*Evil is a point-of-view...And I DO think you are evil.*

Friday, May 30, 2008

SO...June hols have started. I don't know how I feel abt it; I mean, it has lesser HW than previous years. Yays. But it's missing something...maybe the fact that I just sit around all day doing HW and playing "Sims 2" and slacking has something to do with it. Haha.

I've been feeling kinda nostalgic lately so I re-read my diaries from primary school and old blog entries. The only thing I can say about them is that I'm mortified by what I wrote. Seriously. I sounded like a emo wannabe-cum-hyper Harry Potter fangirl. *FACEPALM FACEPLAM FACEPALM* I wish I could just burn 'em and never let them see the light of day ever again.

Right now I've gone off anime and manga abit. The fact that I won't have time to attend the anime convention from June 27-29 doesn't help either. Anyway, I'm kinda obsessive abt Ben 10 and Teen Titans. Watched them practically everyday. But...Cartoon Network! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BRING BACK XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!!! Rahh, I NEED to see some Jack fanboyness around Chase. Come to think of it, I have a thing for unrequited love and/ or goodXbad ships. MurakiXTsuzuki... HarryXDraco... YukiXShuichi (well, Yuki is kinda considered a villian)...SladeXRobin (does nobody find the apprentice arc to be suspicious?)...IasonXRiki (either one of them can be the bad guy, depending on whose POV you're coming from)...LXRaito (ULTIMATE YAOI SHIP. the chains. the UST. the mindgames. the matched intelligence. need i say more?)...

And now for some random news.
I. J.K. Rowling is releasing a prequel to Harry Potter. It will go on sale on June 10 at Waterstones.

II. Death Note is apparently going to have a new novel. Its plot will be based on the lastest DN movie "L: Changes The World". Ohnoes...

III. 2nd volume of Shin PSoH will be going on sale on mid-June. :):):):):)

The following are some fics on fictionpress.com that I am currently following/ really like. Note: they are all yaoi/ shounen ai/ MxM. The bracketed words are keywords that gives you some clue as to what sorts fics they are. "HS" means high school.

1. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/1747090/1/The_Gift (vampire, captured)
2. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2413358/1/Judass_Kiss (HS, asthmatic, abusive relationship, tutoring)
3. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2450825/1/Aspire (writer, sees into the near future)
4. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2354982/1/Therapy_Sessions (HS, crush, step bro)
5. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2439032/1/Penny_Candy (niteclub, dancer, "bad area")
6. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2402410/1/Now_and_Forever_in_Secret (HS, brothers, incestous, abusive mom, COMPLETE)
7. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2411408/1/For_All_Waters (affair, bi married man, eventually got together, COMPLETE)
8. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/1511666/1/Thoughts_Without_Words (mental insitution)

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P.S. I really like the word, "emoangst (ing)". It just rolls off the tongue so easily. :)

Labels: anime, death note, diaries, fanfics, harry potter, hols, june, nostalgia, shin petshop of horrors, xiaolin showdown

TatselK had a murderous epiphany at2:15 PM

Monday, January 07, 2008

Gravitation Review(?)

---GRAVITATION---
Creator: Murakami Maki

ANIME!
Run time: 13 episodes; OAV: 60 minutes
BL Content: Soft (touching, kissing)
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Grade: B

Yeah...i tink the gravi anime really wasn't that good. thk god i went onto read the manga instead of giving up on this series alotgether...anw, the anime cut out alot of humour and made alot of the characters one dimensional (e.g. shuichi was the whiniest and most annoying char ever, tohma dressed really badly, yuki was made out to be much more of a mean bastard than he actually is etc. etc.) oso, the plot is quite...average. i mean, there IS a plot that finish thru to the end of the anime but it wasn't anything spectacular. Still, considering the other shounen ai series around, it's still relativly...solid.

the animation was pretty decent considering it was made in like 1999 (WHOA. nearly a decade ago!). for me, the best part was the songs. Alright, so they're more of the techno-pop genre even though Bad Luck and Nittle Grasper are both supoosedly rock bands, but STILL. I LIKE THEM OK??! my personal faves are "sleepless beauty" and "spicy marmalade"..."super drive" comes pretty close too.

Manga!
Volumes: 12 (in original), 1 (in sequel)

Grade: A-

although i only read 2 volumes of the gravi manga and gleaned bits of the other volumes from all over the place, i luv it to death! :) it was smart, it was funny, it was crack n best of all, CANON SHOUNEN AI! *drools* ooh yea. the fact that the drawing style is a LITTLE messy does not deter me! the author's notes n sidebars were really interesting too. hopefully,vol. 2 of gravi EX will be out soon.

i finally realised the popularity, not to mention logic, of the YukiX Shuichi ship after reading the manga. they fit each other really well ( i mean, imagine two Yukis attempting to commit suicide all the time or two shu-chans threatening the sanity of tokyo) and they looked completely adorable together too...personally, i kinda go 4 ALOT of ships. oh yea, that's the beauty of the gravi manga! u can stick the chars into all sorts of pairing n it'd STILL seem plausible. XD

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ooh yea. have anyone read the Death Note novel about the BB case? it's "narrated" by Mello n the case is abt some pretty gruesome murders. they hv this character in there called Beyond Birthday ("B") who's like the villian of the story but imitates L in every way possible (his wuv for jam comes close to L's penchant 4 all tings sweet). apparently, he was no. 2 at wammy hse (behind L) n got fed up so he decided to be the polar opp of L. oh yea "A" was the "1st" heir at wammy hse or smth, but commited suicide cuz he/she couldn't take the pressure of bring L. Uhh...yea. 0_0 i tink maybe there could be a ship for Beyond and L! *sparkle sparkle sparkle* I mean "BL"=Boys Love. Doesn't that mean ANYTHING? :)

COMING UP IN FEB 2008!
1. Release of Shin Petshop of Horrors by Toykopop (EEEEEE! FINALLY!)
2. Release of the 3rd Death Note movie
3. Release of the Ai No Kusabi novel in the UK (umm. i'm nt sure abt this one.)
4. umm...i tink there r a few other stuff but i dun rmbr wat. :(

Labels: ai no kusabi, anime, beyond birthday, death note, feb, gravitation, review, shin petshop of horrors

TatselK had a murderous epiphany at9:23 PM

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