I also watched all 5 seasons of House in the last few weeks. Hehe. It's freaking awesome.
AND, I finally decided I was tired of being... well, tired, and have started eating right and exercising. I had some choice words for the taskmaster on my workout video but I got through it. >_<
Did everyone have a good Christmas? Or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or Sol Invictus, or what have you?
I'm not sure if I want to write something, or join a club of some sort, but I want to create something. Hmm. I shall have to ponder that.
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<3
In other news, 14 hour days for weeks, and working weekends, sucks giant ass. *sigh* Why do I keep doing this :P (I know I know, I've bitched about this for so long, it's so dumb. Heh.)
Both my boys insisted on being Optimus Prime for Halloween, haha! It's going to be so cute!!!
I was going to try working on a Gauche Suede cosplay for Halloween, but I can't seem to find a jacket that's close enough... maybe I'm just bein' too picky :)
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dayadhvam_triad !!! I hope it was made of win and all the things you love!!!! <3- Mood:
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AND, it has influenced me to pick up my violin again!!! (Who says anime isn't good for you???)
My husband is a working musician, and I've always sort of felt like I was just his "mistress", and music was his true love <3 SO, I downloaded some sheet music for us to do piano/violin duets!!! It will be wonderful to be able to share music with him! We're going to play Vivaldi's Sonata in G Minor (Opus 2), it's a really nice piece and easy enough that my 10 years of not playing hopefully won't be a problem.
AND the cool thing is, it will be really unique for him too; I'll be the only one he plays classical music with <3
It felt really good to pull out my violin again :)
In other news, I'm still awaiting a few items for my cosplay... THEY BETTER HURRY UP AND GET HERE!!!! >_<
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And then, I need to NOT BE A CHICKEN. I can really be quite a scaredy-cat. So I am thinking I will go day 1 and check things out, go to the Dealer's Room. You see, I'm going to be solo, which makes me asdfjkl; uncomfortable to begin with! THEN I'm going to cosplay too?!!? WHERE THE CRAP DID THESE BALLS COME FROM?! Heh.
Well, even if I do chicken out actually wearing it to the con, I will at the very least take some pics for you guys! <3
OH and I read that there's going to be a party room there with a REAL HOST CLUB. I really don't know what to make of that. It's sort of scary. Evidently there really are such things! (Who knew?!?)
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I need a rip of the OP for my iPod, does anyone know where I can get one???
This right here would probably be the first manga to reeeally tip me into wanting to cosplay! BAD!!! AND GO TO ANIME CONS (because I don't have any friends who have this
Any other Ouran fans out there????? OMG I JUST LOVE THEM ALL!!!!
</fangirl off>
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And I am very sad that it is over :(
Has anyone else played it, or played FF VII? I've been trying to find a copy of the PC version of VII but holy fuck it's anywhere from $60 to $180!!!!!! GACK!
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go find some icons. ;) EDIT: Ahh, much better :D
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So I sorta, well, completely locked out the server at work today >.< In my own defense, it shouldn't be happening based on what I actually *did* in the system (I'm pretty sure anyway... heh). I suspect I will get the withering-look-of-doom tomorrow. Why is it that people assume I should know every single tiny detail about the system anyway? I'm sorry, but I've NEVER met ANYONE, no matter how experienced, that has *that* particular skill emblazoned like a big red "S" on their chest. I'd have to call them Rainman. There's just waaaayyy too damn much for any one person to know it all >.<
On to more fun topics ;) my son had a choir "concert" thingy last week. (My oldest, Max.) He got up on stage and just sort of stood there sucking on his hand while the other kids sang and did the little sign language stuff. Hehe. At one point he just sat right down, lol! I could tell he was nervous beforehand, I am proud of him for being brave and getting up there anyway :)
I reeeeally need a vacation >.<
Oh and it just occurred to me that people might think my handle "Saqqara" is a play on Sakura... it's not ;) I've had this handle pretty much everywhere for YEARS. It's an Egyptian burial ground :)
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And YUCK, I stumbled across a dub episode, BLECH OOK BARF!!! AGH, they COMPLETELY SCREWED UP THE VOICES!!!! *(#)*#&$%)*%)$*&
I mean seriously, WTF, Haji is supposed to have a DEEP voice, dammit!!! ERRRRGH. I might end up giving it ONE more chance. MAYBE. Erk.
I need to find a copy of Nightwalkers, but I can't seem to find anyone selling it. Yarr, I say.
I wonder if VK is wrapping up soon? It seems like the anime is doing about 1 chapter per episode, roughly? They're really tearing through it, which makes me wonder if they know something we don't. Either that or they'll put in months of shitty fillers.
In RL news - I've had a very, very rough go of it lately, both at home and work. So I apologize for not really commenting much, everyone. I just keep hoping that there'll be some sort of bright spot somewhere. I'm just not seeing any light at the end of the tunnel at the moment.
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VK fans, GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS!!!
EDIT: Oh, you really must look at this gorgeous fanart. I love the concept... Kyuubi merged with Yondaime. I just think it's gorgeous.
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Well, I'm sure people are getting sick of hearing about this stuff, LOL... but I just can't help it. :P
My now 3 year old son apparently was running without looking in front of him, as he is wont to do. He tripped and gave himself a big giant shiner. Of course this happens when I'm not there and all I can think about it how I wish I had been so I could make it better... but then, he's crazy so he injures himself a lot LOL. He will cry for about 2 minutes then shake it off and say brightly, "I'M OK!" :D
My 6 year old has decided now that his favorite number is 9. His favorite game is to come up with all sorts of equations involving 9's. So last weekend, he started an exercise of multiplying 9 by 9, then result by 9, result by 9 and so on. He got to 9 to the fourth power (6,561) in his head. When he tried to get to the fifth power, he couldn't quite make it...
BUT then he said, "Well, the answer is the same as 243 x 243." Guess what? He was totally right. 9 to the fifth is 59,049. Same as 243x243.
I have no idea how he made that leap. :P Any math geniuses out there help me with this one????
In other news... HURRY UP AND FREAKIN' DOWNLOAD VK3!!!!!!!
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cynchick, meroko14, and there_is! Hope it was awesome and made of win :DBeen a very long while since I've posted, so here goes ;)
YAY for the Vampire Knight anime!!! It's very good; not as pretty visually as the manga but that's a bit to be expected. The voices are AWESOME I think.
I haven't watched Shippuden for a looong time now; I think I'll load em up on my iPod to watch on the plane. I kinda like waiting and loading up on a bunch all at once instead of having to wait.
The MANGA though, ooooohhh yes, I am most pleased with the turn of events with Itachi! I have always thought there was more to him than what met the eye! FANGIRL METER HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOF! *does a jig*
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keikeiaznqueen! OK meme time :DI will just tag whoever wants to do it :D and/or whoever won't already be doing it from the interconnected web o' friends ;)
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Went to my son's evaluation today. He is confirmed Aspergian, as opposed to Autistic (still on the ASD spectrum of course). He is a "savant" it appears; nonverbal IQ is in the 99.6 percentile. Verbal IQ is average. Mostly though, the concern of course is the social scale - got a moderately low score there.
The other day he told his dad that he was "counting in triangles". My husband had no clue at all what that meant, and Max started rattling off a series of numbers with no immediately obvious pattern. Hubby then figured out the pattern but not the "triangle" thing. Later, we finally figured out what on earth it meant (it turned up in a book I am reading about Daniel Tammet, like 3 days after hubby told me about the triangle thing - I couldn't figure it out at ALL):
( The Pattern )
SO, the good news is he is now old enough to start going to this little math and invention club! He will LOVE it, and it will give him an opportunity to both do the things he loves and interact with other kids more.
| - August 13 - | |
| You are very independent and fearless. You have a lot of pride in yourself, and have confidence that you can do anything you put your mind to. |  |
Positive Traits: sincerity, honesty, determination, stamina, detailed | |
Negative Traits: workaholic, repression, resentful, intolerance, compulsive | |
| 'What does your Birthdate mean?' at QuizGalaxy.com | |
Pretty accurate except for the intolerance part :)
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I gotta catch up on people's journal entries! And fics! Agh!
I admit, I have been playing a lot of WoW lately >.< I found a great guild, they're a ton of fun :D
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starfishdance:Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. Afterward, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own.
She gave me Y. Oof, LOL.
- The word "Yargh". I realize it's not actually a word, but I care not. Besides, they just made "ginormous" a bona fide English word. No shit!
- Yellow-bellied Sneetches!!!
- Yams are yummy, yes indeed. 'Specially with brown sugar, butter, and marshmallows. mmmmmm
- Yogurt is also yummy. Hmm. I must be hungry right now.
- Yo-yo! I used to be able to do some pretty decent tricks, but the crap the kids do these days... damn.
- Yuletide carols.... being sung by a choir... (ok not so much. but I like the holiday season a lot!)
- YAHTZEE! We have a little travel game that we play constantly... I still can't beat my husbands high score, the bastard :P
- Yarrow - it's really gorgeous if you plant it next to purply flowers.
- Yellowfin Tuna... omg so awesome in sushi... damn, I really *am* hungry.
- Yoga. I'm totally full of shit on this. I just can't think of any more "y" words. :P
- OOH OOH, Yuuki Cross from Vampire Knight.... duh, ROFL.
EDIT: Added #11. I coulda gotten rid of 10. But I didn't. :P
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Title: Switch
Pairings: ItaSaku, SasuSaku
Genre: Drama/Romance
Rating: M
Warnings: One short lime.
Status: Complete!
Summary: “Do you suffer from the delusion that you and Sasuke are not criminals?” His breath tickled her ear as he whispered, “Sakura... you are.” Sakura is haunted by nightmares. Can she keep them from becoming a reality, and bring him back?
Switch - ff.net
So, for those who read the final A/N and wanted to check out how much more blabbering I had to do (ROFL)...not much for the moment, actually :D Wanted to provide a link to the theory that provided some of the inspiration for the fic - take a look if you are so inclined :)
It certainly feels strange to call it done... I said it before and I'll say it again - it's not perfect, but I still think it's a good go at it. Next time I'll get a beta. Most folks tend to like *either* ItaSaku *or* SasuSaku, not both, so I suspect I limited my audience there. But... I don't regret that, it made sense for my story.
I think I might try lighter fare next time... less complicated ;)
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Oh and check this... LOLZ (sorta Naruto manga spoilers for latest chapters)
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Anyway, I found a Sakura character analysis over at kakasaku - I thought it was quite good, particularly when talking about how quickly she attaches to people. What do you think? Do you think it's accurate?
Sakura Character Analysis
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