The Hangar

( ...I don't even know. )

MuseeBob will be very surprised. I'm just...confused.

Looks like my school schedule wasn't working so I rearranged it. I don't know why, but I'm in a bit of a funk. Well, having your laptop in and out of the laptop doctor for 2 weeks plus having to be fanned constantly so it doesn't shut down randomly kinda worries me. And makes me cold. Bleh.

Anyway, I had a gamer's night with a couple of friends. Played Mario Kart Wii and I sucked big time. Even on the courses I was familiar with. But you can play as a Mii and that amused me. Smash was better; I almost always ranked 2nd or 3rd in Smash Bros. Won a couple of times. Lucas and Marth are still my mains. Samus doesn't play like she used to... ;_; I'm beginning to see the light about Metaknight and how he attained SS tier. Anyway, one of the guys had a PS3 and had the demo of Bayonetta on it.

( How awesome is it? SO AWESOME. )

The MM10 robot masters came out. I thought they wouldn't get any lamer than Commandoman and Sheepman but now I think they're the coolest of the roster. Other than Strikeman. A baseball-shaped robot is too amusing.

In Animal Crossing...Limburg is a shameless flirt. Having a promiscuous orange mouse with a five-o-clock shadow in a children's game is totally creeping me out. <:| Teddy moved; said he had a tourney. I'm gunna miss that musclehead. At least we won't get Limburg saying that he reminds him of chiffon cake and he wants to do things to him.

My laptop died. This is a school computer! :D I just replaced the hardrive, too...spent so much.

I got my old research teacher and the crazy bearded guy teaching me this year! I can finally learn things in economics again! But he and another one of my Professors are needed and court as witnesses so no class today. Some sort of soliciting case or something. I'm assuming it's the same one.

I tried making handmade White Tea ice cream yesterday. It came out tasting like condensed milk, which is tasty but not what I was going for. Maybe next time I won't use so much sugar...and actual double cream instead of whipping cream. |:(

Anyway, last week I saw Princess and the Frog and Avatar on the same day. The backgrounds and animation for Princess and the Frog were gorgeous. The writing was good and all the characters were likable. Tiana is a really strong heroine and Prince Naveen was a amusing, sympathetic character. Dr. Facilier made such a charismatic villain; I really wish there was more of him. Chralotte, Louise and Ray all bring the lulzs with their animation and behaviour and are really loveable. But it seemed like there was so much left untold or there could have been more...maybe it should have been longer. I love Facilier's "Friends on the Other Side", but Tiana's "Almost There" is my favourite tune. The change in art style made it a really fun tune.

Avatar was ok. The world building was really good; by the end I was really fond of the weird plants and animals on Pandora and the Na'vi tribe. Environmental message was really obvious but Pandora was so lovely and interesting so why the hell not. I actually didn't mind the main characters, but the pilot and the villain characters were so 2D. I was disappointed in the girl pilot, she could have been portrayed as a grayer character given her position. And the army guy was really unsympathetic. And holy moly at the businessman! Talk about bad business and economics. Squandering the resources of the planet for short term gain is idiotic. I shall call it fail-a-nomics from now on.

People are saying that since people like the world so much (Ebert compared the movie to the original Star Wars, even), they'll be sequels but I can't think of anything else the director could do without a new main character and/or new time period. I mean, I'd love more of Pandora, but Mr. Bald Space Marine's story is all wrapped up.

Picked up the laptop from the laptop doctor. He says I might need a new hardrive soon...

Well, I'm actually picking up Umineko no Naku Koro Ni, now. Running through Let's Plays, watching the show and all that. I enjoyed Higurashi so I thought I might as well try the spiritual sequel. And it is the most glorious mindfuck of the most epic proportions. Plus it has a hot-blooded idiot protagonists and plenty of gorgeous outfits so that's a big plus with me. The cast is also a lot of fun; I can't think of a character that isn't likable or sympathetic, even if it's running 40+ characters by now.

Beatrice is the most excellent troll and bitch extraordinaire; I love her to pieces. Her love-hate relationship with Battler brings me plenty of lols. Eirika is the most vicious deconstruction of a Mary Sue I've ever seen; you both hate her and feel sorry for her. And her manipulative-ness makes for quite the spectacle. Anyway, really enjoying it. My favourites in order are Beatrice, Battler, Lambdadelta and Dlanor.

( The Vidyagaems: AC and FEDS )

OMG this...this thing! If you don't know what it is, it's a program thing that tries to guess what character you're thinking of by asking questions. It got Rei Ayanami and Father Ted on the first try! No one else knows I watched Father Ted! ...right? And he got Daneel on the second guess.

Anyway, I had fun on new years eve. Went to dinner at a great Greek restaurant. We were lucky to get a table, everywhere else was full up. I discovered I still suck at pool and bowling. Me and my friends went to see the Styx concert in Niagara Falls. Had fun there. I didn't know the "new" member was Canadian! He sung an old hit from him: Criminal Mind. Supposedly it was really famous in Toronto in the 80's. I probably wasn't born when it was big, but I totally love the song. About the crowd participation: sorry guys, we're Canadians. Even if we like your music we can't sing or scream very loud...But we did get stuck in the parking lot for an hour. One thing I regret was that I did back into a parked car when dropping off my sisters at my uncle's house...but there was no damage on either car, so everything awwwwwiiiiight.

My icon journal has one entry in it! Yaaaaaaay! I hope I'll post more often in the coming year. Speaking of which, it looks like I just have economics classes this year. Phooey. I dont know what happened to that Art class I was supposed to take. Maybe they cancelled it?

Made lemon pudding! Tasted kinda milky...I wanna try making a tea flavoured ice cream. I have a lot of white tea and green tea sitting around; I think I'll use them.

Ok, this is the last icon post I'm going to post on my journal before leaving it to my icon journal. It probably also the only one using this style...maybe I'll revisit it again and it'll look less derpy.

83 Icons
07-Castlevania
16-Fire Emblem: Hasha no Ken Manga
36-Legend of Zelda
16-Metroid Manga
08-Miscellaneous (Harvest Moon, Naruto Manga, Pokemon Special)

Sample:


( The Neverending Story )

Decided to clean up my profile, ha ha...

( And It No Longer Takes Up Lots of Space )

I saw an ad on the side of a bus and it featured a gingerbread man with M3 Lucas hair. Too cute. I should start playing again, but then I know I'll have to record what I do for... a very special something.

Exam time is almost over! It's been so busy this week! I've always got someone or a group of people to meet. But the last exam I had was just strange. I studied all the main points and concepts and the practice exam and the book cover to cover and the exam focused on stuff from the end of the year we barely worked with. But I really understood most of the course so I answered the best I could. I'm still annoyed that I had to miss my workplace's Christmas party to take the exam but I really enjoyed spending the day with my study group.

Other than that, exams are going well. Doing better than I've ever felt before, actually. For one, I'm actually learning things. I feel bad for not going to the last few classes for Econ. History and not studying for the exam, but what can I say? All the history I'll ever need, I learned from Hetalia.

Speaking of Hetalia, the fact that Canada keeps his voice level when he's ranting is too hilarious. The red and white speedlines were a funny touch. And Cuba is cool beans. I read all the new scanslations and its as funny as ever.

Anyway, I'm really warming up to Mayumi in Kuuchuu Buranko. I used to think she was kinda 2D and gimmicky but her telling the writer that his first book was the only book that made her cry and making friends with the lonely, insecure kid made me like her. And her smirking after dealing with the guy deathly afraid of needles was amusing. For some reason, I also liked that she took part in the hospital's Christmas party; she usually seems so uninterested and doesn't do much when working for Iranbu.

It's a dark and stormy...morning. Bad wind...snow... Since tonight is my Labour Economics exam and I don't know what I'm doing concerning everything taught after the first midterm, I find this an ill omen.

Capcom is making Megaman 10! The old school style cover looks totally 80's awesome. Protoman has never been on an old school style cover before and he looks absolutely amazing. He has a spiky green sword coming out of his gun and he has a faceplate like his Breakman form. I love it how Mega is shooting his Mega Blaster into the sky while he's nonchalantly shooting a baddie at his foot with his non canonical laser gun.

( Good Idea or Bad Idea )

My only real problem is that Sheepman is irredeemably lame. Well, since Splashwoman made such a splash (ha) by being the first female robot master, I think there trying to make a robot master that outlames Toadman and Dustman. Now, I thought these two were cute...Sheepman is cute as well, but the lame outweighs the cuteness.

Ha~, Spirit Tracks sounds cuter and cuter by the minute. Zelda is apparently a snarky little thing. This game is so adorably ZeLink, it hurts. Sidequests include ferrying goods and people across the land. The train supposedly takes a while to get fun, but they say it gets more fun than the boat. I liked the boats, so I'm sure I'll realy enjoy the train.

I'm almost finished my first Utauloid and I'm already working on the second and third. It took me a while to give the second a unique voice. So many re-recordingings. >_< She doesn't have the robotic sound of the first one, but she sounds ...fuzzier? I dunno. She sounds definetly older. So far the third sounds like an annoying little girl, so she's coming along just like I wanted her too. :)

Linebeck's grandson is in LoZ Spirit Tracks! He's a trader of some sort. Most importantly, he wears a dapper strawhat upon his head! My frothing demand for this game increases!

Exams are coming up. Having to meet with my study groups all the time is a little exhausting. I haven't even started on my final essay for the one class I have that doesn't have an exam in it. But it's only monday, so things will turn out ok, right?

So...I downloaded Utau. You know, that program where you can make your own vocaloid using your own voice. The number of clips I have to record is a little daunting...and I don't know what sounds I have to record to get her to support english, only japanese. And my first utaloid's voice is so soft and she sounds so shy. My singing voice is not shy! ...is it? After I finish her, I'll give it another go with a stronger voice.

...What have I gotten myself into?

People say crunch time rears its ugly head at the end of the semester, but I've been feeling it since the middle of October! I've turned to meal replacement bars for lunch and breakfast...and they actually are not that bad. I stick to a brand that's covered in chocolate and has flavoured insides and they're actually pretty filling. They have a lemon flavoured one that I'm pretty fond of. But I think the mocha and peanut butter ones do a better job of masking the whey flavour which isn't bad or anything. It just reminds you you're not eating a chocolate bar.

And I decided to try some Aloe water for the first time and it's pretty delicious! The version they have with mango and mangosteen (looks nothing like a mango) is even better! It tastes exactly like a coconut gel!

So, the more I watch Kuuchuu Buranko/Trapeze, the more I like it. The zaniest, most cracked up feel-good series I've ever seen. The first episode was a little weak, but every episode after it has been great. I know the show focuses more on the patients, but I can't get enough of Dr. Iranbu. All three of his forms are pretty great. There's a popular theory going around that the teddie bear-headed him is his Id, the collage student version is the Ego and the child is the Super Ego, but now I think the collage student is the Id. He just bounces around and makes suggestions and brings to light thoughts that the patient is really thinking, but are socially inappropriate and he just eggs them on. Bear-headed Iranbu seems closer to the original book's Iranbu, so he's probably more fitted to be the Ego as the mediator between the Super Ego and Id. Plus collage student Iranbu can be kinda pervy.

BAD DOCTOR

I know the videos for NMH2 came out a while ago but...Henry's not dead! You can play as him! Hooray! The vest and tie look very nice. That's right, fight that gundam cyborg preschooler!

I have a big presentation Monday and a term paper due in 5 days, so I'm really feeling the grind. I've been hard at work for the past week or so, just trying to get notes down and scripts done and all that. When I'm not working, I'm doing schoolwork. But I also went shopping today and bought a new pair of boots, so it's all good.

I haven't been really paying attention to the DS iDOLM@STER game because I know it has a snowball's chance in hell of getting localized and I can't understand moon language. But Ryo is pretty great. He's got quite a range and can even do the girly songs. Eri doesn't get much attention, but she's not bad at all. It's just that her voice is a little high-pitched and childish. Ai would be how Haruka would sound like if she could carry a tune.

Anyway, how come no one's paying attention to the Chiptuned Rockman CD? It's fantastic! I guess it's because they're mostly chiptune remixes of songs that are already chiptunes, but they've done some really creative stuff with the remixes. And they've got Kaze yo Tsutaete, some MMGB series, Rockman and Forte and Wily Tower tunes on there. The Gravity Man remix is the sexiest thing ever. I think what they did with Kaze yo Tsutaete was totally cute, they have little 8-bit voice samples in it. But since it's about Megaman dying and Roll encouraging him to continue and KyT being a love song just about convinces me Roll has a thing for her brother...

So, Ar Tornelico 3 is coming out. Is it me or are the girls getting a little... young looking? The protagonist looks like a young teen, too, so I guess it evens out. Battle scenes are in full 3D and it's for the PS3, so while I'll never have it, I suppose that's pretty big for Gust. The new hymnos forming system sounds interesting, but from what I've heard about powering up your Revys, it already sounds too JAPANNNNNN WHY? for me. Anyway, it takes place on the disk where the humans are the oppressed minority instead of the other way around, so it'll be interesting.

Man, I am having a rotten week. Two weeks. Had my last midterm on Friday and knew barely anything. Came away with a 50. Papers up the wazoo. Wednesday's shift ended on a bad note. I'm clumsy and forgetting things. I appreciate my study group and all but I don't want to have three meetings a week. I've got no time for myself. Even on Saturday! This week, it's my free day! Soooooooo >:{

Anyway, so Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days is having moderately good sales. It'll definitely reach 200,000 units sold by the end of the year. The gameplay is reported to be really fun and all the Org members can be played in multiplayer and I've heard the panel level up and power up system the game has is really ingenious. I just thought that since the previous games were so big here and that it's Organization XIII based that it would sell gangbusters.

Is it because of the Xion haters? I know that there used to be a large backlash when she was revealed, but everyone loves her now (spoiler alert) since she was handled well. From what I've seen, Square Enix took someone with a Mary Sue-ish premise and made her sympathetic and likable. Her friendship with Axel and Roxas is tragic and heartwarming and she never gets in their way. Those Xion haters can go sit in the corner while anyone who took up the game can have fun with the system and fun, new character. :P

Soooo, LoZ: Spirit Tracks doesn't feature WW Link but...
( Super Duper Spoilers )

Spoilerific trailer here.

I used to be kinda neutral on Spirit Tracks before but now I must have it. The link to the Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass is too strong for me to ignore. And finally! Zelda has a major role! She can even take part in combat! So awesome. And the instrument is the pan pipes!


link y u gotta be so cute? :3

So, apparently this Halloween was really busy. I couldn't take part, I was working. :P There really isn't much candy left over, though, so I guess the proof is in the pudding. Or lack of it...anyway, I did watch the movie for "Let the Right One In". I was quite good. I was laughing more than I should have in the beginning, but only because I recognized certain scenes and was like "and this is the part where Haakan shows that he fails at life." Actually, Haakan was much more incompetent in the movie than the book.

Anyway, the movie was very subtle. Very smart. Got very tense in the second half, even though I think Lacke could have been handled more sympathetically. He just kinda felt there. The relationship between Eli (Pronounced EE-lee. Yeah, I had no idea. I've been pronouncing it "Elly") and Oskar is really freaking adorable. Even though one is a powerful vampire and the other is an socially maligned and unstable kid, their love was both innocent and sweet. It doesn't help that Oskar had some really nice hair.

Anyway, I know this was revealed a while ago, but I keep forgetting to talk about it. I'm very much hyped for the Pokemon Gold and Silver remakes coming out...spring of next year. It's out of Japan right now, and it looks like it has almost everything I've ever wanted in a Pokemon game as a kid. Pokemon Gold was my first real videogame, so the remakes have got me waxing nostalgic. I really enjoyed my first run through, but by the end of the game, I had my critisims. It was too hard to level up on Mount Silver due to the low levels, Kanto was pretty bare bones and the Legendaries could have been fleshed out a lot more given what they were working with.

With the new remakes, they've added introductory cutscenes for the Legendaries, added the cut features to Kanto, added stuff like Gym Leader rematches, pokemon following you in the overworld and scenes to flesh out the rival character. He's become extreemly popular with the Japanese fandom as a result. Due to his shenanigans, with me, he is now to be called Wooby McDerpderp. For his tsundere adoableness and unintended dorkyness.

I'm a little sad that they did away with the old female trainer (Kris) but Kotone is a whole lot cuter than she was. Sorry. It's the irresistible combo of the thigh-highs, overalls, and the paperboy hat. Can't beat the thigh-high stockings.

The music is also really fucking awesome.

Sooooo, saw the new Evangelion movie in theatres a while ago. Looked and sounded fantastic. But very condensed. I still suggest watching the series before seeing it; the movie's not very well suited for newcomers. Though Shinji and Misato are still my favourite characters, I can understand why English fans think Shinji is annoying 'cause, by George, Spencer's inflection can be pretty darn whiny! Misato's angry voice is the goddamn best, though. And the Ramiel fight was amazing! Best Angel ever! Anyway, I'm really anticipating seeing the 2nd movie in theatres; it's quite different from the show.

So, I'm enjoying the Ar Tornelico II Let's Play Over at Something Awful...

( Sing to make things explode! )

I caught up on Deadman Wonderland. Minatsuki's true personality is great. I love how she has such a frank and brutal personality when she looks like a fragile girl. Crow's still awesome. Mockingbird is such adorable Kaworu-style slash bait, but his cannibalism is giving him a creepy edge. FFFFFFFF THE RED MANNNNNN THE FORGERIES poor Ganta.

Aw mannnn I can't wait for Rockman Gigamix. Just seeing the few scans that are out have gotten me so hyped! I haven't even seen all the volumes of Megamix yet! Ariga's covering 3, 7 and Battle and Chase. I'm really looking forward to the Megaman 3 issue, since the one he's got in Megamix isn't really a serious depiction like MM2's. Not that I don't like the comical approach, but MM3 deserves it. Anyway, Gigamix looks like it'll have an extra dose of Protoman. They have a shot of him during his pre-anithero days I'm assuming. And his Breakman outfit looks great! It can't come out soon enough!

Anyway, October is Midterm Month! Busy, busy!

It looks like my money-saving strategy won't work this year as far as textbooks go. Nobody's really selling used books this year and all the books I need go for about as much as they cost in the University bookstore. Maybe because they're new... the only thing good coming out of this is that I'm learning about buying things online. And it looks like I'll be needing most of the books. I have the same Econometrics prof I had last year. Looks like I'll be sleeping a lot in class again. So boring. -_-

The Protomen's new album came out! It's fantastic, the tracks this time around are more complex and polished. Looks like the only characters in this CD are Light, Wily, Emily (Light's girlfriend) and Sniper Joe. I'd like to think Joe looks like the young Protoman from the derpy T.V. series. Keep Quiet and The Hounds are fantastic. I still love Father of Death and Light of the Night, but what the heck did they do to Breaking Out? The album version sounds too muddled, I much prefer the demo version.

Is it me, or is the guy's voice they chose to play Dr. Wily really freakin' moé? And plus, there's no way the guy could win. Light was in his way for Emily's heart and Emily was in his way for Light's heart getting Light to support his plans. The Hounds was the only Wily-centric track, but it's just so awesome I couldn't stop listening to it until they took it off youtube...but the CD's back-ordered and it'll take a while to get up to Canada. I guess I should just head to amazon and get the mp3 version.

School is starting soon. I feel like I'm missing something. Maybe it's because I can't find my calculator and economics is full of maths. /:S

Beat Pikmin 1 a little a while ago. The final battle took a whole day! I'm glad I took an extra day to clear everything. My pikmin are no longer my darlings; my little babies. They are full grown men, veterans and soldiers worthy of distinction. The final battle was brutal. Like many, many little Davids against the Goliath that is the Emperor Bulbax. It was also somewhat short in comparison to Pikmin 2, even though it was extremely fun. Felt a little puzzle-y.

My sister and I also finished all the multiplayer challenge mode dungeons in Pikmin 2. They are a blast to play both with and without a second player. (but especially with) Some of the dungeons were just brutal. SNIPERS RANGE FFFFFFFFFFFF the final challenge isn't half as bad as the Sniper's Range. Anyway, we even managed to perfect most of them. (that just means no pikmin deaths)

Got past my wall chapter in FE: Shadow Dragon. It's the one with Camus. I remember getting stuck on it in FE3 too, but I didn't remember how I got past it. I don't care what other fire emblem fans and the gamefaqs crowd say, I LOVE THIS GAME. The gameplay is sooooooo addictive! I can't help but do several chapters in a row. But I'm near the game and none of my promoted units are at level 20, which kinda makes me sad. Y'know, looking at how everyone just makes Marth hold his feelings in have convinced me that he's at least passive aggressive.

I beat Ikaruga on normal mode in 1-player some time ago. But only because I unlocked the unlimited continues since I played it so much. :( One day, I will do it on one continue! I find playing the game from start to finish oddly relaxing. The second boss is now an entertaining fight instead of a painful frustration. I'm slowly learning the third boss, though he's still a pain. The fourth boss and I get along like a knife and a...easily stabbable thing. <:(

Well, this new coffee shop opened in my home town, recently. By recently I mean I took notice of it a while ago since I didn't notice it there before and just went yesterday. Atmosphere is great and the food is pretty good but man, what did they put in my Ice Cappuccino? I've been bouncing off the walls since yesterday evening. I'm gonna hate it when the caffeine wears off later today...probably on my shift knowing my luck. All I've been doing is playing Light Up the Night over and over between episodes of Gaming Guyz on Something Awful's Flash Tub.

Next time, I'll check out the soup and a feta and spinach twirl. And I'm dying to try a slice of the cakes.

My computer was out of commission for the past two days, so I drew a lot of pencil stuff. It's good to do hands-on stuff again. I'll get them scanned soon.

Sooooo...The Protomen just released a new track a couple of days ago. And it's so awesome my computer explodes every time I play it. It's called Light Up the Night and it has a very strong 80's rock sound. (FFFF I love me some 80's musicccccc) It's about Dr. Light wanting to set things on fire. I think The Protomen are really setting Light up as a pyromaniac. :/ It's actually not my favourite song out of what I've heard of Act 2, but it's so very hot-blooded; it makes me want to get up and dance.

And Sony, what the fuck is this? I think it's an attempt to market to girls but as a girl, I think it's full of fail. OMG PSP? Really? Seriously? There's a lot of good games for the PSP, but seriously just pushing shovelware and licensed (other than patapon and locoroco) games as "games for girls" makes the library look pathetic and you don't want that. The meager minigames just accentuate it more. In the personality test you can get a dog, a fat blob, an animu girl that plays weaboo golf, an eyeball and a character from a CGI movie. And only pushing the lilac PSP? What if we want the light green one? I want to think it's a joke but I wouldn't put this past Sony since the "All I want for Christmas is a PSP" garbage.

I feel like a brand new person! *-o-* Maybe I should start showering in the morning instead of night; I can seem to get anything done during the daytime.

Anyway, the department store catalogue for the Christmas Holidays just came in. So early! I have a lot of fond memories of my childhood flipping through the book, circling what I wanted and mom and dad buying it to pretend it was from Santa. I always kind of wanted the gimmicky presents and stuff like rock polishers, but looking through the book now, I find the gimmicky toys really expensive! No wonder I'd almost never get them. It's really frickin' weird, though. In the catalogue they have a large plush Kenny (South Park Kenny) right beside Dora the Explorer and the penguins from Madagascar. WTF? And they're also offering a large, plushie Domo-kun. I thought I'd never see the day. Not only that, they're selling costumes based off The Dark Knight. Yes, yes, they have a Heath Ledger Joker costume, too. o_O

I kinda want the Domo-kun plushie.

Anyway, I'm currently reading through Let the Right One in and it's the best vampire novel I've ever read. For one, the characters are flawed, interesting and believable. Two, the vampire is actually scary and there's no sugarcoating of the romantic relationship. Three, the prose is straightforward and unadorned, making it an easy and entertaining read. Translated from Swedish, I sure am glad it made it to the West. Hakan is both creepy yet strangely sympathetic. I really look forward to reading scenes with Eli (creepy asskicking vampire girl) and Oskar. (her/his? young, troubled yet violent love interest)

( OskarxEli )

Anyway, awesome book so far. I recommend it for people who like the concept of vampires even if they've been annoyed by their portrayal in recent years.