Spoilers from Episode 6 to Episode 8. My brain kind of hurts a little now from excessive playing and fighting. :O

( Raidou and Gotou, professional errand boys for cheap labour! )

My dad sends me way too many emails, so much until I still haven't read like 200+ of them yet. Among them are funny stuff, summarized versions of the sermons we have in church (because he knows I tend to nod off.. ORZ) and of course, life-related stories. Let me share some with y'all today. :D

( The Turtles )


( The Frogs )


( The Pretty Lady )

I particularly like the story about the pretty lady, because I kind of relate to it. I still find it hard to let go of some baggage that I've been carrying for the longest time ever. And at the end of this email, there was this quote and I kind of like it.

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."

Unfortunately, wisdom really eludes me at this point of life... It's like being stuck in a field with endless forks and crossroads, and you have no idea which direction you want to head into and you're given such a limited time to think and decide on something that'll change your life.

On other lighter life-related events; I just came back from watching Speed Racer and I LIKE IT. <3 <3 I wouldn't mind watching it again though.

{EDIT} Oh yeah, go watch this if you have a Nicovideo account. The person who made it has good sense, seriously. D: It's Harutoki, yes, but IMHO I like the direction of it (even if the art isn't like that awesome or the animation isn't super fluid). The game's not out yet, but I like how the uploader made up a story of Tooya and Chihiro and it corresponds to the song really well!

【捏造遙か４】Hungry Spider（遠夜→千尋）

The more I progress further in Atsumori's route, the more my heart aches. Continuing off from this entry...

( Chapter 5 retry #3, some progress! Oh, spoilery as usual )

Also, here's the timetable for this term. Hello, third and final year of TOA! I will do my best.

( IL065-1 timetable; 3rd year 1st term )

Decided that my creative juices have died for the night and so I settled down to play DSKR again. Ahh, Raidou, how much I've missed you! T^T ♥

I left off in the middle of Chapter 5, until the part where you're supposed to go rescue Tae and Sadakachi in Dark Kasumidai. I have to agree with Gotou, they make a huge ordeal out of every single menial task that they have to do (collecting the lost reports in this case). Poor Raidou OTL||| Anyway! The zombie officers at that part were kind of funny though... they talk all sorts of crap, like protecting the Capital with their zombie law WTFFFFF

I'm supposed to head off to the Cannon Battery #4 now, but I'll leave that for tomorrow because I was quite tired out by fighting and levelling my demons up. I went into the Kuzunoha training hall for the second time ever and picked a random floor to fight, without knowing the difficulty of each floor. I went to Floor 4, saw a pretty demon (Yoshitsune) and talked to him! AND LANDED MYSELF IN A FIGHT THAT WAS KINDA DIFFICULT, ORZZZZ. I'm only level 41 at the moment and my strongest demon is Okuninushi. I really need to fuse better and more powerful demons but I have no idea how. *sobs*

Playing any Megaten game gets me all hyped up, so here's a doodle before I sleep.


Futomimi ♥

( and one more DSKR art )

This is such a cartoon-worthy WTF moment, I don't know what to say. I just went downstairs to get a bar of chocolate and this conversation ensues...

Me: *runs down stairs to grab the cat*
Bro: *stares* Mae Yern, guess what? Kibbles is actually a MALE. 8D
Me: DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD8
Parents: Yes.
Mom: You see, your brother brought her him to his client's place, who also happens to be a vet, and told your brother that Kibbles is actually a GUY.
Dad: Apparently you can't tell because he's only 4 months old and well uh. He still has underdeveloped genitals. 8D
Bro: Luckily Kibbles is pretty much a universal name though.
Cat: MEOW 8DDDDDDD *scrambles out of my grasp*
Me: DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD8 *proceeds into kitchen to get chocolate* Guess it'll take awhile for me to get used to refer to Kibbles as a 'he' now........ OTL

My dear cat... I'm so sorry we all mistook your gender. D8
too bad we never found out that he was a male earlier on, or else I'd suggest my bro to name the cat 'Lelouch' >_>;

I forgot what I wanted to rant about Honey and Clover Season 2. ORZ But anyway! I'm glad Hagu had more depth in the second season, I really admire her now. For someone so small in size but to have the willpower and inner strength of a giant... I wish I was like her. And Morita too. His past broke my heart ;_; My love for Mayama drops, while it soars for Yamada and Nomiya and I hope that Yamada will just pick Nomiya for good.

I LOVE NOMIYA T___________T Episodes 3 and 5 were my most favourite in this entire season. <3 I don't know how many times I've looped episode 3 today already. 8D;;

I finished Honey & Clover season 1! I want to watch season 2 so badly now, but I can't remember if I've borrowed it from anyone and I don't know anyone among my friends who has a copy of it. T^T

Somehow, I feel that I've picked the right time in my life to watch this series as I think I wouldn't have been able to enjoy it fully if I watched this two years ago. To me, sometimes waiting can make things a little more meaningful, as you may be able to relate to them more. Perhaps it's not so much of the fact that they're art students, maybe it's more on the uncertainties they face which I find beauty in how they deal with or overcome it.

( some thoughts on the characters )

{edit} I FOUND SEASON 2 YAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY carneaglariel, YOUR DISC WAS LYING UNDERNEATH A PILE OF CDS WTFBBQ NO WONDER I COULDN'T FIND IT. BUT YAYYYYYYYYYY I'M GONNA MARATHON IT TONIGHT 8DDD *rolls*

Honey and Clover is a nice series to watch! :)
(YES, I *KNOW* at least ONE OF YOUUUUUUUU, YOU KNOW KNOW WHO YOU PROBABLY ARE, would want to strangle me the next moment you see me because you took two years to get me into this. But I'm sure everyone knows that I get into things at my own pace, hmm? ;D)

One part that cracked me up so far was the episode where Morita abused Hagu's paints and made a very 'artsy' Twister for Takemoto's birthday. It's kind of scary when you can recognise the colours immediately when the characters are screaming out colour names like "CARMINE RED! PALE VIOLET! PRUSSIAN BLUE! NO NO THAT'S PERMANENT GREEN, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO FOR MOSS GREEN!" 8DDDD;; lol art students So far I love the main cast, except for Hagu... still don't really like her orz.

Watching Honey and Clover makes me realise how much my life is akin to theirs in certain ways (minus the bit where I'm living on my own)— and when my third year in college starts, it's even more like theirs. Having friends who's graduated and ourselves who're going to be in our final year... I'm sure there will be some changes in the coming term, but now I really want to treasure my time in this place (despite moments where I just feel that college is a killer).

Looking back on my dinner with raincloud_sama, carneaglariel, axtar and yuncyn, I can't but agree when Takemoto said this line in episode 9:

"Like snapping the shutter of a camera, wishing to imprint this moment somewhere in my heart."

Someday, sooner or later, everyone of us will walk on seperate paths in our lives. But I hope that we'll have moments again like this, and I'm glad for all the moments of my life that I've been able to spend with everyone I know until now. XD I should probably go and watch episode 10 after this and turn in for the night; and do my best tomorrow and every day that comes after that!

I bring lyrics for 'JOY TO THE WORLD', which is the opening theme for Neo Angelique Abyss! :D I haven't been in love with a song so much for so long. So much to the point that I scoured the entire internet for lyrics (but found nothing), and then tried my best to transliterate the lyrics which I found on a Nicovideo upload... which got deleted a couple of hours later orz.

( JOY TO THE WORLD )

On the other hand, I've only got a week of holidays left *sighs*. I'm just going to bum it out and watch all the animes that I've been lagging on for MONTHS, like Honey & Clover and Code Geass. x_x

Sometimes I don't know if this hypersensitivity to the feelings of people around me is a good thing or not. Or my sensitivity to detect an aura change in people. *sigh*
I hate getting weird signals that I can't detect and know for sure whether it's just me thinking too much or something bad has really happened.

Anyway, I thought I'd take my mind off it by rewatching someone's entire Harutoki gameplay of Benkei's route. I miss playing Harutoki3! ;A; Also, by rewatching, I understand some parts even better now... though I wish I could understand Japanese a little more.

Some scenes were rather heart-wrenching to watch again.
LIKE THIS SCENE.
It's so painful to rewatch... ughhhhh. ;_____________; *sobs into her pillow*

BENKEI-SANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ;A;

{edit} It just hit me that Nozomi is a STALKER. 8DDD She stalks Benkei all over the place ahahahahahahha (I would do the same as well, if I were in her shoes!)

{edit2}
Kurou: 弁慶ぇつ！　お前だえけは、許さん！！ <-- everytime Kurou says this, I die a little inside. T^T urghhhhh But anyway, I think Izayoiki gives a more indepth feel to Benkei's story? *shrugs*

I don't know if I should finish off Harutoki3 and then import my save data into Izayoiki and then replay everyone's stories. To those who have played it– is it worth the time? If not, I'll just start on Unmei no Labyrinth and forget about finishing the rest after I finish Atsumori's route. ._.

Before I cook my lunch and get ready to go out later...

second annual "think positive" meme
I don't think I've got the nice qualities a normal person should have and usually fail to see what's nice about myself. Feels a bit embarrassing, but oh well! Shall give this a try!

Details for the Odin Sphere anthology are up! Go see it here.

carneaglariel will be heading this anthology, and we're trying to get as many OS fans to contribute for this super under-appreciated series. I know I've got some OS fans on my flist, so do take a look if you're interested. ♥

HEY, FOR ONCE IT'S A MORNING THAT AIN'T BLAZING HOT!

Erm. I can't stop looping this Ten no Suzaku medley on Nico. '3' Someone made a medley out of all of Inori, Isato and Hinoe's songs and that means 46 minutes of Takahashi Naozumi goodness! ♥ AURAL BLISS. ♥ TakaNao's such a good singer and yes, I really love his voice... Perhaps I should upload my entire TakaNao music for y'all sometime. :3

Also, some art I did yesterday but was too tired to upload right after.

( art x2, trying out new stuffs )

I should get my sleeping time back to normal. v_v Too tired to continue working on one picture, so here's to ganking this and doing it before I sleep.

One word time passer
You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

Not as easy as you might think. Remember: one word answers to the following 34 questions.

( yes, it ain't easy. )

Also, I've never watched any of Tatu's PVs before (even if I love their music, ORZ I'm not much of a PV person)... but this one made quite an impression on me. Both the song and the PV. I was searching for the song that they released last year and found the video as well, and I dare say that it's quite disturbing (to me) at the end.



I think Lena looks damned hot in the military officer uniform though. XD

Ganked off zombiejam and lawnmowerpants. Seemed like a lot of fun, so~

1. Pick a fictional character that you like
Ingway from Odin Sphere, because my entire yesterday was just filled with OS and so will later on today as well. ;D

2. Draw him/her in what you wore today. (yesterday, more like)
( froggie 8D )

Also because I was commenting around for this one on my flist, here it is again. ;D

Leave a comment to challenge me to this meme and I will:
1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, a word, et cetera.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LiveJournal.

As an addendum, the OP single for Neo Angelique Abyss was released today and I am loving the OP song SO MUCH. <3 <3 <333333333 *hearts* *_*

{EDIT} Before I go to sleep. This is for _kazeki_ who wanted to see my lovable inflatable frog plushie. 8D



random 1: GAHHH NEEED MY NEO ANGELIQUE FIX FOR THE WEEK BUT I WILL WATCH EP3 WHEN I WAKE UP LATERRRR DDD;
random 2: going through my photobucket makes me feel sad when I look at my cosplay pics from last year. I was so much thinner wtffff. I really need to work off all this flubber from my legs >_>;

Last night was a weird one for me. It took me awhile to sleep as my head was just filled with thoughts of replaying Suikoden I, and then when I finally slept I dreamt of a lot of weird, weird things. As a result, I woke up just awhile ago! ORZ

Saw this floating around my flist, and I think it's quite an interesting meme for artists.

1. Do I have a distinct style of drawing?
2. If so, what exactly is it that defines my "style"?
3. Would you say my art usually follows a 'theme'?
4. Is there anything I really need to improve on or change?
5. Does my style (if I have one) remind you of/look like the style of anyone else?
6. Judging from whatever art of mine that you've seen, what do you think I do the best at?
7. What do you think I suck at?

#4 and 7 are almost the same in context, so you can hammer me twice on my suckage ;D Honestly, I think it's a good meme because I've always been doubting my art or I don't know what's even nice about it, so I might as well hear it from everyone. Fire away your thoughts!

Something I saw that was on the fridge in my grandparents' place, and I want to share it with everyone I know. It's not exactly the same one that was stuck on the fridge (because that one made me tear), but the message conveyed is still the same.

( Paradoxes of Our Times )

Most of it is true, especially in this day and age. Life is fleeting and transient, no one knows what tomorrow holds. This makes me want to live in the moment and present even more, and know that I love all of you very much, whether or not we're extremely close friends or just mere acquaintances.

Today was a pretty relaxing day... 'twas out with my parents in the afternoon and then spent the night with the gals. :) VOIR has new clothes and new shoes omfg and they have heels which I actually *like*! Yes, I'm quite picky when it comes to footwear (NO BLINGS PLZ)... and I don't own a pair of heels, hence why I want one lol. There were many designs which I liked as well, just that I wished that I was earning my own money and could more own than one lol. ;A;

Buncha memes ganked from shoji_tokairin, and because I was tagged as well. :p

( this noise is the only thing keeping me awake )

I am also terribly addicted to 'Double-Action Wing form' after downloading it. ORZ;;;

It feels good to catch up with life and just do whatever you want without worrying about homework. T^T Also, remember that free sketch request meme? Yeah, I'm done with it! GO FORTH AND COLLECT YOUR SKETCHES m(_ _)m

( follow the fake cut )

Also, I'm open for the second batch of commissions now since the holidays have begun! If you're interested, here's the link. :) Still trying to raise funds for either cosplay or the Harutoki4 game lol and my airbrush inks, gosh next term's gonna be a real killer DX

I cannot be arsed to work on this anymore. Final assignment, begone!



( mushroom city )

I'm so glad that classes are over... I feel really strained inside whenever I work on an assignment and I can't wait to just draw something else. Still having very mixed feelings about art (I just want to draw without thinking if it's going to be great or not), and a lot of things in general. I'm trying to keep my head up and not let these feelings get to me though.

Happy Birthday amei!! :D

( Ra-ra-rai-RAIDOUUUU )

uuuuu I have a presentation at 2:30pm. As usual, I am rather nervous but I will try my best, because after that I'm HOME FREEEEEEEEEEE!

COMMISSIONS!
GAMING TIME!
ANIME/JDRAMA/KDRAMA MARATHONS!
PROPS~!
I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TODAY IS OVER ;_;

I need a change of LJ icons. Or more icon space. /random

{EDIT} Eh, I didn't know I was tagged by maxsterism. So anyway!

10 year meme!
Imagine yourself in TEN years time and list down FIVE things that you have/are/have done. Then tag FIVE people with this meme and they'll have to do the same

1. Perhaps I'll be married.

2. Make something out of myself, in whatever I'll be doing by then.

3. Have travelled to Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Europe, Canada and perhaps Australia again.

4. Have a pretty moderate/high paying job so I can

5. Take care of my parents and really send them on that trip around the world that they've always wanted to do.

tagging: axtar, raincloud_sama, sethyhide, wredwrat, aitakute.