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tammaiyaIs it terrible (... hee, typo as tribble) that I would consider getting the PS3 version of ToV just so I could dress Flynn, Yuuri and Estelle as Luke, Asch and Tear? :|
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Well, okay, the fact that this presumably means Flynn is a playable character might also factor in. And maybe that new pirate chick. Not that I HAVE a PS3. All I'm say is, the thought is there...
Meanwhile, the negotiation could have gone worse. My Japanese was shaky because I was really nervous and also my vocabulary concerning art and the moral rights of the artist is rather non-existent, but Kent said I got better towards the end and I'll have more time to prepare properly and drill vocab into my head for the real thing. Plus our Japanese team was apparently much better than their English team so we did not bring shame upon the ANU, etc etc, and Kent will not have our heads.
On the other hand, my CANNOT COPE, OFF TO DO ANYTHING BUT WORK levels of inertia, procrastination and all-around avoidance are rather unfortunate. I still haven't started the weekly translation, japanese essay or historical translation. made of faiiiiil. orz
In other whingy news that probably explains the whingy, my back hurts to the extent that I couldn't sleep last night, which-- combined with timing-- makes me suspect a hormone cycle of the should be having a period variety. Alas; this marks the seventh month in a row since I've had one. The last was before I left Japan. I suppose that means it'll be at least another month before I do have one. (And before anyone worries, I know why and it's nothing serious, just annoying. I need to lose weight or go back on the pill, preferably both.)
But back to more interesting things - I finished Gossip Girl season 1.
It is addictive in the same way that shojo manga and j-dramas are addictive, the whole cheesy drama OTP thing where you want to SMACK the characters for being assholes, or hypocritical dumbasses, or bringing their own misfortunes upon their heads by lying when everything would've been that much easier if they'd just admitted it in the first place. Unfortunately, unlike j-dramas or shojo manga, western TV generally goes until it can't get the ratings. Therefore, nothing is forever. There is no planned out end game where all the OTPs end happily ever after. If they get sick of writing a couple or it loses popularity or they can't think of any more ways to create drama and friction and break them up to put them back together again, there's totally the chance that they'll be broken up for good or written out of the show or, I dunno, killed dramatically or something. I don't TRUST western TV. It breaks my heart. It ends things on cliffhangers to keep you watching and sometimes it doesn't fix it. And yet I KEEP WATCHING IT.
Many things in my life are analogous to an abusive relationship. I think this says unhealthy things about my preferences. T___T
Anyway, the end of S1 was awful in that way where it broke up EVERY SINGLE ONE of my otps, the bastards. Even if I know they did it so they'd have something to fix in S2, it made me sad in my soul, especially because it caused me to reflect on the above, i.e. that it will never be over, they're always going to cause more heartbreak, probably in time for the following season until you just can't take it anymore. WHAT, I AM NOT BITTER ABOUT WESTERN TV AT ALL, OKAY. :| Although, Rufus/Lily is my biggest OTP (surprising even to me on one level, and yet not, at the same time) and I just don't see how they're going to fix that when she went and married Bart. Which made me go DDDDDDDDDDD: even though Chuck and Serena being step-siblings is kind of epic.
Speaking of, the fact that I kind of also otp Chuck/Blair makes me feel like a horrible person. In a complicated way. Where I kind of get melty over the fact that he actually really loves her even though he's the biggest asshole playboy ever... except then I'm horrified at liking anything involving a guy who was nearly a date-rapist and someone who can be as nasty and bitchy as Blair... except they've got these insights into who they are that make them more human and sympathetic, like how much they care for their friends and their complicated relationships with their parents... AUGH I DON'T EVEN KNOW, whatever, I gave up on morals and shame a long time ago. orz
okay done now I swear.
PS: it is raining really hard! yay rain! it's been raining a fair bit recently, the dams are almost at 50%. \o/
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Well, okay, the fact that this presumably means Flynn is a playable character might also factor in. And maybe that new pirate chick. Not that I HAVE a PS3. All I'm say is, the thought is there...
Meanwhile, the negotiation could have gone worse. My Japanese was shaky because I was really nervous and also my vocabulary concerning art and the moral rights of the artist is rather non-existent, but Kent said I got better towards the end and I'll have more time to prepare properly and drill vocab into my head for the real thing. Plus our Japanese team was apparently much better than their English team so we did not bring shame upon the ANU, etc etc, and Kent will not have our heads.
On the other hand, my CANNOT COPE, OFF TO DO ANYTHING BUT WORK levels of inertia, procrastination and all-around avoidance are rather unfortunate. I still haven't started the weekly translation, japanese essay or historical translation. made of faiiiiil. orz
In other whingy news that probably explains the whingy, my back hurts to the extent that I couldn't sleep last night, which-- combined with timing-- makes me suspect a hormone cycle of the should be having a period variety. Alas; this marks the seventh month in a row since I've had one. The last was before I left Japan. I suppose that means it'll be at least another month before I do have one. (And before anyone worries, I know why and it's nothing serious, just annoying. I need to lose weight or go back on the pill, preferably both.)
But back to more interesting things - I finished Gossip Girl season 1.
It is addictive in the same way that shojo manga and j-dramas are addictive, the whole cheesy drama OTP thing where you want to SMACK the characters for being assholes, or hypocritical dumbasses, or bringing their own misfortunes upon their heads by lying when everything would've been that much easier if they'd just admitted it in the first place. Unfortunately, unlike j-dramas or shojo manga, western TV generally goes until it can't get the ratings. Therefore, nothing is forever. There is no planned out end game where all the OTPs end happily ever after. If they get sick of writing a couple or it loses popularity or they can't think of any more ways to create drama and friction and break them up to put them back together again, there's totally the chance that they'll be broken up for good or written out of the show or, I dunno, killed dramatically or something. I don't TRUST western TV. It breaks my heart. It ends things on cliffhangers to keep you watching and sometimes it doesn't fix it. And yet I KEEP WATCHING IT.
Many things in my life are analogous to an abusive relationship. I think this says unhealthy things about my preferences. T___T
Anyway, the end of S1 was awful in that way where it broke up EVERY SINGLE ONE of my otps, the bastards. Even if I know they did it so they'd have something to fix in S2, it made me sad in my soul, especially because it caused me to reflect on the above, i.e. that it will never be over, they're always going to cause more heartbreak, probably in time for the following season until you just can't take it anymore. WHAT, I AM NOT BITTER ABOUT WESTERN TV AT ALL, OKAY. :| Although, Rufus/Lily is my biggest OTP (surprising even to me on one level, and yet not, at the same time) and I just don't see how they're going to fix that when she went and married Bart. Which made me go DDDDDDDDDDD: even though Chuck and Serena being step-siblings is kind of epic.
Speaking of, the fact that I kind of also otp Chuck/Blair makes me feel like a horrible person. In a complicated way. Where I kind of get melty over the fact that he actually really loves her even though he's the biggest asshole playboy ever... except then I'm horrified at liking anything involving a guy who was nearly a date-rapist and someone who can be as nasty and bitchy as Blair... except they've got these insights into who they are that make them more human and sympathetic, like how much they care for their friends and their complicated relationships with their parents... AUGH I DON'T EVEN KNOW, whatever, I gave up on morals and shame a long time ago. orz
okay done now I swear.
PS: it is raining really hard! yay rain! it's been raining a fair bit recently, the dams are almost at 50%. \o/
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I still have not uploaded GG icons!
Date: 2009-09-22 02:21 am (UTC)*ahem*
Gossip Girl is totally addictive like shoujo manga. Aww, I'm pleased that you OTP Rufus/Lily! Their love is so epic. Chuck/Blair, on the other hand, is the ultimate guilty pleasure pairing. Though I confess to loving Blair WAY more than Chuck, probably because Leighton Meester is such a talented actress. (I ♥ her and Blake Lively.)
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Re: I still have not uploaded GG icons!
Date: 2009-09-22 02:33 am (UTC)And yeah, totally. It doesn't hurt that Blair is kind of smoking hot, too. XD