...and if I end up writing a random filk of The Lumberjack Song on that subject, someone needs to commit me to an asylum.

But... alas, I have at last descended into the depths of complete nerddom.  My closest co-conspirator in the PPC, the lovely julyflame, was good enough to show me a site that had manga uploaded.  A site which I intend to take full advantage of.  At the moment, I'm just getting through OP. But...

Yes. Ph34r me.

Actually, it's just that... I don't know. It's like, it's a different medium from what I'm used to, you know? Like I'm not a huge comic book fan, but I adore sandman.  I guess it's just that I've been toying with Apocalypse!verse and the idea of using it as my experimenting ground. Like... my other various 'verses thus far are pretty straightforward, writingwise. Just standard sci-fi/fantasy books. But I'm trying a REALLY bloody weird style with Apocalypse!verse's first book, and may want to just... play with as many different storytelling methods as I can with it, y'know? Because that's what it is.  It's a world about telling stories as much as anything. (You can tell that I'm heavily, heavily influence by Gaiman and particularly Sandman.) I swore I wouldn't include things like this here, but this is a life development more than anything.

Because I'm going to investigate this other mode of storytelling. ...Besides, it's hilarious watching some of the expressions in manga. Like when people are like "Uhm, you can't do this..." Luffy: "Okay! *Darts off to do just that*" People: *FURYFACEWITHSHARPPOINTYTEETH* YOU IDIOT!

Luffy, btw, is a little... more stupid but sharper in the manga?  Like, he's a lot more prone to doing insane things, but he's... sharper. A lot sharper.  I like it.

BTW, in Boston 10th-13th of April. I'm getting really torn now.  And wondering just what I'll do when faced with certain choices I'm likely to have to make. Still, even if there isn't a choice... WHEE I HAVE THE BEST FALLBACK EVER. *DAAAAAAAAANCE*

But I need to go do math now, so I don't fail.

Tessa tomorrow!

EDIT: Mental note to self: Save Picture As ASAP, before I run out of time, and then do it as I read. 'Cause I CAN, and EEEEEHmanga. AKA Canon Reference! *Daaaance*

I think, in college, my order of language learning will be: Gaelic, Japanese.  'Cause I'm starting to pick up a word here and there, and it seems like a fun language.  Also, because I'm a nerd. (Example: I randomly started telling myself stories last night and using Shakespearean English to do it. As in, full proper grammar, with thees and thous and the whole nine yards. And it was SO PRETTY I nearly cried.)

I developed a guilty love of that idiotic Rainbow Star song once I actually read the lyrics. *Guilty* but... oh, hell. You can't have a song about dreams and fulfilling them and fallen angels singing that I don't fall over and worship.

STFU.

Also, I think I may have lied.  Uhm. I'm more into OP than I realized.  Actually, most of this comes from the fact that I was researching on Wikipedia and they had a hugeass long entry on "Romance Dawn," which was the original version of OP before it became, well, OP.  And... it's AMAZING how it's possible to track character development and stuff.  Just... eeh. I love it.

Yes, it's the process of creating the manga/anime that fascinates me.  So if anyone knows where to download manga? Please tell me? *Puppy eyes*

......Also? SPACE PIRATES EXIST IN ONE PIECE!!! AHAHAHA!!! *Falls over cackling madly at the idea of Mal and Luffy talking.* That would be the funniest conversation EVER.  *Snickers* My head is broken. Officially.

Anyway. *Sighs* I really fucking need to do math, but... ARGH. No will-power.

*Sighs* I think I'm watching OP because it's really bloody ridiculous, and I can relax. And I really, really need to.  ...I wish FUNimations would dub the early episodes. Effing 4kids needs to give (sell) them the rights. NOW. 4kids needs to be shot. But we knew that.

...Why am I odd?

Anyways.  I luckily have time before the beginning of the month to hunt down icons, manga, and a layout. ...Have I mentioned I love Luffy? *Cuddles him madly* He's such a puppy.  ...Although he's getting more and more scarykickass and it's SO COOL.

A) Having that stupid song "Rainbow Star" stuck in my head (HONESTLY, OP, you had a GREAT opener, and you had number six and then that IDIOTIC seventh? What got into you?)

B) That, as private as I am, I'm willing to post this:

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, thoughts on yaoi, favorite type of underwear, graphic techniques, etc. If you like, you can repost this in your own journal so that we can all learn more about each other.

I dunno.  I do, in fact, reserve the right to hold back if it makes me incredibly uncomfortable, or at the least to email you if you really want to know.  Though, honestly, who could ask me anything I wouldn't feel comfortable writing about is beyond me, given who I know will bother to read this in the first place.

...Also? LUFFY! *SQUEE* I BISH HAPPY. It's odd, 'cause I'm not a HUGE OP fanatic. But... it's a fun series. And my GOD, Zoro's abs and Luffy's sheer insanity make it all worth it.

(This is partly because if you combine Zoro's build with Luffy's insanity... Heeeeee. My favorite person.)

Ignore the randomness of that subject. Was just the last song we were singing in choir.

So.  I'm about this close to subtitling my presentation "Because God is dead." *Snicker* But it IS Nietzsche, after all. That man is misrepresented. People claim he was the forerunner to Nazism--in fact, he BROKE WITH HIS EDITOR because of his editor's anti-Semitic and pan-Germanic tendencies. He was anti-Nazi before there were Nazis to be anti to. Whoot for him.  Interestingly, Nietzsche's birthday is two days after mine. Not that it means a damn thing, but it's interesting to note.

*Sighs* Gods above, I'm exhausted beyond all ability to speak of it.  My amazing teacher is letting me take my math test tomorrow, so I'm working on my Nietzsche presentation tonight. (Lee, NOT staying up all night to work, but actually BEING PRODUCTIVE DURING THE DAY. WTF, I KNOW.) But I actually LOVE this presentation, and I'm falling in love with Nietzsche's ideas.  And he was ahead of his time philosophically, I think.  I need to read his stuff. And Spinoza.

I'm a geek. Proud of it, too.

I've been watching a lot of One Piece lately, and... mixed feelings. It's silly and fun, and as such I like it. I get bored sometimes, though--it's too broken up, and with such short episodes (about twenty minutes) and the CONSTANT recapping of what happened last episode, it's like 15 minutes of new material every show. Which gets tedious. But I love the way the characters are being developed (more on this later, or in the other journal).

Pointless Jazz concert tonight. Blah.

Anyway, I'm going back to my Nietzche now.  *Frowns* I ought to make purely One-Piece agents. Maybe my two intended agents can be... oh... Fantasy-verse agents, although Robin may get transferred later, but she's the fantasy girl. *Frowns* Kitty I KNOW is a Legolustbunny, but she may be very Lizbeth like and be an anime geek. Hmmmm.... yes, Kitty would be a good OP agent. I need aonther, though.  Luffy? KICKS ASS. *Diiiiiies* He's my favorite character. Not my LO, just my... OHMIGODILOVEYOU. Zoro is MUCH more attractive. But less my favorite. It's a strange adoration. (Although Luffy would LOVE getting pounced, by anyone--just for the fun of HEY, LET'S PARTY! Not so much being an LO, but... partying? Yeah. Zoro would hate it.)

Also, I'm pretending to be a guy in choir. *Snickers* Seriously. It's hilarious.

Okay. Fritz calls! (...Except now I'm imagining the murderous computer geek... *Fails* Caroline thinks we should watch OMWF in MTAP. I agree. ........GILES!!!!! *Done*)

...Also, I'm an excellent actor. Not that I can act on stage, per se, unless all the world really is a stage as some would have you believe.  But... yeah.

I think I have had... about one and a half meals a day recently, tops. 

EDIT: ... *GAG* So OP fic just made me want to retch, the prose is that urple. Think about the thesaurus-using RPers, except... IN FIC FORM. *Shudders and wants to cry*

On the note I meant to actually give, though... interesting discussion with one of the poetry editors. Maybe sex ought to be explained to young kids. Not YOUNG young, but... sixth grade? Just prior to hormones kicking in? 'Cause kids that age are like "EEEEWW, COOTIES!" And then there's no mystery about it, yeah? So they'll KNOW, won't be interested, and it won't be news when the hormones kick in. It's something to consider.