Category: Anime/Manga

giving up, giving in

Sunday, 9 November, 2003 at 11:20 pm

On Friday Mommy and I went to the mall for lunch and some spending of my nonexistant money. ^^;; Well, I haven’t bought anything to read in a longo while, and I wanted Sandman: A Game of You (which I’ve started today ^.^), and to get a present for Tadash. I ended up spending about $70. >.>

At Suncoast I looked through Animerica and decided to buy it (despite it not being the one with the EGL article in it -.- *whacks self for missing it*). Saw Witch Hunter Robin box set. Went OooOooh! over it. :b There were also A Charlie Brown Christmas figures. o.o So cool. ^-^ They had Linus, Pigpen, Lucy, Charlie Brown, Schroeder, another person (I forget who), and … SNOOPY! XP The Snoopy one was $20 and the others were less than half. ‘Cause Snoopy comes with his doghouse. Hehe. Then farther back they had more Snoopy stuff. ^^;; Shirts, games (Monopoly, which I already have :b and chess), and a stuffed Snoopy beanie! Which I bought. ^.^;; He’s bigger than my Knott’s Snoopy beanie, but not as cuuute. ^^ Still cute though.

Then at Waldenbooks I got Sandman: Game of You, Inu Yasha manga (for Tadash, and no I have not read it), Angel Nest (by Erica Sakurazawa ^_~), and Confidential Confessions 2. At the register the guy said they were having a buy 4 get the 5th free day, so he told me to go get another book. I snatched the sixth Sandman book. ^.^;

I’ll fight that

Saturday, 20 September, 2003 at 3:05 am

I watched Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door Thursday, with Noelle. ^__^ (And since then I’ve had two separate mentions of Halloween. O.o One from SM00, I forget what for, and one from my mom today, talking about doughnuts she bought with orange and black sprinkles. “What am I supposed to do, keep it for a month and a half? They wouldn’t be doughnuts anymore!”)

Wheee! More Spike and Faye-Faye and Ed XD goodness! Plus hearing the soundtrack that I’ve been listening to for about a year now without having ever seen the movie. ^_^;;; That was cool. “Ooh! This song! *hums along*” ^-^

We made a stop at Mitsuwa on the way home. Mommy and I shared a “pork-flavored ramen” from Tampopo. XD And it was better than the other, a bit … still really salty. Not that that’s bad, I’m just thinking about my system digesting it. ^_^;; I also got her to buy nori in the market. (wheee, nori!! :D)

Then we looked at that “book” (manga) store. There was this huuge thing with GLAY on it. $50. Hm. o_o (They’re like full of pictures, or something, I don’t know.) The Ayumi Hamasaki one from some 2001 tour is still there, $15. And I knew no one else there. (There was a book on the top shelf that was labeled Brad Pitt. :b) Couldn’t find Gokinjo Monogatari or Paradise Kiss or any other manga I knew and was interested in (Inu-Yasha :b). The Ring 2 video is still there. *shiver* Must watch some time. ^^

Looked through Trendy (really, it’s the store’s name). Not much. Inu-Yasha DVDs, three, for $60. All-region coding, too. And subtitles. But … I didn’t want to spend that much money at the moment. And there was this Totoro doll, too. One of the smaller ones. It was so round and cuute! ^__^ Me want. But didn’t buy. (*can imagine SM00 hiding him as well* D<)

Then after dinner Mommy, Hidek, and I went to Westside Pavilion. I wanted The Sandman: Season of Mists and maybe some shirts, and Hidek wanted an Element hat. What we got: Element hat (black and red, oooh), Element t-shirt, and Vans t-shirt, and two pairs of shorts (Dutch girl style, as Mommy said ^_^;) and a Nirvana book for Hidek; larger purse (ish cool ^_^) to fit my sunglasses, The F***-Up, For All Time, Sorceress, Born Blue, and lastly, The Sandman: Season of Mists, all for me. No manga this time. *gasp* (And the string of “teen” books, I’ve wanted them all for a long while. For All Time since 9th grade or whenever. o_o)

I don’t know how much I spent … hopefully no more than $50. ^^;;; Oh yeah! Westside Pavilion has a skate shop. I never knew. They also have a PacSun that’s more LA-style (read: more coool :b) than the one in Thousand Oaks (i.e. upper middle-class x_x). I was actually beginning to think that it might not be so bad after all. :b~ Ooh ooh, and and, there’s an anime cart right outside the PacSun! *dances* Although it’s not as fully stocked as the one by Noelle (two shelves of manga and one shelf of DVDs *sniff*), it has a website! :D I still have to check that out. ^^;; Will do tomorrow.

Parting words … new layout (BoA ^^) at [STF (link to layout archive)]. I still have to make a new layout for IAT. And make the wallpaper site. (Or maybe not.) And divide Elsewhere into writing and images (I’m gonna rename EW “Ever Elsewhere.” ^^)

tried being honest

Thursday, 28 August, 2003 at 10:40 pm

Put up a link to my quiz livejournal. ^^;; *points to sidebar*

Earlier tonight I went with Auntie and Noelle and SM00 to the mall that’s over the mountains. I got a manga by Erica Sakurazawa called Angel. I like the art. ^_^’ It’s not really manga-ish … but it’s not really cartoon-y or highly stylized. It’s just … so nice. I likie Angel. *kiss* *wings pop out* ^_^ I have to scan that some time.

tv; Chobits DVD

Monday, 25 August, 2003 at 10:16 pm

Woo. Tonight I watched 7th Heaven and some family tv awards. Dunno why. Just felt like it. Oh yeah. Wanted to know when the season premieres are. Sept 15. Remind me to make a note to watch it …

Right now the news is on. The first 12 minutes were taken up by a car chase. -.- Hal Fishman voiced his opinion of them. XD GoOo Hal! :b

Watched Chobits today with Noelle and SM00. And Auntie watched it at the end while she was making dinner. Hehehe … ^-^ It was weird watching Chii move.

erase this from your memory

Wednesday, 20 August, 2003 at 5:49 pm

I forgot to mention yesterday, I read the two Mars manga Noelle has. :D I like. A bit simple, but still enjoyable. ^__^ So there’s another manga I have an interest in buying. Not immediate, but … if I run out of anything else, I’d get it.

I think I’m at the point in Count of Monte Cristo where all the names run together and there’s confusion … O.o Umm, Danglars is the purser guy who made it rich, with a daughter, Eugénie. Villefort is the deputy public persecutor guy who married a second time to a young widow, and has a son Edouard and daughter Valentine who’s supposed to marry Franz, Albert‘s friend. His parents are Fernand and Mercedes, Count and Countess of Morcerf. Hmm … and Madame de Villefort and Edouard were the ones in Madame Danglars’ runaway carriage. Lucien Debray is the minister’s secretary and the one who has something to do with Madame Danglars. o.O Maximilien Morrel is the son of Monsieur Morrel, the shipowner, and the brother of Julie who married Emmanuel Herbault. He’s also the one who loves Valentine. @.@ And Eugénie mirrors Albert’s feelings about their marriage; she wants to become a painter like her friend. Hehehe … yeah. Anyway. O_O I wonder if I missed anyone …

Despite all the names, it’s still a goood story. ^__^ Really rather different than the latest movie adaptation. I think people have said that already…. I think the French version is supposed to be the closest to the book? I dunno. N watched it. I forget what he said. I must see that one. Don’t remember any other versions.