this cannot be!

a run-on sentence by samuel beckett

2010-03-07T04:09:28Z

x_saturnine @ 2010-01-14T22:03:00

2010-01-15T03:03:45Z

I can't give much, but they need it more than I do.

and if you rap like me you don't get paid

2010-01-09T14:19:59Z

Belated 2010 salutations, livejournalists! I am back from my travels at last, and I have about twenty days to stagnate/correct my sleeping schedule/become an astronaut before school starts again and I throw myself in with... reckless abandon. Ideally.

But! Happy 2010 everyone! I hope you are all still young and silly enough to have resolutions and to keep them.

|｢･ิ∀･ิ|｢

&hearts

elucidation

2009-06-27T17:33:18Z

List 10 of your favorite characters from different fandoms, and ask people to spot patterns in your choices, and if they're so inclined, to draw conclusions about you based on the patterns they've spotted.

1. Dino (I-I'm sorry, Hibari, islu words cannot express, but) ➜ KHR
2. Yogi ➜ Karneval
3. Cloud ➜ FFVII
4. Pollution ➜ Good Omens
5. Luck ➜ Baccano!
6. Spain ➜ APH
7. Guy ➜ Tales of the Abyss
8. Waka ➜ Okami
9. Sun Ce ➜ RoTK
10. November 11 ➜ Darker than Black

... so like, other than three outliers, all these characters have one physical trait in common. Can you guess. I had to stop myself from providing pictures, in an attempt to salvage some dignity. D: GOD I AM SO WEAK.

YOUR CONCLUSIONS. DRAW 'EM.

I've been feeling pretty under the weather lately, BUT. Coming up next, Super Junior pimp post. pls don't disown me, guys

a logistical nightmare!

2009-06-17T22:12:23Z

From andrewisbored:

1. Reply to this post, and I will pick six of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

HIBARI KYOUYA. So my affair with the series Katekyo Hitman Reborn started around September 2007. I started with the anime, but I got impatient waiting for episodes to be subbed so I started marathoning the manga and I have never looked back since (the art's better anyway). Admittedly, the plot is sort of stuck on a downward spiral of increasing badness, but. Hibari keeps me in it (and Dino. and the two of them, together-- I mean). Basically, Hibari Kyouya is the most kickass juvenile delinquent in all of Namimori and he has all the other thugs and delinquents under his direct command. You'd think he'd be this big Manly Man, but is he Not. Yes, he can dismember you in a blink of an eye, with ease and much joy and for no reason at all, but at the same time, he's so pretty. And he grows up to be even prettier. And he's such a WTF character. He's like this invincible, insane, homocidal dictator, but he likes catnaps and small animals (i.e. cute things >_>). He lets this tiny yellow fluffball of a bird follow him around and sleep in his hair, and he even trained it to sing his school's anthem (he's a juvenile delinquent who loves his school, go figure). So, in conclusion. He's dangerous and unpredictable. DO YOU KNOW HIS RULES.

CLOUD AND ZACK, CLOUD AND ZACK, THEY NEED NO INTRODUCTION. So I love Cloud a lot. And I love Zack a lot. And I love their friendship-- "we're friends, right?" And they are both so tragic. But they used to be happy, pre-Sephiroth-going-batshit-crazy and pre-Mako-experimentation, and since I like to see them happy, I chose this icon. It's a happy, pre-Sephiroth-going-batshit-crazy and pre-Mako-experimentation icon. Most notably, Zack is still alive. Also, I like them in suits. &hearts

THE MEDITERRANEAN COOL KIDS CLUB consists of, from left to right, the anthropomorphic personifications Egypt, Greece and Turkey. It's fanart of the webcomic Hetalia, which personifies countries so that world events are more LOL than ever. Turkey and Greece, of course, do not get along at all and frequently come to fisticuffs, and Egypt is sort of. Just there to look mysterious and probably secretly mock the both of them. They are a very dynamic trio.

SEMAZEN/WHIRLING DERVISHES from the movie, "The Fall." The shape of the hat is wrong, and the color is supposed to be brown, not blue, but artistic license and all, I guess. It was still one of my absolute favorite scenes, so I screencapped it and made it into an icon. I think the real dance (the Sema) is beautiful too, how they spin with the right palm facing the sky, to receive blessings from above, and the left palm facing the ground, to convey these blessings to earth. I first learned of them on a travel program about Turkey, and I got all ;~; So, yes. This.

SUN CE. He was real! He founded Wu in the Southlands of China after his father's death when he was still 16/17, hence earning him the nickname "the Little Conqueror." This was during the Three Kingdoms era in China, so there was a lot of contention going around at the time. The picture is from the game Dynasty Warriors, which is based on the novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I liked his character in history, the novel, and the game because he's really charismatic and happy-go-lucky, but at the same time, he was also Very Serious Bizness. He has a beautiful bromance with his strategist Zhou Yu and he paved the way for his younger brother, Sun Quan, to become the first emperor of Wu. Sun Ce was assasinated when he was 25, and some (historically inaccurate but very enthralling) sources say that he was cursed by a sorcerer and hallucinated a lot before he died. It was very tragic.

CHINA. Another country anthropomorphically personified in Hetalia. Ethnic ties aside, he's one of my favorite characters because he's like the uncool older brother of all the Asian nations, in real life and in Hetalia. Which is a little tragic, but he keeps on keeping on! What really endeared him to me in the end was a fanmade strip of the Sino-Japanese Wars, which was full of tragedy and more tragedy. While I don't completely agree with Hetalia's characterization of China (he should be more manly! He's communist, for crying out loud!), he's still really LULzy and A+.

I JUST--

2009-05-23T20:05:59Z

DON'T CLICK THIS MASAMI

I am going to have a stupid grin on my face all day.

OK. GOING GROCERY SHOPPING WITH THE 'RENTS, THEN MY LAST PAPER RA RA RA!

&hearts

x_saturnine @ 2009-05-12T00:59:00

2009-05-12T05:01:02Z

hahahahahahaha onion rings and chocolate milkshakes ahahahaha i am so tired please kill me

i would not give this up for the world 8|b

2:52 AM ETA: ... l-lol i hate everything

3:41 AM ETA: sob i'm not even making sense anymore

4:53 AM ETA: Oh, the LOLs to be had by all-- shawty shawty shawty shawty. I think, one day when I am less stressed yet still crazy enough, I will have to make an in-depth post about my forays into the Asian boy band scene. Help.

6:05 AM ETA: maybe I should have posted all this on Twitter instead of LJ, wot wot. Anyway, sunrise. A very good morning to all of you. ;~;/

7:21 AM ETA: /o/ VICTORYYY

this

2009-05-11T04:52:11Z

-- entry went through several rewrites.

I have settled on this one because it is furthest from what I had originally wanted to say. XD

Tonight, I have decided on a number of things! Firstly: fuuuuck this "translation report." What is this shit! The professor already thinks I'm a genius, do I really need to do this?

Secondly: don't talk to me at all unless you have something as awesome as killer turtles to present. Kriztille has passed the test. Good job 8|b

Thirdly: this song is stuck in my head and I am really, really not happy about it. Pabo!

Fourthly,: etc etc.

GUYS. To all of you in the midst of finals and final papers-- I commiserate ;3;/

THIS IS THE SKIN OF A KILLER

2009-05-01T02:56:51Z

Exactly.

the power of anonymous

2009-04-28T00:39:04Z

this

loling forever

i can't believe i just made this entry

2009-04-16T03:35:07Z

Spring break is already half over (GONE LIKE THE WIND, THE WIND) and I've done absolutely nothing. What happened to all the promises you made, self? What. happened.

I have been replaying Tales of Symphonia though, and while it's not exactly productive or conducive to anything, it does make me happy. Zelos joined my party yesterday and man, he is so sleazy. SO SLEAZY. I love making him my avatar because his personal is the greatest ever-- every girl he talks to gives him a gift! It's like I never have to buy restorative items again! What a womanizer.

I almost feel bad killing him just so Kratos will rejoin my party. Sorry, Zelos. You're not a bad guy, but. I want my 4000 year old mutant angel. 8(

I wanted to buy Persona 4 over the break but I said to myself, I said, "Self, no." So I didn't. See, I am getting better at this self-control business.

midnightdiddle informed me that the new KH game for the DS comes out August 30th-- two days after I arrive in Prague. Augh, Square, auuuuuugh why do you do this alsowhereismyff7remake D8

Also, who the heck has my Katamari games. I am feeling the need to roll things. Big things.

I hope you guys didn't just sit through this entire entry.

he is a nice man, thoroughly reliable (he's in a rock band. and he goes to med school.)

2009-03-28T17:15:36Z

MASAMI DON'T CLICK THIS LINK UNLESS YOU WANT TO HATE ME FOREVER FOR SPOILING REBORN FOR YOU

I will ace all my midterms. FOR YOU, DINO.

SEKAAAAAAAI DE ICHIBAN O-HIME SAMA... that's you, Dino. Such a pretty princess. 8|b

i'm talking scorched earth, motherfu-- !!

2009-03-25T23:00:18Z

Oh, MTA.

IN SHORT: "The base subway and bus fare in New York City would rise to $2.50, from $2. The monthly MetroCard would rise to $103, from $81."
IN SHORTER SHORT: I guess I'm going to start walking to school.

In other news, not much news. Hope everyone's been keeping on their feet and etc. o/

conquistador at your door

2009-03-02T04:26:25Z

VIVA.

I made a checklist last night and throughout the course of the day, today, Sunday, I actually checked off two of the items. HUZZAH. After translating some Virgil, I will have done everything I need to do for tomorrow. The rest I will sob and flail about later in the week. All in due time!

Apparently we are due for 5-10 inches of snow tonight. HERE'S HOPING, FINGERS CROSSED. SNOW DAY SNOW DAY SNOW DAY !!!

with our little hands

2009-02-26T01:25:41Z

I am eating so much brie, I don't even want to think about the ramifications it must have for my health. Perhaps I should have some ramen (staple of the college diet!) to go with it-- CULTURAL FUUUUUSION.

If I think about it, I have a lot of work. If I really, really think about it, I don't actually have that much, read: me deluding myself into thinking I have time to huddle under my blankets and play my DS. WHAT.

I would do a checklist, but that would just be discouraging.

... I want to go home :(

i am in love with this icon

2009-02-11T23:25:55Z

NAMIMORI HANDBOOK PAGE 768 SECTION V PARAGRAPH IX LINE 4. Check it out, kids. Or Hibari will claim your firstborn for his Disciplinary Committee.

I am at work right now and I just had to teach someone how to double space her Word document. Before that, I had to show someone how to open up a file from a flashdrive. They think I am a genius. GUYS. THIS MUST BE MY TRUE CALLING IN LIFE. KEEPER OF THE SEVENTH FLOOR COMPUTER LAB AT HUNTER COLLEGE.

/post

gratuitous icon post

2009-02-07T07:02:20Z

This plus account is a little overwhelming. So much icon space, what to do with it all! So I finally added a Hibari icon. I can't believe I didn't have a Hibari icon-- but I need space for Dino now. DAMN IT ALL. It's so harrowing, actually caring about this stuff. I even opened up Photoshop for the first time in ages to make this Slumdog Millionaire icon. Four layers, three different colors, varying blending options and opacity. It sounds more complicated than it really is. And the difference it makes?

Hah.

Anyway, to give this post some legitimacy--

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, copy/paste these directions into a new note and list 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person(s) who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you. If you didn't get tagged, I'd still love to know more about you, but I am abiding by the original rules and thus only picked 25. To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people, and then click publish.

25. I have nothing to say to you WHAAAAAAAAT

By the way, someone lied to me. This year's not a bad year for snakes. 8Db

here are the illuminated cities at the center of me

2009-02-05T05:54:04Z

INVINCIBILITY

What can I say. 1 AM makes you feel this way.

latitudes del silencio

2009-01-28T22:10:44Z

(C)The Future Photo Museum (C)Free Game FREEM Supported by Free Online Game Matome

I am going to digivolve into a koala.

overdue back from china post

2009-01-24T16:29:29Z

Um. BACK FROM CHINA. I know my travel blog sort of withered away and died towards the end (actually, not even the end, more like the middle of the trip), but I assure you that I did not wither away and die. I am home safe, back on US soil, and already wanting to go back. It was really very awesome, and I have to get around to telling you all exactly how awesome it was. Soon.

Been all sorts of busy since getting back, and spring semester starts on Monday. It comes too quickly! This semester will be ten times as brutal as the last. Why don't I ever learn? Oh well. Overloading myself is the only way I will get anything done. It sounds contradictory, but that is how it is. NEVER BE STAGNANT, MY FRIENDS.

Of course, all this stress requires some sort of stress reliever, and I think I will find relief in vegging out in front of my laptop, watching movies. I joined Netflix, because why the heck not, and I anticipate many cinematic adventures this year, right in the comfort of my own room. Not that I really have any time for movies, between 19 credits and a job and volunteer work, but! There is always an abundance of hours between 12 and 5 am anyway, amirite? IMRITE.

So, Chinese New Years is coming up, which means family family family. I guess I am lucky that I am fond of my extended family. I'll be seeing a whole lot of them this weekend.

Oh, Obama's Inauguration (!!!). I actually missed it because a) I was in China, b) when it broadcast, it was 1 in the morning, and c) I was awake, but I was out playing pool. But I did watch it on CNN.com, and I know-- I know one man can't fix everything, and I know expectations for him are too high, and I know that you have to be realistic if you don't want to be hurt, but I just. I'm happy, when I think of him. It's cheesy and sappy, but I'm so glad that he exists. It means a lot.

Things to do. I better get to them. Step to it!

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your hand upon the window

2008-12-28T02:37:09Z

So I failed at keeping up with the one-a-day meme. WHAT. WERE YOU SURPRISED. Don't look at me like that.

Leeeeeaving tomorrow. I'm trying to keep a travel blog, but since I am pretty inconsistent with everything, I am not sure how well that will go. But if you want to keep track of me, I can be found here!

... so. Packing. Will get on that now.

is it bright where you are?

2008-12-25T04:01:18Z

DAY THREE: Made a chocolate cake with bananas in the middle. Culinary triumph. :Db

THE NOT SO GOOD: SICKNESS DISEASE PAAAAAAAAIN.

drunken pirate shipwreck

2008-12-24T04:44:49Z

DAY TWO: This song coming up on shuffle (I can almost swear they are saying "Ulysses tried to make it" towards the end, but they're not). Giving Theo his present! Tripping over my suitcase 8|

&hearts

"you must have had a really disturbing childhood"

2008-12-23T01:15:59Z

1. Post about something that made you happy today even if it's just a small thing.
2. Do this everyday ~~for a week~~ until you leave for China without fail.

TODAY: Acing the Roman Civ final. Bracelet from Genta that I will wear forever. Green tea. Getting a gift for Theo. Scarf+gloves so soft!

don't speak, 'cause your mind is amazing

2008-12-22T04:58:14Z

&hearts

One more final to go. Hang in there, guys 8|b

95 IDs + essay to memorize-- GO TIME