Saturday, October 27, 2007

So on Tuesday Mom is taking the entire junior contingent to Co. We're leaving the dog with Dad.

OneManga added a bunch of new series. I'm on Hana yori Dango, Boys over Flowers.

We're pretty much getting away with being on the comp, somehow.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Dad's home.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Oh....

Apparently Eichi-kun died years ago. No wonder she doesn't mind dying.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Never mind.....

Fantasy scenario:

Mitsuki: Oh, Wakaoji-sens--ah, -san. Um, sorry about that with Takuto. He's a Shinigami now, and he didn't remember you or anything about his life. Unfortunately, you jolted his memory, and if he doesn't become a full Shinigami soon he's going to become a ghost instead, since he remembered too soon. Sorry about that.
Wakaoji-sensei: Could I have a minute to absorb this? And you nearly called me sensei just then--you really are Mitsuki-chan, aren't you? What are you doing hanging out with Shinigami? And why did you run away from home?
Mitsuki: Grandma wouldn't let me sing. And I can sing, now, thanks to Takuto! He can heal my throat tumour!
Wakaoji-sensei: What? And why do you look four years older? You look like your mom.
Mitsuki: That's Takuto too. Sixteen and healthy! But it only lasts for nine more months, then I'm going to die. I hope I can see Eichi-kun first!
.....and besides being cute, are also very funny.....yeah, I'm reading Full Moon now.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

.....Or if, for some weird reason, I were to decide that Full Moon wo Sagashite is more fun and still has Shinigami....cute Shinigami whose heads match their bodies.....
Trying Death Note. I'll keep going unless something interrupts...such as, for instance, Hana Kimi fills....or if they uploaded more Crimson Hero (27 chapters doesn't last long)....or they added Wild Ones....I'll just stop here, shall I?

Brain.....melting.....

Darrel's son watches Rurouni Kenshin. Darrel's son watches Rurouni Kenshin. His wife is Japanese, and his teenaged daughter likes a lot of the same stuff that we do, but this is too much.
Arisa's favorite manga is YuYu Hakusho (we currently have all but four of the library's collection checked out) and we even have the same favorite character. And she likes Hana Kimi and One Piece, and Fushigi Yugi and Death Note which I haven't read, but she has explained to me who one sympathizes with in a manga about a guy who finds a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written inside (and proceeds to use it), which I'd wondered about. Fushigi Yugi is by the mangaka of another manga that I've read all through.
Arisa's younger brother has a very good Sullen and Bored Teen act going, so conversation would have been pointless. He does read manga, but when I asked if he liked One Piece, the answer was "It's been awhile." Bah.
Anyway, I'm on Cloud Nine because now I have someone to ask when I want to know what the Japanese is for "Shut up." And other things.
Baron was tied out while they were here, and her dad was pretty intimidated. He said that Baron was a very impressive Rottweiler. Very large. I said, after a few repetitions, that he as only most Rott and that maybe whatever else was in there had bulked him up a bit. Anyway, we sold the big aluminum gates to Darrel, and his son and grandson loaded them up. Oh, yes, and the little bookcase from Doug's room, which B wanted for Easton.
Mmm. Right. Arisa is nearly as tall as Doug, long black hair, very slim. Taller'n me. Her face takes after her mom, but I think her sandy-haired dad makes her hair lean a little toward brown.
Last night we watched 7 of Rain. It's the first time we've laughed so much. It's when they catch up to Cheza, Hana no Shoujo, and just watching how everyone reacts to her is hilarious. Tsume's expressions when somebody is blindly trusting her--eh.

Mom's on the phone with Dad right now.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Went to eat at Chipotle tonight. The boys got Star Wars: Best of PC at Target, and we went to Barnes and Noble to drool, since it was close. So many vols of Hana Kimi......so little money......

Reading Crimson Hero. I like a girl who punches when she needs to. Though I don't think it left a mark....
All right!! OneManga uploaded Fall In Love Like a Comic! Mehehehe.....after the first chapter, it just gets better. Now if they'd just put Wild Ones up...

Yesterday we had some ladies show up in a Hummer. They were on their way to garage sale in Lincoln, but they bought some stuff. And then this morning there was this guy and his teenaged son. Guess what they bought? Three dolls. Maybe there's a little girl with a birthday coming up. And one was in need of a wash, and the other two were wearing my makeshift outfits. I'll never understand that one.

Tonight when everything's done we're gonna go out to eat. Looking like Chipotle.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Only wolves can find the way to paradise.....

Well, it's about wolves, yeah. It's very dark, so far. Two sympathetic speaking parts have died so far, and we've only finished the second episode. Well, the woman might still live, but I doubt it. The wolves can disguise themselves as humans, which Kiba didn't like at first. He was won over by the ancient argument of "What good is pride when you're dead?" There are two independent pairings at present. Tsume, the leader of rebels, has Toboe, the boy who is more of a dog. He behaves more like one. Kiba and Hige are more equal. I don't think we've met any females yet. No, wait, I think Cheza might be a wolf. Eh.
Today we're cleaning out the garage, since we're gonna need it for our sale. Taking a break presently. More thunderstorms today. It was actually sunny this morning, making the 100% likelihood for precipitation in the forecast rather amusing, if correct.

Lately we've been listening to the soundtrack for an anime called Wolf's Rain.We don't really know anything about the anime itself, but the music is by Yoko Kanno, who did Cowboy Bebop. Enjoyment is therefore near-guaranteed. At least one familiar singer, Steve Conte, is an extra bonus.

OneManga is promising an update of Karin and the addition of a few new series. I practically live there these days.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Well, my room is once more a shambles, since Mom had me empty the wardrobe. Heh.

They added another chapter of Koukou Debut. Already finished it. Doug's still reading Perfect Girl Evolution, which despite the shoujo tag I'm not reading. I admit it's funny, I just don't want to start it.

We went to town yesterday. I checked out the other three Bardic Voices by Lackey and The Spirit Ring by Bujold. It's kinda funny: in the beginning the plot could become The Tempest--but it doesn't. One of the preventions is the fact that Ascanio is only ten, and I think he was Shakespeare's hero. The other prevention is that I think Author-san took a vow to never have a prince for a hero. And if he's a prince, he can't be young and handsome. Makes things interesting. Thur, the hero, reminds me a bit of Hugo in Heyer's The Unknown Ajax.

Oh, yeah. Utter happiness. Robin McKinley is running a blog. She says her editor gave her the choice between the blog and going on tour, and she has a horror of going on tour. I'll take the blog, thanks. I mean, we love her for her writing, yes? And here we get some of it every day. What could be better? Her address is at livejournal. It sounds to me like Blogger is preferable. She still hasn't taken the first step to getting pictures up, i.e. getting pictures into her computer, so we have to be content with hearing about the hellhounds and Peter. Peter is Peter Dickinson, her husband. He writes fantasy and sci-fi for kids and teens. Drat, that was what I forgot at the library. Besides that July issue of Shoujo Beat. Speaking of which, I got the latest ish yesterday. Aaaaaahh. Yummy.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Well, my room's looking better.....because Mom recruited Smear. Phew. I helped, yes, but she did most of it. And I painted the cabinet in the bathroom......and Mom's had us sort out the clothes for storage.....

I'm rereading Hana no Kimi. There is other stuff, but I've exhausted OneManga, and Mangavolume doesn't have tags or descriptions or anything, which is annoying.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Well, the goats and the chickens are gone. We loaded up Samantha and Baby, and even more recently the lady came for the hens. Hm.

Good grief. Hana no Kimi is completed, with over one hundred chapters, but OneManga only has 30. Now I'm reading Beauty is the Beast on Mangavolume, which has hundreds of mangas up, but is pretty disorganized.

Monday, October 8, 2007

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGH! IT"S THE LAST AVAILABLE CHAPTER AND IT ENDS ON A CLIFFHANGER!!!!!! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!
Hanazakari no Kimitachie, of you in Full Blossom, commonly known as Hana no Kimi. It's much better than Power!!, maybe 'cause for the most part it's more serious. I mean, there is this guy who has a crush on Mizuki, but doesn't know her secret. He's comic relief. Since she's a student in an ALL BOYS school, he agonizes a lot. Heh. The hero is Izumi Sano, a high jumper who Mizuki has had a crush on for years. When she started high school, she transferred from America to his school in Japan so she could see him jump with her own eyes. =D Now.....well, duh. Narrative causality. But she still doesn't know that Sano knows she's a girl, because like all heroines, she is INCREDIBLY DENSE sometimes. It reminds me of The Masqueraders sometimes, although the things at stake her are pretty different.

We primed the mudroom today, and tomorrow Darrel is coming to pick up the goats. Mrs. Schultz knows someone who'll take the chickens, though apparently she doesn't want the rooster.

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Aaaand Dad's out the door--for the second time today. Last time the Buick started making funny noises. Oh, well.

Finished Koukou Debut, the five available chapters of Penguin Revolution, and the twenty-two available chapters of Special A. Now I'm catching up on One Piece. Dunno what then.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Reading Koukou Debut still. When I finish that it'll be Special A, which was the preview in Shojo Beat this month, and OneManga has more'n 20 chapters up.

It isn't actually seven in the morning, but they're trying earlier than usual. Today we've been taking books and china and ammo to a storage unit here in town. Building 4, unit 14. Dad's going to be leaving in a few days. Today I finished painting the north wall of the living room, so next is going to be above the bench. Dad and Doug have been working on the upstairs bathroom, which they need to finish before Dad leaves.

One worry is Baron. If we can't find a place that allows pets, we'll have to shoot him. If you say you'll take him, Phil, you'd better be prepared to find a place that takes monster dogs and roommates that'll put up with him.

Monday, October 1, 2007

The parents are now getting Doug and me up at seven ack-emma.

Mangas to read when they are next updated:

Beauty Pop
Hatsukoi Limited
Karin
La Cordo Doro
Ouran High School Host Club
Thousand Years of Snow
Vampire Knight
Zombie-Loan

We went to B's this evening to take her cake, ice cream, a birthday card, and roses. This entailed going to Wal-mart, where! I found! the latest! issue! of Shojo Beat!!!! It's the Halloween issue, which is a royal pain, as for instance there was only one chapter of VK, and there's a good part in the next chapter. Bah. But there's a poster to make up for it. =D And there's the first chapter of a new manga, since Baby & Me ended in the last issue, and there is no preview of a book. I still haven't read much of it, since Peter and Owen were sent straight to bed and I had to do Pete's dishes. Oh, yeah, and June and John, cousins of B, are staying with her presently. They're nice, and John has common points of discussion with both Dad and Darrel, e.g., guns or cattle. His kids are choring for him while he's gone. I think when we move I'll try to make up a family tree on the Loden side with help from B. That counts as keeping in touch, yes?