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I feel as if I almost need help

I really shouldn't be doing this right now because I still have Italian homework to do and probably something else as well and I actually have an early class tomorrow. Stupid chem lab.

But I feel I need to address this somewhere. My obsession with Fullmetal Alchemist. I've been really down ever since this Sunday, when there was no new episode of FMA: B. I've found myself staring at my FMA walls scroll when I should be reading my microbiology book, or anytime I should be doing something else. And when chem has me stressed (which has happened a couple times in the first few days of school, and will undoubtedly happen MANY more times) I turn to FMA. I'm amazed I'm not watching the first series at this very moment, or turned to it at all this week. I've said many a time before (although maybe not specifically to anyone) that I'm a flippin FMA whore. It's bad. I either need people to discuss it with or something, because I feel like keeping all my love for FMA in is going to make me burst, or do something crazy. I dunno. I don't know if I want to even get into what I'd do or let happen to me if I could ever enter into the FMA world (which I believe might be a possiblity. The issue is finding and getting through to the other side of the gate fairly intact, because I wouldn't mind a piece of automail. Except the pain of the surgery, that would hurt.) I'd be worried if someone who knows me actually saw this. With the exception of Megan of course, because I'm sure she has some freakish obsession like I do. So for now I'll leave most of it in my head, because it's probably safest there.

DAMMIT! Now I REALLY want to watch FMA! I think it's the fact that I'm writing about it as well as listening to "Rewrite" on my iPod. And not too long ago I was listening to "Ready Steady Go" and earlier I listened to "Hologram" and much much earlier I listened to "Again" (I just have all the songs going in alphabetical order). I've been considering getting the other OP's for my iPod, I just haven't. And possibly on or two of the ED's.

Okay I'm going to try to do my Italian homework now. For all those that I'm familiar with, caio! Otherwise...I don't remember how to say good evening (although it is night, here at least) formally. It's buon something. I just learned it today. Well, I'll just pretend it's morning and say buon giorno! You know I know Italian is derived from Latin like Spanish it, but damn, it's different. There are some similarities, but there are a lot of differences, and the fact I had to take Spanish it's kind of messing me up. Unlike Spanish of course, Italian is slightly interesting. I still would have preferred Russian or Japanese though. Or even Greek. I think I might (I'll see how the rest of the semester goes) take 102 next semester, just so I can like learn a decent amount of the language (they make you work fast in college level language courses). And then next year, or possibly over the summer if my schedule permits, I'll take either Japanese or Russian and get working on those. Because they're two languages I'd really like to learn. Japanese for obvious reasons. Russian just because I like how it sounds.

Oops I went on a bit of a babble-fest. Guess I really should get to my homework now.

Posted on Aug 26 2009 by Amber + 1 Comments

First day back

Because I'm bored and still have over a half hour until my first class I am going to slowly start making a post about my first day, which will be edited as the day goes on and I get through my classes. So I should first say this: today so far has been boring. I got out of bed at 8:30, and I really felt like just bumming around today. But of course I can't, because I have to go to class. Microbiology, Chem and Italian. I should probably just get read for microbiology now, because my backpack is still empty.

I lie, this isn't going to get updated. I had a few paragraphs in about how pissed off I was about damn chemistry and math joining forces, but then FF randomly went back to the last page, and I lost everything. And on top of that I'm having issues finishing my chem crap because I can only use the stupid ALEKS program in IE, which sucks like no other, and it's been extremely slow and I have to keep restarting it and I'm just getting really really really REALLY pissed off. Thank goodness I don't start until 12:30 tomorrow, or I swear someone is going to get it. Where is a human punching bag when you need it?

Posted on Aug 24 2009 by Amber + 0 Comments

A sad day in anime

My suspicions were correct. There is in fact no new FMA: B episode this week. It was delayed until next week for some stupid sports thing. Sad, sad, sad.

And yes, I feel this was important enough to have it's own post. Because it is. Very very important. And very very sad. I'd say knowing what happens makes it a bit better, but it doesn't. It just doesn't. Curse you sports. And shame on you.

Posted on Aug 23 2009 by Amber + 0 Comments

Erm

So I'm all moved into my dorm, and my family is gone and I for the most part completely organized everything. So yeah. And tomorrow I start my sophomore year of college.

A few thing to say about stuff. I miss my cat. I miss my baby girl and my big boy. I don't mind being away from Rosco as much because I've have him for awhile, so it's not like he's going to forget who I am and that I'm his owner. But I've only been with Princess Peach for a couple months, and although she seemed like she was starting to attach herself to me, I'm worried she might forget about me and kind of be freaked out about me when I go home for winter break, which will be the next time I get to see her for an extended period of time. I'm going to miss all the cats really. It was always fun to play with them or watch them all fight each other for a chance to play with the feather toy. And then there's the new kittens. They're so cute, but my mom is supposed to be giving them away to some sort of adoption program when they're old enough, so I probably won't see them again. I'll especially miss Chunk, because he is possibly the most adorable kitten I have ever seen. I mean, all kittens are cute when they're really young, but Chunk...I don't even know how to describe him. His face looks similar to an Ewok only way cuter, and he's really calm, he'll just sit there and stare at you and let you pet him.

My roommate is nice, I don't foresee any problems occurring thus far, although I haven't really seen her that much this weekend. Today was the first day I've seen her since Friday, and then it was only for a few minutes. She's a freshman, which I find kind of weird but at the same time not weird. It seems so far we have nothing much in common. When I first came into the room I was like 'whoa, way different'. I don't know if it's because she didn't know what to bring or what, but she seems like a minimalist. And she apparently has friends who came down here for school as well. What I'm figuring thus far is that we'll be able to tolerate each other as roommates without any issues but it probably won't turn into a friendship. But speaking of friends I really need to make some this year. Because I need to not be totally bored this year on weekends because I have nothing to do and always be bored in class because I don't have any friends to talk to.

First day we were down here it rained. A heavy rain. Sad thing is it was more rain in that one day than I've seen all summer. Then it drizzled a bit on Saturday, and nothing today so far. But the wind was really strong not too long ago and it's bringing the clouds over the mountains, I can see.

I don't know if there's a new episode of FMA: B out this week or not. The site I watch it on says episode 21 isn't supposed to be out until the 30th, and there haven't been any raws posted on the LJ. That sucks if it is so. Honestly, I get pulled away from my beloved kitties and DVR, and I get no FMA: B? That's cruel, truly cruel. I guess there's Haruhi towards the end of the week, but that just isn't the same. Nothing can compare.

Turns out the school (I will say school because the two different areas seems to be working together) tried to make me pay for something I didn't even need. I ordered the lab manual for the second semester of chemistry, yet it turns out I didn't even need it. I finally got to check my school email today, and there was an email from the person who runs chem labs, saying that the lab manual from first semester chem is what we're using, but if you're going to buy it buy the third edition. That's what I did. Little did I know they were on in the same, an edition different. But I left my one from last semester at home. So I'm having my mom mail it down to me and I'm going to return the stupid third edition one and get my money back. That is why it is evil.

I should have brought some books to read, because I've been on the computer awhile and I'm bored. Grr.

Posted on Aug 23 2009 by Amber + 0 Comments

Air, Clannad, Kanon - A review

So I just finished Kanon today, and so I've kind of watched the three Key anime. I thought I'd do a little review of them, my favorites from each and such.

So favorite out of all of them was no doubt Clannad. Second would probably be Kanon and then Air, no definite though. All I know if Clannad is the all out winner. It had everything in my opinion. There were times that were hilarious, there were times that I couldn't help but cry. I love pretty much all the characters. I also love the OST, it fits so well with the idea of the anime. There are similarities between all the plots, but Clannad is still my favorite. This for the most part also includes After Story, although first season I like a bit better.

Favorite character used to be Kotomi from Clannad, but I have to say it's been changed to Mai from Kanon. At first she reminded me so much of Nagato from Haruhi, because with the exception of the hair length and color she was the same. However, the fact that she isn't like Nagato is what I loved about her. She is for the most part fairly calm and keeps to herself. However, when her most beloved friend is hurt, she fights to protect her. In fact, her anger emotion is over-exaggerated, making her more human. Even her faults I enjoy and find them to be important elements to establish her character. I could go into even greater detail of why she's so awesome, but I won't for now.

Favorite male character, since my favorite was female, would probably have to be Tomoya from Clannad. I honestly grew to hate him in After Story, but between the lead males I have to stay he was my favorite. I don't really know how to explain why. It was probably because he was a pessimist at the start, and through the entire thing kept his sarcastic attitude. I like him in the first part of After Story, but the way he breaks down and pretty much ignores his daughter for five years bugs me. I guess he kind of redeems himself in the end, but still.

Darn, between the time I started this and now I've forgotten a lot of what I wanted to say. Well, I might as well say overall that Clannad is my favorite of the three. I liked Kanon a lot, although I thought it was too happy. The only sad thing in it is when the fox in the form of Makoto disappears. Other than that it is all happy - everything works out. Although I liked Clannad the most, I think Air was the best in the way they made the story move. All of the anime go through a small arc for each character, but in the end go back to the main character. No, I take that back, although that's true. What's probably the better thing about Air is that Misuzu dies at the end. There is no alternate ending where she magically comes back to life, or just gets better from her illness. She dies, and Yukito's soul is transferred into a crow's body. At least I think that is what happens, because at one point he remembers who he used to be, but forgets again. Plus her death occurs practically right after she is finally able to have a true maternal connection with her aunt, and her aunt accepts her as her daughter. Then again, it's not necessarily bad that Nagisa comes back to life in After Story, because I felt bad about her dying right after childbirth, even though I figured that would happen. And then when Ushio died, I really felt bad, because losing his wife was one thing, but losing his daughter as well was heart wrenching.

I will say this. All three are great anime, and they are all within my top ten, Clannad, probably within the top five.

Posted on Aug 19 2009 by Amber + 0 Comments

So in reality the week ended on a bad note

I guess today technically ended my last full week at home before I pack it up and go back to school. I was at first happy because I was finally going to get my hair done, after ages of it growing and my roots showing and such. But then I got to arguing with my mom, and that kind of ruined the whole day, especially considering I spent over three hours with her. I didn't get to eat lunch so I was really hungry, but when we got back to the house my brother was sleeping so we kind of couldn't go with her plans of going out to eat for an early dinner. I played with the kittens for a bit then left. And then my aunt took me to see Julie & Julia, which I just got back from not too long ago. It was a pretty good movie. Seeing as it's late I didn't have dinner. So all I had today was cereal for breakfast and then a Hot Pocket when I got back to the house.

However, yesterday was a fairly good day. I went out to lunch at one of my favorite places with my mom and grandmas. And then when I went over to my family's house to have dinner Princess Peach was being unusually loving. She let me hold her as much as I wanted and the entire time purred. But that wasn't the best part. Last night Jupiter was the closest to the earth that it's going to be in awhile, so we took my telescope out to check it out. It was beautiful. It took awhile to find it, but when I did it was awesome. Even managed to see three of its moons. Then for the heck of it we turned to Saturn. My telescope kind of old and isn't super strong, so I wasn't able to tell the different from the last time I saw it. Right now Saturn can actually be seen without its rings. And the 17th Neptune will be the closest to the earth it's will be for awhile. Hopefully I can get it out.

Chapter 98 of FMA came out this week, and it was awesome. I loved two of my three favorite ladies being awesome, with their shoe-y power. However, I'm unsure if I can wait for next month. This might be it, and it you read it you know what I'm walking about. Also, finally a new Haruhi episode where it wasn't the annoying Endless Eight arc. But it still wasn't anything too special. Oh well, better than the same thing over and over again.

Five days left at home. Still haven't gotten everything I need. But I have the money, that's all that counts.

Posted on Aug 15 2009 by Amber + 2 Comments

I can't believe I sincerely thanked my dad

So today was pretty much a bore-fest. I got up, watched the Teen Titans marathon on Cartoon Network, watched a few more episode of Tokyo Mew Mew online, and pretty much nothing else. But now I'm quite happy. Ecstatic you could say. My dad came and gave me possibly the best thing ever, and all it is is a business card. The doctor he works for has a patient who is the president of a really big company. He gave my dad his business card to give to me. Apparently he does business in Japan so he goes there weekly, and all I have to do is email him telling him what I'd like and he will get it and deliver it to my dad to give to me free of charge. That's awesome! I have access to so much now, stuff that you can't get in the US, exclusive stuff. I can't stop thinking how awesome it is, I kind of want to start up a small list now. Most of it would probably be anime stuff, but I do really want a yukata, and a long bow. I also want some hook swords, although I think that's more China. My dad said he sometimes goes to China too though, so maybe.

On another note...I wanted to post something earlier that wasn't really important or relevant to much anything but I thought was interesting or something like that, but I forgot what it was. Once I got the good news from my dad everything else kind of blanked.

Although I must say...this week's episode of FMA: B was great. It's getting into manga exclusive stuff, and soon enough...BRIGGS! And...Olivier! I can't wait!! For now I'm going to hope that I can find the Sailor Moon movies on Veoh still, because I'm only two movies and one special away from completely watching every Sailor Moon thing possible.

Posted on Aug 05 2009 by Amber + 3 Comments

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