I knew when I woke up this morning that this day had the potential to end very badly for me.

Apparently, I'm going to see it again, tomorrow!

Happy Birthday America!

I'm listening to Boston's rendition of The Star Spangled Banner in your honour. :3

And I'm going to a wedding today, though I'm not sure that relates.

Well, I think last Sunday night is going to be the highlight of the school holidays. Two friends and I went to see Memories of Nobody in a cinema in the city! It was heaps of fun. We walked almost all the way up Lygon St, which is basically the Italian and Greek precinct of Melbourne, and every time we walked past a restaurant (which was every few metres) we were invited to come in by people standing outside the door. I'd forgotten that they do that.

Anyway, we got there and grabbed some posters and settled down to watch. It was pretty hilarious because it was the English dub (I think it must have been the Australian release, or something. All the promos said something along the lines of 'The long awaited Bleach movie', and I was like, "What? We've had it for ages..."). Whenever Hitsugaya started speaking the girls in front of us would groan, "Oh, God," which was funny, because his voice is horrible. One of my friends, who had seen the first episode of Bleach and to whom I'd explained most of the series to (up to where the Vaizards come in. I skipped the Bounts. :P) on the train in the way in, forgot that Hitsugaya was only about fourteen because his voice makes him sound like an adult.

( Recent Bleach episodes. Nothing spoilery though. )

So, the next day I went to work, and found out that one of the girls I work with likes anime too. That was a bit exciting. I told her I'd gone to see a movie in a city, and she asked what it was. This is the point when I always start getting nervous, because if you tell someone you like anime, they generally think you're weird, and who enjoys being labelled as weird? Exactly. No one. So I said...

( Cut for conversation that may ruin your friends pages. )

Then another girl came on, so we didn't really talk about anime anymore, but it was fun. You can tell I'm excited by this. She was one person I'd never peg as an anime fan.

And Vampire Knight is great, shut up! I know Yuuki is about as Mary-Sue as you can get, but it makes for a good shojo, and while I love making fun of shojos while I watch them, I secretly really love them. Watching shojo is like watching chick flicks. Good for when you're feeling sick in any sense of the word.

Well, I'm glad that's over. Exams aren't much fun. It was good though, I found that exam pretty easy. Easier than last year's unit 3 exam, which we did as a practice exam. There were only a couple of questions I wasn't quite sure about it, but I'm confident I won't lose an outrageous amount of marks.

Tomorrow I have to sit the GAT though, which will probably be the most boring exam I'll ever take. It stands for General Aptitude Test for those of you who don't know. They use it to derive your exam marks if you're sick during the end of year exams. It's just general knowledge, sort of, so you can't study for it (not that that's a bad thing :P), but it is three hours long, which is a real drag. The essays that you have to write for it seem pretty lame. Last year's was about diamonds, and I think a couple of years ago it was about ducks. Ducks. Then again, if we get a topic like that, it might be really fun to write.

Also, I finished the first season of Code Geass. Was there always going to be a second season? Because if not... what a way to end it! Gees! Wouldn't want any form of closure or anything. :P

( Chrono Crusade spoilers )

There were some really gut-wrenching moments though. Ones that wouldn't have seemed as tragic if I didn't have such great affection for most of the characters.

( Code Geass season 1 spoilers )

I like Lelouch and Suzaku in different ways, though. I mean, despite his being a massive psycho at times, Lelouch is just kind of cool. He does really care about his friends. Suzaku included, really. Obviously, sometimes he gets pushed to the edge. In the end, I don't think he'd ever hurt any of them if he didn't have to in his moments of psycho-ness. On the other hand, I always find myself (while watching) calling Suzaku 'honey', 'darling', or 'sweetie', when I talk to him/feel sorry for him in my head (come on, who doesn't do that? Talk to characters while you're watching, that is) in a sort of motherly tone. I think it's because he's so lovely, you just want to give him a hug. Honestly, the stuff that boy goes through!

But yes, I enjoyed the first season thoroughly.

And I need a Code Geass icon.

ETA: The GAT went fine. We wrote about bees. :3

Studying for my Psych. exam tomorrow. What kind of a question is "Why is reception considered to be the 'first stage' in visual perception?" Umm. Because it is the first stage? There's no seeing to be had if light doesn't enter the eye.

Also, finished Chrono Crusade. That was the saddest ending I've seen in a very long time.

And Code Geass FTW, y/y? I'm just getting into it, even though I've known about it for ages. A very well done cosplay inspired me to check it out. That sort of... makes me happy in some way.

ETA: This Phoenix album is kind of strange. I think I like their later stuff better. For instance, I'm like in love with Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, particularly 'Lisztomania' and 'Girlfriend'.

Wolfwood! What the hell!
( Cut for Trigun spoilers )

Now I'm just depressed. And I have to do some extra prep. for my English Lit. SAC, as well as studying for my Psych. exam, which is a week on Wednesday.

Yay. </sarcasm>

I jumped on the bandwagon. I now have Twitter. Mostly because I heard Wil Anderson was making really funny posts during the Logies on Sunday night. But yeah. Does anyone else have an account?

And everyone appears to be getting Dreamwidth as well, but then saying that they'll only use it if LJ goes crappy. Just preserving your username? :P

Wow, it's been a long time since I posted. Even longer since I've actually posted about me, but whatev. :P

I may have a bit of an issue. I think I'm on the way to very much liking a boy, which is kind of exciting because the last time I liked someone was about five years ago, so it's kind of nice. When I told two of my friends about it they couldn't believe it, it's that kind of situation. Anyway, the trouble (and irony) is that the boy I like is the same boy that one of my best friends likes. OMG, why? It's so dodgy. Stupid me!

I don't have the prior claim, either, because she liked him first. I know for a fact, however, that she doesn't want to go out with people until after high school because she doesn't want to get distracted or whatev. Does that somehow make it any better? I'm thinking not.

I'm not even completely sure that I do like him yet, but I think I'm on the way. We're becoming friends, I think. He's really nice. We chat on MSN a lot. And we've sat together with another guy (who we're both friends with) in English for the past couple of days (doing the target word in the paper, lol), and then yesterday he came and sat next to me in History, and the other guy wasn't anywhere near me. And then my best friend sat on the other side of me. Awkward, lol.

But! I have it on good authority that just because a guy is nice to you/pays attention to you does not mean he likes you/is flirting with you. I don't know. I'm just feeling cautious about the whole thing.

Oh, hello muse! It's been a long time. Glad to have you back. Although I doubt it will be a long stay.

I've decided to try out the Fan Fic 100. Not officially, but yeah. The prompts look good. You don't get into trouble for doing it unofficially, right? :P

Title: Yellow
Characters: James, Lily, Harry
Rating: G
Word Count: Approx. 600 words
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor the characters in this fic, and I do not make any money from this.
Summary: They'd only had Harry for two days, and James was already tiring of his high-pitched cries. James and Lily in the throes of parenthood.

( Follow the yellow brick cut... )