Rachel Ramblings

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:52:21 GMT

That's Psychology and English Literature done and dusted. Only History and Texts & Traditions to go, now.

And nycteris_m won't let me on my own PlayStation after writing two exams in one day. *pouts*.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:30:36 GMT

I just got back from my English final. *Sighs*, it's nice to be done with it. I'll never have to look in my English note books again. Only four more exams to go.

Also, I am the latest Naruto chapter as I type this. (We're capped, so I have to do something else to occupy myself while I wait for the images to load, or I will go crazy.) NaruSaku ahoy!

Yay!

Take that SasuSaku, NaruHina, and SasuNaru! *Flails*.

Damn it. I knew that confession was going somewhere bad. I mean... 'Sasuke left and was nasty to me, so now I like you?' I'm tipping she is lying to herself, like Naru said. And when she said that he should stop going after Sasuke... well, that was a bit suss. I think she cares a great deal about him, and doesn't want him to get hurt keeping his promise, so she thought of the easiest way to make him give it up.

Ugh... this sucks. D:

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:26:46 GMT

It's finally here.

Muck Up Day is tomorrow.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

I can't believe I won't be going to school anymore. School is such a big part of your life for so long. It represents stability, really. After my last exam, I'm on my own. I have to make my own decisions about life, I won't know where I'm going to be 9-3:30 any more!

I'm going to miss school so much. I almost started crying as I was finishing up my last class today - my last class of highschool forever! I'm even getting teary just thinking about it now, hehe. It's a sure-fire bet that I'll cry tomorrow. I'll miss seeing everyone every day. I mean, suddenly they'll just be people I won't see again in a very long time, if ever. Plus, I'm just going to miss my school. I adore my school. I know highschool is really crappy for the majority of people, but I just love it. My year level is amazing, they're all such lovely people.

I don't really want to grow up yet. I don't know if I'm ready, heh. I guess it's too late now. :P At least I won't actually be an adult until August next year, but still.

Anyway, tomorrow's going to be awesome. We're going to disrupt the Middle School classrooms, and mess around with the year tens and elevens, and have a waterfight with the teachers on the oval. Then we're going out for dinner as a year level. I think the tears will really be on there, not to mention when we leave school when the day is over.

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:46:30 GMT

Today's been pretty stressful because I had to apply for special consideration for exams by tomorrow, and I hadn't realised how much evidence and all that sort of jazz I had to have, but it's all okay now, I've got everything sorted. Mum's taking my medical certificates in to the city tomorrow because she's convinced that they won't reach the place before 5pm tomorrow. So hopefully my application will be accepted and I'll get a couple of extra points on my subject study scores, and help me get into Melbourne Uni. :)

I've started watching How I Met Your Mother (I know, I'm so late to the party :P). It does play on our TV over here, but my house has approximately zero reception, so I never watch TV. It's hilarious. I'm really enjoying it. It's a pity I really will have to stop soon so that I can focus on exams, but it won't be too bad, I suppose. Only a month and half. Plus, you know, life beckons, and I think it's important for me to keep a steady grasp on my real life. After all, how else am I supposed to find a boyfriend? *Grins*, just kidding. Although, I'd love a mix of the two. I'll just keep attending pop culture conventions and find a guy there, because then I know he likes the same stuff I do. Haha.

Speaking of which, Armageddon is just around the corner, and I haven't finished my cosplay costume yet. D: I have done the skirt, but I've still got a fitted jacket to make, and a little tie thing, so I'm gonna have to get a wriggle on. I should really finish watching K-ON! too, since that's what I'm cosplaying from. I've only seen five of thirteen episodes, lol. Is that weird?

Uni

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:33:51 GMT

I just finished applying for uni, and it feels a little weird. I feel old, but not at the same time. Applications close on Wednesday, so I really was cutting it fine. I'm so lazy. ^.^

I'm hoping to get into Melbourne, because they have an awesome anime club(*grins*), and they really support learning overseas for a semester or two, and I'd love to do that. The only problem is that they require a high ENTER score (85), and I'm not positive that I'm going to get that. Still, with special consideration stuff (because I missed about three and a half weeks of school because I was sick) I might be able to get in even without the required ENTER. Fingers crossed!

Muck Up Day's going to be a bunch of fun. Our theme is Carnival, and we have a water fight with the teachers, and have lunch with them, and then we get to clean up all our mess, hehe. But it's going to be awesome. And then we have exams, but then it's Schoolies time! I'm going down to the beach with a group of friends, and we'll lie around and watch tv shows and anime and play games and go to the beach and drink a bit and meet up with the rest of the year level occassionally. It's going to be sweet as. Hopefully it'll be warm, but considering it'll be around November when we go, it shouldn't be too bad.

School

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:18:28 GMT

It has come to my attention that I have six weeks left of school. Forever.

>.>

Better get cracking. Surely I can buckle down and actually study for a month and a half. Surely. I don't need to watch copious amounts of Shippuuden. I can hold off downloading a bunch of anime until after exams. Fandom is not nearly as important as not flunking my exams. I will have a whole year next year without homework when I can come home from work and do whatever I like. And then at uni I can hang out with some sort of geeky club that likes the same things I do to my heart's content. But for these few weeks, SCHOOL IS THE PRIORITY. Right? Right.

Well, that's the plan, anyway.

Schoolies (which is the few weeks after exams when all the year twelves students go crazy and go to the beach for a few weeks and drink and relax and generally blow off steam) is going to be wicked. I'll be with a bunch of people who won't be roaring drunk all the time, and we'll bring TV shows to watch, and laze around on the beach, and play board games, and drink a little, and generally just lie around. It will be lovely.

But first! Exams.

Things to do:
Study for my two Psych. SACs tomorrow. And then do them.
Watch Citizen Kane, and do my SAC on it.
Prepare for my Texts & Traditions SACs, and do them.

ETA: I got my birthday card from the government today. It was lovely and impersonal, and it had my enrolment form for voting in it. They actually got it right this year, unlike that time they sent me them when I was about seven, haha. That was interesting. Anyway, it'll be fun voting for a while. Not too sure what I am, but it's probably Liberal. I s'pose if it gets to the day and I still haven't decided I can just put in a null vote.

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:33:23 GMT

It's that time of year again! That is, it's my birthday. Tomorrow, anyway. I sort of snuck up on me this year. I guess it's because I've been sick for three weeks out of the last four, and I just haven't been thinking about it. Maybe I'm too old to get excited about it anymore... That's kind of sad. The same thing's happened with Christmas.

Anyway, tomorrow I'll be the right age to be the main character of a JRPG/anime. Because everyone is seventeen in those. Everyone. I can think of at least... two. And they're from the same game. But I'm sure there's more. Maybe it's just an in joke with nycteris_m and I. This is similar to that time when I had my third shot of whatever it is that makes me immune to cervical cancer, and I amused myself by thinking that if this was a Final Fantasy game and somebody tried to, I don't know, cast cervical cancer on me, it wouldn't hurt me at all, and just come up with that diamond thing and 'IMMUNE' over the top of my head. But enough of that.

I need to get my act into gear and decide on courses for uni the year after next. I plan on applying this year and deferring so I can work (and hopefully travel a little!). Applications are due by the 30th of September, and I haven't been to any uni open days yet, because I've been sick. I'd love to go to the University of Melbourne, but I don't know if I'll get the ENTER score I need. They want an 85 at least. For a Bachelor of Arts. Blegh. That's what I get for wanting to go to a prestigious (gorgeous) university that everyone else also wants to go to. ENTER scores suck. And you don't want to know how university acceptance/application/whatever works in Victoria. I'm pretty sure we're the only ones who do it like this, and it's stupid. Our exams and work throughout the year are marked against everyone else in the state, but it's more like your class against the state, rather than just you. If everyone does well, your marks all get put up. If everyone does badly, your marks get put down. If you do really well, but the rest of your class does mediocre-ly (lol, not a word), your marks are put down. Not to mention that each subject gets its marks changed depending on how well everyone did the year before. For instance, Chemistry is a particularly hard subject, so the exam results all get marked up. But English isn't hard, so the results get marked down. But at the same time, English Literature is hard enough to get marked up. That's not even the end of it, but it's that kind of silly.

It ends up resulting in - if you go to an upper class school where all the students get good results, you get good results, pretty much no matter how you actually did. If you go to a crappy public school where the students all do badly, you get bad results, pretty much no matter how you actually did.

End of school-related rant.

It's come to my attention that there isn't enough fandom in this post.

I've started watching Naruto. I say 'started'. I'm up to Shippuuden. I got up to episode 145 in Naruto, and then discovered that the next eighty episodes are filler, and so I skipped them. I'm glad I did. I was itching to get to Shippuuden, and I think if I made myself sit through all those fillers I'd die a little inside, and probably give up on the show entirely. Anyway, Shippuuden is just the bees' knees. Lol. I get excited at just the thought that I get to watch it when I get home from school or wherever. It's a little bit sad, really.

And to think I used to write Naruto off as lame and annoying and not worth my time. So wrong. I think lots of people who hate Naruto hate it because it's cool to hate it. But whatever. Granted, Naruto is really annoying in the beginning. I'm glad I pressed on, though, because Shippuuden is so worth it. Unbelievably worth it. It's probably my favourite anime at the moment. It's overtaken Code Geass (I can't remember if I posted about Geass, but I watched it, loved it, adored the ending. I don't like the theories that Lelouch faked his death and is alive. Oh, and Lulu/C.C. FTW.), which I think overtook Bleach, sad as that is. I don't even know if Bleach has gone back to the storyline yet - I haven't checked it out in that long. In any case, I'll have to new sense of affection for all the Naruto cosplayers that'll be running around on Saturday at Manifest. Yay. No longer am I one of those Naruto haters.

Speaking of things being cool to hate, Naruto/Sakura seems to get similar treatment from a lot of fans. I honestly can't see either of them with anyone else, though. I mean, Sasuke (as much as I do still love him, ha) is pretty much a retard, and he really, really dislikes Sakura. As for Hinata and Naruto... well, she kind of annoys me. I'll have to see her in Shippuuden, because all of a sudden everyone is a whole lot less annoying, lol, so who knows, I may end up shipping them. But at this point... well. I've got my NaruSaku goggles on.

Manifest is going to be lots of fun! I hope. nycteris_m's friend's boyfriend was freaking out because we didn't pre-register, and he reckoned that they "turn away thousands of people every year!" I'm sceptical. This is Melbourne. We don't have that many geeks. I doubt thousands even show up. Oh well. I hope I get money for my birthday, because I haven't been able to work in ages, and I don't have any money to spend at the traders tables. That's pretty much all I go for. Although the cosplay comps are always fun. And the cosplay chess should be amusing. Somebody from melbournemaniac has a whole group of Hetalia cosplayers and they've snagged a whole side of the chess board, so that should be interesting.

I might post again tomorrow night with the birthday goings-on, but then again, maybe not, hehe.

HBP

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:34:25 GMT

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

I was right.

Technically, I'm not allowed to watch Harry Potter. Read the books, yes, watch the movies, no. Why? I have no idea. I think it's the stupidest thing in the world, so I don't comply. I've seen all the movies lots of times in spite of my parents.

Mum just got Facebook, and she checks it like every hour. I had an ominous feeling that this could be bad for me, and so I knew that from then on I'd have to watch what I posted. I still do.

Anyway, my friends and I had been planning for weeks to go see Half-Blood tonight, and it all went off fine. At school my best friend told everyone not to mention anything about seeing Harry Potter with me to make sure Mum wouldn't find out. So, that was all cool, and everything was fine until we came out and I rang Mum to ask her to pick my best friend and I up. And it went a little like this.

MUM: Hello, *** speaking.
ME: Hey, Mum, could you come and pick **** and I up, please?
MUM: Yep, where are you?
ME: Um. At the movies.
MUM: Ah, yes. How was- how was Harry Potter?
ME: *Pales and eyes widen* ... Um. Good...
MUM: Mmhmm...
ME: So, can you pick us up?
MUM: I'll be there soon.
ME: Thanks. *Hangs up*.

Well, crap.

I told my friends, and for the next twenty minutes or so we mildly freaked out about it. Anyway, Mum turned up and she didn't look very angry so I thought it might be okay.

We got into the car (my best friend, and I) and there was an awkward silence, before Mum started driving. And then she said...

MUM: So, how did I know?
ME: I don't know, did you know? I thought you might be guessing.
MUM: I knew.
ME: Um. Facebook?
MUM: *laughs* Yes. A certain acquaintance of yours updated their status as 'can't wait for two exams to be over so we can see HP6!'
ME: I knew it'd be Facebook!
BEST FRIEND: *groans*.
ME: What?
BF: Oh, Rach! It was me!
ME: What? Really?
BF: Yeah, it was before I said that thing about no one mentioning it on Facebook! I'm sorry!

Lol, irony. Anyway, somehow we just all laughed about it while we went shopping, and then after we dropped my friend home Mum started talking about the TV shows she watched when she was little (it made sense in context, hehe) and she was talking about Casper, and said, 'There's nothing good about witches.' I just said, 'Alright,' and nothing more was said on the topic of Harry.

Sometimes I'm so glad my parents have some sort of fear of confrontation.That being said, I thought they did a brilliant job with this one. I liked it much better than Order. That movie was lame. I was sceptical about the lack of a Hogwarts battle and Dumby's funeral, but I think it really worked. It was dodge that Harry and Gin never actually got together, but it was good that she still comforted him by Dumby's body. I suppose it made sense, but I was still thinking 'Screw you, Gin!' when she said that their kiss could stay a secret as well as Snape's potions book. The Ron and Hermione stuff was so adorable though. Really gorgeous.

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

Fourth of July

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:02:29 GMT

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.

Bleach, Melbourne, and School Holidays

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:49:33 GMT

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.

By the bye, I haven't been able to download Bleach in about three weeks because I used up too much of our downloads watching Code Geass during the day, lol, so we weren't allowed to download anything. I caught up tonight, and ugh. Another filler arc? I suppose it doesn't matter too much because I read the manga as well, so I know what happens for yonks, but still. I guess it'll enjoyable if it's funny. The last one was pretty amusing for a while there.

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...

ME: Oh, you know, like, Japanese cartoons?
HER: Oh, like anime?
ME: Yeah! It was a movie of one of those.
HER: I love anime!
ME: Me too!
HER: Serves a customer.
ME: So, what ones do you like?
HER: Um, Death Note is one.
ME: Oh, yeah, Death Note's awesome.
HER: Yeah, do you read the books?
ME: Nah, I've only seen it. Did you know they're making a movie?
HER: Oh, yeah.
ME: With Zac Efron in it.
HER: Really? Who's he gonna be, Light?
ME: Yeah, Light. He looks pretty similar. He could be good.
HER: Yeah, but he has to be able to be crazy like Light.
ME: Laughs. Serves a customer.
ME: So, what else do you like?
HER: Oh, you know, those really crappy girly ones.
ME: Laughs. Oh, yeah?
HER: Yeah, Vampire Knight?
ME: Laughs again. Yup, yup. Vampire Knight's great.

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.

Various...

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:55:12 GMT

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

Not like Chrono Crusade, which ends with three out of the four main characters dying, only to have the villain come back to the world sixty years later. Oh, good! So it was all for nothing then. Good to know. I'm not bitter...

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.

Like when Lelouch shot Euphemia, and you see Suzaku look so happy that he's found her finally ("Euphie!"). The look on his face when he sees her fall... Good God, it was like a stab to the heart/knee to the groin, if I was a boy.

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

Writer's Block: Talking Ducks

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:38:28 GMT

Happy birthday, Donald Duck! Which cartoon character do you think is the most disturbing?

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The cartoons that freak me out the most are classic Mickey and Minnie mouse, and Popeye. Honestly, the way they're animated walking around... it's like they have no knees and their legs are just made out of some kind of jelly. *Shudder*.

I mean, come on! What isn't freaky about those pictures?

While I'm here, I thought I'd post pictures of my room. Isn't procrastination fun? Yes, yes it is.

So, there's my bed covered in stuff, and the stack of books on my beside table, and some of my ridiculously messy desk! Also, my posters are there. Bleach posters, a Fruits Basket poster, some Anne Geddes pictures, and a poster of my favourite band, Relient K. There's also some people's work from DeviantArt there... and Psych. notes.

Some of my windows, and the rest of my desk.

Second most important thing in the room (first being my computer); my bookshelves!

And close up of my desk. There's my Psych. textbook and notebook.

My room is thoroughly interesting. :P

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:55:01 GMT

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'.

Trigun

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:40:47 GMT

Wolfwood! What the hell!

You're not supposed to die!

I just watch Paradise with my sister, and holy crap is that episode sad. Unfortunately, I was watching it with my sister, so I couldn't cry to my heart's content because I just don't really cry in front of people. I loved Wolfwood though! He was awesome.

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>

Badwagons...

Tue, 05 May 2009 08:08:50 GMT

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

Bit of an Issue...

Fri, 01 May 2009 23:43:56 GMT

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.

Fic: Yellow

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:37:29 GMT

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.

James was sitting in the lounge room reading the Daily Prophet when the shrill cry of a baby started up.

"James," Lily called from the kitchen, where she was kneading dough for scones, "could you get Harry, please? I'm a bit tied up here. You'll probably have to change his nappy."

James closed his eyes for a moment and sighed before folding up the paper and setting it aside. They'd only had Harry for two days, and James was already tiring of his high-pitched cries. Not that he didn't love the boy: James just looked forward to the day his voice broke.

James trudged down the hall and pushed open the door to Harry's room. He looked down ruefully at his screaming son, briefly wondering how he'd gotten himself into this situation. A wonderfully... wonderful situation, but an agitating one nonetheless.

He picked up the baby (such a tiny little thing, James couldn't help but marvel) and rocked him gently for a few moments. He thrust the curtains open, disentangled Harry from his baby blanket and laid him down on their change table.

"Sh-sh," James hushed, but Harry was having none of it. He continued to kick and flail while James unbuttoned his jumpsuit. James ran his fingers down Harry's tummy in an effort to calm him, and noticed something alarming.

"Lily!" James called up the hall, a frantic note in his voice.

"What?" she called back quickly, picking up the tone of his yell.

"It's Harry. He- he's yellow."

There was a pause.

"He's what?!"

A few moments later James heard Lily scurrying down the hall and she appeared by his side.

"Look, his skin's all yellow!" James said, gesturing to Harry's abdomen.

"Let me see," said Lily, and she leaned over Harry to get a better look. She drew her lower lip into her mouth in thought. "Oh," she continued after a moment. "That's okay."

James stared at her like she was a madwoman.

"'Okay'? What do you mean, 'okay'? In my experience people aren't supposed to be yellow."

"No, love, it's fine. He just has jaundice. One of the Healers at St. Mungo's told me about it."

"He has something and it's 'fine'?!" James' voice got higher and higher pitched as he got more concerned.

"It's normal. Lots of babies get it. It'll go away in a few days. A week at most. Pass me that clean cloth nappy, please," she replied, pointing across the room.

James obliged, before stuttering, "But- he's yellow. That's not normal."

Lily made quick work of changing Harry's nappy, did up his jumpsuit and picked him up, cradling him in her arms. He quietened down almost immediately, content to gaze into his mother's eyes.

James pouted. "Sure, he stops crying for you."

Lily grinned and said, "Do you know what I went through to get this kid? He'd better stop crying whenever I want him to!"

"I remember," James replied. "I was there. You nearly broke my hand, need I remind you."

"Oh, I did not. I'm not strong enough to do that."

"I assure you, dearest, you have quite the arm on you."

"Well," said Lily as she patted Harry's bottom rhythmically, "Sorry about that."

"I forgive you," he said good-naturedly. He put an arm around Lily's back and kissed her temple. "You're sure he'll be okay?"

"Positive. But if it makes you feel any better, I'll take him straight down to St. Mungo's at the slightest sign of trouble."

"Thanks," he replied. He looked down at his son for a few moments before remembering, "Oh. How're those scones coming along?"

Lily just grinned.

Author's Note: So I read the word 'yellow' and the first thing I think of is jaundice. Go figure. :P

Writer's Block: Sweet Tooth

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:02:33 GMT

What is your favorite holiday-specific candy or treat?

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Hot cross buns! OM NOM NOM.

I've finished another Regency dress. It's purdy. :) My mum, a group of people I know, and I are going to a Jane Austen festival in Canberra. There's going to be talks, and picnics, and balls, and dinners. It's going to be wicked. And fun. Wicked fun.

Also, I hear the new Doctor Who episode was an Easter special.

*Runs off to download.*

Writer's Block: Grab and Go

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:30:19 GMT

Scenario: For exactly 1 minute, you get access to all the databases of all the intelligence agencies in the world (CIA, FBI, KGB, MI-5, etc). What do you want to find out before time is up and you're caught and jailed forever?

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I have no idea, but mostly I'm just cut that they didn't mention Australia's 'secret' service.

Not really.

ASIS is pretty funny really, because everyone knows about it and what they get up to. They even have a website.

Oh, I know what I'd find out now! One of my friends is a major conspiracy theorist, and reckons the FBI shot JFK. I'd find out who did that, just to prove him wrong. :P

My teeth hurt. Stupid orthodontist appointment...

Bleach 352

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:09:30 GMT

Oh. Gad.

Ichigo ran Uryuu through. What the hell?! I mean, Ichi's a hollow and all, but he is going to be torn up when he becomes himself again.

I love being caught up to the manga, but sometimes I hate it because I have to wait until next week to find out what happens next. Still, adds suspense, I suppose. Now I'm all jittery.

Weather

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:05:19 GMT

Wow, how dark does it want to be? It's two o'clock in the afternoon, but it looks like it should be about 6:30. But it's raining really heavily, and that's awesome. I love rain. :)

City of Glass

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:03:05 GMT

Okay, LOL.

So it turns out Clary and Jace aren't siblings after all. WHAT A SURPRISE. I CERTAINLY DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING. Hokay, but seriously. Was there ever any doubt? This is teenage fantasy we're talking about here. Things do not end badly! I was, however, a little worried for Jace for a bit, there. There were times when I thought he might kick the bucket. And well, technically he did, but then Raziel showed up and it was all good. It was hard not to slightly picture Razielas the blue man from Watchmen, and that made me lawl.

The part I found funniest in the whole book, however, was a part that wasn't even meant to be funny. It was that when Sebastian was reading one of Max's manga volumes. Angel Sanctuary. I don't know how many of you like anime/manga, but that is pretty damn funny. Angel Sanctuary is about an angel who made God angry, and so got sentenced to living fifty (or something) tragic lives on Earth. The time when the manga is set, she (the angel) is living the life of this boy, who is in love with his sister. Oh, the irony! Except, not really, because it's a book and I'm sure Cassandra Clare wrote that in on purpose.

Speaking of Max, what a cop-out death. :P Seriously, Clare told us that one of the Lightwoods was going to die, and everyone was like, "Crap, maybe it's Alec! Or Isabelle! Maybe Maryse or Robert! Or Jace! He's practically a Lightwood!" Nobody thought about Max, presumably because no one cares about him. Lol. At least, I never really did. And he was like the only one that died! Massive battle and the only person who was immediate to the main characters who died was a kid that, now that I think about it, was only there to die. Lol.

And Seb. Oh, Seb. What a crack up. I loved him before the book came out, I really did. I kind of still do. I mean, he was pretty hilarious. From the start though, there was practically no hope of him being on the good team, not with a name likeSebastian. It would've been really nice if Seb had've been just some guy they knew, but I still enjoyed him as was. I s'pose I should label my Seb POV fic as AU now...

Overall, I liked it. I really did. Predictability was nice, in a way. There was still stuff in there that I didn't see coming though, like how it'd all work out. I had fun reading it. It was good.

ETA: I also love Seb because he's like a boy version of Crazula, and how can you not love that?!

Bleach

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:43:45 GMT

Lol, Soul Society.

Ichigo and Rukia crashed a wedding. Overreact much?

Of course, later on they kidnap people and stuff, and that may be cause for worry. But seriously. Initially? Was there really reason to get the whole of the Gotei 13 out tracking them down? I think not.

:P

ETA: Lol, Gin is the man.

ETA: Finally made it through the Amagai arc. (Though it didn't take me half as long as it did to get through the Bount arc. Ugh.) I just realise now how much I missed good old Grimmjow. He cracks me up. Even if he is only in this one episode because he'll no doubt die sometime soon. I'm caught up with the manga, but I can't for the life of me remember what happens to Grimmjow. Ah, well. Neliel soon!

ETA: Oh, Dattebayo. How I love you guys and your smart aleck comments. XD

Google?

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:00:00 GMT

It's confusing me. The Google image is telling me that it's the first day of fall (in a cute 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' way), but it's the 20th of March. That's not the first day of fall anywhere, is it? I mean, it's autumn here, but the season started on the 1st of March... *is confused*.

Manga

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:17:07 GMT

WHOA. Nel was the number three Espada.

!!!

Yay for the Bleach manga not having the filler arcs. That makes me happy. :D

And I think I might not finish reading the Fruits Basket manga. All I've heard about it is that it ends crappily. So I think I might stay in my nice, safe anime world.