SpiritualEnergy

Bah. I'm tired.

2008-05-10T23:17:32Z

Prom was fun. Sea World... not so much. I won't go into it.

But anyway! I read the most amazing Final Fantasy VII fic the other day, called Sunshine In Winter. It's Yuffie/Vincent (yes, I'm one of those). And it made me laugh until I was out of breath. But mostly it broke my heart into a million pieces and made me cry like a baby. I know this thing has probably been recced, like, everywhere, but I couldn't help it. It's just that good. So even if you're not a Vincent/Yuffie fan, you should read it. Or if you like Final Fantasy VII at all, you should read it.

I actually read this chapter, like, two weeks ago, but just haven't gotten a chance to write about it until now. We get the ski trip this chapter. The poor class representative guy hurts his ankle and Hikaru tries to carry him back to the others (which he ends up failing at, since Mori had to come and pick them both up after Hikaru passed out in the snow. Go Mori). By the end of the chapter... Hikaru tells Haruhi he likes her. Cue Haruhi's surprised!face, where the chapter ends.

I don't know where the crap the story's going anymore. Hikaru sure has been on a role lately, first telling Tamaki and then finally telling Haruhi.

I still want me some more Kyouya, damn it.

I also saw the Twilight trailer a couple days ago too. I'm getting excited. Same with Avatar. I'm sad the series is ending soon, but I want to know how it ends. Argh.

flails

2008-05-08T01:09:26Z

Today was awesome. During my first class of the day, two of my friends came in with a balloon and sang happy birthday to me. And almost everyone signed the balloon! My friend was trying to hide the balloon behind her back when she was coming in... she's so cute. I have the best friends ever. And I have the best mom ever--she took me and my friend out to dinner for lobster, and we just had a great night out. (Her friend also came in unexpectedly. I had never met him before, but he was really nice and I had heard a lot about him from before... he offered to do my hair for prom. Ha ha.)

Speaking of prom... it's tomorrow!!! I'm so excited. And then on Friday we have to get up at four in the morning because there's a school trip to Sea World. It's been a busy week. XD

AND... I got a new computer. Best birthday ever. :D

Crap Gamer <---

2008-04-25T21:16:42Z

Everyone needs to go and read this fic. It's Longshot/Katara. Don't let the ship scare you away--it's a great fic, and it makes it actually makes it work.

Speaking of Avatar... moar plz. The trailer has me excited.

I finished playing Kingdom Hearts the other day (because I'm a crap gamer and haven't finished until now). It's amazing.

So now I'm getting into Final Fantasy VII. Which is also amazing ~~despite the graphics in the original game being... not so good~~. The funniest thing about it was when I told my (male) friend about it, though.

We fangirled it together. Yes, he's a total fangirl. I was all, "I like this pairing!" and he's all, "That's cool, but I really think this would be better," "Oh, I see where you're going. How about this? That would be hot," "I guess. Oh, and isn't Cid a total badass?"

XD

Oh, and meme taken from hope_assassin.

Leave a comment and I will:
1. Tell you why I friended you.
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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.

I'm such a girl

2008-04-13T18:31:33Z

In girly!me news, I'm going dress shopping with my mom today because prom's in a few weeks. I'm not usually into the whole 'dance' thing, but almost all of my friends are gonna be there, and we're going to be goofing off a lot and telling inside jokes and just being big dorks. So I'm excited.

I just might have an actual idea for a Hiei/Botan fic. Maybe. Perhaps. We'll see. In my head, it takes place post-series with the aftermath of all the crazy stuff that happened in the last arc (which means "Hiei's new job") and Botan just being... Botan. And we all know what that means.

So I'll see how it goes.

Meme taken from xlovelylightx. (Anyone notice I do way too many memes? Yes? No? Ah, boo.)

Comment to this entry with any fandom. If I'm knowledgeable enough in the fandom to have ships, I'll tell you one non-canon ship I like, one canon ship I like, and one ship I really don't like (either canon OR fanon). Then post this in your own journal to offer up the same responses.

Avatar, Beyblade, Bleach, FMA, Death Note, Harry Potter, Heroes, YYH, Twilight, InuYasha, Ouran Host and Naruto are some of the familiars, but there might be more. Eh.

Oh, and newest Bleach chapters? You'd better cut it out, or I just might start shipping Urahara/Hiyori for kicks.

Crazy!

2008-04-12T14:46:02Z

Look at this!!

Is... it real? I almost cried my eyes out when I saw it; and pretty much jumped around my house like a crazy person. My mom thought there was something wrong with me (and maybe there is). But... but. *hyperventilates* OH MY GOD. I don't care that it's probably gonna suck. Or if the characters are different (I really hope that won't happen, though) and that we get the next-gen kids from the manga. Or that it's a total gimmick for the toys (what the crap, metal? Can't they foresee the injuries that'll come from that?) I'll still watch it and probably adore it.

Just... abgk;ajsnga;gna;gna;nhha'nfdsgh'nhnasdfgnas;dgn

I love it. So much.

*pants* You may now go back to your regular program of non-kiddie anime fangirling. I just had to get that out.

And now a meme, taken from hope_assassin.

The rules: On your music player of choice, let it play on 'shuffle' and listen to the first twenty songs. Write down their names and at the end of each title, add the words "in my pants". See how things fare from there and how naughty a mind you might have.

1. Imogen Heap - Clear the Area in my pants
2. Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers in my pants
3. Pink - Get This Party Started in my pants
4. Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice in my pants
5. Evans Blue - Stop and Say You Love Me in my pants
6. Nickelback - Next Contestant in my pants
7. Mikaila - So In Love With Two in my pants
8. The Cranberries - Dreams in my pants
9. Cher - This is a Song For the Lonely in my pants
10. Frou Frou - Close Up in my pants
11. Circle of Dust - Chasm in my pants
12. Delta Goodrem - Last Night On Earth in my pants
13. Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent in my pants
14. Dido - Thank You in my pants
15. Lifehouse - Fairy Tales and Castles in my pants
16. 30 Seconds To Mars - I'll Attack in my pants
17. The Veronicas - Nobody Wins in my pants
18. Classic Crime - Headlights in my pants
19. Paramore - Misery Business in my pants
20. The Police - Every Breath You Take in my pants

LOL

Recent Bleach chapters

2008-03-30T17:51:28Z

So after listening to hope_assassin talk about the recent chapters of Bleach in her journal, I decided to stop ignoring the manga and finally caught up with all the recent chapters.

Neliel is a friggin' badass. I <3 her. And I <3 those crazy friends of hers that would do anything to keep her happy and safe. Like. Really. THAT'S LOVE. And I also loved the Neliel-squishes-Ichigo-with-her-boobies scene. Because we all know what Ichigo thinks of boobs.

But one thing had me wondering... does that mean that if someone looses too much reiatsu, it'll turn them into babies?! Or was that just Szayel's (yeah, I totally had to Google that) crazy technology? Bah! Doesn't matter, I suppose.

I don't like Nnoitra. He had already creeped me out before, but now he's pretty much just a baby-kicker in my eyes. Although I totally believe Nnoitra's in love with Neliel in some psycho way. That came across just fine.

Ahem. Okay, so. Grimmjow? Is totally gonna come back. I mean, as many chapters that have passed now, not much time has really elapsed. Some captains from the Gotei 13 came and kicked some ass (I'm pretty much in love with TEH PRETTY that is Byakuya), we get some back story on Aizen and the other division captains (The Vaizards? Are awesome.), and then Orihime gets kidnapped again and out pops Ulquiorra (YAY I MISSED YOU ~~AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE WERE TRADED GRIMM FOR YOU, HUH?~~). So... Grimmjow will come back ~~and be a good guy~~. Yup.

I loved how Ulquiorra gave Orihime "the look" again, just like a couple chapters back when she was healing Ichigo. And I find it interesting that Aizen left Hueco Mundo to Ulquiorra while he's away in ~~Hawaii~~ Karakura Town with the other Arrancers. I suppose that's just because Ulquiorra's one of his most loyal, though.

Anyway, I'm excited to read what happens next.

We're back to the whole Tamaki!daddy thing again. Geebus. Tamaki was going on so much about the whole family thing it even had Kyouya thinking he screwed up.

MAH?!

Oh, and also -- ski trip! <3 Hikaru was angsting in the snow for awhile before Kaoru came and snapped him out of it. And him and Haruhi share a room together, and Hikaru's basically being a big boob to her while going "you stay on your side and I'll stay on mine! *BLUSHBLUSHBLUSH*".

Oh, Hikaru, you lovable idiot. He even wanted to call Tamaki up and apologize to him for being so mean. *HEART* He's maturing.

Finally

2008-03-28T01:02:02Z

Spring Break is finally here! Now I get to indulge myself with strawberry cheesecake and Other Cool Things.

Ha ha... I went through some of my folders the other day and noticed a bunch of unfinished fic. I had a butt-load of Beyblade (don't I always?), two Ouran Host, a Sokka/Azula, and a multi-chapter Bleach fic of the Grimmjow/Orihime variety. Whoa. Maybe I'll actually finish them... sometime soon.

But anyway. To kick start the break, and since I now have a lot of time to sit at home and be a big nerd, how about you guys give me a prompt/pairing/something-you'd-like-to-see-written and I'll try my best and write it. ;)

Oh, and I read this adorable Hiro-Nathan fic awhile ago: Lunch Break. I can't believe I haven't pimped it out yet -- I loved the interaction between Hiro and Nathan in season one, and this little fic just captures that perfectly. Awkwaaaaaard.

Hooray

2008-03-25T00:22:03Z

I got into one of my schools of choice! It wasn't the first on my list, but the second one accepted me. I'm so relieved; now I know where I'm going next year for school. And, for my academy, I'll be taking... Veterinary Assistant!!! Yay.

Adore it. I laughed, I teared up, I watched scenes over again. There were some small niggling plot holes here and there, but I didn't care because it was awesome anyway and nothing too distracting.

And I think Koenma just may be my favorite character. I liked him when he was all in his baby, comic-relief character, but my fangirling censors just exploded when he went and got all badass during Chapter Black. HOLY CRAP HE'S FRICKIN' AMAZING. I <3 you, Koenma. And pretty much everyone else as well.

And... I even got a little shippy. And yes, it is another one of my crazy ass pairings. Ready? Yes? It's...

Hiei/Botan

I OTP it so hard it's not even funny (although I'll take Yusuke/Botan without any problems whatsoever as well XD). I even want to make an AMV for them, but the only problem is that I don't have any clips. Otherwise it'd probably be getting made right this second. I had the song picked out and everything!!! Oh well. I guess I'll just have to write a ton of fic instead to make up for it.

I'm in too many fandoms!!!

In conclusion, Yu Yu Hakusho is amazing. And this vid proves it.

In other words... hah.

2008-03-18T22:00:49Z

Snagged from xlovelylightx.

1. Comment in this post with a pairing, a character, or a threesome.
2. I shall write you back a paragraph explaining what I think about it (good, bad, indifferent) and why.
3. Just repost in your own journal.

So I'm finally done with all my FCAT. I think I did pretty well. Although I still hate having to take them. It's almost all we prepare for all year, and it just feels like a huge waste of time. Blah. I don't see why they're so important.

Hikaru tells Tamaki he's in love with Haruhi.

HEE. I still think Kyouya's in love with her though.

Oh, and still watching Yu Yu Hakusho. I've just finished the Dark Tournament arc. Sooooo good!

spiritualenergy @ 2008-03-08T11:51:00

2008-03-08T17:09:13Z

I went to Orlando the weekend before last. I had the best time ever. The group I went with were all really nice, and we all went on a bunch of rides (the Mummy was ridden twice. Our expressions from the pictures were priceless).

I went and made an Elle vid. It has some of all my favorite ships that involve her, like Elle/Peter, Elle/Mohinder, Elle/Noah, Elle/Sylar, Elle/Claire, and of course the screwed up father/daughter relationship between Elle & Bob. Yeah, I don't know either. First try at vidding an actual TV show, so yay for me. Oh, and I also put up my Rei/Mariah vid. It's pretty much just their relationship during season one -- and look! I can do canon couples too! I just seem to have a soft spot for them.

I'm also watching Yu Yu Hakusho again. It was what I was watching before any of my other anime fandoms. It's old, but I love it sooooo much. ~~Hiei/Botan forevah!!!~~

</dork>

Happy Late Valentine's Day!

2008-02-16T23:58:04Z

rosweldrmr bought me a commission! And it is amazing: Rei/Hiromi. The ship gets hardly ANY love at all, and it makes me sad. But this made me squeal so hard with happiness. Thanks, Ash. You're super nice.

She also paid for one of her own ships too, which gets even LESS love: Hitoshi/Hiromi.

*_* I melted from TEH PRETTY. And speaking of pretty -- The Heroes Slash Manual.

GO READ IT. It's the best thing I've ever seen.

I'm also watching Veronica Mars. I freaked out while watching the season 1 finale, because it's just THAT good and worthy of freaking out over.

Okay. I'm done now.

Interview

2008-02-02T01:52:45Z

Snagged from xlovelylightx.

01. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
02. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
03. You will post the answers to the questions (and the questions themselves) on your blog or journal.
04. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
05. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. And so on and so on and so on...

1. Snape? Or voldemort? And please avoid HP spoilers for book 7. XD

Hm... Snape. Voldemort's cool too, though. For some reason, I've always liked Voldemort more when he was Riddle.

2. Diet Coke? Or vanilla/chocholate/strawberry milkshake?

O_o I'd drink any one of those, but Coke would definitely be my favorite. ;)

3. If you could have one crack ship become canon, which ship would it be?

You... actually expect me to choose?

Well, I've always thought Grimmjow/Orihime (Bleach) was extremely hot and should've happened. XD I love Orihime with just about anybody, but I love this pairing a lot, even if it is super crack-y.

4. Favorite color? 8D

Yellow. <3 It's bright and perky and makes me happy. :D

5. If you had a permanent account, what kind of icons would you put in your user pics?

Anime, TV shows, funny quotes... pretty much anything that I'd look at and go 'oooh, shiny!' because then I'd have enough room for all that geeky stuff, eh? XD Alas, only 15 icon spots.

For our yearbook at school, we had to take this picture for our introduction page. This year it's in the form of an 08. Who formed the 08? Yeah, us. We all had to lay down on the ground and make the curves while our teacher stood on top of a bench and took a picture of us all (she took like nine pictures before she was satisfied too).

My face was way too close to a squashed Snickers candy bar for comfort. But it was fun. ~~I almost kicked my classmate in the head.~~

Heroes Season 2

2008-01-26T03:17:28Z

Holy CRAP! I've FINALLY caught up with season 2 of Heroes.

-Damn it, I actually liked Nathan this season. What does he do? Gets shot just when he's ready to reveal his biggest secret EVAH to the world. (I wonder who shot him though. Hmmm.) So it pretty much boils down to: PLEASE DON'T DIE NATHAN.

-PLEASE DON'T DIE NIKI. I like her a lot more when she's actually NIKI, not Jessica/Gina/whatever other personality she has. When she's not fighting/angsting with/about other parts of herself, she just kicks so much more ass in my opinion.

-I was all WTF when we found out how DL really died. Same way, different bullet. (And his GRAVE. RIP, DL.)

-Hiro went into the past, and met his idol, Kensei. And then Hiro became Kensei's idol. And then Hiro stole his girl. Which made Kensei mad, and who is also Adam Monroe. Who is evil. And who can regenerate like Claire. /explodes/

-HIRO BURIES ADAM UNDER THE FRACKIN' GROUND. I THINK THIS MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE WHOLE SEASON. I ADMIT I LOL'ED MORE THAN I SHOULD'VE.

-Claire gets a ~~lame~~ ~~plot device~~ new boyfriend named West. He can fly. And get abducted.

-Claire breaks up with West. The audience does that little tongue-in-cheek thing.

-Mohinder and Matt are now Molly's make-shift daddies. Aw.

-Matt... is turning evil?

-This may sound weird, but I LOVE Elle. I think she's cool -- and totally gonna come over to the good side. Because she thinks it's cool.

-I don't really know what to think about Maya & Alejandro. They're just sort of 'meh' to me overall. I felt bad for Maya, though. Sylar totally messed her up.

-Speaking of Sylar... up until now I really didn't know whether to hate him or to love him. But, but... I'm going to be completely shallow right now and say that he is HOT after watching that scene. (Yes, THAT scene. You know which one.)

-It's going to be interesting to see how Maya's character is going to develop now that she's gotten shot by Sylar and knows that her brother is now dead because she trusted him. Maybe she'll go after him? She's already shown that she'll kill people with her crazy-ass power if saves herself/her brother. Maybe she's capable of using it for revenge. Hmm.

-Sylar is the new Popeye. Niiiiice.

That... may not have been completely coherent. Sorry.

Oh! And -- I have a new baby cousin. His name is Joshua. ;)

Happy New Year!

2008-01-04T22:52:50Z

Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you all had a good holiday/Christmas/whatever it is that you celebrate! I had a nice break -- two of my friends came over the other day and we went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks, which is pretty much the most adorable movie in ever. Go see it. You'll drown in all the cute. I <3 it.

For Christmas, I got Avatar Book 1 and 2 on DVD (it was pretty funny because my mom and rosweldrmr got the same thing. Happened last year too, except with Harry Potter books). They're all colorful and sleek and I just want to rub my cheek against them. Hee. I also got season one of Heroes too. Still haven't seen any season two eps, but eh. I'm happy.

Also! I got Firefly and the movie Serenity, which I pretty much watched two times over this break, because it's really awesome and everyone should see it. Yes.

...I have a question. Does anyone know WHERE they buried Wash, Book and Mr. Universe? Was it Haven? Or somewhere else? I looked online and watched the funeral scene again, but I just couldn't seem to grasp where they were at that point. Or am I just being stupid and I totally missed it? Because it feels that way, but eh... yeah. Does anybody know?

Oh, and R.I.P. guys.

And, and, and... rosweldrmr actually wrote fanfic for my ORIGINAL FIC. Right here. I... I think I short-circuited with all the squee. ILU, Ash. You're super nice.

So! For my New Year's Resolution, I guess I'll... do more stuff. Like keep doing good in school. And having fun with my friends. Or writing more Kon/Yuzu and Luna/Krum fic for cupcakexpirate. Yep.

Best Day Ever

2007-12-22T01:44:33Z

Name three fics you think I will never, ever, ever write. In return, I will attempt to write a snippet of one ~~all~~ of them.

Do your worst, flist. Do your worst.

So! I'm finally on break. Joy! My school day basically consisted of candy-cane-in-mouth pictures, Santa hats, board games, chocolate covered cherries, iTunes, my math teacher rapping, NOT working, and the mandatory dirty word on Scrabble.

It was a really, really good day.

Movie!Edward

2007-12-12T22:10:50Z

http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2449032/1/

Finished at 18 pages. Yow.

Hahah, and Robert Pattinson is going to play Edward in the Twilight movie. I don't get why so many people are pissed -- he's pretty, just like Edward. I think he'll do fine.

Happy Holidays!

2007-12-08T17:17:56Z

Friend: There's your stalker.
Me: [looks behind me] You mean Robert?
Friend: Yeah. Why do you like him?
Me: Uh, what?
Friend: As a friend, anyway. He's such an ass.
Me: He was kind of bossy earlier -- with that project. And said that he'd shoot me in the head. If that's what you mean.
Friend: See! Am I mean to you like that? No. Is Joan mean to you? No. Is Caroline mean to you? No. And we don't crowd you like he does.
Me: Yeah, I know. So what are you saying? That you think I shouldn't be friends with him or something?
Friend: No, no. It's your choice, I just thought I'd mention it...

GAH. That startled me. I never knew she thought that way about him before, but now it's made me think about the way he treats me sometimes. I've known him since last year, we have some classes together. It's not like we've recently met or anything... but he can be kind of mean/bossy at times. I've always just thought of him as being too serious/not able to take a joke, etc.

The other day I was kind of making fun of his head, because we were playing this game in class with these controllers where you have to point to this certain spot in the classroom for your answer to go through. My thing wasn't working when I pointed it to the censor, but when I pointed it to his head, it worked just fine. I made a joke about his head being hyper-sensitive to radio waves, and he kinda blew up at me, telling me to shut up, he'd shoot ME in the head, don't-do-that-do-it-this-way, blah blah blah. I didn't really think that was funny at all, but I don't really think that much of it most of the time. My friend seems to think he's treating me badly, though.

This is kind of confusing me... I don't know what to think.

On a more cheery note... happy holidays, everyone! I'm going to Santa's Enchanted Forest later tonight! Yay!!!

And I went to this school fair earlier - it's supposed to help you pick an academy for next year. I really think I want to go into Legal and Public Affairs - Law, really. They're divided into Law and Criminal Justice, and both sound really interesting. They had a really good presentation, and the people were really nice and helpful. It's a lottery thing though, so I don't know if I'll get into that program. I'm just going to cross my fingers and hope I do.

And... I'm writing an original story. It's at 9 pages right now. GASP.

Suuuuuuure.

2007-12-01T01:32:43Z

So I was in class today working on my page for the yearbook, and my friend basically steals me from under my other friend's (Robert's) nose (and right from my chair). Then she sets me down next to one of the other computers in the room, and tells me, "Robert has a crush on you."

And I just sort of sit there, with this stupid look on my face. She's all, "He always has to sit with you, no matter what. And he's always meaner to other people. So it's either he really likes you or that he's just really protective. But I still think he's gay."

Right. Okay... whatever you say. ~~WTF? There's no way she can be right! Can she?~~

And... I found out that another two of my friends are Avatar fans. I flipped out. I didn't get to talk to them for long, because my mom was waiting for me in the parking lot, but I know that they're loving season 3 so far and that one of them adores Toph (who doesn't adore Toph?) and has Katara as a second favorite. And one said she likes Toph and Sokka together.

LOVE!!! I had no idea they were Avatar fans. I MUST pay more attention from now on.

Yay Thanksgiving Break

2007-11-23T17:57:02Z

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! I went with bmcsmartypants to eat with her family, which was really nice. Everyone is really crazy in the best way possible. ;) And I got to watch Ratatouille for the first time in ever. It was really cute and hilarious and made me go EW RATS IN THE KITCHEN even though I know it shouldn't have. Ha ha.

~~And bmcsmartypants knocked me over with her butt. No, really. It hit my face.~~

I wrote Kaoru/Renge fic (Similarities and Differences) for zharya, who was ~~shoving me~~ hinting for me oh so gently to finish it ~~and who also got me into joining this Vampire RP. XD~~. I know it's weird and crack and it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but... it does to ME. Because it would be cute. And possibly really, really awkward, which I love. So! There should be more Kaoru/Renge. Lots and lots of it. Because the show is crack anyway, so why NOT? That's my excuse! (I need an icon...)

P.S. And I AM working on those challenges from last time. I haven't forgotten! I promise.

P.P.S. I watched the first episode of Princess Tutu. It's really WEIRD, but charming. I'll watch more. :D

Five Things Meme

2007-11-09T02:11:59Z

Five things fic request meme! I've always thought these looked pretty nifty... so. Basically, just tell me:

# The fandom. The ones I'm familiar with would include: Avatar, Beyblade, Twilight, Ouran High School Host Club, Naruto, Bleach, InuYasha, Harry Potter, FMA, and some others I probably can't remember.

# A theme ("five worlds [character] never visited," "five people [character] might have been," etc.).

# The character or pairing you wish to be the center of the piece, if any.

# You can request as many as you want. No, really. Go ahead if you want.

Five Hosts Haruhi Never Loved

1. Haninozuka Mitsukuni:

Taking a large bite out of his cake, Honey looks over at Haruhi who is looking over at Tamaki who is doing some sort of strange flailing thing, talking about something that sounds like red roses and penguin suits. The look on her face makes him swallow with a large gulp, before he takes another bite and declares with a full mouth, "Waiii, cake! Want some, Haru-chan?"

Haruhi finally turns and looks over at him in surprise before it melts away into a small smile. "I'm fine, Honey-senpai. No thanks."

He just holds his fork in his hand a little tighter. "Why doesn't Haru-chan like cake?" He's never asked her before -- enough time, enough work, enough everything -- and he doesn't really know why he does now after all this time -- not enough time, not enough work, not enough anything -- but it just seems so important to ask her now rather than later.

Mori stands silently next to him, watching the exchange.

Haruhi shrugs a little. She looks just enough like a boy to fool everyone else but not enough for him to view her as one. "It's not that I don't... like it," she says, and he knows she's remembering a visit to her house with a strawberry cake. "I just don't love it."

Honey looks at her as if he understands, and he does, and he offers her a plate again, saying, "Cake, Haru-chan?" as if asking if she'll eat it later.

Haruhi smiles again, always does, and sighs a little before she takes it this time. Because she knows he loves cake.

"Sure."

2. Morinozuka Takashi:

Mori watches Haruhi carefully as she dangles dangerously from atop the ladder she had been intent on using to get down the Christmas lights from her roof. It was well into April, they should come down sometime.

It's one of those now-frequent (thanks to Tamaki) visits the Host Club makes to her home. They had just been lucky enough to catch her in the middle of Spring Cleaning.

The others, of course, had been intent -- Flames of Passion and Glitter and Hearts could be seen everywhere -- on helping her.

"No." Her answer was swift and blunt. "I don't want you breaking anything." There was a pause, as if she were thinking of something, before he made out the words that came out in a whisper. "Rich bastards..."

He said nothing, and instead just stood rooted next to the tall ladder in case of emergency --

Sure enough, she slipped, letting out a small shriek of surprise. Instantly he reached up and caught her, eyebrows furrowing.

"HARUHIIIIIII!" Tamaki wailed, running over to them, the other Hosts not far behind him.

"I'm fine," she said. "Thank you, Mori-senpai."

"Ah," he said in return.

After knowing she was uninjured, he let her down.

3. Ootori Kyouya:

Kyouya considers. Looks at Haruhi. Peers down at his laptop. Considers some more.

Knowing full well what he was doing, his fingers move to his keyboard. He types in an extra zero at the end of Haruhi's debt. Large enough to even appear threatening to his eyes.

Glancing up, he watches as Tamaki flashes another dress at Haruhi, who makes a comment about sexual harassment.

He adds another zero, the weight -- guilt? -- making him push his glasses up his face a little more. Tamaki needs so much help.

He calculates the probability of her finding out, and quickly waves that one away. He adds another zero.

He assures himself that there's merit out of this, merit out of making her stay longer than she really has to. It's all for --

"Kyouya-senpai," she calls, walking up to him. "Would you like some more tea?" she asks, showing him the teapot she held.

Kyouya adjusts his glasses again, saying, "Yes. That'd be great." He watches as she carefully pours him a cup. When she's finished, he looks up at her full in the face and says with a smile, "Work hard, Haruhi. Try not to break anything, okay?"

She nods a little, even more determined to walk away. Her faint mutter of, "Evil Shadow King," almost makes him add another zero before she continues on with a, "I will, Kyouya-senpai."

There's a faint memory of the both of them on a bed and in a commoner supermarket where she tells him that he's a Nice Guy and tells his father that she thinks he's Very Admirable.

Sighing, he deletes the extra zeros he'd typed.

4. Hitachiin Hikaru:

"Hey, Haruhi. You sick or something?" Hikaru questions one afternoon in the Third Music Room.

"No," Haruhi answers, not looking at him. "Do I look sick?"

Hikaru eyes her for a moment. "You keep staring at Tono. What'd he do this time?"

For some reason, on Haruhi's other side, Kaoru smacks his forehead.

Haruhi blinks. "Nothing," she said, as if he did Something.

Hikaru frowns, tilting his head to the side. "You don't look too -- why is your face all red? Are you sure you're not sick?"

Haruhi looks up at him this time, clearly not very amused. "I..." she starts, and for a split second, she almost appears nervous. "I don't know," she says, rubbing her forehead as if she has a headache. "Maybe I am."

"Might want to go to the nurse for that."

The mental head banging Kaoru was doing was enough to cause a concussion all on its own.

5. Hitachiin Kaoru:

"I love you, Haruhi... but Hikaru is more important to me."

Years later, he still believes this, not regretting the confession (goodbye). Haruhi had stared at him with a blankness he couldn't read. It was almost fitting.

Years later, he's rich and famous and a skilled fashion designer who works along side his brother. It's always been him and Hikaru from the beginning.

Still, he finds himself... missing her. He knows Hikaru does as well. They both feel incredibly bored in their twenty-five year old selves.

And then, one day, years later, he sees her again after a long absence. She's accomplished something now, dressed up in a professional suit and walking down a long hallway towards him.

A lawyer, he tells himself. Just like she's always wanted.

She sees him, and blinks, walking up to him before saying, "Kaoru," with a faint smile of remembrance. He's happy she can still tell them apart after all this time, and something in his chest stirs at the gesture.

He smiles back a little. All what-ifs and maybes. "Haruhi."

It's almost fitting.

Five Funny Scenarios Zuko and Katara Will Never Have

1.

The first thing he realizes right away is that his vision is full of blues and reds and greens and a flash of brown. It's like a tidal wave coming up and pulling him down.

The second thing he realizes is that the stupid paint merchant had left, obviously not wanting to get into any trouble. (He would've burned him to death otherwise.)

The third thing he realizes is that his Uncle is watching calmly, almost amused, as a couple of children come up next to him and ask excitedly, "Oooh! Paint fight?" before another color (orange?) is swung at him.

The fourth thing he realizes is that the waterbender has gotten better --

SPLAT!

It was definitely a beautiful day in Ba Sing Se.

2.

Katara almost rolled her eyes when she saw them. The invasion had been successful, flawless.

Almost.

On their way inside, the group had caught one of the fire guards conversing in a quiet manner. The words "Prince" and "betrayed us" and "freed his uncle" were some of the highlights.

Toph had wiggled her toes afterwards and said, "He's under us. They locked him up."

And so they had broken in, only for them to be met by... fire ninjas.

Katara bended her water, struck, knocked them out.

"You have got to be kidding me," Zuko said.

"Stop whining already! I'll save you from the ninja."

Something about that seemed vaguely familiar.

3.

"I'm NOT the Painted Lady!" Katara insisted one night the Blue Spirit (Zuko) had caught her floating into the Fire Nation.

The Blue Spirit (Zuko) stared at her. "Nice outfit."

Katara looked down, knowing she still had on the white dress and facial markings. She ran a hand through her hair. Considered.

"Um."

4.

Still wearing their Fire Nation clothes, Katara thought back to a few hours ago. Her and Sokka had to go dressed as Aang's parents to meet the principal of the school he had been attending, otherwise the consequences could've been dire.

On the way back to their hideout, Katara had spotted him.

Zuko had been looking at her, royal robes and all, with a raised eyebrow.

Katara had given a tiny, nervous laugh. She rubbed her large belly, and said in a high-pitched voice, "Due next month."

He appeared to not really care. She was just glad he didn't seem to know who she was. The suspicion in his eyes, however, was beginning to make her edgy.

"A-Anyway..." Katara started. "Uh... FLAMEO!"

She had run.

The memory gave her a numbing headache.

5.

"You!"

The shout had come out simultaneously. Curious people turned to watch the exchange.

Zuko glared at Katara, and she glared back. Old fights and enemies bubbled to the surface.

"What are you doing here?" Katara asked, hands raised in a bending position.

"I should be asking you the same question," Zuko sneered in return.

They could feel the stares of the villagers.

"It's a free country," Katara answered. It was true. The war had ended. The Avatar had restored peace. There was no reason to fight.

They glared some more. "You."

But old habits died hard.

Five Secrets Hermione Never Told Ron or Harry

1.

Hermione has dreamed of killing him.

In her dream, she carries a wand that is not her own, waving it around with a threatening swish. There, she is staring down resolutely at a group of Death Eaters.

In her dream, she can fly. This is the part where she knows it is a dream; when she can fly on a broom without fear or apprehension.

In her dream, she uses an Unforgivable on them (she can't recall which, and in some ways, it doesn't matter), and they all fall. The ground breaks open and swallows them. There is red tinted air that swirls around her like little leaves.

In her dream, she has a scar. A lightning scar. She is Harry.

In her dream, she - Harry - kills Voldemort. It frightens her into awakening, the cold sweat leaving her shivering in her bed.

Just a nightmare, she tells herself. Just a dream.

Hermione dreams of killing him.

2.

Hermione envies the Weasley family sometimes. She loves her parents fiercely, unconditionally. But red hair and freckles have become familiar, comforting. The sense of family and belonging makes her chest swell.

She's always wanted a brother or sister. She used to read books about them, fairy tales. She stopped reading them a long time ago. Not enough time.

For Ron, there was never any fairy tales or make believe. He can count his siblings on his fingers (five), naming them off one after the other (Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Ginny).

A cluck of her tongue is the only noise heard in the Muggle library. She berates herself. Thinks of Harry and Ron.

There's no time for her to be reading fairy tales. Magic must come first.

3.

An encouraging smile, a Muggle teacher, a younger self. A question.

"What would you like to be when you're all grown up, Hermione?"

Hermione still wonders. Fleetingly.

4.

Hermione wakes up one morning, not knowing where she is. For a split second, she forgets that she is a witch.

"Hermione?" a voice is heard, a hand is shaking her shoulder. "Hermione!"

It's Ron. No mistaking it.

She peers up at him, unhappy. "Ron?" she asks slowly, pulling his hand away. She glances around. Frowns. "Where's Harry?"

It starts to seep in again. She's relieved and scared all at the same time.

Ron shakes his head, pulling at her again. "That's what I've been trying to tell you! I don't know!"

Hermione stands up from her spot on the floor. "We need to find him."

Quickly, they begin their search.

5.

Hermione would think about death often during her summers back home. She told herself that she wasn't afraid to die; her friends were the most important things to her.

One time, she almost asked Myrtle what it was like to be dead (and stopped because the wails were too much for her to take). If she felt as cold to herself as she does to Hermione. She thinks of Nearly Headless Nick, and shudders.

She wonders what it's like to fall through the Veil. If there's another side, if there's more to it. She's a smart witch, after all. She likes to theorize every now and then.

She remembers Dumbledore laying in his tomb ("To the well-organized mind, death it but the next great adventure."). What was it like to die like that?

Hermione realizes that she isn't afraid to die.

She's afraid how.

Five Things Kagome Could Have Done To Save The World ~~(But Didn't Because She's Written Like A Mary Sue)~~

1.

Toto, I think we're not in Tokyo anymore...

Kagome glanced around, bewildered. Her home had disappeared in a flash of blue light, of the ground coming up from under her, of... of --

Some creepy centipede thing!

Kagome felt like crying. As far as her eyes could see, there was nothing but trees that stretched on for miles. She had obviously gone crazy. That was it.

Contemplating her new discovery, Kagome pulled herself up from the well. One of the vines wrapped itself around her foot.

A shriek escaped her. She had fallen back in.

2.

"Miss!" Miroku called out to one of the village women. "Would you like your fortune read?"

The woman looked at him for a minute with wide eyes. She nodded. "Of course, houshi-sama!"

Miroku took her hand and looked at her palm. He made a few 'hmmm's and one 'ah!' that made the woman jump.

Kagome guessed that he was pretending to read her palm.

Miroku looked particularly pleased with himself. "My fair lady," he said suddenly, "it seems that you are fated to save the world."

The woman gasped. "W-what?"

"Yes," Miroku said happily. "All you must do is bear my children."

"Oh, houshi-sama --" the woman started.

"Miroku!" Kagome yelled, face red. "Cut that out."

Miroku turned to Kagome. Blinked. Then he smiled at her and asked, "Would you like to save the world, Kagome-sama?"

3.

Kagome was in the middle of class that day (a very rare occurrence). Looking around to make sure no one was watching, she opened up her notebook and began doodling in the margins. She drew a dog, a cat, and what looked to be a pack of bubblegum.

She stopped and looked at her 'masterpiece'. Slowly, almost hesitant, she drew a little stick figure of herself (which looked just like her with her little stick bow and arrows, thank-you-very-much) holding a cannon. A bubblegum cannon.

Kagome spent the next ten minutes drawing out her battle plan. No demon could defeat a bubblegum cannon, after all! Not even Naraku!

(Kagome suspected she was desperate. Or bored out of her mind.)

"Ahem," the teacher coughed. "Is there something you would like to share with the class, Higurashi?"

Kagome looked up. Gulped. "No, sensei."

She crumpled up her paper and threw it away.

4.

"Do you ever think of what would happen if Naraku were wearing those beads?" Shippou asked Sango one morning after witnessing a very harsh session of sit commands from Kagome to InuYasha.

Sango tried not to laugh. "Wow, Shippou," she said. They could hear InuYasha and Kagome yelling further ahead of them. "I've never even thought of that before."

Shippou put a small hand to his chest. He struck a noble pose. "That's it!" he called out triumphantly. "Kagome could sit Naraku into the ground!"

Sango watched him, surprised. "Uh, Shippou. I don't think --"

"Kagome!" Shippou called, jumping over various holes InuYasha's face had made in the ground. "I came up with the best idea! It could save the world!"

5.

"We need to find Naraku's weakness and exploit it," Miroku explained.

"We need to find his heart," Sango continued.

"Or maybe Kagome could just talk to the guy about those weird test things she had. He'd die of boredom," InuYasha said.

"Sit!"

Five Times Winry Forgave Roy

1.

Winry can see Roy's ghost everywhere. He's a constant distraction, a guest that was uninvited.

The first time Winry sees him staring at her from atop one of her neighbor's roof, she screams and throws her wrench as hard as she can. And then he is gone because she is blinded by tears.

He doesn't ever speak to her. He's a quiet apparition, always watching her, sitting at her table every morning as if awaiting breakfast.

She knows what Ed would say. There's no such thing as ghosts. You're crazy. She repeats these same words to herself. Over and over until she stops, unable to anymore.

One day she walks into her living room after a hard day of work and sees him holding a picture of her and her parents. She thinks he might be smiling. She isn't quite sure.

She takes a train to his grave, and when she arrives there, numb and cold, she stomps her foot angrily, saying, "Fine!" The word comes out in a choked whisper. "I forgive you," she says. The name carved into the tombstone is like a house uninhabited. "Is this what you wanted?!"

She receives no answer in words. But when she returns home and sees he is no longer there, she believes it's as good as an answer she'll ever get.

2.

The one confession she cannot tell anyone (not even herself) she tells to Hoenheim with her eyes locked on her parents' graves.

"But what do I do when I know he's a good person?"

3.

Roy speaks to her again years earlier.

"What's your name?" Winry - the face matches the name, anyways - asks with a tiny smile on her face.

"Roy," he says, knowing this is nothing but an illusion. He can't ignore the friendliness in her voice. It's real and fake all at the same time. "Roy Mustang."

She smiles again, sticking her hand out. "Hi," she says, shaking his hand. "I'm Winry."

He holds her hand for too long, and she notices.

"Well," she starts, looking up at him, an old phantom pain. "It was nice meeting you, but I have to go now. My boss will scold me for being late to work. Again."

"I'm sorry." He knows it isn't his fault, but (it is, it is, it is and it always will be) he says it anyways.

She blinks as if confused. "It's okay. Don't apologize."

Roy Mustang watches Alter Winry walk away.

4.

She sees him walking through a cloud of dust, through flames and fallen buildings. She can't seem to think (maybe it's the smoke).

It was over, all over. Ed and Al were gone again. She had gotten one chance to tell Ed goodbye (it was hello, too. But it was mostly goodbye because she knows there's always a goodbye soon afterwards), and she had taken it. The hug had lasted four seconds.

Winry thinks he will walk past her, maybe not even see her. She expects this, and even wants this. She can't look at his face directly, and so looks at her shoes instead.

Moments later, it's suddenly much darker than before. A shadow looms over her, waiting for her to look up.

Roy Mustang, she knows. His name rings like chime bells in her head.

She looks at him, and he looks at her, neither smiling with smoke and fire and debris all around them. (What a picture.)

There's silence all for the duration of six seconds, before she blinks and bites her lip.

This seems to trigger something, because his expression suddenly changes and he says, "The Elric brothers are safe."

Winry blames her lack of breath on the smoke again.

He's walking away then, five words all he needed to make her feel vulnerable and like a small child.

She wipes her tears away, glad he's not able to see them.

"Thank you." It's all she says, not even turning around. She knows he can hear the wobbling in her voice, and accepts it. She can hear his heavy footsteps quieting, stopping at her words.

Their backs are facing each other.

5.

Winry had nightmares when she was a child. It would start off warm, her parents' faces glowing with happy smiles. Her grandmother was there too, and together, their family painted the perfect picture.

This was when the nightmare was still a dream. Later on, after she learned her parents were dead, the dreams would begin to twist and spin until it was cold and dark and scary. She would wake up and find her parents gone, dead, swept away by the wind without a trace. Other times, they wouldn't have faces, and would come up to her with unfeeling hugs.

When Winry grew older, she had nightmares of her parents dying. Of being killed. Her fist would clench up tight, hatred boiling in her chest. The constant reminder was painful.

Then, the nightmares would change again. This time it was her who he killed. It was her who was the victim, her who felt the bullet, her who made him want to kill himself.

It changed again. He was lying in front of her, bloody, broken, without any protection. He held no gun, no bullets. Only a uniform and a familiar face.

Roles were switched.

In Winry's dream, she is the doctor. Slowly, her hands are moving, full of expertise she doesn't really have.

She saves him.

Five People Sakura Wanted To Kill

1. Jiraiya

Sakura nearly kills him one day when she found him spying on her bathing in the hot springs during one of their missions.

Of course it was an accident. On her part. Yes. Definitely. She didn't mean to smash him into the ground when she had spotted him peeking at her through a crack in the wooden separators. How dare you imply such a thing.

Jiraiya makes some kind of sputtering noise from his hole inside the ground, saying something about, "Excellent research," and, "I think I broke something important."

Sakura still fumes silently above him, and decides he was Just Fine and that it was okay for her to go back to camp.

"Sakura?" Kakashi asks, holding up a very suspicious-looking book. "Where is --"

"Sleeping," Sakura responds.

2. Sai

Sai was an interesting person. Sakura had always thought that.

"How big is your penis?" he asked her one afternoon, having already finished insulting Naruto.

"Shannaro!"

Sakura had also thought that he was just a little socially retarded.

3. Ino

"Forehead girl!"

"Ino pig!"

They still reverted back to the old arguments sometimes. Which was pretty much the only thing that was the same. They were now both older, wiser, faster.

Stronger.

By the time they had finished their little, er, sparring match, there were five large craters in the ground, three uprooted trees, and two very disgruntled kunoichi.

"I win!" they both exclaimed.

A look was exchanged.

"Shut up."

4. Neji

"What?"

Nothing.

"What's the matter?"

A stare.

"Do I have something on my face?"

No response.

Sakura watched Neji watch her.

It was all very disturbing.

Just a little irritated, Sakura ~~felt like killing him~~ stared back in silent competition.

It was all of two minutes before Neji finally raised an eyebrow, saying, "What?" before getting up and walking away.

Damn it.

5. Sakura

Out with the old, in with the new.

Sometimes Sakura would wonder what it would feel like to strangle the Sakura inside her head. If she was now Inner Sakura (strong and brave and beautiful), then Younger Sakura (weak and scared and useless) must still be trapped somewhere inside her head, waiting.

Or maybe she had already died a long time ago.

Either way, to Sakura, that old part of her deserved to die.

Five Things Jacob Imagined In The Tent

1.

A dead girl leaning up against him, cold and wet and bleeding and her echoing voice ringing in his head saying, "You let this happen. Why'd you let this happen to me?"

He feels the brush of her cold skin against his, and he's reminded of marble and grief.

2.

Kisses, hugs, hot breath on bare skin, limbs in a tangle, put your hand RIGHT THERE -

He knows Edward is close by, not amused.

There is a smirk in the darkness.

3.

He imagines them together, without the supernatural bits. It's a far off, distorted picture that looks as if it were taken at the speed of one hundred and seven miles per hour.

Blurry. Unreal. Jagged.

There's an agreement. Somewhere.

4.

"Edward isn't here."

5.

A flicker of a smile. No pretending.

"Yes."

Five Times Orihime Wished She Was Just A Normal Girl

1.

She hadn't meant to do it. If she thought back on it now, let her hands fall away for a moment in a heap of skin, she wondered if it might've turned out differently.

Space and time, that was what it was. She could heal anyone she wanted, tug at the broken strings of her comrades and seal them all back together again.

But that was all counter-clock-wise. She was like a walking time machine, with her hands glowing a warm orange.

She'd gone a little too far back in time. Large craters and the resounding crack of energy around her had pushed her to her limit and over some invisible line that she hadn't seen until it was too late.

"What the fucking hell did you do to me?"

Grimmjow's human self stared at her as if she'd killed him.

2.

It hurts to watch everything she's known since she was little fall away from her into some far off place. The distant calls of her classmates is nothing more than a memory, closed in behind glass that she just can't bring herself to break.

"Orihime, what do you think you're doing?" Tatsuki calls out from behind her, and Orihime freezes in her attempt to jump out the first floor window.

Um.

"N-nothing, Tatsuki-chan! I was just... just... cloud-gazing!" Orihime exclaims, hair in a tangle. "See? That one looks like an octopus... with three legs..." She breaks off, letting that sink in.

Tatsuki blinks. "Orihime --"

A crooked smile plasters itself on her face. "I'm sorry, Tatsuki-chan. I have to go now."

Orihime pulls herself out of the school window, ignoring the call of her name and the dissolving face of her friend.

3.

In her next life, she'll be a baker. Bake cake, get covered in flour, make people smile.

She'll live life five times over.

And every time, when she dies, with a new name and maybe even a whole new personality, she'll see Ichigo and he'll send her to Soul Society.

And he'll just know.

4.

Sometimes, Orihime thinks back on her drawing of My Future Self.

Does she really still want to be a robot?

5.

"Kuchiki-san!" Orihime exclaims in surprise after opening her door to find the woman injured and bleeding on the front steps.

Rukia coughs, the ends of her hair falling into her line of vision. "I need some help, Inoue," she says, and Orihime takes hold of her tiny body and helps her into the living room to lie on her back.

The shield is up in an instant.

"What happened, Kuchiki-san?" Orihime asks, looking over her wounds, splitting open and wet.

Rukia's eyes stare dead up at the ceiling. "Hollows," she says simply.

Orihime's eyes widen a fraction. "A lot?"

"Yes."

And then she's asleep.

I think History just might be my favorite class. Just a little while ago I was like, "YAYZ History first tomorrow!" and took a step back. Because... I just sort of fangirled my History class. Haha, go figure.

Ouran Manga

2007-11-04T19:59:39Z

So I went to my neighbor's party last night. He has it every year at his fern farm, but this is the first time I've went. It was SOOOOOO much fun. I danced. And ate. And I want to go again next year. Hee.

And I've just caught up in the Ouran manga like... last night.

-So Kyouya's in France right now. And he's looking for Tamaki's mother. Oh my god, all the more reason for me to love Kyouya like whoa. He's a total Nice Guy, just like Haruhi said. LOVE.

-Tamaki's mother actually has a name now (Anne-Sophie). And Tamaki had another name (Rene) when he still lived in France. Whut?

-OMG MORI MADE FRIENDS WITH A RACCOON WTF.

-AND... Haruhi is totally in love with Tamaki. The huge blush on her face when he kissed her said it all. :D

-The twins fight for real this time. Over Haruhi. Hikaru actually goes and stays with Mori and Kaoru goes and stays with Hunny over the course of the fight. I liked how the difference was shown between their fake fights (loud, obnoxious, brings lots of attention) and real fights (quiet, full of woe, almost secretive).

-Hikaru realizes he's in love with Haruhi. In the rain. After Kaoru tells him. *headdesk*

-Kaoru tells Haruhi he loves her. And then he kisses her. And then he tells her Hikaru is more important. LOL KAORU YOU RETARD. I still love you though.

-Hikaru dyes his hair to a darker shade and gives Kaoru a speech about how twins look out for each other and how it's the best thing in the world. And makes Kaoru cry and then things are better again. Emotional maturity? I THINK YES.

-I like the development with Haruhi. She's actually starting to notice things now, and she wants to help her friends, but she doesn't really know how. The part where she was telling Tamaki about the twins' fight and how she felt about the situation with his mother was just great.

-I, uh... am pretty much in love. MOAR PLZ.

I still need to catch up on Naruto. I've been super lazy with this one.

Icon Meme!

2007-10-17T21:59:36Z

Tagged by rosweldrmr to do this meme. Anyone who wants to do it can just comment and I'll pick seven icons for you to explain the meaning behind them. ^_^

-- This is Wakka. He's a character from Final Fantasy X, and the leader of his Blitzball team (which is pretty much the main sport in the game). He's also one of Yuna's guardians and protects her throughout the course of the game. 'Ya, Man' is pretty much his catch phrase, adding it after his sentences and stuff (sort of like Shikamaru's 'Troublesome'.) He's a very cheerful, easy-going character most of the time, but can be stubborn as well.

-- This is Yusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho. It's an anime about how he becomes a Spirit Detective and fights bad demons and monsters that want to hurt humans, the world, etc. At the beginning of the series he dies and this guy named Koenma (his boss) brings him back and makes him Spirit Detective after he did good deeds in death. He's sort of a punk... skipping school a lot and picking fights with people. In the icon, he's pointing his finger because he has this power called the 'Spirit Gun', which shoots his energy out of his finger. And he's a badass and likes it. Definitely.

-- This is an icon for the Hufflepuff House (which I consider myself a part of). It's one of the four houses in the Harry Potter world (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin) where witches and wizards get Sorted into at the beginning of their first school year at Hogwarts. Hufflepuff is known for friendliness and loyalty. Thus, the 'it isn't cool to fry in hell'. I like this icon a lot. ;)

-- This is Sango and InuYasha from InuYasha. Sango is a demon slayer and InuYasha is a half demon who go on the journey (along with Kagome, Miroku and Shippou) to find the sacred jewel, which was broken into little pieces at the beginning of the show, and which can give lots of power to a demon if they got their hands on it. Of course, both of them have different love interests in the canon, so of course that means I like to pair them up together. :D In one part of the show Sango gets totally drunk and is all over InuYasha, and InuYasha is pretty much freaking out. I thought it was cute when rosweldrmr showed it to me.

-- This is Tyson from Beyblade (which is pretty much a kiddie fandom... but I love it to death). He's pretty stubborn and immature sometimes, but I like him because he matures a lot more as the series goes on. He's the world champion for this sport called Beyblading (which is where the spinning tops have to knock each other out of the stadium or have to make them stop spinning), and he's cross dressing in this icon because one of his friend's teacher (who is completely and utterly CRAZY) drags him into this rich Italian store and suggests they start putting on a bunch of pretty dresses. It makes Tyson imagine himself in a dress and is quickly 'OH HELL NO' afterwards.

-- This is Yuna from Final Fantasy X. She's a summoner, which is a person who has to travel around and collect these things called aeons so they have enough power to defeat the main monster, called Sin. One of her jobs is to go around to towns and villages that was destroyed by Sin and perform something called a 'Sending', which is where she dances and sends the lost souls to the Farplane (which is pretty much like heaven in the Final Fantasy X world) so that they don't turn into monsters, called fiends, because of attachment to the world. I liked this icon because I thought that scene was one of the most gorgeous ones in the whole game.

-- This is Kai from Beyblade. He's the main character's (Tyson's) rival in the series. He's pretty much the strong silent type who doesn't much like to play around. He's a bully in the beginning of the show, and really mean. But he starts to open and up and realizes he has friends as the show goes on. This is fanart made by rosweldrmr, who was nice enough to make it and then turn it into an icon for me. :)

So. Wifey and I were talking the other day, and I said I'd make her whatever vid she wanted. Her topic of choice?

Kaoru/Renge pairing from Host Club. I think I pretty much fell over and died because of the OMGCRACK and because WTFIGETTOTRYANDMAKEITHOWHARD. We'd talked about this crack-a-licious pairing before and she wrote me fic. So! I'm making a vid for the both of us (who seem to be the only people who ship this pairing. Hm, I wonder why...) This should be fun. XDXD

Oh, crap. Now I want an icon of these two...

shameless self pimpage

2007-10-02T01:36:00Z

I made an AMV. :D Right here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=S_YQc4iBv0g

It was fun to make -- yay for Bladebreaker/Hilary OT6 (sorry Daichi. You can come next time). Because things are so much ~~sexier~~ easier that way.

I also got rosweldrmr to watch High School Host Club with me (after I hugged her to my chest. Hard). I TOLD YOU IT WAS AWESOME. Mission accomplished. *is a geek*

Me: *feels a firm squeeze to her hips, looks behind her. Sees classmate* Y HALO THER MAY I HELP YOU?
Her: Uh. No.
Me: ... WHY WERE YOU SQUEEZING ME IN THAT INAPPROPRIATE WAY? DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL ME?
Her: NO.
Me: OH. OKAY. I THINK.
Friend Next To Me: LOL

Oh, WTF moments. You always happen during school. I love it.

So...

2007-09-22T23:22:33Z

-The Katara & Hakoda parts were great. At first we see her all "GRR GRR GRR YOU SUCK" and then when Aang disappears she's all crying and angry on her dad and I loved it. I always wondered exactly how Katara felt about her father leaving -- I mean, we're told beforehand that she misses him, but most of the time it's mostly more Sokka-focused with his thoughts. So... YAY FOR DAUGHTER/FATHER INTERACTION.

-Sokka looked hot in Fire Nation clothes. Lyk ya rly.

-The snark! I think I may have drowned in it all. I knew you wouldn't let me down, Toph/Sokka.

-I KNOW everyone else has already said it, but... Azula is hot. And apparently wants to have sex with Zuko.

-The ship scene with Mai and Zuko was like a mini-bitch-slap. Zuko was getting all angsty again like normal and when Mai basically went "UH DON'T REALLY CARE THANKS" I admit I went "LOL PWNED."

-Zuko changed his hair. Again.

-Ozai is like... totally not old like I thought he would be. But that's okay.

-WAS THAT AANG OR YUE WHO HAD BENDED THE WATER? Yue could've. She's got her super cool moon powers and everything... but then again, Aang is the Avatar and was all inspired by then, SO -- I'm just gonna go ahead and say "That was cool. Do it again."

-Poor glider. We loved you.

And I wrote Beyblade crack!pairing fic that went over 10,000 words... Ozuma/Hilary.

Yes, I'm trying to figure out what I was sniffing too.

spiritualenergy @ 2007-09-14T20:08:00

2007-09-15T01:43:56Z

So we had this career workshop today. Problem is is that I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. And it sort of scares me a bit because everyone else seems to know and I don't. /worry moment/

Besides that, I'm okay. BUT CAN SOMEONE PLEASE RESCUE ME FROM DOING NOTHING THIS WEEKEND? I feel like my brain is going to explode and like I should be calling everyone on my contact list, but I know I can't do that. Usually Wendy and Jenny let me stay over at their house, but school is pulling them under and I just want to cuddle. *wibbles*

And with Wifey's approval, I am posting an Avatar drabble. Hopefully Zuko isn't acting like TOO much of a woobie. I don't think there are any spoilers, except for maybe THE DECISION at the end of season 2 and the fact that I had the trailer for season 3 on my mind when I wrote this.

Zuko finds her broken and defeated on the battle field.

The call of Fire Nation soldiers pushes him forward and then backwards because their grunts of pain and the ache of splintered bones causes him to recoil in revulsion.

The waterbender girl looks almost unrecognizable underneath tough armor and bloody burns. No one would notice her as an enemy as she lay among them half dead except for the rotting corpse she would become.

He really should be moving on, but the sight of her is distant and a surprise and he just has to stare at her for a little while and know. Maybe she’s still alive under the cold skin and hot metal.

He can picture Mai in the back of his mind, quiet and bored and still there waiting anyway, always loyal. He can picture his sister who lies and makes lightning bolts appear out of nowhere to strike his uncle who looks at him with sad eyes as if he’s lost everything.

It makes him sick and tired and the scar on his face is rough and ugly and there.

So maybe it’s out of remorse for the dead that he does it – maybe it’s out of remembrance of a girl who had offered to foolishly heal an enemy, or maybe he was guilty and the inner looks his uncle gave him that chilled him to the core was what made him grab her by her feet and drag her somewhere away.

Not very far, but away.

She’s still alive. He thinks, anyways. He didn’t bother to check. Not when there’s a war still raging and an angry Avatar not far away, eyes burning with strength that makes him bigger than he is.

Old faces come up to claw at him, but he waves them away like always.

His hands glow.

End! :D

BTW: http://youtube.com/watch?v=glno-eBvAc4

THE BEGINNING IS THE BEST THING STEPHANIE MEYER HAS EVER SAID.