So I've been a sucker for YuGiOh lately ahahaa~ I've been burning 5D's onto dvds to watch, and while rewatching I'm filled with OHGOD ILU SERIES ;W; Seriously it's so awesome. Except I'm noticing now that season two really didn't have much of a budget at all. That wouldn't be too bad if it wasn't obvious that it not only affected the quality of the animation, but of the script as well. I've noticed several emotional scenes where it could've been done that much better, and still keeping it within YuGiOh standards.

I've also been suckered into joining an RP here at LJ. I'm so nervous and scared and bwuah. ;A; But these guys seem nice and all, and I've done my intro post and so on. It's a YuGiOh dressing room, and I'm doing an amnesia!Manjoume. At first it was only a safety net for me, but now I've realised it's kind of nice to play a character without pre-determined relations with everyone else. I really can't wait until next month's How's My Driving? post, I desperately need to know what people think of me playing him. But yeah, I need that month to get better and more comfortable with him. He's really not coming to me naturally at all...

To mend that, I've started watching GX all over again. The whole series, only in RAW files with the quality of "Those three red pixels there might be Juudai, but it could just as easily be Shou, hmm... *looks hard for cyan pixels*"
...Nah, not really that bad, I see what's going on fine. xD I actually understand much more of what they're saying than I thought I would too. I don't get the too complicated stuff, but it's not like I need it. It's an anime about ~*CARD GAMES*~ . The plot will pretty much reveal itself as long as you can read the card effects. /o/

Also, I hung out with Riib today. Ages ago duuuude~! It was awesome talking about this and that. We went to Dragon's Lair too, and I bought some cards. Prime Material Dragon yaaaay<3<3 I also got serious about building my dragon deck now. Ordered some more cards that should arrive by next week. I'm also planning to get some stuff off eBay, once wallet and PayPal start getting along. I've been planning this deck for a long time, and now that I'm planning it, I notcie it's turning more and more into a Fubuki/Manjoume shippingdeck. 8D;;

AND THAT'S MY FANDOM GUYS. /o/

FAIR PLAY.
FAIR DUEL.

Oh my, it's certainly been a while. When I get excited about things, I forget about stuff like journaling about them, ahahahaa... |D

I went to a driving competition last weekend, and it went really well fkdshfjkshd~ We got in fifth place in the precision, marathon, and the total score, so that's three ribbons right there. And then they announced the results from the District Championships AND GUESS WHO GOT IN THIRD PLACE?! *fiddles shamelessly with medal* Aaaah pony ILU. ;w;

Other than that, hmm... I WANT SOUL SILVER TO BE RELEASED NAO PLZ. ;_; I'm already working on my team, I have to choose six pokemon out of... 23 possible. And I've still restricted myself to only using Kanto and Johto pokemon... Uwaaah I'm so hyped~ It'll be awesome to relive the old days in the crisp feel of the DS. ;w;

Also waged an epic war against two computers, two file converters, the internet, my dvd player and my burner. All for the sake of being able to watch 5D's endlessly. I won in the end. :'D Aaah what I do for fandom~

...and all this makes me realize I've yet to finish Persona 3, start Persona 4, or re-run Mana Khemia. |D;;

Okay, so my pride is down' for the count since I started liking two Reborn characters. orz

Not even very original ones, but two of the most obvious fangirl-baits too. Mukuro is about as bishounen as you get, and while Gokudera isn't really portrayed as fangirl-bait in-series, when you watch the endings...







...THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN SAY THEY AREN'T TRYING AFTER THIS.


Also, what's with the random Aizen-cosplayer? Seriously? Why hasn't anyone sued this mangaka for infringement yet? xD

I haven't been on LiveJournal for a long while now. Not been feeling well enough to face it, I guess...

I'm going to NärCon09 btw.

And, for the sake of living up to my new open-minded self, I started watching Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn recently.

I wonder why the sakura ending affects me so... It gives me this sort of nostalgic feeling. I want to listen to it, but it hurts to hear it...

Oh well, so far, the best moment has been this:



Yes.

/o/

NANDA SORE

URAGIRIMONOME

D8<

Ah China, why so charming<3<3

If the American Revolution's really in engrish, part of my soul will die. D8

Other than that, hmm...

Jack fhasjdhfa. You such a softy. ;w;

I'm starting to love him more and more too<3<3

FUCK YEAH GIRUGÄMESH!!

I went to see Girugämesh with Riibu at Klubben last night. Second J-concert ever, and this time I was in the front of the crowd fighting for my life with everyone else. I am so sore everywhere urgh... I only got to 1½ rows from the fence though. Next concert I'm not gonna give a crap about the merch, I'll just go chain myself to the fence right away!

But anyway, Girugämesh. Mmm yes. Though it was kind of short, it was awesome. They didn't really have much a of a show though. But who cares? Adrenaline goes into FUCK YEAH levels instantly anyways. /o/

There was a signing session before the concert, at 15:00. I bought two albums, so Riibu could get one signed in order to come inside with me and take pictures of the band and me and stuff in there. I was so nervous I choked and dkjhsjkfhkj guuuh. But I got to say "Konban no konsaato otanoshimii." to them, as opposed to the other fangirls just randomly squealed KAWAIII!!DESUDESU!1!! Though I was so nervous the words didn't come out very well... but they thanked me for looking forward to it anyway, so it was fine. >w<

It was my first time getting in contact with famous people oh gooood. I feel so... I dunno, not really inferior... more like, jealous of all the people who've been to tons of signings and gotten hugs and stuff. I want those kind of memories too. I'll get them eventually. /o/

Thank you Aibo for telling me what to say to them. And thank you Riibu for getting lost with me around Globen<3

I have some serious studying to do once I get to school.

Wish me luck~

/o/

So I cleaned up my friends page just now, removing every community except one from the watch. I'll be less flooded now, and I can focus on stuff that matters; namely actual people. Yay. /o/

Been trying to study a lot, and have a lot left to do. The last test went kind of... weirdly. Apparently we were only allowed to make one-1-ett-ichi-einz mistake on the G-level (passing grade). And if we made any more on that level... we fail. Even if we prove to be geniuses on the higher levels of the test. What the-? That just means the entire class is going to fail the test altogether damnit! Or well, at least my half (B) of the class will. We should have no doubts about the teacher's pets in the A-class...

Oh well, I should try to forget about that for now and focus on my religion assignment instead.

I drove my ponies as a pair recently, and it was made of awesome~ We got to borrow a home-made wooden passenger wagon from another driver, so I finally have everything I need to train them as a pair~ Just a few adjustments to be made to the wagon and stuff... And we have to be at least three people through the whole process of handling and fasten two ponies. Generally srs bzns.

What more what more... I dragged Aibo around for another of my shopping antics yesterday. She wanted to go to Beyond Retro when we passed it, and in we went, and... We ended up turning the store upside-down inside-out through three dimensions because I found shoes I wanted, but we needed them in the right size and for the right foot and so on... I never knew I'd be able to find something I like in a store like that. I learned that I really have to broaden my horizons. And I feel pretty bad for poor Aibo, always having to put up with me being... me.

Urgh, I feel like my whole life is just one big unfinished essay; a chaotic mess of jotted-down words and notes that makes no sense to anyone except maybe the person who wrote it down. And please know that that person is not me.

I have like... well, after my orders from Webhallen have arrived... five or six games I want to finish. Not including all the re-runs I want to do of Mana Khemia. It's really tempting to just lock myself up and play games forever, and I realize now that getting new games I'm hyped about a month before graduating is not a smart thing to do. At all. Ever.

The most annoying ones of those games is probably Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Stardust Accelerator. I have to beat every damn guy on the street in Story mode five times each to unlock everything in the game. But if I progress in the Story and procceed to City, I can't access the people in Satellite anymore. Meaning I have to spend hours and hours before even starting the plotline just... playing childrens' card games. With cards that have no synergy anywhere. Against the best decks and smartest AIs ever.

GIVE ME MY CRYSTAL BEASTS DAMNIT!!

Oh, and I want to vent on this subject; What the hell Dollfie. What the hell. Gotta say that I'm mostly pissed about the fact that she can hurt me like this and get away with it. She doesn't have to care, this doesn't affect her life, she just has to ignore me on the internet and that's it. Above anything, I want her to go through some kind of consequence for acting like that. Me? Oh, I'm fine. Except I can't concentrate on anything else. I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't study. I don't find any enjoyment in anything. If I do well with the ponies, play a game, succeed in school, buy something I really want, the happiness is only temporary and I never really enjoy it. I'm generally depressed all over the place and it's ruining everything. Thanks a bunch for stealing my life and my relief over graduation.

And she claims I don't care. Yeah, okay, because depression is usually a symptom of indifference. Apparently.


Well, now that my break is over, I'll go back to trying to focus on the ancient northern religions and whatnot.

No American Revolution this week.

Also, no Stockholm Japan Expo.

D':

I should go to sleep in a minute.

Been playing Valkyrie Profile; Covenant of the Plume, and I have finally figured out what I want to do with my playthrough! ...or so I thought. Is there any point in putting skills and/or equipment on characters I'm going to sacrifice this chapter anyway? I mean, I still have to play through almost a whole chapter with them... Urgh.

Versatile games like these aren't meant for me, I'm noticing.

Also, I'm getting impatient with Webhallen. I ordered three games from them, and one of them's still listed as NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. And I'm all THEN FIND IT D<

Persona 4
Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Rhevis
Okami

Those are the games I ordered~ Though urgh at american people: it's spelled with two O's! Ookami! (Yes, I know they had some thingies over their O, but... still.) And I still have to finish Persona 3: FES before starting Persona 4... Just because I've decided so. At least I'm halfway through October in The Journey. I haven't had the time to play games much...

And I realised today that I can learn my dog stuff by playing with him! It's awesome fun. While playing tug-o-war and stuff he's just by default learns things, because he's having fun.

Oh, and I'm free from school two days a week until I graduate~

/o/

AMERICAN REVOLUTION NEXT WEEK

8DDDDDDDDD

VJKDFHVLJKDFHANGJKLD

Title: Doode dump~
Artist: Akio // Me
Characters/Pairings: Deidara, Sasori, America, Japan, Greece, S. Italy, Chibi, (SasoDei)
Rating: Whatever rating that means "completely safe"
Warnings: ...lack of shading?
Summary: Okay, so spending a week with access to practically no form of entertainment other than my ProMarkers will apparently make me actually use my ProMarkers. Despite how badly I suck with them.

( The cut is a lie! )

Practice makes perfect~

I'm weeks behind on my F-list. I guess that's no surprise to all those peeps getting comments to their journals and whatnot by me, but yeah... xD

I'm doing practical studies at Mälaren Hästklinik (Mälaren Horse Clinic) in Sigtuna for the coming four weeks, as I've just finished one of the total of five. It's pretty epic. I get to live in a room in a barn(!) on a former farm. There's mice making a ruckus in the wall right by my bed, which makes me feel right at home~ And lulz at the thought of any of my glamorously WIMPY classmates getting this place instead of me. They'd run out of the room crying for mommy if they ever heard mice in their walls mwhahahahaa.

Also, the kitchen + bathroom is in a separate building, so I have to get my coat on and trudge through snow for breakfast/dinner/glass-of-water-in-the-middle-of-the-night/ANYTHING. For good and bad, I guess. Walking out of the room and hearing the birds sing and watching the snowflakes fall really wake you up at six am.

Though, said kitchen/bathroom is COLD. (I have to brush my teeth wearing shoes and coat.) As opposed to my room which is HOT LIKE A SAUNA. And also as opposed to the shower which is HOT LIKE AN EFFING BOILER. No srsly, I had to adjust the water for twenty minutes to make sure it wouldn't burn my skin straight off.

Living there, I have nothing to do. Except watch tv, but there's never anything good on between when I get back and when I'm supposed to sleep. Been playing pokemon and actually drawing a little, so hopefully I'll have some chibi doodles to present next weekend.

Also, our doggie Charlie's a dad~ Me and mom went and visit the four weeks old puppies today, and kjdfhsafsak. I want one. They're so small and fluffy and round and adorable and and and... ;A;

Four-thirty am now, and I'm supposed to go back to Sigtuna this afternoon so... sleep, I suppose.

But first: I AM SO HYPED FOR GIRUGÄMESH AND MIYAVI @ SJX! FUCK YEAH!!!

There. Now, bed. And a purring kitty who's waiting for me to burrow my face in her fluff.

Interview Meme
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me!"
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will post the answers to the questions (and the questions themselves) on your blog or journal.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. And thus the endless cycle of the meme goes on and on and on and on...



1. Describe your drawing process.
Oh gee. Well, I start with a circle for head, add eyes and then hair, nose, and mouth. By then I add the shape of the face, that is, the chin. After that it's more supportive lines, I draw a stick-figure for the character's general pose and then fills it out with the general anatomy. After that it's a lot of editing that goes on while I add clothes and other features. I more often than not tend to alter the pose I had in mind when first starting the pic. I usually just stop with the pencil sketch, but if I feel like trying out my new markers I'll trace it over to the bleedproof paper and the attempt inking and colouring. Nothing more to it. I'm a lazy artist and end up doing easy solutions to things, like hiding hands or cropping the picture where the hands are supposed to be. I also mostly do simple poses. I want to learn more difficult things later on, and gain experience so that drawing will be even more enjoyable to me, and that my art won't be as limited. But for now, I'll just enjoy it~

2. 30 years from now, do you think you'll still be involved with online fandom, or still be interested in anime at all? Why/Not.
That's a hard one. Thirty years is such a long time, I can't even imagine it. I mean, I haven't even lived that long so far! But my current dream is to be able to move to Japan. Maybe not permanently, but at least for a significant amount of time, maybe a few years. I honestly have no idea what I'll like or what I'll be doing when I'm 48 years old, but I hope I'll be happy. And if anime still makes me happy then, I'll be into it.

3. What all did you do this fine weekend? (go MLK!)
This weekend I was at home, petting my fluffy ponies and playing Persona 3. Also, I tried out my newly bought ProMarkers, and the inking pen and bleedproof paper. Made the design for my SkullCandy headphones character too, now I only have to come up with a name for him. And of course, stalking the F-List! >D

4. For each Akatsuki member, or just the ones you're interested in, pick a song that fits him/her.
You're not going to give me anything easy are you! XD Okay time to wander into the depths of my iTunes. This'll take a while... I can only really think of PapaMama ~Nozomare nu Baby~ by Miyavi for Sasori. The painful and emotional way Miyavi sings these lyrics, along with their meaning, remind me of Sasori's young mind who only really wish for his parents to love him. There are a ton of other Miyavi songs that makes me think of Deidara when I listen to them, but none that really stuck to his character. Other than that, I'm clueless, sorry... ^^'

5. Favourite flavour?
Chocolate. Hot cocoa, cheap chocolate and cracker treats, dark premium +80% chocolate, chocolate cake... Doesn't matter what it is. Chocolate in mostly any shape is instant win for me. If that counts as a flavour though, I'm not sure.

(Oh, and here are the translated lyrics of that Miyavi song I mentioned, if anyone's interested~)