPs. I've got pretty high standards for them, and right now I'm looking at these two... I'm going to work on my character(s) while I'm away, and then try out both (I'm kind of leaning toward Hidden Secrets right now, but I'm worried about the pace).
And now we return to packing. Lots of packing.

Two things, one lulzy and one most definitely not

2007-06-28T10:03:00.000-05:00

One: My mother is sometimes, though not always, a hypocrite who insists on keeping me at home at all times because she doesn't want to "lose me," if by being lost you mean actually making and being able to hang out with friends. She does so in a ruthlessly effective method, by asking way too many questions when I'm attempting to hang out with someone, calling repeatedly or insisting on being called, and generally making a massive scene about everything before saying no, in a way that definitely discourages further attempts to make contact with me by other friends.

Two:

I r t3h l3373r8

2007-06-28T06:25:00.000-05:00

Joy of joys!
Found a Gaian guild for literate RPers. With actual standards for letting people join. And member-run RPs which can also be made by anyone with the ability to do so properly.
This is a beautiful thing.
Too bad it'll probably have to wait until I return from vacation T___T I'm sure it's going to be fun, but it's sure going to interfere with my normal activities...

/B/TARDS TAKE OVER FRANCE

2007-06-27T15:06:00.000-05:00

Full story at 11!

Writing stuff, awaaaay!

2007-06-26T06:37:00.000-05:00

In order to satisfy my sudden need to write something, and my dissatisfaction with any of my original ideas, I'mma write some more fanfiction. Aww, yeah.
The question is, where shall I post it? The Pit of the Voles is the most obvious option, but I'm ascared of it...
Bahaha, this is long overdue. So many ideas. :cackles:

That silly convention thing

2007-06-25T13:36:00.000-05:00

The Anime Boston report is kinda being worked on, kinda. It'll probably not be finished until after vacation, though, since Mother's already freaking out over how much we have to do to get ready. Whoo...

Oh, I guess this is kind of important.

2007-06-23T09:01:00.000-05:00

A week from tomorrow we leave to drive (yes, drive, my mother's afraid of planes) to Florida. I'll be gone for two weeks.
^_^;
But we'll still have internet access at the hotel, so I'll keep yer updated and all. I know how much you care.

PARTY HAT

2007-06-21T09:52:00.000-05:00

Off to AC party soon.
Hopefully everyone knows when/where it is and what to bring... n-n;

It's summer.
I really ought to accomplish something.

My mother's thought process, or "Parents can be Infantile if They Want"

2007-06-19T19:56:00.000-05:00

Hmm, I've had all day to sit around and do nothing because of a wrist injury that I've milked for well over a year, but somehow I haven't had time for that walk I'm supposed to be taking. Huh. Oh, hey, the phone's ringing. Maybe I won something? Oh, it's Jenny, I hope she doesn't want anything. Huh... she wants to go over a friend's house? Are parents home? Grandparents, huh... well, I donno... oh, wait, her boyfriend's going? She obviously only wants to go because of him. Well, I think I'll ask her about fifteen more questions to make sure her friends know just how much I restrict her every move and then reduce her to near-tears of frustration before telling her no way, yell at her all the way home, wait for her to get fed up and tell me her thoughts and feelings about the whole thing, and then say "Well, that's your opinion" and pretend nothing happened until she gives up and we repeat the process tomorrow. Yeah, sounds good. Hmm, let's add some more online sweepstakes to the list of 394 she already has to enter for me every day. But later I think I'll act really nice, just to throw her off.

It's a little bland.

2007-06-17T20:19:00.000-05:00

Under the influence of Jimmy, I tried a dog biscuit yesterday. It wasn't so much bad as it was dry, dense and tasteless with a slightly unpleasant aftertaste.
If I ever get a dog, I'm not feeding it that crap.

Incidentally, you know how most schools watch movies or something on the last day of school? I have chemistry and gym finals.
Come on, man. Come on.

It's time for an adventure, Diamond and Pearl!

2007-06-16T08:33:00.000-05:00

Why is it that those who come up with new English openings for anime always go with godawful raps for some reason? What is the connection there?

...Nando, the bishie Pokemon bard with a ridiculously bad accent?! Kickawesome.

Also, Mime Jr, I'll never accept you as part of Team Rocket D<

The most beautiful moment of my life

2007-06-15T14:47:00.000-05:00

"How interesting. Your DNA seems to have somehow been merged with the Omnitrix's..."
"Who cares? When do I get to merge my fist with Ben's face?!"

Anyway, the song O Valencia! by the uber-fantastic indie rock group The Decemberists is just amazing. I haven't had a favorite song since I was, like, 10, but man, it's pretty remarkable... You need to listen to it. Lieknow.

Epic anniversary post

2007-06-10T04:57:00.000-05:00

Exactly a year ago today I started this blog o_o
And I've basically made a post for every day.
I'd like to say a lot has happened, or it's been life-changing, or something, but actually I can't. ^_^; Still, I'm proud to have continued this long, and hope to continue for a long time to come.
Maybe someday I'll even have readers!

The sky tonight is so wide and spacious~

2007-06-08T16:52:00.001-05:00

Watching Full Moon wo Sagashite, I find it creepier every second that an eighteen-year-old appears to be in love with a twelve-year-old, a shinigami who's who-knows-how-old but deinitely looks at least eighteen, and that the twelve-year-old in question sounds like she's well over twenty.
As a side note, this is the second series in a row with a sitcom-y "clips from the episode you just watched" ending. Too lazy to animate an ending sequence, seriously?
But the opening's nothing short of adorable and I really like the plot.

A note on code errors in this blog

2007-06-06T17:22:00.000-05:00

I've noticed that occasionally, when I use a "less than three" heart, Blogger will take it as the beginning of an HTML tag and proceed to delete everything until it reaches a ">" (which would close the HTML tag if it was one at all) or the end of the post. If you notice that a lot of a post seems to have been cut off, please leave a comment on it so that I can fix it as best I can. x_x
Thanks~

I would so drive this car...

2007-06-04T14:11:00.000-05:00

...if it were life-sized.

Best. Irish drinking song. Ever.

2007-06-02T06:17:00.000-05:00

Youtubevideowhoringwheeeeeeee
Sorry, but I just saw this one last night on ABC and felt the world had to know.

Uwaaah, too cuuute~

2007-06-01T15:53:00.000-05:00

The Furaba dub is excellent, but nothing can compare to the heart-stopping adorableness of Ayako Saito T___T

Just listen to that. And anytime he even just speeeeaks... And same for Honey-sempai... ;3; I want to find this seiyu and give her a huge, dengit.

Kitty kittyyyy

2007-05-31T14:55:00.000-05:00

First reaction while watching Fruits Basket: Shigure = John Burgmeier = :fangasm:
Second reaction: Overreaction much, Yuki? ("CATS ARE SOCIETAL REJECTS AND FILTHY AND USELESS. D<" Tohru: "I just mentioned that I like kitties... T_T")

Early morning FTW

2007-05-28T05:01:00.000-05:00

It's 6 am.
I've been up since 5:30.
I'm watching subbed Ouran High School Host Club episodes while cleaning out my computer's startup list.
Hai-chan is camping and I miss him.
In four hours I'll be marching in the Memorial Day parade.
But I have to be there in three and a quarter. What's up with that?
Anyway, that's about it.

That's entertaaainment

2007-05-26T22:02:00.001-05:00

That's E! = :D

Graduating seniors = D':

Our school's craptastic sound equipment = D<

I kind of liek really want to know what it's like to be on that stage.
x_x;;

Damn ice cream.

2007-05-23T17:39:00.000-05:00

So MCAS has ended, and in celebration all of the sophomores gathered in the cafeteria for ice cream.
All of them, except for one who was outside and whose teacher neglected to inform her of the situation.
So to satisfy myself and to give a treat to the other members as well, Raven, Hai-chan and I set out to buy the Anime Club ice cream at Hannaford's, leaving a note behind that explained in similar words.
Unfortunately, thanks to the mysterious disappearance of that note, the reception was not as I might have expected.
-_-

There's a thing on my tongue.

2007-05-15T18:27:00.000-05:00

And it hurts.
<_<

Blast you, teeth!

2007-05-14T20:18:00.000-05:00

I brush my teef at least twice a day. So how come I always have cavities when I go to the dentist? D':
Furthermore, I have a confession to make.
I still have a few baby teeth.
>_>;
Yeah, shut up.

Oh, Wednesday's the 42nd meeting. Should be fun, I hope~

The Writing Fairy's Words of Wisdom: Nicknames

2007-05-12T07:08:00.000-05:00

When writing fanfiction, do not invent cute little nicknames and proceed to use them constantly. Hermione is her name, not Mio or Mione or Hermi or any number of other variations. Unless it's a nickname a character actually uses on a regular basis, don't even think about it. It's quite annoying.
In original fiction, obviously, you don't have to worry about whether it's canon. But nicknames can still be irritating, so be careful. Try to think about whether the character in question would mind having a pet name, and whether the characters around him/her would actually use one. Don't use it too much in the narration itself, and make sure it's not stupid-sounding. If the character has a short name as it is, a nickname is pretty much pointless.
Writers and their characters have a special relationship, but in the story itself, your love for them shouldn't come through and bludgeon the reader to death, and constantly referring to them with pet names will do just that.

DS GET!

2007-05-11T17:26:00.000-05:00

Jimmy's DS Lite came in today- did I even mention that story? Oh. INFO DUMP TIME:
Well, apparently Jimmy, lord of breakage, managed to basically snap his DS in two. o_o; Not on purpose. With heavy hearts, we called Nintendo to see if there was any chance they'd do anything, fully prepared to pay up for a new one.
Within a few days, we received a prepaid package in which to mail them Jimmy's DS. And about a week later, they mailed it back, fully repaired, complete with replaced screen covers, for zip money.
Nintendo's amazing.
"But why do you care?" you ask. "It's your brother's DS, not yours, and everyone knows you don't care about others."
Well, that's pretty rude, but you're right. n_n; I was letting him use mine while we waited. I didn't mind, really, and it was me that offered, but it's all the more reason to be grateful for its return.

Excerpts from an afternoon stroll

2007-05-10T18:03:00.000-05:00

We passed by a rather dilapidated old house that seemed to stick out oddly as coming from the wrong story: pretty violet flowers (or was that the type that was really a weed? I tried to recall, but all that came to mind was a conversation about how a weed could have every bit of the beauty of a flower) sprang up amidst overgrown grass that pushed its way determinedly through cracks in the driveway, and the shutters hung off of the clouded Victorian windows as though barely clinging to life. My eyes stayed on it long after we'd passed by as I contemplated what sort of secrets it might have hid, were this the sort of town where interesting things ever happened.

**********

As I walked, relishing the scent of summer that brushed against my cheek with the wind, I stared at the sky and casually tried to imagine she wasn't behind me. Walking at a relaxed pace, I wasn't trying to lose her, yet somehow nothing short of exaggerated baby steps was slow enough. I held back a sigh. The strange sort of beauty of the calm uneventful town seemed marred somehow by the fact that the sun behind us revealed her shadow falling over mine. That, and her footsteps and dramatic huffing and puffing served as constant reminders that she was a few steps behind me at all times, even when the flow of chatter ceased for a while. There was something symbolic about that, or so I imagined. Thus musing, my eyes wandered along with my mind so that I handily failed to notice the small but rapidly approaching pothole. The distance my foot fell was barely affected, but it was still just enough to throw off my sense of balance, and startled by the change, I gave a tiny gasp and stumbled almost imperceptibly. From behind me, the difference mustn't have even been discernible, and my mother failed to notice my blunder, which I quickly recovered from, and I took pains to continue to amble along as though it had never happened.
Perhaps there was something symbolic about that, too.

In any case-

2007-05-09T19:15:00.000-05:00

-I certainly mustn't be very good company. I'm too... me-ish. >>; I don't tend to follow any normal expectations. And I also seem to have rather odd ideas of what should happen sometimes- the response I'm hoping for from something I say, or even just acknowledgment from someone, for example- that are always rather unrealistic. I'unno.
Eh, but I suppose my goal isn't really to be likable. Ideally, I'd like to just follow the oft-repeated mantra of "be yourself"and not be so self-conscious and concerned with other people's opinions. Luckily for all of us, that will never, ever happen.
[/babble]

Also, I hung out with Matt-kun today~ It was fun and generally made me happy. n_n Though I still feel bad for wasting your time/making you late, Matt-kun, and there's nothing you can do about it. D<

I'unno but...

2007-05-08T16:11:00.000-05:00

I wonder whether I'm really much of a good friend. /:

OH NO THEY DIDN'T.

2007-05-07T20:18:00.000-05:00

I just saw a Pokemon TIME TRAVEL EPISODE.

Realization:

2007-05-05T21:33:00.000-05:00

Permanently-closed-eyes characters are win, regardless of the series, situation, or any other traits of the character.

Ahhh~ <3

2007-04-20T05:27:00.000-05:00

I'm up at this ungodly hour to go to Anime Boston :DDD So excited. Of course, I'll be busy/gone/exhausted during the weekend itself, so you won't hear about the con itself for a while. Though hopefully it'll take less time than the previous con report... x_x;

BREAK IT DOWN NOW.

2007-04-14T17:08:00.000-05:00

Ohhh yeah.

Opposite of stage fright?

2007-04-13T14:07:00.000-05:00

So after movie night when the auditorium I stood on the stage and had a cliche moment.
It was such a weird exciting intimidating feeling. An' I wanted some mores. T_T

HOLD IT!

2007-04-12T19:58:00.000-05:00

I've been playing Phoenix Wright in preparation for cosplaying as Maya 8D I've progressed at a pretty fast rate (kinda been playing under the covers at night... >>; ).
Thoughts:

It's freakin' awesome.
I really want to give Edgeworth a biiiig hug.
I acquired an orchestrated version of the soundtrack, as well as the original and a jazz version o_O;

I'm thinking once I finish it I'll write a review. Since I'm really thinking about a future career, and game journalism is pretty up there, I've been thinking I should probably start writing more in that area, so I'm going to try to start a few habits:
After beating a game, write a review of it.
-On that note, beat more games. (I have an issue with stopping 90% through ^^; )
Round out my gaming habits. I tend to avoid certain genres (shooters mostly), and not being a well-rounded and experienced gamer would be a definite limitation.
Ah... I forgot what I was saying. Hey, look over there!
TAKE THAT!

Such a feeling of eeevil inside!

2007-04-05T15:27:00.000-05:00

I need this too.
Badly.

Buh.

2007-04-04T16:16:00.000-05:00

T'morrow's my mother's birthday, upon which she will act more childish than I do on my birthday. S'okay though.
But y'know, without tomorrow being my mom's birthday, and the 18th being my dad's, I wouldn't be here. Interesting.

I have not yet begun to debauch!

2007-04-03T15:00:00.000-05:00

Ten million points to anyone identifying the subject's reference.
Fun fact: Harry Potter does not deserve the amount of popularity it's received, though it also doesn't deserve the amount of badfic.

Your bald spot can reflect lasers~

2007-04-02T18:21:00.000-05:00

Sunny as a bald penny~
Brilliant as a professor~
So romantic, WLiiA... <3

A brief note:

2007-04-01T17:35:00.000-05:00

Dr. Cox is awesome.
His crush on Carla early in the series is not.
His relationship with Jordan is, however.
And that's all.

Why binary, Hiro? Why?

2007-03-31T07:14:00.001-05:00

I don't knooow anything about that T_T
ASDFGHILOVEHEROESSOMUCH.

Anime Boston is next month

2007-03-30T17:25:00.000-05:00

I'm excited.
And not ready.
;3;

While I'm at it...

2007-03-29T16:18:00.000-05:00

If you're familiar with the LotR fandom, and in particular its huge slash following and the dreaded meaning of the word "Mpregolas," you'll also find Not Again, another of Cyberwulf's parodies, very amusing.

Flouncing away in a snit

2007-03-28T15:00:00.000-05:00

Ho!Mione Grunger and the Liek Totally Original Plotline!
Read it.
Bow to it.
Find Cyberwulf and marry her (I think) for me.

Why does I want it? D:

2007-03-27T21:29:00.000-05:00

I don't know, but I do. T_T

MARIIIIIA! I've just kissed a girl named Mariiiiia~

2007-03-26T16:58:00.000-05:00

Disclaimer: Actually, no, I haven't.

I kinda want a keyboard (as in the piano-type thing). It'd be good for music-ing for games and crap projects and stuff, not to mention for fun. Plus, piano's not that hard to self-teach (not to be "oh it's so simple," but the basics are easy).
But.
Money factor rears its ugly head once again.
WRYYYYYY

Shadow's VDDs #007

2007-03-25T21:09:00.000-05:00

Some people's memories of their childhood don't involve lions on sleds. I say those people are losers. This... is Shadow's VDDs- Classic Edition.*
I have no idea why this memory is still with me, being of a strange and utterly inconsequential nature, but the earliest dream I can remember is one I had when I believe I was about five, in the summer. In it, I was in a nondescript snowy field with a lot of hills. Nothing too creative there. Suddenly, I noticed that I was being chased by a rather large lion (maybe I was a bit slow back then?). Of course, I fled immediately, eventually falling through a neat round hole Alice-style. The lion followed me, but landed calmly next to me and explained in a British-sounding voice that he wasn't really such a bad guy after all. We became buddies and came out of the hole, which apparently was a tunnel, to find a tree on which wooden sleds had just sprouted. Taking the next logical step, we jumped onto one and began to ride down a steep hill. Wheee~
Ah, but then I believe I was woken up by an ambulance driving by. And why I remember that too, we shall never know.

*If you haven't caught on to this, incidentally, the introductions are intended to be read in a Colbert-esque style. I'm still not sure why.

Are you on the list?

2007-03-24T20:43:00.000-05:00

Have I babbled about Heroes yet?
I haven't?
Lame, because I don't really feel like it right now.
Suffice to say, it's brilliant beyond words. You can watch it on NBC.com, actually. And you must, or I'll complain quite a bit.

And one more.

2007-03-23T20:03:00.000-05:00

Oh, and if I actually did kill someone in the future, I know nothing about it now. I have no such plans- too much art, writing, and school stuff to take care of as it is, thanks.
If I did, though, I'm curious. Who was it?

A note to those who will eventually be investigating my blog for clues

2007-03-22T17:55:00.000-05:00

I'm sure it'll happen.
The previous post makes me out to be the quiet, creepy psychopath of my high school, quietly dedicating her life to the hatred of those higher-up on the social ladder.
I'm not, I promise. I have better things to do. ;D
Also, I didn't kill him/her/them. At least, I hope I didn't.

bitch.

2007-03-21T14:33:00.000-05:00

After loudly bemoaning the cruel nature of the class, she flops dramatically into her seat and buries her face in her arms, her hair cascading down the side of her desk in a ridiculously smooth manner. Her posture is soon broken as she sits up to adjust her shirt so that it better accents her figure. I notice with morbid fascination that her shoes, her purse, and her hairpiece all match. Red with white polka dots. The exact same shade. The teacher makes an irritated remark and she pouts in what is clearly intended to be an attractive way. To me, it seems to fail miserably, but then I notice tiny red hearts fluttering mothlike around the heads of the nearby male students.
An inward groan is interrupted when one of them, while attempting to "subtly" flex, knocks the books from the corner of my desk. I watch him- I can see it, it's so obvious, why does nobody else see this- I watch him glance at her face, gauging her reaction- will it please her more if he is a gentleman and picks them up, or turns on the cool and does nothing? Her titter of approval points to the latter, and my books and I promptly drop off of his radar. I scramble on the dirty floor before the proud queen, gathering my scattered belongings in a resentful silence.
She is feigning disinterest in the boys' attention, I know, but in reality it is she who needs them, and desperately. She feeds on their affection like a succubus straight out of a cliché fantasy (but so much more aggravatingly real); now inviting them closer, now pushing them away, thriving on their frustration and desire as the other girls look on in envy - all wanting so terribly that which somehow makes her so much better (or worse, far worse) than they are.

If I were male, I'd be boring.

2007-03-20T19:03:00.000-05:00

SRSLY.
I'm obsessed with gaming and wear oversized t-shirts and baggy pants. I don't squick easily and I hate all things girly. I scarcely have a figure and if I lopped off my ponytail, you'd probably have to guess which one I was.
I have lots of stereotypically guy-like qualities.
What makes me interesting at all is that I'm actually female. If I were male, I'd probably blend right in (oh, only minus the occasional moronically perverted comment).
Just a theory.

More acronym fun

2007-03-19T15:37:00.000-05:00

MCAS started today. Oh no, how difficult! Make sure you get a good rest and eat a biiig breakfast so you'll be able to use those brains of yours, kids!
=_=
Ah, standardized testing...

Bee you ess ay

2007-03-18T18:21:00.000-05:00

Wow.
None of the boards actually work, but just looking at it brings back memories. Some of which might even be good.

"When is it gonnna stop, huh? The aggression?"

2007-03-17T21:11:00.000-05:00

"When you give us our colonies back."
Ah, Whose Line...
I adore Colin and Ryan, but every time I see Greg I become more and more obsessed. Clive is greater than Drew by a factor of OVER NINE THOUSAND.

So happy together, so how is the weather?

2007-03-16T17:27:00.000-05:00

I just got in from brushing the snow off of my mom's van (which is back from the repair shop, incidentally).
Yesterday it was sixty degrees out.
Ah, New England...

Hey, thanks a lot guys. >_>

2007-03-15T14:54:00.000-05:00

[SCENE ONE: Bus 12. High school STUDENTS chatter amiably on their way home from another mundane day at MHS. In the back, a group of senior IDIOTS chortle as they throw objects at other students. JENNY sits alone (behind GARRETT, across from PATRICK), leaning against the smudgy window expressionlessly, when PATRICK leans over to address her.]

PATRICK

Hey, so a bunch of us [motioning at GARRETT, JAMIE, and RYAN] are getting together at my house today to play Super Smash Brothers...

JENNY

[with just the faintest hint of hope] Yeah...?

PATRICK

Can we borrow a controller?

Through the fire and the flames we carry on!

2007-03-14T19:50:00.000-05:00

:rocks out:
Fun fact: I have been to one live concert- Audio Adrenaline, a rather nifty Christian rock band. It was in summer 2003. I still wear the t-shirt. Also got a poster autographed, which is still up in my room looking all out-of-place among the anime posters.

And the Jenny said, "Games are a good thing."

2007-03-13T19:00:00.000-05:00

Today was my speech presentation. I think I did fairly well.
Except- whyyyy am I always so shaky aaaaargh
Yet somehow I always have such interest in acting T_T Ah well, felt good to present something I'd worked so hard on. Even if it wasn't all of it.

=____=

2007-03-12T21:33:00.000-05:00

I'm still working on trimming down the massive length of my speech. It's supposed to be, like, three pages. Instead it's eight.
T_T.
Maybe I'll eventually put it up for your happy reading time fun.

Kweh.

2007-03-12T21:07:00.000-05:00

PRIIICE LIIINE NEGOTIAAATOR
A birthday is today.

Phantom Greatness: Quest for the Blade of the Eternal Requiem for Tranquility: An Excerpt

2007-03-11T17:13:00.000-05:00

The Hero looked around the town square a tad nervously. The townspeople, he had to admit to himself, creeped him out more than a little. Many of them seemed to be walking back and forth along set paths without purpose or destination, or even standing, rigid and unblinking, in the same spot. Small children tirelessly chased each other around the fountain at the center of the square in an oddly defined path.
But still, he needed information. Seeking out a random target, his eyes settled on a woman in a plaid blue bonnet and a decidedly generic brown dress. He walked toward her cautiously, noting as he approached her strange manner of movement. Step west. Step west. Step west. Step east. Step east. Step east. Step north. Pause. Look east. Step south. Step west. Step west. Step west... He watched her, fascinated (and even more so by the fact that she seemed to take no notice). Then, shaking himself from his reverie, he forced himself to tap politely on her shoulder. "Excuse me." She turned to him in that same distressingly mechanical manner. "Can I ask you a few questions?"
A moment's pause, then she spoke. "It's always so quiet around here... seems like nothing will ever change," she remarked faintly.
"I see. But do you know anything about this man, by any chance?" He brandished the photograph.
"It's always so quiet around here... seems like nothing will ever change," she repeated firmly, not so much as sparing the picture a glance. The Hero blinked.
"I just thought you might know something, he may have been from around here-"
"It's always so quiet around here... seems like nothing will ever change."
"Why do you keep saying that?" His nerves beginning to fray slightly, The Hero fought to keep his voice under control.
"It's always so quiet around here..."
"...seems like nothing will ever change. I know, you told me." His frustration grew. "Are you even listening to me?"
"It's always so quiet around here... seems like nothing will ever change."
The Hero decided to go out on a limb.
"You're a filthy whore."
"It's always so quiet around here... seems like nothing will ever change." The woman's left eye twitched slightly.
"Thanks for your help," The Hero said, hurrying away before he was forced to hear her reply. Glancing over his shoulder, he saw her turn away listlessly and continue her fruitless journey. Step west. Step west. Step west. He shuddered, praying inwardly that the rest of the town's inhabitants would not be the same.

Oh, but significantly less awesome...

2007-03-10T16:22:00.000-05:00

...is the fact that our... beloved Mrs. Flaherty wants us to play it for all of our idiot-faced classmates.

Dun-dun... dun-dun...

2007-03-09T22:41:00.000-05:00

Nolan's scream was the best part of the entire pops concert.
Which I think was rather awesome. I had solos. Kind of. And we played a good selection of pieces (and Gettysburg...). Mr. Pittsley is win, and the band no longer being horrible is a pretty good change as well.
Afterward, I was kind of dancing around a bit. It's kind of a rush after a performance goes well.

Rightstuf, how could yoooou! D:

2007-03-08T08:55:00.000-05:00

So Rightstuf.com, one of my favorite online anime stores, was having this amazing sale where you could get 10 ADV DVDs for $50. Mom had said she would do it even though she wasn't really sure when she would give us the DVDs (since I can't afford it, I need money for AB07), so I was going to get all six Princess Tutu DVDs~ But then, when we were about to order... :muffled sob:

We've had an incredible response to our "ADV Abundance of Savings" event. However, due to a combination of factors - including exhausting stock on volumes of various series and weather-related issues - we have to shut the party down earlier than we would have liked.

Effective immediately, the "Abundance of Savings" promotion is over, and the online coupons are considered expired.

T_____T

Labelzorz

2007-03-07T08:48:00.000-05:00

Just want to point out that although I've been making some new labels lately, I haven't gone through old posts and applied them where they belong yet. I'll do it eventually.
Maybe.
Okay, most likely not.

Random Shadow Fact #011!

2007-03-06T20:42:00.000-05:00

Shadow doesn't actually know why she's referring to herself as Shadow here. "Shadow Orenda" is the first alias she ever used, but since "Shadow" is not the most original name she's mostly converted to "Tozoku" for her artist self or lately "J" for her real self, the latter being the one that would make the most sense here.

Hell hath a second name...

2007-03-05T19:27:00.000-05:00

...and that name is "Happyland."
This is something few people will ever know. There is a wretched genre of fanfiction known as the 'sugarhigh fic.' It is inevitably written by twelve-year-old girls who blame the script format, juvenile humor and general stupidity on 'I WUZ ON LOTSA SUGAR WHEN I WROTE THIS LOLZ!!!1' Worse yet, they usually garner quite a few "lol so funnie! writ more plz"-type reviews.
I must now confess to a sin. When I was of age, and my intelligence was still working its way out of the depths of my pre-teen mind...
I wrote one such monstrosity.
Its name was "Adventures in Happyland." It was a YGO! fanfic. The entire cast awoke to find themselves in the title location, and the heroes generally proceeded to frolic about whilst the villains groaned "humorously" in the background.
I still have it somewhere, probably on the other computer which I'm too lazy to turn on right now. Someday, perhaps, I shall reveal a bit of its horror to you, the readers (or rather reader).
For now, I felt it was a sin that could not be hidden any longer.

More fun with forgetting about things

2007-03-04T07:19:00.000-05:00

There's a Flashback label, isn't there?
Ah, right, I meant to use old posts from other blogs or things that I had long ago, when I was an even crappier and more annoying person. ;D Forgot about that, naturally.
I shall revive it... tomorrow. Maybe.

And the rain will make the flowers grow.

2007-03-03T19:45:00.000-05:00

So one of my current goals is to get rid of all of my goals.
Seriously, I feel like I can't really just doodle lately because I'm always in way over my head. Art trades, contest prizes, comics, gifts, not to mention non-art responsibilities... all of it is kinda clogging up my spare time. If I had any creative flow, this stuff would be stifling it.
So I'm putting together a list so that hopefully I can get rid of everything on it and relax a bit. As I'm sure ten thousand adults would say, I'm still rather young. I'm supposed to be carefree, ne?
...psh, nah. xD

Oh, that rhyme.

2007-03-02T16:15:00.000-05:00

Come to think of it, I'm like the only person I know who still remembers it.
Do you?
I also tend to have to mutter it to myself every time I try to remember such things. LAME. But hey, at least I remember the poem.

30 days hath September, April, June, and November...

2007-03-01T19:11:00.000-05:00

February's one o'them short months.
Not the best round to be doing impromanga for. T_T
But... eh.

We could change the world, we could strike the chord.

2007-02-28T19:01:00.000-05:00

Well, maybe.
asdfhaven'tsubmittedMAXimageyet

Yay, buttons

2007-02-27T15:20:00.000-05:00

Text size. A fine line between stylishly small and illegibly small.
Bold. Very loud.
Italics. Fancy.
Text color. Are these all of the colors there are in the world?
Link. He come to town, come to save the Princess Zelda.
Align left. The default. Lefties win sometimes.
Align center. For titles or Gaia abuse.
Align right. Only touched in Writing Fairy posts.
Justify. To prove to be just, right, or valid. Good for reports.
Numbers. You count with them.
Bullets. You shoot with them.
Quote. The world is round; it has no point.
Spell check. For those that always lost the spelling bees.
Picture. Not actually worth a thousand words.
Eraser. Mistakes never happened.

...I really need a new source entertainment.

Random Shadow Fact #010!

2007-02-26T14:39:00.000-05:00

Shadow has now posted ten Random Shadow Facts.

The Writing Fairy's Words of Wisdom: Character Descriptions

2007-02-25T18:45:00.000-05:00

Don't dedicate a full paragraph to nothing but describing your character's appearance. It's unnecessary and it creates an awkward break in the action. There are a few better ways to go about this:
Make reference to the character's appearance in sentences in which something else is taking place, in a reasonably spaced-out manner, using sentences like these:

As she spoke, she tugged viciously at a strand of long brown hair.
He wilted under the furious gaze of her sinister dark eyes.
She quickened her pace, her long red coat flapping in the breeze and her worn boots slapping against the ground.

Don't do this too much, though, or it becomes annoying. When done right, this can give a good effect of gradually revealing the character's appearance.
If you must give a full-on description, don't just throw it in the middle of the first chapter. Instead, describing him/her as another character takes the character's appearance in is the best way to go about it- and even then, it should still be brief. For instance:

The guard looked the strange woman up and down with growing derision, taking in her wild brown hair, her gaudy overcoat, and the slightly intoxicated look in her dark, beady eyes.

Without seeming too unnatural or going on for more than a sentence, I've given the reader a basic feel for her appearance. As they read on, they should hopefully get a more detailed image through (ideally) subtle clues.

Try to avoid characters who are pretty just for the sake of being pretty, but when they're necessary (like an idealized damsel in distress, for example), be sure not to abuse words like "beautiful" and "stunning," and avoid too many metaphors. Just choose words that imply beauty without bluntly stating it:

Her small, birdlike frame shivered gently as she pulled the blanket more tightly about her with slender hands. Long strands of hair fell across her face and stole away the beads of water that clung to her dark eyelashes.

It's best to have a specific "kind" of beauty in mind- dark beauty, strong, caring, or so on. The above example aims for fragility.

:eltiT

2007-02-24T20:00:00.000-05:00

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.pots ot evah ll'taht kniht I hguohtla ,oot nuf yldlim si nosaer elbaviecnoc on rof sdrawkcab sgniht gnipyT
.NUF ERA SGNIHT NUF

The scary thing about television...

2007-02-23T16:57:00.000-05:00

...is how it can divide up your entire day into half-hour periods.

SUPER LAME POETRY LADY

2007-02-22T11:54:00.000-05:00

Kinda tempted to post some of my best and worst poetry. They fall into several different categories:

Overly angsty crap
Badly written romance
Free verse that winds up sounding stilted and lame

Yaay! Which would you prefer? :D

I... want... chocolate.

2007-02-21T14:52:00.000-05:00

A lot.
D:.

Workin' on my Anime Boston costumes~ I'm planning on Misa (Death Note) on Friday, Maya (Pheonix Wright) on Saturday, and my Heartless costume from Halloween on Sunday. Maya'll be the hardest by far, but with help I think I'll manage :D Funstuff.
I keep getting college stuff in the mail. It's kind of neat. Kind of.

Stop being lame, my art!

2007-02-20T20:47:00.000-05:00

Curse you!
Curse you I say!

My precious Void

2007-02-19T20:03:00.000-05:00

I've been trying to remember, lately, how long I've had the Void (my oversized black zip-up with red lining) and Void Jr. (smaller blue-lined version).
The answer: A long time.
They also have some ancestors, who were in fact blue and tended to actually fit me. But I soon found that I preferred baggier clothing, and my mom got scared, and said "You're moving with your auntie and your uncle in Bel-Air."

...oh God...

OH HAY, I FORGOT

2007-02-18T06:55:00.000-05:00

Valentine's Day was a few days ago and all I did was whine about my throat xD
I got to see Hai-chan :DDD And give him speshul present, yosh. I loves him LIEK A HOLE LOT U NO.
<3

When I was your age they did the same thing to me!

2007-02-17T07:51:00.000-05:00

:D
Legolas, by Laura... a beautiful thing. The "book on tape" was priceless, I really need to find a mirror...

And with that exciting adventure done...

2007-02-16T19:47:00.000-05:00

We return to our regularly scheduled short, uninteresting posts.
Heh, it's 7:47. :snerk:

Shadow's Oft-Neglected Blogapalooza

So yeah.

Oh FU, AP history packet.

February 29th...

Zomg.

Ah, sir, times is hard.

I lost a baby tooth today.

Winnar is me.

Whoopsadaisy.

"Black holes are where God divided by zero."

Shadow's VDDs #007

Oh I'm alive, and how I know it

WHAT.

*needs a life*

Road to Disney: Log 2

Road to Disney: Log 1

Even more post-vacation win

Two things, one lulzy and one most definitely not

I r t3h l3373r8

/B/TARDS TAKE OVER FRANCE

Writing stuff, awaaaay!

That silly convention thing

Oh, I guess this is kind of important.

PARTY HAT

My mother's thought process, or "Parents can be Infantile if They Want"

It's a little bland.

It's time for an adventure, Diamond and Pearl!

The most beautiful moment of my life

Epic anniversary post

The sky tonight is so wide and spacious~

A note on code errors in this blog

I would so drive this car...

Best. Irish drinking song. Ever.

Uwaaah, too cuuute~

Kitty kittyyyy

Early morning FTW

That's entertaaainment

Damn ice cream.

There's a thing on my tongue.

Blast you, teeth!

The Writing Fairy's Words of Wisdom: Nicknames

DS GET!

Excerpts from an afternoon stroll

In any case-

I'unno but...

OH NO THEY DIDN'T.

Realization:

Ahhh~ <3

BREAK IT DOWN NOW.

Opposite of stage fright?

HOLD IT!

Such a feeling of eeevil inside!

Buh.

I have not yet begun to debauch!

Your bald spot can reflect lasers~

A brief note:

Why binary, Hiro? Why?

Anime Boston is next month

While I'm at it...

Flouncing away in a snit

Why does I want it? D:

MARIIIIIA! I've just kissed a girl named Mariiiiia~

Shadow's VDDs #007

Are you on the list?

And one more.

A note to those who will eventually be investigating my blog for clues

bitch.

If I were male, I'd be boring.

More acronym fun

Bee you ess ay

"When is it gonnna stop, huh? The aggression?"

So happy together, so how is the weather?

Hey, thanks a lot guys. >_>

Through the fire and the flames we carry on!

And the Jenny said, "Games are a good thing."

=____=

Kweh.

Phantom Greatness: Quest for the Blade of the Eternal Requiem for Tranquility: An Excerpt

Oh, but significantly less awesome...

Dun-dun... dun-dun...

needs a life