Do you believe in true love? What about love at first sight?

Cheesy question... hm, I can't deny there can be something like 'true love' out there. A perfect match, and I'm using perfect in the context of completeness, is what I think of when I think of true love.

Now, I can say there is such a thing as lust at first sight. I am so very guilty of that vice, but I think to have something even close to that fabled 'love at first sight' is to catch someone doing something that really captures your fascination and attention. That would make you continue to pursue them, and eventually something will build... or you part ways.

And thus, my view on love. Love is a beautiful thing! Period. Don't mess it up.

Tags: writer's block
at the moment: sobbing over missing fics
feeling: working
listening to: ~ john waters ~ .:: this filthy world ::.

Do you prefer texting or talking on the phone?

Really, I prefer neither... I'm normally someone who avoids phones, just because I dislike using them. I'd rather e-mail or IM but texting I do only rarely, and that's usually out of consideration because the person I'm trying to contact might be busy. What really gets me is that I've seen people texting while driving! What, we as a species have upgraded from smoke signals to letters to pidgeon carriers to morse code to the telephone to the internet, and now we're regressing again? This... this is good proof that the general intelligence of people is on a rapid decline. Texting while driving, geez. Next we'll be having an annual swimming contest at the Ring of Death. Phones in general disgust me, and if I thought I could get away with it, I'd not even have a phone.

Tags: writer's block
at the moment: searching for a midnight snack
feeling: annoyed
listening to: ~ nickelback ~ .:: savin' me ::.

*grumbles* Because I hate being called a liar, and I was called on by a friend who is about to lose that privilage unless she stops being a cow to 'prove it'! What is this about? Writing, of course.

I have to admit that my creative drive has been focusing more on my original novel, still in the works, for the last couple of months, and I've barely managed more than a few sentences in that time on my fanfiction. But I do have moments of... genius? Insanity? Let's just say it's inspiration and leave the judgement to the readers, then.

This is a snippet of an idea that ran around my head for a while, and I only wrote to really get off the topic of it. I still enjoy Harry Potter fiction, when I can find the good ones, and I still enjoy writing for the series, despite the lack of progress lately. What really made me drop this idea like a bag of garbage was the vampire aspect it has.

Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy a good vampire novel, but lately it's been run into the ground and I really don't feel like putting the effort into a story just to have it lost in the mass of vampire-centered fics out there. I haven't abandoned this idea, per se, it's more sitting on the shelf with my folder of jolted down notes about directions the story could end up taking.

BUT, to prove that I have been writing, I shall post the segment I have on the computer and see how it fares.

( In Shadows Bound, a Harry Potter fic )

See? Written. Not much, probably will be a long time before it's continued on, but it's something. So there, Lee, get offa my back and you can explain why I'm avoiding my IMs! Nag!

Tags: fic, rant, snippet
at the moment: growling in simmering ire
feeling: pissed off
listening to: ~ third eye blind ~ .: semi-charmed life :.

Have you ever ruined the ending or given away plot developments in a book, movie, or tv show by telling someone who hasn't seen or read it what happens? Has anyone ever done this to you?

Yes. *stares off into direction of Britain* Lee Shiro, the brat, was online after I bought the 5th Harry Potter book. I told her I had just got it, and she immediately told me the end. Apparently we lost translation between buying it and having read it. I tried to read it, but only got about three chapters in before I realized I couldn't enjoy it anymore. So, even though I have the whole collection, I haven't gotten any further than the 5th book because of her. I'm hoping that eventually I'll catch enough of the bug again to pick it up and finish it, and then move on to the rest of the books. Yes, she has apologized, but there are some words one can't just take back, and that includes the end of a book! I got even with her, though. *evil grins*

Tags: writer's block
at the moment: feeding fish
feeling: annoyed
listening to: ~ damien rice ~ .:: cold water ::.

Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Ox starts today. What is your Chinese zodiac animal? Do you think you fit the description of the sign?

My Chinese zodiac animal is the rat. I was born in the element wood and in the hours of the snake. Generally, yeah, I do think I fit the description, but I see astrology as the pallate that experience hones over a lifetime. Some things enhance, some things become buried or thrown out, etc.

Tags: writer's block
at the moment: regretting having my tooth pulled
feeling: hungry
listening to: ~ red jumpsuit apparatus ~ .: angels cry :.

How do you entertain yourself when you’re bored at work?

I'm actually easily entertainable. If I have something with me to entertain myself, I usually resort to that, whether it's listening to music or starting chit-chat with some stranger nearby or another student. Back in junior high and high school, I had the habit of carrying long lengths of yarn in my pockets, braiding it either because I'm bored or if I'm restless. I don't do that much anymore, but daydreaming is also fun. I have literally spent hours a day just imagining things, coming up with story ideas, playing around with one in my head, or even trying to work around a writer's block. Even if what I imagine 98% of the time never makes it to the final product, it entertains me enough that it was worth it.

Tags: writer's block
at the moment: hoping the teacher doesn't look over my shoulder
feeling: groggy
listening to: ~ asian kung-fu generation ~ .:: after dark ::.

From Judy Blume to V.C. Andrews, there's always a book circulating among teens that their parents don't want them to read. What favorite book did you have to hide from your parents?

Actually, I had to hide my books from the LIBRARIAN more than my parents. I vividly remember in 3rd grade having a "grade-school rumble" with the head librarian because I wanted to borrow a Stephen King book. Finally my mom and the pricinpal was called and the matter was settled, but the librarian got the last laugh - the book wasn't all that good. My mom only laughed and told me to pick my battles.

I knew that whatever I read was OK with my mom because she trusted me to be level-headed and mature about it. This was confirmed when I was about 11 and she allowed me to buy a supernatural romance that could have been labeled as soft-porn. When I showed it to her, she said I didn't have to read it if I didn't want to. After I did read it, she asked me what I thought, and I told her the shapeshifting theme of the main characters was more believable than the sex scenes. There has never been a question about my reading after that.

Theo: *raises an eyebrow*

..... ok, she did ask me about why I had to have World of Darkness' Asylum, but that was for a totally different reason!

Tags: writer's block
at the moment: craving pie
feeling: lethargic
listening to: ~ three days grace ~ .:: animal (i have become) ::.

He~ey, figured I should post something with a little more meaning than my withered, pathetic life. Yes, sad as it is, I'm rather attached to it. Anyway, I posted this in the wonderful community of animejapan_mp3 and figured it couldn't hurt to up it here.

D·N·Angel - Bakuya ~True Light~ (English version) Thank you roihoxai!
Tenchi Muyo! - Renai no Sainou (Talent for Love japanese version) Thank you Lee!

And actually unrelated, I've upped Hikki's album HEART STATION and I'm sharing it.

UTADA HIKARU - HEART STATION


[tracklist]
1. Fight the Blues (4:10)
2. HEART STATION (4:36)
3. Beautiful World (5:18)
4. Flavor of Life -Ballad Version- (5:25)
5. Stay Gold (5:14)
6. Kiss & Cry (5:06)
7. Gentle Beast -Interlude- (1:13)
8. Celebrate (4:27)
9. Prisoner of Love (4:46)
10. TAKE 5 (3:42)
11. Boku wa Kuma (2:23)
12. Niji-iru BASU (5:50)
13. Flavor of Life (4:42)

download/buy

Love Hikki's songs? Love Hikki? Show your support by buying her CD! I definitely am when I can, because this is her best album so far imho!

Tags: music
at the moment: MST
feeling: full
listening to: ~ theory of a deadman ~ .:: in the middle ::.

I'm not sure which is more true for me: "If I didn't have bad luck, I'd have no luck at all," or "My luck is always in, and it's always bad." Either one would be pretty accurate.

I've been trying for MONTHS to see my new neurologist, and the night before I go to see him, I nearly KO myself on the window AC unit. Really I was trying to slip between the wall and my mom's bed to grab the heating pad that slipped between the two, and my stubborn, fat-butt cat wouldn't move. I was trying to be nice by working around her, but when she lifted her butt to my face, I naturally started to move away as well. Then... BAM!

I don't really remember much, but from what I gather I held my head and wobbled my way to the couch to sit down before I landed on the floor. I think I was in that lovely ding-dong-filled limbo for ten minutes or so. I have a nice cut on my hairline (and I had to take a shower today so that hurt like hell) and a bruise that, as usual for me, won't show any discoloration but is sensitive to the slightest touch.

So, when the nurse asked me if I had a headache at the moment, I looked at her and said, "Well, yeah, pretty much." because I had just finished telling her that I hit my head the night before. Doesn't listen, does she? The doctor was really cool, but I think I had a slight concussion or something because he had one of those "Hum~m" reactions after making me do an exercise with my eyes. Or maybe it was the headache, I can never distinguish those doctor noises.

When he started talking about different options I had available to nip my migraines in the bud, he drew diagrams. Of sticking a needle in my head.

All my friends can tell you I have a severe needle phobia. It takes me a few days to gather up my courage to go in for bloodwork and I'll avoid the ER until it's been a week of a lvl 10 migraine. Having it dumped on me... doesn't work well. And I also learned that day that the doctor doesn't know how to handle someone having a panic attack. He high-tailed it out of there and scheduled another appointment for later so we can discuss other options. Needle-less options. Once I was no longer in danger of hyperventilating, I agreed. This was also after I had that diagram erased.

I guess my mom felt bad for me because we ate out and she let me buy a shiz-load of candy, despite my sizable stash at home. I was tempted to push my luck and ask to go to Borders, but it was 5pm traffic and we had already nearly been rear-ended by some racers.

BTW, leilany, pcan, surasha? PM me at the earliest convenience? It has to do with that SOS I sent you guys via YLPD. 'Cuz I'm really chasin' my tail here.

Tags: ylpd
at the moment: drinking chocolate syrup
feeling: dorky
listening to: ~ lisa loeb ~ .:: everyday ::.

Vampires or Werewolves?

Ooh, this is a tricky one. Vampires have always held a certain appeal to me, and I mean before Bela Lugosi and Brad Pitt. I remember watching Nosferatu and that has always been my first idea of a vampire way before the silver screen and Bram Stroker romanticized them. The pop culture of vampires is appealing though, and I cannot deny having a taste for blood, but it isn't enough for the label 'sanguinarian'. I also very much enjoy the White Wolf novels and games for vampires because they usually like to take a different spin on things while remaining true to certain aspects as much as possible.

However, when it's all said and done, my heroes have always been the werewolves. Long before they were ostricized in mythologies, they were usually either seen as people suffering from some witchcraft or illness, or that it was simply an aspect of them that was as normal as being born with different eye color. There were a few less kind tales, but those usually had to do with murder and cannibalism or angering a deity. And we can't forget my favorite 'lycanthrope' of all time, Prince Vseslav of Polotsk.

I could actually go on about this, but it's too early in the morning (with too little coffee in my mug >x<) to really wax ideologies and chatter like a magpie about the topic. It was a great two week discussion in our mythology class that the teacher greatly enjoyed encouraging.

And because I've been cruising other journals and basically slacking...

::QUIZZES::


... that is scarily accurate.



o.O t.w.t.f.o.?!



*gasp of outrage* How did they find out!? That file was sealed!



....... I think this one is actually my grandmother.



Can so~o see this happening.

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