Tale as Old as Time...

I Was Almost Famous for Almost a Day...

2009-11-09T03:23:00Z

LIIIIIFE, HAVING TO WRITE RESEARCH PAPERS IS MAJOR SUCKAGE, OKAY? I don't care if there are only two short ones and are supposed to be double-spaced two pages, bibliographies and footnotes are the devil and a paper solely reliant on research is always at risk for someone to shout plagiarism and I hate them and why can't I do two opinion papers instead. And all by tomorrow? COME ON.

DX Siiiiigh. But I'll go on back to it, really, as soon as I post this.

Ask me anything. Fandom-related, personal, something completely random--whatever. I'll answer honestly.

There. Now I have been an appropriate little following pansy to my F-list and can start to work again. :3

What is Christmas? Candles Everywhere: A Fire Hazard Any Other Day!

2009-11-06T21:06:37Z

Well, I just saw the Clean House episode for the yard sale Mama and I went up to see that while ago...we didn't appear anywhere in the episode (as I kind of expected), but it was interesting to see how some of the stuff we saw filmed was clipped together. I must say, though, the family for the house we went to for the yard sale has perhaps the brattiest, most ungrateful little boy I've ever seen. He was sharing a room with a stepbrother, and he seemed to just refuse to accept having any less than 90% of their shared room, not because he disliked the brother, but because he seemed to think he needed that much of the space. Of course he got 50% by the end of the show, and he was just determined to complain about it. No offense to the parents, but that kid needs serious counseling. ~~Hell, even Niecy Nash had trouble with the kid.~~

And I have a set of mini-Philosophy papers due on Monday and I've only now just started working on it. Rawr. I hate non-opinion papers, particularly ones where people make their own damn special requests for bibliography format....but hey, that's partly just because I despise bibliographies in general, as no one can decide on what stupid format to use across the board. >>

I'm thinking of possible AMV projects for Christmas...guess one of those projects will probably end up being for whoever I get for the Tutu Gift Exchange. ~~I'm curious to see who I get.~~ Whatever I do, though, I hope to do a huge-ass video where I can use clips both from Christmas movies and from Tutu to the song "What is Christmas?" by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (no videos with it on Youtube so you can hear it: TOTAL FAIL), sung by Autor. Just because it's been a lawlzy idea for me for months. XD; If not that, who knows, maybe I'll think of something else.

And this weekend we're getting headshots done so we hopefully can have them ready for Actorfest next week in LA...I really, really want to go with other people in my class, but I REALLY NEED TO REGISTER, DAMN IT, GET OFF YOUR ASS, TORY. DX *sigh* After this Philosophy paper is done, maybe.

The Dead Start to Walk in Their Masquerade~....

2009-10-30T00:57:49Z

All right~~! Two days now until la day of Halloween~! Meeses be eager. What's going on? Well, for one, tomorrow we're going to try to film more for Film class, as we now officially have a month until the project is fully due and we got to hit the ground running...and when we shifted seats in Biology a bit I learned the girl now next to me likes anime and I am able to introduce her to Tutu~! I let her borrow my DVD set so she could watch it...from what I told her she seems excited about it, so I can't wait to see what she thinks. Maybe if she likes it enough I'll ask her if she'd be interested in RPing it at the Tutu dressingroom. XDD;

But anyway! On the DR, weeses will be starting a Halloween event tomorrow~...meeses is eager for that as well. I've decided to make Guyliner's a total surprise after choosing something other than what I'd been thinking of earlier...but I'll probably end up posting with Sweethearts first tomorrow. I wonder what everyone else'll put their characters in~. XD

And last but certainly not least, to steal from Haley~...

❝the image match-up meme❞
Comment here and I'll find an image (or a few) on my computer that reminds me of you. In return, post this up on your journal.

All right, now to eat. On something OTHER than the Halloween candy, too. ~~The Tootsie Rolls, they call my naaaaaame. DDDDX~~

Pick Up Some Skates and Be Your Own Hero!

2009-10-24T05:19:45Z

Well, Mama and I saw the movie Whip It today...I liked it a lot more than I was expecting, to be honest. Even though it had Drew Barrymore and Ellen Paige (you know, the girl from Juno?) in it, I honestly just wasn't sure what I'd think, considering I knew next to nothing about roller derby, but I really, really quite enjoyed it! It was witty, charming and engaging, and all of the characters were sympathetic and (if a protagonist) likable. And the singing, guitar-playing love interest Oliver was a hot tamale. ~~His actor has the strangest name ever, though. Landon Pigg? He must've been teased so badly as a kid, I feel awful!~~ So good job, Drew Barrymore: I'm impressed with your directing ability. (For yes, she directed as well as starred in it. Pretty cool.)

We've finally started putting up the rest of the Halloween decorations too...now we have a hologram sign on the gate outside our door that says "Enter" in one angle and "If you dare" in another, a plastic picture of a sinisterly grinning ghoul with a scythe peeking through our screen door (which I've christened "Clarence Sylvester": he seemed to need a darkly grand name), a spider on a web on the window beside the door (which I've christened "Belladonna" after the plant), a light-up Jack-O-Lantern in the front window (which I've christened "Jack" for obvious reasons) and finally our newest addition, a crow on top of the lantern beside our door (which I've christened "Kraehe": haha). We plan to hang the cobwebs and the bats on the garage door tomorrow; overall, though, I'm pretty happy with what we've got now. Nothing that jumps out at you, and yet enough to give a creepy atmosphere...just the way I like it. ~~Excuse the girl with the big phobia of things jumping out at her to the extent that she avoids haunted houses like the plague and gets viciously creeped out even by realistic wax figures.~~

On a more serious note my college is apparently cutting teacher jobs again due to lack of finances and the cutting of courses...none of the permanent teachers are in danger, but a great majority of the substitute and part-time teachers are, and my step-mother is one of them. That is really worrying me, as my step-mother losing some of her classes this and last semester is already hitting my dad and her hard; if she loses her job, I don't know how they'll make ends meet. Considering how depressed Dad is, though, I dare not bring it up with him...he's purposefully avoiding my mother even though they are good friends even after the divorce so long ago, likely because Mama has stayed afloat during all of this and he feels ashamed, as financial difficulties is one of the big reasons they split in the first place. I'm making it a point to ask Dad if there's anything I can do to help him next time I see him...dunno if I can help, but as this guy just refuses to accept help and he won't talk to Mama, he'll have to talk to me, at the very least. I know I don't accept help easily and I like to be alone when I'm upset, but I don't purposefully shut people who care about me out of my life whenever I have problems.

...I Really Have No Reason to Post This.

2009-10-15T01:29:22Z

...Except that I replied to Trish's and Manda's posts and it says, "copy-paste this and post it to yours."

Quote a bit of my writing at me? Find that one story of mine that you really like, and find a sentence or a paragraph that presses your prose-buttons in the right way, and comment here with it, no matter how long or short.

Then copypasta this into your journal, and we'll all have a big love-in!

If you can't think of anything I've written, and I wouldn't blame you, considering how long it's been since I've written anything outside of RPing ~~I've probably written about ten times as much RPing characters than I have Princess Tutu fanfiction~~, then don't worry about it. XD;;;;;;

Here in an Instant, Gone in a Flash: What Does It Mean, What Does It Mean?!

2009-10-06T04:09:32Z

Yaaaaay, it is now officially October~! Break out the Nightmare Before Christmas, guys, make way for my second favorite holiday ever~. X3

Okay, so what besides me singing those songs everywhere and getting all giddy about dressing up as Belle again and eating tons of candy is going on? Well, in my Film class, the idea of doing a modern Swan Lake...didn't really take off, to put it bluntly. ~~How could it, though, I guess, when no one could get past the idea of doing something based on a ballet?~~ At first the majority of the class wanted to throw their hats into this..."Horror Comedy" idea which made me awfully think of an amateur version of Scary Movie. That turned me MAJORLY off, but fortunately that group went to an extent with their idea that several people dropped off, joining the other smaller group that I'd gone with that hoped for something more dramatic, and by the end, our group had two more people than the other group, so I guess our idea is better? XD; And that idea of ours? Well, we went in an entirely different direction that what I had originally proposed. Someone had suggested a film about a serial killer and a detective, and we decided to run with it; now we have the story about a detective chasing a murderer who in fact is a brother he didn't know he had, taking revenge upon society for the wrongs they inflicted on him, and now the detective must decide between right and wrong and his brother and the law. So the story is something I can get behind, anyway. :3 Another group member and I proposed film plotlines, and upon finding elements in the other's that we liked, yet another group member and I are going to find a way to combine them and then write the script for that combined scenario. ~~Yeah, I'm doing a bunch of writing. Oh well. I expected as much. XD~~ I'm looking forward to writing for the killer (who we see as a Charles Manson type) and his accomplice who we've named Ursula Quinn (who I see as a mixture of Harley Quinn and Bellatrix Lestrange).

Oh~! And I've been thinking about that DR idea I proposed a few days ago regarding a Halloween event where everyone is placed in random costumes, and I'm trying to decide what to do. My ideas here are now~:

Heartless!Ahiru - Dorothy Gale, Eternal Sailor Moon, Medusa (...just to see her looking entirely unlike herself and to have her scare herself when she looks in the mirror. XD;;;)
Guyliner - Adam Lamber's KISS ensemble, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" costume
Fakovu - The Cat in the Hat (THIS IS IN STONE, DAMNIT. D:)
Mytho Skywalker - the Mad Hatter (Disney version), No Face (from Spirited Away), Buzz Lightyear (from Toy Story), Darth Vader (...to torture him out of his wits. 8D;)

Oh, and before I go...PRINCESS AND THE FROG, YAAAAY. ~~Damn iiiiit, all these behind-the-scenes-stuff is making me anticipate November sixteen as much as before.~~

Tuesdays Make Me Go Bleck.

2009-09-30T01:24:26Z

So Sarah Palin's book is coming out in November. Whoop-dee-friggin'-do. I'm amazed that anyone is still taking that woman seriously, let alone wanting to hear her speak. As if the ignorance she showed during the election wasn't bad enough, she seems to think that she's enough in the right mind to give a speech to Chinese bankers in Hong Kong where she blatantly disrespects the sitting president while overseas and deliberately shutting out all American press. And yet some people still give her enough referance that you'd think she's the Second Coming of Christ, bah. She doesn't deserve anything close to such treatment.

I'm thinking of finally doing a Rue/Mytho AMV next ~~as fuck, I've done nothing lately practically that doesn't give most of the focus to Fakir/Ahiru~~, and I'm thinking of using the song Leave Out All the Rest by Linkin Park. I love the song and I think it'd work well for their relationship...too bad it's associated with stupid Twilight as it's featured on its movie soundtrack. >> Speaking of Twilight I saw the New Moon trailer the other day when going to see Fame and I declare that it looks even stupider than the clips I saw for the first movie. I didn't read that book, but...Bella is a FUCKING IDIOT. Honestly. The trailer only accents it all the more. And Robert Pattinson, where the fuck is your acting? I KNOW you can act, you played Cedric Fucking Diggory...Edward must just...suck all of your acting ability dry or something with his blandness, 'cause there's nothing there anymore, babe.

*sigh* ...And all right, as everyone else is doing it I'll do this too. XD;;;

Name a fandom and I'll tell you:
♦ OTP
♦ Runner-up
♦ Honorable mention(s)
♦ Crack pairing(s)
♦ Ship everyone else seems to like, but I don't

We'll Hang On, If We Wish Upon the Moon...

2009-09-17T03:07:23Z

Well, the network connection on the laptop went down yesterday morning, and so I had no Internet and none of my documents on my other computer for two whole days until we were able to get our friend Will to come and fix it. ~~And apparently it wasn't even our fault; damn AT&T.~~ That made it so that I had to transfer any documents I needed to my mum's computer if I wanted to print them, and couldn't get on the computer at all day as Mama had to work, and made it so I was late in sending off that one film project proposal I had to one of my classmates so she could write a draft for a section of the script, so that makes me feel bad...at least we are not in a rush yet.

Talking more on that, this Acting for Film and Television class I'm in either has very little real passion for being here, or is just lazy. Thus far we are writing a 1 minute monologue for the characters we played as in our interviews (therefore I'm the Goth I was then), but we're also having to start discussing our final project, which will be a short film. Le Docteur (what I call our teacher, as he is firm on us knowing him as "Dr." rather than "Mr.") wants us to split into two or even three groups, and then write, direct and act in our own films...but thus far very few of us are opening up and proposing creative ideas for projects, or even showing much interest in getting started. Le Docteur's not happy about that, of course, and is almost at the point of having us reinact scenes that have already been done, which those of us who are passionate (including me) would HATE doing and which would suck all possible creativity out of the idea. He's letting us think about it, before we can talk about it more on Thursday. Fortunately, though, as I was mentioning above, I'd written a short film concept a while back, and when one of my groupmates, who also is passionate about this class, talked to me about getting a project going early, I mentioned it to her, and she loved the idea. So yeah, now we're starting to write it, so that we can propose it to the rest of the class next week. The idea is, basically, a modern version of Swan Lake, with a father named Robert Locke (in the role of Rothbart) being overly protective of his two twin daughters Odile and Odette (self explanatory), who has fallen in love with a paperboy named Sean Printz (in the role of Siegfried). And yes, it ends tragically; I prefer it that way. XD So yeah, that's one thing going right...I'm really excited!

In other news I looked at something for the DR...and I noticed something interesting, looking at the numbers of members.

22 Fakirs
20 Ahirus
8 Rues
6 Mythos
3 Autors
3 Femios
2 Uzuras
3 Lilies
2 Piques
2 Raestels
1 Karon
1 Mr. Cat
1 Edel
1 Freya
1 Hermia
1 Malen
1 Wili Maiden
1 Lamp Spirit
2 Others
2 NPC muses

(83 chars in all; 23 minor chars in all; 11 chars yet to post)

...WTF?! LOOK AT HOW MANY FAKIRS AND AHIRUS. I mean...I knew they were the majority but SHIT! The number of Fakirs almost outnumbers all of the other minor characters combined! I love him like everyone else does, and I know I contribute two of them, but...where's the Mytho and Rue love, guys? T.T Boy, now I'm glad I brought in Luke!Mytho. Now I need to bring in a Rue...~~it seems like everyone seems to think she's so hard to play...~~ ._.

...Damnit. Blame Sammie and Manda. 8D

2009-09-13T03:27:01Z

YOU KNOW YOU'RE TORY WHEN...

Choose Your Destiny! Flawless...Victory!

2009-09-06T03:41:52Z

Stealing this meme from thaizertazerll ~! :D

Post with the name of any of my old or current muses, and I'll give you five head canon facts about them. :D

Current:
Heartless!Ahiru "Sweethearts" schwanherz
Adam Lambert!Fakir "Guyliner"itsaveryvery
Kovu!Fakir "Fakovu" knightkovu

Former:
Hogwarts!Rue hime_no_karasu
Hogwarts!Amu amulet_witch
Hogwarts!Elphaba wickedygreen
Raven-Prince!Siegfried blacksiegfried
Magic-Flute!Kraehe ravenpamina

In other news Fakovu and Kiarahiru have tumbled into pools of WANGST with the arrival of Ziraestel (who...is JUST SO AWESOME, WAAAAAI) and the revelation that, in fact, Fakir had been using her to get close to Mytho. Hooray. ~~Now we just need someone to remind Kiarahiru not to "Forget About Love" during Musical Days and we're alllllll set. 8D~~

And, upon getting all the pieces for it together, my costume for this film project is going to KICK ASS. ~~BOUGHT A CORSET AND EVERYTHING, HA.~~ I will post pictures after Tuesday when I have to do it. 8D

Every Night In My Dreams...I See You...I Feel You...

2009-09-03T03:18:48Z

Well, I'm getting in the groove of school tiemz. Less time for RPing, but...hey, whatcha gonna do? At least I could have myself a healthy share of Fakovu/Kiarahiru cuteness today. X3

In Film we have a project where we have to play as characters that are in the middle of an interview, and the theme our group got was the frame that we are a group of dancers on a dance-off sort of show (like So You Think You Can Dance or something, though more with a America's Got Talent structure, as you can have groups), and the audience will ask you questions and you'll have to Improv your answers. Our group had some flexibility, though: we could decide if we were auditioning to be on the show, if we were at the finale, or what, as well as what our relationships were, if any. My group decided that we would each play a distinctly different and comically extreme character, with our own style of dance, that nonetheless is friends with the other character and has to find their place in this strange dance group that we are auditioning as. Our characters are a self-defined "gangsta metrosexual" guy who does breakdancing, his bombshell girlfriend who does dirty dancing, a popular diva who does hip hop, a preppy boy who does ballet, a shy nerd who does interpretive dance, and a Goth who raves. ~~Guess which one I am. XD~~ I'm looking forward to figuring out my costume, as the stereotype of "Goth" can go several ways, fashion-wise, in either the spikes, fishnets and chains image, the sleek, high-collared black jacket with thin black pants and necklaces look, or the Lolita route. I'll ask my group's opinion tomorrow when I see them.

I've been thinking on Musical Days for the EC, which is supposed to start on Labor Day next week ~~Guyliner is supposed to prompt it too, I believe, with the Wishing Well...gotta figure out the wording for that wish XD~~. So far for possible songs I've thought of:

Heartless!Ahiru "Sweethearts" -
"They" by Jem (?: Kenzo!Fakir and I were considering giving Sweethearts back Regret around then, so this seems like a good Curiosity/Regret song for when she gets it back. =?)

Kovu!Fakir "Fakovu" -
"Hey Juliet" by LNMT
"Love Will Find a Way" from The Lion King II (?: Dunno if he and Kiarahiru are really at that stage, but...)

If any of you have any other ideas for these two and Guyliner, I'd love to hear them!

And, finally!...to steal this idea from Sammie...!

♥ If you put "MOO!" somewhere in your comment, I will say five things about you that I love. ♥

Ugh.

2009-08-29T03:46:11Z

Well. I had to see Inglourious Basterds today, as it was assigned in that Acting for Film and Television class I'm now in to watch it before Monday. I would NEVER have seen this movie normally, and I really rather wish I hadn't. Don't worry, not many spoilers here, just more like a rant.

I didn't know ANYTHING practically about this movie except that it was about a group of people who shot up Nazis...and after seeing it, yeah, that's practically all it was, with some vague reference to them being a group within the OSS in the 40's that was made to scare the Nazis. And it was offensive. That is the only word I could use to describe it: offensive. For one, to think that we Americans have been reduced to becoming spectators in a coliseum watching people shoot each other for entertainment is just disgusting...for another, on the side of that, although the Nazis found a bizarre satisfaction from the death of millions doesn't mean us finding enjoyment from their deaths is okay. As well, it entirely put out of character Hitler, who was the sole historical aspect practically in the entire film, putting him in a royal mantle in one scene and then showing him go in a movie theater in 1944 when Germany was losing, around which time he would've been contemplating suicide in his bunker. It also badly characterized the Americans, having our sole "protagonists" in the form of those Basterds, who without a doubt would NEVER be allowed in any army, nor should they have been! Good God, if there were people going around scalping people in war times, particularly back then when there was still a trace of honor to be found in our military, they would be severely punished and known throughout the world as a disgrace. In edition it entirely rewrites history, showing these Bastards as well as this French Jew who somehow escaped the Nazis by running away (literally, I'm not making this up! She ran through a field in clear sight of the Nazis...and they didn't SHOOT HER?!) as having ended the entire war by setting fire to a theater with all of the Nazis officers stupidly sticking together inside. WTH?! I don't understand why this isn't bothering people! It's entirely wiping D-Day and the American casualties in that time out of history, as well as the involvement of the British and Soviet armies in assisting us in defeating Germany: how is that something that people can overlook? And to think someone created this movie, as well as its story, in my mind, shows a great disturbance in the writer. I don't know Tarantino: I know he did Kill Bill, but I never watched it. I don't know anything about him, but if this is what he is so proud of, I frankly don't see anything to be proud of. The critics somehow are giving it positive reviews, too. That is just sickening. I give it a D, not an E as the story was told clearly and the acting was decent...but as the story was so deplorable and I couldn't like practically any of the characters, it can't redeem the picture. Unless you like watching people get scalped and Nazis getting blown up with no rhyme or reason, I'd advise skipping this movie.

Sigh. Well...at least I'll have plenty to say about it to the class when I go on Tuesday.

Talking About a Whole Bunch of Stuff Here~.

2009-08-13T04:02:03Z

Well, school starts on this upcoming Monday...and I still need to make some possible schedules. Damn it.

In other news I unfortunately have to do a bit of a political talking here, excuse me...but honestly, what does the average American truly think about health care reform? I just don't have any idea anymore. Obviously they don't think that Obama has death panels like those stupid right-wing extremists taking after Sarah "Pitbull" Palin's little comment ~~that she's since revoked: you know it's bad if SHE takes something back~~...but I'm sure that a lot of them aren't thinking like I am either, that Fox News is full of bull shit and that the insurance companies are funding these protest groups to fake a "grassroots" movement of resistance that is instead filled with racists, paranoid conformists and anti-Obama Republicans that are determined to shout lies at the top of their lungs so no one gets the facts, which would turn people on to reform. So what DO they think? Obama has had to put the record straight several times already, on several news stations ~~not that Fox News would show such a thing, or give it any of its proper screentime~~, but do any average Americans that aren't political at all hear any of it? What do they hear? If they don't watch the news, they probably don't hear the "anti-reform" people's lies either...and I believe there was a poll saying about 80% of Americans want reform...so do they support Obama right now? Do they think Congress is being stupid? Do they think that it's Obama's fault that nothing's being done?

Oh, and. The Princess and the Frog can't come out soon enough. With every new thing I see for it, I want the movie to come out all the more! I daresay Disney's leaking some of this stuff rather on purpose...but I don't care, it's working with making me go "OMFGSOAWESOMEWAAAAAIIII" and want to see it all the more. Here's the thing that I've been watching over and over again here.

The little blond girl is Tiana's best friend Charlotte, and her father is Eli "Big Daddy" LeBoueff, who rather spoils his daughter so that she's a real diva when she's grown up. I...LOVE HER. I can't even say, I love her. She makes me think of a little Galinda from Wicked, she's so precious. I sense after I've seen the movie I may be able to even write fanfiction ir roleplay scenarios with Aerin for her, too. XDD

Ni'm Iiiiiinteen, Ni'm Iiiiiinteen, By Mirthday's...Doo-tay.

2009-08-01T21:00:02Z

I was rewatching an old Muppet movie with my mother today, Jim Henson's The Frog Prince: it really is so sweet, I don't know why it doesn't get any love. Kermit and the frogs kick ass, Sweetums is friggin' hilarious and Robin/Melora is JUST SO CUTE. ...At least it's on Youtube so I can pimp it to anyone who hasn't seen it.

...Come to think of it, that would be a terrible curse for someone to get thrown at them at the loverly DR, the one that's sent at Princess Melora. Basically, it makes it so the first sound of all the words she's saying are all switched around, so it's hard to tell what she's saying. So basically where someone would say, "I'm under a terrible curse!", they'd say something like "I'm cunder a errible turse!" ~~Wonder if any of our baddies would find that amusing enough to do it. XDD~~

Disneyland in a weeeeeeeeek~. ♥

I...I Just Love You...I Don't Know Why, I Just Do...

2009-07-30T19:38:33Z

I've been procrastinating on video making again...mostly because I know before I do anything else I REALLY should work on my Princess Tutu Does The Phantom of the Opera vid, which was meant to be the first prize for that AMV contest I did a while back. The thing is...I have to rip the entire film all over again, and I'm having difficulty focusing on it with this school nonsense I'm now worrying about. I have to make several versions of possible schedules for classes, and then try to crash as many as I can. What if I get into one on one schedule and one on another and they conflict? It's a real mess.

In other news my Fakir Lambert muse has been going crazy thanks to Ren and Sammie and their fanaticism, he's been posting everywhere. It's good I'm exercising my RPing even while procrastinating on contacting Doctor!Fakir-mun concerning the Regret heartshard plottage...and while I'm seriously contemplating dropping my SH characters before I get dropped and coming back if/when I feel good about them again. Rue's graduated anyway, but my Amu and Elphaba muses are just...really having trouble right now. They sort of always did, I was never entirely confident in either of them, but...now they're just really sleeping. Hard.

I love Steve Colbert. I really do. But the Colbert Report episode from the other day (the 28th, where he also interviewed Arianna Huffington, for reference) where he had Orly Taitz on...oh my god. I'm sorry for being political, but...Orly Taitz just scares me. She's the woman who is the head of this so-called "Birther" movement that claims Obama is from Kenya (AHEM, his father is the one from Kenya, guys!) and is not a citizen of the United States (Hawaii doesn't count? Sure, it was annexed to be used as a military base and America's vacation home, but it IS still a state)...her lack of knowledge regarding the Constitution and the country scares the shit out of me! For one, let me start by saying that she is a dentist, a real estate agent and a lawyer of Orange County, California ~~UGH! Bitch, get out of my state!~~, NOT a politician: she got her fame and "credibility" from Fox News, for christ's sake. But putting that aside, she seems to think that unless your parents are American born AND you're born in America, you're not an American citizen. Let me tear that apart in several ways: number one, you would only be not American-born if you weren't born in America, you could still be a citizen, as people can apply for citizenship...number two, that's not what the Constitution says...and number three, if that's your logic, then NO ONE is an American citizen, unless they're pure Native Americans. I mean, think about it: by that logic, if you're not an American, and you give birth to a kid, then they wouldn't be an American, and so when they have kids, they won't be Americans, and so on and so forth! If people that aren't American can't become citizens, or birth in America isn't the deciding factor rather than heritage, then no one is an American, unless they were on the North American continent from the beginning! And finally...isn't it a bit fucking ironic that the main person saying Obama is from Kenya when Hawaii has released his birth certificate several times...was originally from the old Soviet Union and so wouldn't be an American citizen by her standards of the term either? Fortunately Colbert made her look like an idiot, but Orly Taitz is scary, in how stupid she is, I can't even say. ~~Keith Olbermann, when you get back from vacation, kick her ass. PLEASE. Better yet, have Howard Dean do it, as he's been doing a few of the recent shows for you.~~

Haha, Meme~!

2009-07-19T23:27:34Z

Stolen from saft ~. :3

List the first ten series that come to mind. Your friends will comment with the character from each series that they think you are most like.

1. Princess Tutu
2. Shugo Chara
3. Harry Potter
4. Merlin (TV series)
5. Disney (any movie)
6. The Chronicles of Narnia
7. Teen Titans
8. Avatar the Last Airbender
9. Ashita no Nadja
10. Axis Powers Hetalia

...Pfft, I almost forgot to insert my own series choices. XD

Reviewing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince~.

2009-07-18T20:55:46Z

Haha, insert LJ-cut here. Do not click unless you want your ass spoiled, y'all. 8D

Let me start off by saying that Half-Blood Prince was probably my least favorite of the Harry Potter books, although I am greatly fond of all the books and so therefore that's not saying all that much, but even so. The main problems I had with the book involved how abruptly the couplings of Harry/Ginny and Remus/Tonks were brought into and developed in the story when there was nearly no hint of them in the previous books or even earlier in that book. I am glad to say that's not a problem in this movie as the first couple is given beaucoup de book-non-existent scenes that give it some legs and the second is almost entirely wiped away. That does not mean, however, that this movie has taken Order of the Phoenix down from its pedestal as my favorite Harry Potter movie of all time; there were some big problems I had with it, which I'll address now, one by one.

My first problem with this movie: the beginnings of character development for Draco and Snape that were then dropped like a dishrag. I rather liked Tom Felton's portrayal of Malfoy in this (though they could have show him breaking down slowly a bit more effectively, by showing him with bags under his eyes and stressing out and what-not like in the books), but it was entirely ruined in the last scene he had with Dumbledore with one line. "He'll kill me." ...WHAT?! WHAT?! ARE YOU ACTUALLY SAYING DRACO IS DOING THIS SOLELY FOR HIMSELF!? WHAT ABOUT HIS GODDAMN MOTHER?! YOU DON'T THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO HIM TOO, JUST A LITTLE?! In the book, he was doing it to keep his family safe, therefore making it so much easier to sympathize and feel pity for him...it also can make us wonder if we wouldn't do exactly what he did, if in his situation. Now on Snape: they made it way too obvious with camera angles and dialogue that Snape is really on Dumbledore's side and killed him not because he's a Death Eater but because there's a plan. THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BROUGHT OUT IN THE SEVENTH BOOK, GUYS. We don't need Snape's mysteriousness being all wiped away, that's what makes his character interesting! On top of that, he was way too easy on Harry; yeah, he's on Dumbledore's side, but he hates Harry. He hates Harry, just as he hated James, but only is keeping him alive because of Lily. He doesn't have to be nice or even gentle with him. And where's the great "DON'T...CALL ME COWARD!" scene from the book? Alan Rickman would've kicked ass with that.

My second problem is a bit more broad; everything was done very "obviously" in this movie. In some ways, it was good, like inserting scenes for Harry/Ginny and even a few for Ron/Hermione to show the development of how they became so lovey-dovey. But in others, it was just annoying. For example, Tom Riddle. WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULDN'T THINK HE WAS EVIL? He asked about Horcruxes like some dictator would talk about the extermination of races, "hypothetically", my ass! It reminded me rather of that one character in Good Son (terrible movie, by the way), the one that shot at animals with BB guns and was like "Missed" when he hit a dog in a leg enough to wound him terribly, it made me want to bonk my head against the wall. Also...what was up with that kid's reaction to the dresser going up in flames? I know that was a special effect and he wasn't seeing it bursting into flame, but I would've thought the director would've told him what to react to. All of his precious possessions were going up in flames. He's an orphan: THAT MATTERS TO HIM. He would be freaking out, not sitting on the bed like he's watching the Martha Stewart Show.

My third problem...what was up with that kiss scene in the Room of Requirement? Ginny, Harry just nearly killed somebody and is so guilty he's trying to shove that Potions book far away. This is NOT the time for cheesy romance, okay? And Harry, don't smile like that. ~~Maybe if Sectumsempra was like it was supposed to be, really traumitizing with a huge-ass slash across Draco's torso like the books, you wouldn't feel the urge to smile like that.~~

My fourth problem involved the characters and scenes cut. Where was Rufus Scrimgeour and his scenes involving wanting Harry's support and arresting Stan Shurnpike? We need to know how to feel about his character if we're going to know how to feel when he gets killed off next movie. And we saw that Fudge resigns at the end of the fifth movie, so who replaces him? Also, a lot of Tom Riddle's development was left out of the movie simply by not including the Gaunts, as seeing them and Tom Riddle, Sr., helps us better sympathize with him, seeing how horrible they are. ~~Heaven forbid you understand or even pity a villain. Gasp.~~ And where were Bill and Fleur in all this, they're supposed to be getting married at this point.

My fifth problem is that scene where the Death Eaters came and burned down the Burrow did nothing. It wasn't part of the story, both the Death Eaters and the Aurors didn't achieve anything, and it didn't develop anything. And besides, where will Harry, Ron and Hermione stay and where will Fleur and Bill's wedding be at the beginning of the seventh movie now, will they have to rebuild the entire freaking house?

Finally picky things: why were Harry, Ron and Hermione in casual clothes when they're still taking classes and should be in uniform, why did Narcissa look like an inverted skunk with brown hair on top of blond, why did they not explain the "Half-Blood Prince" thing in the film, what was up with the flashlight-wands making the Dark Mark go away, and how did all the students know how to do that?

Okay, now for what I liked. Ron/Hermione made me giggle all the way through, and I loved it when Lavender ran crying out of the Hospital Wing. Take that, bitch. I really loved how Rupert and Emma acted their characters' attraction toward each other (so cute but almost shy), and I liked the little additions to the script with Ron always noticing when Hermione had something near her mouth (always looking at Mione's lips, eh Ron? >;D). I also rather liked Slughorn's performance; although he wasn't what I pictured, he acted exactly the way I'd hoped, just like in the case of Umbridge. His little monologue concerning Lily and the fish she'd given to him as a present I thought was a cute touch. The Quidditch scenes were awesome (Weasley is my king~!), and Weasleys Wizard Wheezes was off-the-hook ("How much for this?" "5 galleons." "How much for me?" "5 galleons." "But I'm your brother!" "10 galleons."). And overall, it was rather true to the book, the effects were all seemless and believable, and the acting was great as always.

So, overall, I give Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince a B+. =3

Wouldn't Post So Soon, but This Meme Seems Fun~!

2009-07-07T17:56:12Z

Ask me to take a picture of any aspect of my life that you're interested in - it can be anything from the house I live in or what I look like, to what pets I have or my favorite shoes. Leave your choice here in a comment, and I will reciprocate by taking the pictures and replying to your comment with them. That way you get to know a little bit about my life, if you're remotely interested in it.

Yeah, I'm that determined to avoid stressing too much about my fall courses. Don't beat me up for it. XD

Also Merlin's Lancelot is kick-ass times a million. ~~He looks like a young Inigo Montoya, only cuter. 8D~~

Are You Okay, Annie?

2009-06-27T00:06:25Z

Y'know...I have nothing against Michael Jackson. I think he's perfectly brilliant as an artist, and a bit of a man-child in behavior (in a good way, I assure you, though it made him do weird things). But I'm perfectly annoyed by how the news is Michael-Jackson-ing all over the place for the last two days, particularly when many of them are the same ones that scorned and made jokes about him during all those scandals several years ago. For one, people are forgetting Farrah Fawcett, a brilliant actress and a wonderful person, died on the same day from cancer, leaving a fiance grieving for her when he was hoping that she'd soon get better enough to say "I do." I mean, gosh, guys, I know that Michael Jackson's death was sudden, but Farrah left a great legacy behind as well...she was part of the original Charlie's Angels and she was nominated for multiple Golden Globe and Emmy awards, she does not deserve to be ignored. And making a documentary about her illness is probably one of the most admirable things I can think of to do, if you're famous and have cancer: talk about giving inspiration to others! Even ignoring that, though, all that people are talking about, in mourning Michael Jackson, is his death. I have refused to stay sad about this longer than the moment where I first found out...no, instead I am watching NC's Moonwalker review and watching old music videos of him to see him when he was happy. He wanted to make a comeback, so that he'd be on TV again for all to see him, but he didn't want to seen like this, with us paying attention only to how he died. He'd want to be remembered for his life, and when he truly lived it, before all the scandals and nonsense of the early 2000's. So I am determined to see him as I always did, not as a "tormented soul" who I have to play a violin's warbling toward. He was flawed, he did some stupid things, and he was not a saint. The point is, though, that despite being a flawed, normal person he was able to become an icon that lasted much longer than many famous people could hope to, particularly those who start as child stars. With that said,

RIP Michael Jackson
and
RIP Farrah Fawcett,
I was not old enough to truly appreciate you, but I know that in that better place you will still be your fantastic, artistic selves.

Now that I've said that, I'll go back to playing this free Deal or No Deal game I bought for my IPhone. I hate how fun it is.

I Knew You Were an Ass, I Just Didn't Know You Were a Royal One.

2009-06-24T18:32:03Z

Lawlz, this Tory started watching Merlin with her mama...and we both love it. We've only gotten up to episode 2 thus far, but I absolutely want to continue. Merlin is my favorite, followed closely by Guinevere and Morgana. Arthur is an asshole, but I think I'll pretty easily fall more in love with him after a while. The show is pretty interesting and has great interpretations for the characters...the only criticism I have for the show is that the dialogue makes it so easy for people to ship Merlin/Arthur, it's no freaking wonder those two dominate the shippers' train. I haven't pledged my loyalty yet, though...for one, I'm still not totally in love with Arthur yet, and for another, I am wanting to see Gwen and Morgana interact with Arthur more before I make up my mind. Though I must say, Morgana reminds me a bit of Rue. An elegant dark-haired woman with a strange connection to magic that she keeps secret while being fated to marry a prince? Hello. On the other side of it, though...when I first watched the show with Mother (we saw the second episode on TV before going back to watch the first one) and saw Arthur and Merlin dueling...both of us were like, "THEY LOOK LIKE EDMUND AND PETER FROM NARNIA, WHUT." I mean look at this.

Arthur <-------> Peter Pevensie

Merlin <-------> Edmund Pevensie

Their hair color, eye color, skin tones, overall physique...plus both of the first two being in almost identical armor? Can I say fangirl freak-out?

On top of that, Morgana's acting and face remind both my mother and I of a young Kate Winslet.

In other news I'm working on a new AU AMV idea with a song by Suzanne Vega called "In Liverpool". Basically, it's a scenario through Rue's POV if the finale had ended with Mytho saving her but still being faithful to the "white swan" and taking Ahiru/Tutu to be his princess. She would be struggling to forget her pain, and Fakir would be in the belltower struggling to write their story inside the story happily, even while Ahiru and Mytho are secretly unsatisfied and longing for what's back in Kinkan (the ballet class/Fakir and Rue, respectively). I'm not sure if it'll end happily or not yet. XD;

And Nostalgia Critic's review of Gargoyles just made me squee. Yeeeeeees, Keith David's voice is awesome, isn't it, NC~? ~~I want a Keith David plushie. :(~~

Can We Bring Yesterday Back Around...?

2009-06-21T17:41:44Z

ATTENTION TO THE WORLD. SOMEONE HAS ACTUALLY DONE "HARRY POTTER: THE MUSICAL".

Yes. And it is on Youtube and it is amazing. WATCH, ALL OF YOU. For motivation...Draco Malfoy is played by a girl. 8DDD

My mum looked at it briefly and didn't think she'd enjoy it, but half of what makes it funny are some of the references to the many, many ships in the Harry Potter fandom, most of them cracky, and most of them are rather raunchy. Plus Mama said it looked a bit random...but I don't see that as a bad thing. XD Snape is hilarious too, btw. And Voldemort and Quirrel. ~~I thought I saw EVERYTHING in the HP fandom before this musical, but...Quirrel/Voldemort jokes?! And are you actually making me wish Voldie didn't die?! Really?!~~ One criticism I do have is that Cedric DOES SO have a personality: he has a Robert Pattison personality. 8D

Went to D.Z. Akins for the first time with Dad, Leila and my visiting Grandma yesterday. Their bread is yummy, and they give you free pickles, and their desserts are assorted and all of them, as well as all of the entrees (which are many and assorted), look delicious. There is one big flaw about the place, however: NO ONE CAN GET TO THE DESSERT BECAUSE THEIR SERVING SIZES ARE HUMONGOUS. No one, and I mean no one, leaves without boxing up food. I saw a couple who shared just a sandwitch and they still took leftovers. I got a Belgian Waffle, and I ended up eating only one-fourth of it, it was probably about the size of the rim of a decent-sized bucket.

I've been thinking of bringing a pair of wells to the DR after Ahiru gets Regret back: a light-stone one with flowers called the Wishing Well, and a dark-stone one with dead flowers called the Fearing Well. Basically, they constantly whisper any wishes or fears of the people in the general area, and if one approaches, one can see the person who the wish/fear belongs to rippling in the water's depths as they say/think the wish or fear. I'm taking the idea from a similar idea from a little-known early Steven Spielberg film called "We're Back!: A Dinosaur's Story," which cameos devices called the Wish Radio (shown in use at the very beginning of this clip) and the Fright Radio (skip ahead around 6 minutes and 30 seconds), made by Professor New-Eyes and his villain twin brother Professor Screw-Eyes, respectively. I want to wait until Regret's there as Regret is sort of a longing to fix things that have been, and so will be a way for Ahiru to long for things in other ways as well, such as wishing. XD

Doo....Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo...Doo-doo, doo-doo, Doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo...

2009-06-19T01:25:49Z

Swan Lake's theme has been going in my head today, in case you couldn't figure out wtf my subject was supposed to mean. Perhaps part of it might be me watching some Youtube footage of different Swan Lake productions. I found it so sad that every version of the Finale I watched practically made me feel sorry for Rothbart. I know in all the versions of Swan Lake ever done outside of the ballet, whether The Swan Princess, that Japanese Swan Lake, or Tutu, the Rothbart role is always completely and utterly evil...but in the original story, and in the second of those, Rothbart is in love with Odette. People keep forgetting that tidbit, even those who love Swan Lake as a ballet. I watched an interview with a dance instructor's view on Rothbart's role in the ballet, and he seemed to think that he merely did everything he did, kidnapping Odette and trying to wed Siegfried to Odile for a lark. ...Whut?

Anyway, so as I was thinking on Rothbart's role in the ballet and was watching more Youtube stuff, I found this lovely prologue done for one of the Swan Lake productions, showing Rothbart kidnap Odette and change her into a swan.

For starters, WOW. I love the choreography and the emotion shown by the two dancers. Second, the costume changes are awesome. And third, and most important...I thought of the Raven Prince Nacht and Ahiru. In this, Rothbart abandons his normal form as a bird ~~though in this version he looks more like a devil~~ and pretends to be a human to gain Odette's trust, only to capture her and turn her into a swan. That (at least the beginning of it) is exactly what Nacht did: become a human, Fakir, to be beside his princess. Thinking on this more, I suddenly considered the dynamic of the Rothbart/Odette/Siegfried triangle could similarly be compared to Nacht/Ahiru/Mytho, as both Nacht and Rothbart try to stop their princess from being beside the prince for less than selfless reasons. What really finally nailed this in my mind was this version of the finale, done by a different cast with a Rothbart that has a costume way too like a raven's for me not to think of Nacht.

In this, Rothbart appears genuinely jealous, and genuinely sorrowful seeing Odette with Siegfried past the 2 minute mark, and Odette almost seems to hesitate in her joy seeing him dead ~~as this version includes the happy ending tagged onto the ballet later in its life~~. Maybe I am only seeing things...but it has firmed up in my mind that Rothbart needs more love. So there. 8D

Chapter 99: People Are Just...WEIRD.

2009-06-10T04:25:42Z

Well, Adam Lambert came out and said he's gay.

...

...What, were you expecting surprise? If he wasn't gay, I knew he had to either be bi or majorly metrosexual. And really, I don't give a damn. As I said to Mama Dear when those pictures started appearing during the competition, I think him being gay makes him even sexier...and not because of the image of him being all lovey-dovey with Kris Allen like some weird fans seem to like. ~~Honestly, guys, these are real people, not characters from a cartoon/anime you can write fanfiction about~~. I think it's sexy because it means he doesn't care about what people think and he is comfortable in his own skin: while that's not something visible, I think it is incredibly special and incredibly attractive, and whether he's gay or not, he's still Adam and he's still sex on a stick.

Okay...usually I don't go on political rants, but I must say, Newt Gingrich is just incredible, and not in a good way. He made a speech recently where at one point he tried to oppose a speech where Obama said he was a citizen of the world by saying he's not a citizen of the world. ...WTH? What's that supposed to mean, that America is not part of the world? Y hallo thar, Bush-Administration-Policy-of-Ignoring-What-Everyone-Says-And-Doing-Whatever-The-Hell-We-Want-Without-Thinking-of-Other-Peoples'-Reactions: we really didn't want to see you when we're trying to heal the rifts that the previous administration made with certain countries. Some people say he was trying to say he's not a citizen of Peru, or Iraq, or any other country, that he's a US citizen and he cares about US business only...but one, the Democrats have never said we're citizens of anywhere else, just of the world, and we ALL are, no matter where we're from, unless you want to deny our existance as part of the world and claim America is part of the moon and doesn't negotiate with other countries at all. Secondly, we can't hope to care about US business only because of our dollars in other countries andtrade. So sorry, Newt, but you need to get your head on straight.

Speaking of people being stupid, I read an article about The Princess and the Frog in our paper saying what everyone seems to be saying everywhere: "Disney better get PATF right."

WHAT...THE FUCK...IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?! I mean...I hear this again and again and again, accompanied by the "scandals" certain people are crowing about that everyone's heard of already; that the prince is from a fictional country, that the prince isn't black, that the prince isn't white, that the prince is voiced by a Brazillian, that the princess is a frog for most of the film, that the princess isn't really a princess, that the princess was almost a chambermaid called Maddy, that the story is set in New Orleans which is bad because of Katrina, that the firefly is a racist charicature of an uneducated Southern person-SHUT THE HELL UP. All of you people, shut the hell up. You are a minority, ~~thank goodness,~~ but you are dominating the news spewing nonsense about a film that will be out in December. A film for children, and those with the heart of a child, not you people who are determined to make a mountain out of a molehill and being so overly PC about things regarding your race. You FINALLY get a black princess, with a great voice actress, a great personality and a great story, and how do you take it? BY COMPLAINING ABOUT HER PRINCE'S SKIN COLOR. These same kinds of people complain about discrimination...isn't the prince not being black a perfect way to say that race isn't an issue? As in, you can love through the races, through the classes? And for real, you're complaining that she's not a princess? She'll obviously be one once she marries Naveen...and what about Cinderella, she wasn't a blood princess either! ~~She was also treated like a chambermaid, for that matter.~~ Neither was Belle...neither was Mulan, she never even married a prince and she's called a "Disney princess"! Obviously for the Asian demographic: guess Snow White didn't represent them well enough, but it seems they could at least make a movie with an Asian princess. At least that wouldn't spark this kind of a childish response. And New Orleans? That's not disrespectful of all, it's supposed to be set in the 20's, Katrina wasn't even a twinkle in our eyes yet! And looking back at the wonderful times of New Orleans I think is awesome...maybe it'll prompt some people to get off their asses so they can finish fixing up the damn place so it can be that pretty again. Tiana already seems to be a great character, and I do not doubt her film will be highly enjoyable as long as the person walking in isn't determined to fuss about nothing and be all babyish about race when it's obvious Disney is being a hell of a lot more respectful and cool about being African American here than in any of their other films with "black problems" like Dumbo or (the unedited) Fantasia. If these people would just get their heads out of their asses, they might really find The Princess and the Frog to be ground-breaking in giving little black girls a great role model that they can really look up to...voiced by Anika Noni freaking Rose, for crying out loud! How much better could you possibly get? This film is being directed by two of the best directors Disney has ever known, is being animated by its finest artists, and is being accompanied by the musician who gave us the songs for Pixar classics like Toy Story: I don't need to hear about how Disney "should get this right", because as far as I'm concerned, they already are doing it right and will continue to do it right.

I'm now totally addicted to The Queen's Knight, btw. Found the rest up to Volume 8 on mangafox.com and it's driving me crazy that there are nine more volumes that aren't anywhere. >.>

Chapter 98: I Have Just Met You and I Love You!

2009-06-07T01:51:27Z

Well, I just saw Up, and it was by far one of the most charming and yet funny movies I have ever seen. I laughed, cooed and even almost cried at it. Everyone should see it this instant and enjoy it: whoever does will not regret it. For motivation, there's a dog with a high-tech collar that allows him to speak (some of these quotes include "Squirrel!" and the title of my entry) and a humongous colorful bird that's in love with chocolate and nicknamed "Kevin." Oh, and there's Ed Asner too. So that's cool.

Also I finally gave in and watched more of Axis Powers Hetalia. I'd seen the first episode when it first came out and I enjoyed it, but I didn't really follow it...now I pretty much adore it. It is all over the place, but considering my personality ~~which is mercurial at its kindest~~, that is just fine by me. Japan is my favorite: he's just so adorably uptight and yet so innocent, it's precious. The icon I just made my default of him as Pikachu only heightens my love even more. Also, Holy Roman Empire/Italy and Germany/Italy are love. I don't care if wanting both really makes no sense, though from most theories, I'm thinking it makes more than people would think ~~unless they, like practically everyone who knows the show, think that HRE and Germany look waaaaay to alike for it to be a coincidence~~. Seriously, though, I also really love UK, I can't tell you. Any guy who acts as tsundere as Amu Hinamori from Shugo Chara ~~...those two should meet~~ and drinks tea, and yet has imaginary unicorn friends, is beyond awesome. Also, Russia scares me. I would demand a restraining order if I were a country and having to deal with him. ~~What name would I have, anyway, "Victoria"? At least UK-sama would love me. My home country... *pointed look at the US* ...not so much.~~

I bought a new manga when I went to Borders after Up called The Queen's Knight, about a girl named Yuna who is visiting Germany ~~whee, first Tutu, then Hetalia and now this, Germany in three different fandoms~~ when she has an accident and is saved by a knight of a mystical land called Phantasma, who makes her make a deal with him to be his wife in order for him to save her life. Alas, I seem to have bought the second volume (it was the only volume of this manga up there), so I'll have to go to onemanga.com later and see if they have the first volume so I can read that first. >>;

Chapter 96: Take It Easy...

2009-06-01T04:43:22Z

Hahaha, doing this for Haley, who tagged me upon my request as I am a dork~!

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will post the answers to the questions (and the questions themselves) on your blog or journal.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. And thus the endless cycle of the meme goes on and on and on and on.

Now, Haley-dear's questions. <3

1. Since you make AMVs, which one is the favorite of what you've made? What AMVs by other people are your favorites/are inspirations?
That is sort of tricky, because although I am fond of everything I have done, I always end up finding something wrong with my videos, whether it's the lipsync, a clip that wasn't clipped right, or something else that I just wish I could've done better. Although I do also like the trailers I did, and the Tutu Random Craps, I think I have to say my favorite video would have to be Princess Tutu Does The Wizard of Oz. It was hardest for me to work on, as it was mainly based on lip-syncing and little action sync without music, and was long unlike a trailer, but it was so different from anything I'd done up to that point, and I cracked up so many times making it. Plus it allowed me to place all the Tutu characters into those roles so I wouldn't have to roleplay them or write a cracky fanfiction concept for it. XDD
Oh, and my inspirations are mostly Manda's videos (as they are done with WMM but are sincere and well-made), as well as the usual videos everyone talks about like Hall Om Mig Nu for timing and bringing forth the true attitude of a song. <3

2. What's your favorite book?
I am a real dork and love rereading books I loved as a kid over and over, mostly because I hate good literature and am having difficulty transitioning into grabbing more "adult" books as I don't want to lose the overall simplicity (not in plot or word choice, just in description and in keeping the story out of the cerebral blah-blah-ness that a lot of books tend to go through) of those early books. My favorite book of all would have to be Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: like the other Harry Potter books, it just totally echoes my desire for a deep plot and great word choice while still letting the reader do the deep thinking and not get lost in a swamp of the kind of "good writing" that can be found in a lot of literature. On top of that it introduced some of the best characters and best relationships in the series and brought Harry Potter into slightly darker territory than before, which was refreshing.

3. What question are you never asked on memes that you always wish you could answer?
...Hmm. Well, I have noticed there is a bit of a lack of movie memes out there, asking how you feel about certain movies. There was the animated movie meme I did a while back, but since I see very few of them. I mean, I honestly wonder how some people feel about truly "classic" movies...does everyone really love Gone With The Wind so much, for one? I actually really hated that movie when my mother made me sit down and watch it: Scarlett was horribly ungrateful and selfish, with nothing in her character that left me to desire knowing what would happen to her, the movie was horribly racist (and people complain about Fantasia showing a racist charicature for a few minutes? Why are people not complaining about this, everyone just says "it's a classic" as if that's an excuse.), and all of that unpleasantness was balled up not in one, not in two, but almost FOUR hours. I couldn't have agreed more with Rhett at the end of the movie: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

4. What does your dream home look like in your head?
That's tricky, because there's an image of a dream home as in a home I would have in a world of dreams, and then there's a dream home as in a home I would feel comfortable living in. For the first, I've always seen it as a little cottage-like house with a nice view of the ocean, sort of semi-isolated from everything and very peaceful and serene. However, then I tell myself that if it's a cottage, it would likely be in disrepair, and I couldn't fix it by myself, and if it was isolated, I'd have to drive a long way to and from the city, and if it was quiet I'd feel isolated and alone and intimidated being a small little girl by myself. XD; So my realistic dream home is a very tiny little house or mobile home in the suburbs, tiny enough just for one person: I don't know, but small houses always seem to feel safer to me. Maybe because when you're inside it can feel really cozy and with its walls surrounding you it can feel a bit like a little safe burrow? I dunno.

5. Do you prefer sunshine or rain?
Considering I live in San Diego and we rarely get rain, I do like the sun...I do really like the rain when I'm indoors, though, so I can watch it. My dog hates when it rains, though, she always hides. XD

Feel free to tag it, I love asking questions. Dunno how good they'll be, but. XD

I saw Hancock and Kung Fu Panda with Dad today despite my reluctance to see both in theatres. Second wasn't nearly as bad as I'd thought it'd be and was sort of cute and clever (Tai Lung was cool: damnit, why did he have to get beaten in the end, I LIKED him); the first wasn't really as bad as I thought it would be either, but it had some major plot holes and strangeness, and I must say, it was advertised SO poorly. I mean, the trailer looked like it'd be focused on a guy cleaning up his act and that turns out to be only half the movie, the rest of it sort of being...science-fiction-fantasy-y? I have no idea, as they never actually did say what Hancock and *CENSOREDFORSPOILERSYES* are, anyway. Aliens? Clones? Robots? ...Well, likely not the last, but still! They never explain, and they never explain how they work. So yeah, that's stupid. =x