Wow, I really haven't posted in a long time. NaNoWriMo has just been eating up all my free time! I figured since I have less than 10,000 words left, I now have some time to do a quick update.

David's Bar Mitzvah
Philadelphia

Those are just two major things than happened earlier in the month. Both were very fun, and I am very proud of my brother. He did an excellent job.

Spirit week is this week and we just got out class shirts. "Sophomore got more swagger: you wish you were one-two" is our slogan which is on the front of the t-shirt as well as our banner. "Represent 2012" is what is says in the back. There was a lot of controversey over the theme, but I happen to like it a lot. And the shirt looks pretty cool too.

Well, recently there has been some drama that I'm caught in the middle of. I was honestly hoping I could avoid all the high school drama, since I had managed to go a whole year without any problems, but now that goal is shot. I just wish this whole thing could really be over because it's pissing me off really.

I've been posting that just about everywhere, but I haven't posted it here! NaNoWriMo has officially commenced, which means I'm giving up my life for the next month to write, write, write! Already have 3,009 out 50,000 words done and it's only day 1. I just hope they get the word count widgets back up because those things were hella fun.

Today! It's today! Today I am officially 16! YEAH! It's been an awesome day so far! I've had no homework, my new iPod actually came on my birthday, people are just being awesome, and I'm going out to dinner with the family! This kinda makes up for my laptop dying and me losing everything that was on it. (._. ...yeah). But that doesn't matter right now. <3

Alrighty:
7 days until my birthday!
16 days until Halloween!
17 days until NaNoWriMo!

Just wanted to update and all. Oh, and I'm taking PSATs Saturday. OTL

So I'm pretty bummed that summer is officially over. It really hit me twice: today when I was putting away all my shorts (although, it's pretty warm this weekend) and about a week ago when I took a look at my MAL and noticed most of my summer anime had finished airing. It's sad, considering spring and summer are my favorite seasons and they're now long gone.

I kinda wanna talk about my opinions on the all the anime I watched that aired this summer. I'll start with the stuff I didn't like so much first.

Caanan: Well, this show wasn't really all the bad, but for some reason, I just didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. The series started of with a bang, but the end was a complete let down for me. Some of the characters I really did enjoy watching, but some of them just irked me (I'm looking at you Miss "Sugoi").

Bakemonogatari: It's actually a jump from Caanan to this because I really did like this show. Although, there's still three episodes left to go, it's finished airing on TV and I"m anxiously awaiting to see if someone is going to sub the three online episodes. SHAFT gave us some stellar animation, witty dialogue, and fun characters (I was waiting for someone to beat up a little kid for being a brat, Araragi finally fufilled that wish).

Sea Story: You know, it's not the best anime known to man, but I really did like this one. It was super cute and light. I don't think it tried to hard to be anything other than what it was. It never tried to give us an epic battle or anything like that, but it did give us something to think about, considering how goofy the beginning of the series was.

Taisho Yakyuu Musume: Alright, this and Sora no Manimani are tied for my favorite original series to air this summer. I absolutely loved this anime. I loved the characters and thier never ending will to play baseball in a time where girls couldn't even run without being condemned. And of course, how the show opened up with that SUPER AWESOME song and dance performed by Koume. I know quite a few people wondered why they chose the Taisho era for the show, considering that girls still aren't allowed to play baseball today, but I can answer that. It's definitely that fact that girls wanted to play a sport period. Today, girls can play sports and society doesn't look down upon them or question them, back then, it was a no-no. That aside, it had a perfect blend of comedy, romance, drama, and of course, baseball.

Sora no Manimani: Tied with Taisho Yakyuu Musume for my favorite of the season, Sora no Manimani offered me something I couldn't refuse. It was from the same animators as School Rumble, so I knew I was in for some nice animation and some LOL moments. I got exactly that, only more. The animation in this show is spectular, especially any moments they're looking up at the stars. You really do get some nice CGI with this show, as well as kooky and loveable characters. The last episode still has not been subbed, so I'm still waiting on that. 

Hetalia Axis Powers 2: Although it really wasn't a second season, just a continuation of the first season, I still consider it a summer anime. Of course, I'm going to gush and gush about how much I love this show. Actually, I really do think the quality of each episode has gone up quite a bit since season one. The jokes just seem funnier and, well, I'm not really sure but it just seems better. I just hope they continue the show even after 52 epsiodes, but I'm so super pysched about the movie that's coming out next spring. *-*

Well, autumn does bring many good things. It's 18 days until my 16th birthday which is totally awesome, because before you know it, I'll have my permit. :) Also, my favorite holiday of the enitre year is coming up, Halloween. It gives me an excuse to cosplay outside of a con, and I get to show off my China cosplay costume (which is absolutely gorgeous, BTW). Not to mention, this year, it's on  Saturday which makes it even more epic. And of course, the best part of fall is NaNoWriMo in November! I've got Savvy-la, Bree-la, and Elias participating with me this year, so that'll be an even better motivator. Plus, I still have my Facebook group.

I just hope this winter flies by fast.

I was waiting for a prompt like this. I'm an aspiring writer, so I type up my works on my laptop, as well as do reasearch for both stories and so I can get good grades in school and get into a good college to help me get there.

Somehow, I managed to spend 34 hours with Tiffany and 33 hours with Ariana and Sam. Well, I slept over at Tiff and Sam's on Friday, and headed straight to their house after school. Ariana went home for a bit and I still had to get my stuff, so my mom decided to meet us at CVS so we could pick up a few things, then come back to my place to back before actually going to Tiff's. Oh, how we love Big Bang. For just about the whole night we listened to them. I still have to download their discography. Then, Saturday morning, we went to voice lessons with Ariana and volunteered at the county fair. And after that, they came over and we ate dinner at Friendly's. While waiting to be picked up, we decided to dance on the sidewalk, earning us strange looks from all who drove by. Yeah, we're weird. :)

I spent Sunday with Savvy-la and Bree-la. We went to Barnes & Nobles and bought some books, then went to Turvino's for lunch/dinner (it was late for lunch, early for dinner).

Man, I love these chicas. :D

Today, though, is Yom Kippur and I don't have to go to synagogue!... because I'm sick again. ._. I just download Photofiltre Studio, though, and I've been fooling around with that. I've figure out how to do layers and stuff, so my icons are going to be much prettier. c:

Icons:
[x106]Hetalia

Preview:



( Did you see? Did you say? )

I don't even know how to express my anger/frustration. I got screwed royally. I got like two fucking hours of sleep Wednesday night and had to be up at six fucking AM, to take a three hour drive up to fucking Binghamton to unpack Andrew's shit. Somehow, I managed with only two hours of sleep. And then, we slept over at a friend's lakehouse where I was bored shitless and freezing my ass off. I was so looking forward to a fun day at Great Wolf Lodge, but no. David had to open his fucking mouth about him not feeling well (what's new? HE'S ALWAYS THAT WAY) and my parents cancelled. When we got home he was fucking dandy. He was the one who wanted to fucking go, too. Oh, and I don't think I'll be having a sweet sixteen either, since fucking college visiting day is on my birthday weekend, and that's more important than the most important birthday in my minor years. And you know, Andrew's only going to be here like, a bajillion times in between then. But of course, bajillion is never enough, now, is it? I don't even fucking miss him.

I fucking hate being the middle child. I always get screwed like this. Mom and Dad always say how they can sympathize with me, but they have no fucking clue. They were both the youngest out of two. They didn't have two other siblings to fucking compete with, only one. They weren't the only girls (Mom doesn't count, since her brother was the only boy). And they don't have Andrew and David as siblings.

I don't hate my life, I just hate my family.

Oh, and on a side note, I'm adding England/Ukraine to my list of crack!OTP's along with Prussia/Liechtenstein. Because to say otherwise will get your head ripped off right now.

Fuck it.

You see, I had this plan to do a little bit of my summer homework each day, so that it wouldn't pile up on me in the end and I would be done by mid-August the LATEST. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. School starts a week from tomorrow and I'm not going to be home Thursday- Saturday because we're driving Andrew up to college and then were going to Great Wolf Lodge. Saturday is Ariana's birthday party. As a result, I'm trying to finish it up now, although, I could probably work on some of it in the car on the way there and back.

Fuck.

Well, anyway, I just download SAI Painter and I'm trying to figure out how to use it. I'm using Himaruya-sensei's latest sketch of Taiwan for practice with coloring. It'll be a long time before I can do pretty colorings like he can. Plus, I'm using my finger to fill in everything, since I'm on my laptop and I don't have a tablet. -3- It's a work in progress, but I'll post it anyway.

( Taiwan's skin is actually pink behind the cut )

Wow, it's been like a week since I posted something legitimate. Okay, I'll start by fangaying over Avenue Q.

Honestly, this could quite possibly take the spot for my favorite Broadway show. It was so outrageously funny and risque, but it moved so quickly. Now, I knew all the songs coming into it, so I knew what kinds of things to expect. Mom didn't. I still laughed at all the jokes in the songs though, because they are just plain funny. Now, you think that some of the characters try to hold back with all the sex jokes and cursing, but no, they go all out, and that's what makes it so real and out there at the same time. The cast obviously wasn't the original one (except for Ann Harada, of course) but I absolutely loved their performances. The actress who played Kate and Lucy was so incredily talented and I wanted to give a huge hug to the cutie who played Princeton and Rod.

We went to the Hard Rock Cafe for lunch beforehand. Surprisingly, with all the times we've been in the city, I've never been to that Hard Rock (but I have in other place around the world >_>). They sat us near this religious shrine thing. Why it was in the Hard Rock, I have no idea. It was pretty cool, but it was like a slap in the face. Please, don't sit the athiest near Buddha, Jesus and Mary, Allah, and several other religious dieties. Well, Elvis was on their too, but I don't mind him.

I finished up my summer reading early. Now I just have to do the actual project, which is not hard, and my AP history homework. I wonder how long I can put off e-mailing my teacher. It's not that I'm afraid of her. I know her and have met with her before; I just keep forgetting and getting distracted.

Last night, I was thinking about the possibility of a Hetalia dub. All I've thought up is Travis Willingham as Germany. I don't know, really. Hetalia's hard for me to choose English VAs for. :|

And finally, I'm working on this new short story. I'll post what I have written so far.

( My future is coming on, it's coming on, it's... oh, shit. There it went.  )

Hands down, it was English teacher from last year, Mr. Vaccaro. Not only is he an awesome person, with an awesome taste in music, but I think he's one of the few--if not, only--teacher who incorporates graphic novels into his curriculum. Not to mention, I felt like my writing has improved greatly because of him. I still hate writing essays, though. But I digress, his project ideas were unique and I don't think there was an undertone or overtone that went unexplained in any of the readings we had to do throughout the year.

Savvy-la and Bree-la can agree with me on my reasons.

Ah, so today, Ariana and I went to the mall for lunch and we headed over to Border's. Turned out they were having a sale on Pop/Rock CDs and I happened to see the Gorillaz self-titled album marked down ten bucks, and bought it ASAP. Then I went over to Ariana's for a bit and Andrew sends me a text saying there's a track-pack for the Gorillaz. Obviously, I flipped cause I wanted it. But isn't that just weird? The track-pack had Re-Hash, Clint Eastwood, and Feel Good, Inc. so of course, I fangirled and played all the songs. I wish they could add more songs though. 5/4, Punk, and Every Planet We Reach is Dead would be perfect songs for it. I also though it was cool with the effect they did in Clint Eastwood. When Del raps, they inverted all the colors and had the drummer rap. I thought was a pretty good interpretation and really detailed on the developers part. Bravo!

That reminds me... I wonder when the new album's supposed to come out. I heard the demos and they're very promising.

Well, Avenue Q tomorrow! I'm super psyched and I can't wait to see it. I heard the original Christmas Eve came back before ths how closes (I think her name is Ann Harada) so that's should be a treat!

Because I feel it's necessary, I'm gonna share with you an epic story, created and performed (once in RL) by  Elias and I. For privacy purposes, Elias' screenname has been taken out. Enjoy.

( Read the epic story of Mista Noodle and Noodle-chan )

So guess what? I'm finally seeing Avenue Q! FINALLY! Mom, Andrew and I are going on Saturday and I'm so excited! I really wanted to see it before it closed, so you can imagine I'm more than thrilled! :D If you've been keeping up with my blog, you know I've wanted to see this for over two years now, and when I found out it was closing next month, I begged to go. I'm so relieved.

Sunday, I'm seeing Ponyo on the Cliff with a friend. This will be the first time I ever see a Miyazaki film in theatres. I know it isn't that big of a deal, but I was too young and not into anime when his other films were released here. Plus, I really want to see this one, because anything that combines The Little Mermaid, anime, and cute is something I like watching.

So I got my schedule today, and I hate it. They didn't put any of the teachers on, but I know all of them but two. :/ I don't have a History/English block either this year. They're seperated by Drama, which I do not have right before lunch this year. I liked having it before lunch.

Period 1/Homeroom: Chemistry 1Honors/ Lab-6 Oliver
Period 2: Lab (Mondays only)/Phys Ed. Oliver/Unknown
Period 3: AP US History 1 Hayek
Period 4: Drama 1 Perrotta
Period 5: English 10 Honors Slender
Period 6: Lunch
Period 7: Geometry Honors Unknown
Period 8: French 3 CP Simard

I don't like having Chem first thing, since I liked doing my science homework at lunch. I have the same lunch again this year, but Ariana, Tiffany, Kate, and Carly have first lunch. I'm pretty sure Ryan has the same lunch as me though, and I have Laura, Annie, and Jess in my lunch as well. :/ Well, maybe things will get better once the year starts.

So I decided to do some Hetalia memes and stuff.

( Click on the cut for meme-y goodness! )

Okay, I've decided on the Allied layout. I just like the over all look (<3 Why so cute, China?). Still by spk_creates.

Savvy-la and Bree-la are sleeping over now, and we've been talking like since 7. Wah, we have a lot to talk about. And Bree-la love Hetalia now. :3

Just updating on that.

As you can see, I'm dicking around with the layout here. It's the Nordic countries from Hetalia Axis Powers, but this is probably only temporary. I have a feeling that I'm going to change it to the Allied Powers ones. Unless this one grows on me a lot, then I'll keep it for a while. Iceland may actually be doing so. <3 Many props to spk_creates for the layout. I might also have to go searching for a new mood theme. I love Ouran and all, but it doesn't match the layout. :(

Why I am doing this at four in the morning is completely unknown, but I don't give. I think McDonald's put something in our sodas tonight, because Andrew, David, and I were a bit loopy and retarded when we got home. :D

Okay, so there's a Hetalia meet-up in NYC on Saturday, and I know Ariana said her mom would take me Tiff, Sam with them when they go some time this week. Cosplay isn't necessary, but I'd feel retarded if we did happen to go and we weren't cosplaying. My China costume isn't even existent yet, so I thought maybe do a casual female!Romano? That is, if we go on Saturday and Louise is willing to put up with us being in Bryant Park like the whole day.

Speaking of which, our cosplay plans keep changing up for AnimeNEXT '10.

Me:
Friday: Still going as Rhyme
Saturday: Still going as China
Sunday: It'll just be easier if I go as TYL!I-Pin from Katekyo Hitman Reborn. I'm making it the year of Chinese cosplay.

Now Ariana wants to go as Romano, and Sam isn't even sure she wants to do Hetalia cosplay. Andrew and Tiff are keeping their costume ideas, but Tiff added Chibitalia to the line-up (I think for Sunday).

Why are we so indecisive? ._.

And I love my icon dearly. Poland will always be fabulous. <3

So basically, I'm just gonna say that I' m swapping out icons. I realize I have a lot of "WTF?" ones, and I don't always think "WTF?" expresses how I feel on a regular basis. Plus, I want to use some shiny new Hetalia ones I found...

Andrew, David, and I have the house to ourselves because Mom and Dad left for vacation. It's day one and they're already arguing. ._.

Bleach is on in a few minutes, so I'll leave it at that.

EDIT: I think I wanna get a paid account so I can get more icons, but I can't remember if I told my parents I have an LJ and if they approved or not. Who knows if they'll let me pay $20 a year for this thing?