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To anyone going to LO

  • Sep. 5th, 2008 at 12:25 AM
naruto yay!

To anyone going to the Lights Out con in the Philippines, be sure to drop by [info]meru_neko</lj>  and [info]croix_souillees</lj> 's table -- they'll be selling the Gravity and Staple doujinshis:

  
Aren't the covers lovely? ^_____^   The Sora and Cloud are just SO CUTE!!  Good job!

I can't wait to see how they turn out because really, aside from my own submission I have no idea what any body else's submissions were like...I wanna seeee.... X3

Oh, and for the many of you who can't make it to LO, just sit tight and hope that there will be leftovers to sell online.  I'll update whenever that kind of info is available. 

EDIT: They WILL be sold online after LO!  :D 

Reunited with Photoshop

  • Sep. 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 PM
tamaki squee

And it feels so good   :) 

After downloading a few viruses disguised as Photoshop (luckily my spyware caught them), I finally downloaded the correct one!  Now I'll definitely start finishing commissions again.  I was just so unmotivated the past couple of months because I didn't really wanna hog my dad's laptop just to use his Photoshop.  Sorry to those who've been waiting ^^;

Oh, and I might be taking more interest in my long-abandoned site soon because an amazing-certain-someone has just offered to share some of her hosting space with me!  So generous!  :D

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Bridal shower games

  • Sep. 1st, 2008 at 11:23 PM
tamaharu panic!
It seems my lifelong avoidance of chick flicks has finally come to bite my ass.  My aunt has put me in charge of coming up with games for my cousin's bridal shower.  I was happy to accept the responsibility, but in my head I was yelling "What kind of games are those???"  To me, party games are Rock Band or beer pong.  Because I love my cousin so, I can't let her down so I'll be researching this "bridal shower game" thing a bit... 

Ughh as if helping my mom organize my dad's surprise 50th birthday weren't enough party excitement for me.... Oh well, this'll be an eventful month.

Sacanime August 08

  • Aug. 31st, 2008 at 12:38 AM
daisuke
This was the first time we went to Sacanime on a Saturday and it was...so packed.  I wasn't able to look at as many things or take many pictures because I was always squeezing past people or getting shoved in waves of people.  I didn't care too much about the guests this time either....but oh well, it was still okay. 

A few pictures )

So I went

  • Aug. 27th, 2008 at 9:57 PM
daisuke

Glad I went to that farewell party.  Our boss fed us SOOO WELL, my goodness.  I've never eaten so much and so many kinds of fruit before.  It turned out that it wasn't so bad that they were all close to each other because it kept the conversations going...although I did feel really out of place when they started discussing intellectual things like studies, research papers, religion....then I just nodded my head and ate my fruit.  

Yay, new job stuff

  • Aug. 27th, 2008 at 12:38 PM
daisuke
Finally I'm doing cooler things at my lab job.  Today they finally taught me how to do polymerase chain reactions, which is something I've learned over and over in my biochem classes but never did it in real life.  Soo I'm kinda excited :)  I also found out today that one of my labmates leaving for grad school tomorrow sooooooo I'm hoping they'll let me take some of his old duties.  There's 2 other undergrads in my position, though, so we may be competing for this...  

Hmm, I'm wondering if I should go to his farewell party tonight.  I mean, I barely know any of them whereas they've all been working together for years, so I'll feel a little out of place...but if I don't go, then I'll look antisocial because they know I have nothing else going on tonight...gaghh..

Last night I went out for sushi and drinks with my brother and my cousin.  We killed 2 pitchers of sake bombs, 3 oyster shooters, and 2 sushi rolls each.  Soo yummy, it was great. :)  Well, there was some drunk discussions on their love drama.  I'm glad I was buzzed so I could say to them what I needed to say so I don't regret anything later...cuz normally I keep quiet or beat way around the bush when I disagree with someone...  Hopefully they remember it. 

Aynways, yay it's Wednesday.

Like nothing's changed

  • Aug. 22nd, 2008 at 11:39 PM
daisuke

Today I hung out with one of my oldest friends from middle school.  Since high school, I've only seen him either zero or one time every year, but every time we do hang out it's like nothing's changed.  Even if we keep almost zero contact with each other inbetween these yearly hangouts, we can always still hang out and talk like old times without weird awkwardness.  Makes me glad that even though I've lost touch with lots of old friends since college, there's still a small handful of people who I can still hang out with like this anytime, no matter how long it's been.  Hopefully I can see a few more of these certain people before summer ends.. :)

Oh and even though he probably doesn't read this, Happy Birthday to my cousin Allen!  Partyyy tomorrowwww!




....Oooooooo my mom is seriously irritating me with planning this suprise party for my dad.  She's incredibly indecisive and yet remains bossy about every decision she makes, even though they're bound to change sooner or later.  And when I try to show my disagreement she goes on and almost....boasts.....?.....about how she's been to so many parties and I haven't....? 

I get so annoyed I could just throw something.

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Work, school, watching Sailor Moon (wth..)

  • Aug. 20th, 2008 at 4:20 PM
tamaharu panic!
Usually I'd be excited about tomorrow because Thursdays mean the end of classes for the week plus the week's manga/anime releases... but tomorrow I have to go to work at Music Circus after class...so tomorrow is just gonna be wake up, lab job, class, music circus, sleep.  Blegh.   At least the season ends next week.  

My only regret about not working there a lot this summer is missing out on parties.  I didn't feel as comfortable going this year because I didn't get to know the new people...  Hmm but then again, maybe it's not such a bad thing because with me and my old coworkers getting older, it seems a little weirder to be partying with these new people who are mostly in high school...the gap between our age groups only widens with every Music Circus season.  

Anyways, I'm kind of excited about my lab job right now because they might be showing me how to do DNA-related tasks like DNA extraction and PCR soon.  I'll try not to let my hopes up just yet, though, since it was only hinted at.  

As for summer school, I guess it's going okay.  I can't really relax though because of these damn weekly tests!  I guess it's better than midterms though.

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Soo I've been wasting quite a bit of time watching old Sailor Moon Stars episodes, lol.  Yes, I know exactly how ridiculous most of the show is, but I'll still always like it.  It's my childhood show!  I'm happy I finally downloaded the entire Stars series because now I can finally throw out all the VHS's that I bought when I was 10.  

Yeah, before the days of downloading I actually saved up birthday/Christmas money to buy fansubs/raws on VHS.  WHY OH WHY was I such a stupid kid?? TAT

Anyways, watching it brings back good memories.  Me and my cousins were crazy about the show when we were kids and would sometimes spend sleepovers watching Sailor Moon all night or trading those shiny stickers.  Yep, the good old days.  Watching it again also has reminded me of what an awesome character Seiya was and how I wouldn't stop ranting about the ending when I finished the series...yeah Seiya totally should've ended up with Usagi...they're still my OTP.  :P

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Aug. 19th, 2008

  • 12:04 AM
harima angry
Damn  birds to hell  >:O

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Aug. 15th, 2008

  • 10:07 PM
fail at life
 Just failed took the MCAT today.  Longest and most stressful test I've ever taken.  I wasn't anywhere near as prepared as I should've been.  I probably should've cancelled my score at the end, but I thought that maybe I should just let them grade it to see how I did.  If it's bad enough, I'll retake it.  If it looks hopeless, I guess I'll look for other career options.  I was trying to put the negative thoughts out of my head last night so I could concentrate on last-minute cramming, but after my dad wished me luck and left my room, I cracked and cried for a good ten minutes.  I'm not usually so negative/pathetic, but I really felt like I already let him down by not studying more seriously these past months.  I dunno, I guess I'll get what I deserve.  At least I don't have to think about this for another month.

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Wow

  • Aug. 8th, 2008 at 10:15 PM
tamaharu panic!
The opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympics was the most amazing performance I've ever seen in my life.  For reals.

I just checked out the first chapter of Obata Takeshi & Ooba Tsugumi (the Death Note author and artist)'s new manga, Bakuman.  I like it :) 

Aug. 7th, 2008

  • 8:33 PM
daisuke
After seeing hundreds of those flash vids, I finally looked up and found out what "Caramelldansen" was.  I always wondered but never bothered to look it up until last night's Jay Leno because I saw a girl dancing to it on their Comic-Con segment.  Ha, I felt sorry for some of the people they interviewed because they made them look kinda silly...like that fob filipino Tuxedo Mask, lol.... "so what's your superpower?"  "i jump on rooftops and trow plowers"

Japanese speakers...help?

  • Aug. 4th, 2008 at 11:29 PM
onegaishimaaasu
Can someone who can read Japanese confirm something for me please...?  I checked out Mirai-Kouku's upcoming doujinshi and saw this:


I ran it through babelfish and hoped that it was wrong cuz....  Does that line say that it's the circle's last book?

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Noo summer school

  • Aug. 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 PM
fail at life

Damn, back at the apartment since summer school starts tomorrow.  Microbiology...fun.  Especially when you have a teacher "notorious for pop quizzes" as she stated in an email she sent out to the class.  She'll also be so kind as to give 5 exams, 1 for every week before the final.  Cannot wait.

This past month was the longest time I've stayed at home in a couple of years and I loved it.  I know I go back home frequently throughout the school year, but it's different from staying there for a whole month...so comfortable waking up in my own room with my dog everyday, eating mom's cooking with the family every night, satellite TV, comfy couches (because seriously the one at my apartment is SO shitty), no rats....  It was good.  Blah, but whatever, at least I got a whole month to stay home...now it's back to school.  

At least here at the apartment I can focus on studying.  And god do I need a lot of studying.  MCAT is in 2 weeks and I'm ridiculously unprepared.  I'm seriously considering paying the 50 bucks to push the test date back a few weeks or even just canceling it altogether and just take it next year... but I think my parents would kill me for that because I'd only get a half-refund and I did have a month to study...  Ahh I dunno, I've gotta plan out how to talk to them about it this week.  I already got some bad vibes from them when I told them that I don't think my med school application is good enough to submit this year....  I'm starting to seriously consider waiting until next year to apply to med schools and maybe just work for a year while waiting to hear back...

Damn, senior year hasn't even officially started yet and I'm already feeling the pressure of what to do next.

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Jul. 28th, 2008

  • 12:19 AM
fail at life
Ugh, just wasted 2 hours watching the "Boku wa Imouto ni Koi o Suru" movie.  I thought if they could get Crystal Kay to sing the movie's theme song then it'd be worth watching, but...it wasn't.  There were a couple of good moments, but about and hour and a half of the movie was wasted on silent thought, walking somewhere, or just staring at each other all the time......so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that in the end, they had solved absolutely nothing.  Amazing  -__-; 




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Jul. 26th, 2008

  • 12:38 AM
daisuke
Whoo hoo, my Naruto All Stars CD came in today!  I realize that it was ripped and uploaded even before I received my copy, but when it comes to seiyuu I love, then I'm willing to put up the money to support them.  Aside from that, I almost never buy CDs.


Finally bought a bluetooth headset today.  Darn law, I can drive just fine while on the phone...not like I do all the time, but once in a while (more like once a year) I need directions or something so I guess I might as well be prepared.  Also bought Edward Scissorhands on blu-ray...it looked so awesome all restored  ^_^ . Ahh it'll always be one of my favorite movies. 

Dragged my boyfriend to watch Mamma Mia! with me tonight.  I was scared the first half hour because it seemed awfully chick-y and cheesy (and we're not really into that), but it got waaaay better around the middle.  I knew I'd like it anyways because I love ABBA songs, but I was kinda worried about if he'd like it...and surprisingly, he did by the end!  :) 


SR ch.283, SR OVA ep. 25

  • Jul. 24th, 2008 at 1:03 AM
daisuke
Well, I wouldn't bitch about it the way hundreds of other fans are on forums, but SR 283 (the last chapter) was a bit on the "meh" side.  The story seemed to be at an all-time high and this ending was just so...abrupt.  Well, whatever, SRZ seems to be confirmed so I'll still hang onto comments until that gets released.  Hopefully it'll just be a continuation of SR (kind of like what DBZ was to Dragon Ball).   

I just watched the RAW of the SR OVA of episode 25.  Haha, they really fooled people with trailers, showing scenes from arcs that were only recapped in the actual episode.  Oh well, I loved it because they covered my favorite chapters.  Seeing SR animated again after 3 years is just awesome. The animation was a bit on the sharp side (maybe a problem with the RAW?), but still, it was perfect. 

Damn fix I-5 project

  • Jul. 23rd, 2008 at 12:56 AM
harima angry

It made what is usually a 20-min drive to work a 1-hr drive...  >__<   Gotta do both jobs tomorrow.  Grr.

Finished~!

  • Jul. 22nd, 2008 at 11:11 AM
naruto yay!



Woot, I finally finished the doujinshi for the Staple anthology!  It seemed so much easier this time now that I'm familiar with toning and some time-saving techniques :)  In the end it still took a while to finish because I spent a lot of time thickening some lines after inking.  It's a pain in the butt, but really makes a difference!  I noticed my last doujinshis looked really flat because there was like, no variation in line width.  Oh well, I'm still learning.  Hopefully I'm somewhat keeping up with the other artists T_T...  Anyways, now it's just a few months wait until it gets printed and sold!  :D

Smoke gets in your eyes...and your lungs...

  • Jul. 9th, 2008 at 11:40 PM
grrr!!

I'm getting sick of all this smoke in the air.  As if the ridiculous heat wasn't enough.  I wanted to just pass out a few times today while working outside.

Ugh, studying for MCATs is a bitch.  I should've finished my doujin projects in June so I could go all out on studying this month.  2 and a half weeks left for the staple doujin and it's only like half-inked  D:  I'll do just a little more tonight and then sleep.  

Working 2 jobs sucks.  I'm pooped. 

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