:: Pirates in Petticoats ::

:: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 ::

It's not the weather; hand me my leather... Operation: Bad is in its second stage.
On the other hand, on another body in fact, Kuro's got a mind full of wicked designs. Maybe the story has mild themes? Are sociopathy and SMBD 'themes'? I'd say it's as 'bad' as Fire in Eden if you're worried about content. It doesn't have any words that I couldn't say to my mother. She'd just have me committed if I happened to say them in the order that I wrote them. :)
If you're really bored, you can read the reasons behind the insanity aka cliff notes. Yeah. I wrote my own cliff notes because I am a big dork.
Stereotyped Mexican Bandit: Reasons? We don't need no stinkin' reasons!
:: 11:09 AM [+] ::

Gutted. I like that word. It's got the Guh sound and the 'Tedt' sound. Almost Germanic in it's pronunciation. 'S an accurate word to describe my general state of being at the moment. Gutted; internal organs not where they are supposed to be. Yup. Gutted. Good word.

For all small friendlies - I'll be ducking out for a long weekend retreat and that means radio silence. Gomen ne. If I'm lucky, tomorrow I'll get up some fic-ness before I head out. A little this, a little that, a little Sanji and leather pants. Maybe MST:OP. Maybe something wicked. Have I piqued your interest? Oui? Non? Wouldn't I be wretchedly ebil if I just didn't put anything up at all? (cackles ebilly)

By the by and by reins, I must say that I concur with your opinion on the Snape-inator. Snape is the snazziest. I just finished the fourth book today and you know (SPOILER-Y KINDA NESS) when Sirius and Snape are in the same room - snazzy sparks fly! (I mean that in a cool nemesis way; not a weird slashy way.) Ha. I am SO glad that I didn't get the fourth book done until now. I only have a few months until the fifth book; everyone else had to wait years and years. SUCKAS!
:: 9:54 AM [+] ::

Weekly Jump Update:
Eneru's a BIG jerk and it looks like Nico's a new type of crispy toast. Note I said: Looks...Eneru attacked her at the end of the chapter and if anyone can come up with a way to save themselves, it would be Nico. (crosses fingers) Fum has a fabulous view of the colorspread.

Anime Update:
Gratutious use of CG in this ep; one for the giant whirpool and I'm pretty sure for the Knock Up Stream. There were some particularly funny short moments - when Zoro gloats about his Wanted poster while Sanji tells Usopp to 'look harder' for his and when Luffy comes running up with his giant beetle (never mind the gold). Probably my two favorite moments were when Nami realizes that the Knock Up Stream is air and water and she can navigate it. "Who's your navigator?" "NAMI-SAN DESUUUU!!!" and when the others are freakin' out about the whirlpool and Luffy says, "A dream within a dream island - what a great adventure!"

The I-hate-the-world Update:
Speaking of great adventures...and lack thereof...SARS can kiss my grits. The travel agency I was using has cancelled all trips originating out of mainland China and since my trip started in Beijing, bye bye trip. (grimly) For now.

:: 10:07 AM [+] ::

Me (hangs head in shame): Gomen minna. I'm so sorry.
Kuro: Begging for praise that no one can give you because you can't work an angelfire site. Can you sink to lower depths of incompetence?
Me: Hmmm. Yup. (snaps fingers. Kuro is wearing a pair of fabuloso pair of shades and snakeskin shoes. Oh, not just that - he's wearing other clothes; they just aren't cool enough to get a description other than that they are black and probably bought off the rack from Armani.)
Kuro: Lower depths of 'incompetence.' Not depravity. Can you stop the references to that book now?
Me: Oh, like you wouldn't want to see Krieg trapped in a telephone? (good one, zee) Well, back to the kilt then!
Kuro (blanching): No. No, this is fine.
Me: And oddly accurate.

Chou, you should become an agent for anime characters; you know, when they want to go beyond the roles that made them and branch out - do a few movies, work in theatre and such. WAH! I thought Shadwell should be Zeff too. And Kureha was perfect-o. Hmm, Hina as war? Yes indeed. I hope you have recovered from your Bataan Death March.

:: 11:56 PM [+] ::

Fine, mellow tones are brought forth by blowing gently over the orifice of the tube while manipulating the fingers and thumbs; by blowing with more or less force, sounds are produced an octave higher or lower.

Indeed. *snerk* Okay, that little description of a muscial instrument was from a review on Overclocked which is a link from Mess's site Mess is THE Mess of the great Marine fics on ff.net who also likes Neil, Andre Braugher, all things Slay-y, and Marines. Overclocked is a site dedicated to ripping and shredding and then adding danceablility to your favorite gaming music. So this is a triple plug post - plug for Mess, plug for remix game music, plug for smutty thoughts using descriptions of musical instruments.

You see, I decided to perv the randomness because...(the whine of a violin plays in the background accentuating the soon to be whine-festival to occur) ...no one even mentioned the smut from last week's update. *sobs* Was is not funny? Was it ... boring? Have I lost my touch? Should I give it all up and move to Walla Walla to run my uncle's dry goods store? Oh, woe is meeeeee. (recovers gallantly) Let me guess. You all have lives unlike me. So I'll shut up now. After all, it's not like a little bit of radio silence is going to stop me from completing my mission to spam everything I love. ^_^

By the by and by, I was assaulted by the thought of Crowley adjusting his sunglasses like you-know-who during an intense paper grading session. Thanks Chou.

Fumbum, did you notice the short concealing shadows move that Shanks did during last week's ep?
:: 1:29 AM [+] ::

Anime Update:
Luffy vs. Bellamy: Bellamy needs a plastic surgeon to get Luffy's knuckle imprints out of his mashed cheek bones. Mihawk sekku hara's Zoro's wanted poster again. SHAAANNKKUUUSSSU!!!!! Oh Ben, you look SO old. Is Shanks wearing ya out? *snerk* The other Shichibukai boys are being interestingly naughty and phew, Lafitte is creep-tacular. Can we say Clockwork Orange? Next week - Knock Up Stream! I will not make any jokes about that, no matter how much the name provokes me. ^_~

Weekly Jump this week was so cool. We choose you! (Eneru-chu!)

Chou's casting of Kurowley is spot on, though I think Crowley actually likes humanity (if not the individual people) unlike a certain sociopath with a cat fetish. XD I'm sorry, the idea of Kuro being tortured with a sound system that churns out Brahms' Princes of the Universe has such an appeal. And yeah, Meri is Aziraphale.

Meriaphale: (sighing) Why must the Metatron materialize in the kitchen? I just had that linoleum put in too.

What have I been up to lately, OP-wise? Fic, fic and more fic. I'm tinkering with a project that I put away and took out and put away and... yeah. I'm almost satisified with it. Considering how small the English OP community is, then how small the English OP fic-reading community is, then how small the English OP fic-reading, symbolically obsessed community is and then how small the English OP fic-reading, symbolically obsessed, i am still miffed about the Gras and lack thereof this year, sad-core, lo-fi, midnight in the garden of good and evil soundtrack musically inspired community is - I successfully narrowed down the field of readers to one. Me.

Search for pleasure, search for pain in this world
Now I am undying.
Unfurl my flag, my nation helpless.

Why would you offer more?
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy?
I'm on fire.
I'm rotting to the core. - David Usher

I can't help that I'm inspired by frontmen for relatively obscure Canadian lo-fi bands. It's like a sickness. ^_^

Hey, Bialy, l linked you. When I need a good dose of 'gay,' I need only visit your blog and I am sure to get my fill. That's a compliment. I'm sure you'll take it as such.
:: 8:14 AM [+] ::

Let them laugh, let them laugh, let them say anything
didn't matter what they say!
I know that I live only one life,
want to make it wonderful!

Instead of workin' minimum wage
(washing dishes everyday)
I wanted to go see the world!
Nothin could stop me, I know I have only one life!
I just believed in myself

Just to believe is the hardest thing when you live
in a world of ignorance!
I know that I live only one life
want to make it wonderful!

Instead of workin' minimum wage
I wanted to make my dreams come true!
Feel the world!

Minimum Wage by Kemuri
aka Sanji and Luffy's theme song from the Baraties Arc ^_^

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The rage has subsided. To make a long story short, someone tried to pull a fast one in some elections that I was head of. This meant that I had to do more work, discipline an idiot, and in general had more stress added to my life. If it had been my students, it would have been one thing, but these were adults (supposedly).

But the thing was, I was most angry because it was so STUPID. It's not like this was an election for something important. It was for a silly position in a silly club! On top of that someone assumed that they could put one over me, thereby insulting my intelligence, and I don't stand being insulted like that. So I apologize for the scary post and promise to keep my incoherent rage firmly in check next time. (bows deeply) Mooshiwake arimasen deshita.

All things Materialistic:
What's this? A new volume of Gokusen AND a NANA fanbook? Plus the book store had restocked the third volume of Parakiss! Ureshii yo! My shoujo and yakuza/teacher reading needs are satiated for another month.

Hit the CD rental store and picked up Kemuri (see above), some Ego Wrappin' and low and behold! almost all of the OP song albums were in! I'm turning them MDsize as I type. I love new music.

A friend offered to hit the 7-11 for drinks while I cooked dinner and I jokingly told her that all I wanted was toys and guess what? She returned with an OP paraglider. "I went with the insane one," she said. *snerk* Everyone put their hands up if they think Luffy's grin looks insane.

Social Blog:
Thor. Secret mysterious projects. Ninja monkeys in outer space. And a fellow Sluggite! FB, guess who has a stuffed Kiki! Watashi desu!

I never get to talk to you, Shiru. *weeps* Ooohhhhh....musical instrumentation of Sanji's theme song is playing now. Hmm. It's piano. I bet I could learn how to play it. I've almost got the theme for Sen to Chihiro down - I know I could do some suave Sanji-ness! For you!

Ginga, sorry about distracting you from your work. Speaking of 'work', I'm working on your smut too. I started reading your Nojiko vignette too. Hehehe. So Y and J stuck around to help onee-sama. Durn straight! Nojiko rules!

reins, suki-ing the blog layout. I'm sorry the bugs are butherin' ya. Nasty skeeters - reminds me of the eps of OP with the gang's foray into the evil forest of giant insects. Pteradactyl skeeters, RAWR!

Jen if I got the song right, the "I'm gonna kick yer bum" music from OP is on the Music and Song Collection 2 and it is called Oitsumerareta. The song has a bit of bongo in the background right? It's underneath the brass. (Jen: What in the world is she talking about?)

Random OP Stuff:
I'm MST-ing my very first OP fic. This puppy was soooooo bad. I almost deleted it forever but I'm glad I didn't or I wouldn't be having so much fun now. Remember - there's always hope for the newbies. You'll see how crappy I did and compare it to my more recent stuff and go, "Wow. Thank goodness she improved."

New Dinner and a Movie and an 8 chapter smutty update at SaDIstiC. lalalalalasmutlalalala! That's my Merry Easter present to you all. ^_^


:: 2:45 AM [+] ::

Random anime moments in my life that dull the burning rage and sugar yearnings:

My JTE gave me a Nami keychain that he'd found in a parking lot.
I officially became "Riidaa" in the 8th graders class after they saw a picture of me in my punk ass stage.
One of the kids drew me a picture of Usopp to put on my desk.
The Student Council played "Sailing Day" during cleaning period. I almost danced with my broom.
One of the kids asked me to show him how to write "Endless Waltz" in cursive.
One of the kids asked me to translate the English on his Yu Yu Hakusho shitajiki.
When asking the fifth graders to identify my drawing of "fog" during our weather lesson, someone yelled "MOKU MOKU KEMURI-SAN!" I got the giggles and couldn't teach for a moment.




:: 11:28 PM [+] ::

Some people really piss me off. This "stunning" observation was not numbed by last night`s kendo session. So in response my general anger and rage, I am getting over my stupid issue with my stupid fic that I wrote and hid and angsted over and was a general weenie about and I am going to slap it up on Tanuki. It`s amazing how righteous rage will get you over your hang-ups. Who gives a shite if people think I`m scary! You know what recent events have proved to me?

People aren`t scared enough.

I bet I wouldn`t be this angry if I could eat sugar. When Lent is over and I can gorge on chocolate again the world will be safer for everyone.

Fanfic Update:
Dame yo. *shakes finger at everyone in a school-marmy way* Jen has not seen near enough reviews for her SanxNami-ness. If you do not review it shortly then I am going to take a little of that rage up there and spread it around. Got me? Er. *sigh* Three more days til Easter, three more days til Easter...
:: 12:50 AM [+] ::

GOOD STORY Mess is a confirmed Marine fangirl and it shows so well. I weep with jealousy at her IC. I see no point in continuing OAG. I`ll just send it to her and let her finish it. She`s that good. ^_^

Gokusen? - do you know?
This is my ichiban daisuki manga having knocked NANA down to number 2 (barring OP from the list). Short rundown: Yamaguchi Kumiko is stuck with the most difficult class at a local all boy`s high school. What the students and staff don`t know is that she`s the granddaughter of a prominent yakuza lord - and has been raised as "Ojou" by a bevy of yakuza roughs who are at her every command. Watch out, students! I love this manga and the show was rendered true to the series though it had to be edited a bit like all good manga does when taken to the small screen. The manga version Kumiko gets to have a more fun and if I can scan a particularly favorite scene of mine I will. It must be shared with all fangrrls. Ah, if only I had a yakuza gang at my beck and call... Please check it out if you can!

I`m sorry. I can`t blog properly now. My mind is all awhirl and I can`t concentrate on a thing. I`ll try and do some social blogging later.

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ADDENDUM:
In lieu of social blogging, I updated OAG and Watermark. I'm too lazy to post the links - they're up on ff.net. Enjoy the smoker torture and the alabasta angst!
:: 12:18 AM [+] ::

Anime update:
Bellamy vs. Saru Boyz - We got to see a bit more of the fight than was shown in the manga. It was awesome 'filler' if you can call it that. It highlighted just how much of a punk Bellamy was and how much Cricket cared for his giant monkey boys. Blood was everywhere. So was salt - quick jump to the forest of prehistoric bugs where Sanji, Usopp, and Nami used to salt to defeat a giant slug. DAME! Someone call PETA. Just in case everyone was on the edge of their seat with anticipation, yes, they kept the peeing pirate who found the new wanted posters in. The ep stopped with Luffy calling Bellamy out. And the blip for next week's ep ended with SHANKS! MIHAWK! WHITEBEARD! BEN WITH GRAY HAIR! *snerk*

Short manga update:
The Ener hate grows exponentially each week. He met up with Nico (don't worry she's fine) and the scene was set like so. Ener. Apple. Nico. CHIGAU! If there are apples and ancient primeval garden like locations and Nico then there darn well better be Ace somewhere too! Die Ener die!!!! You will never take Ace's place. RAWR! *fangrrl stomps mimes - film at 11* Ahem, excuse me. Totally off subject. Ginga, your Chopper update: still out for the count. Ohm was defeated by Zoro though so vengeance is his! Um, other stuff happened - important plotty stuff that I haven't had time to sit down with and study properly. S'okay. I know most of you are on mailing lists that post trans anyway. ^_^

Goods update:
More chara cans - the new East Blue series features none other than Jango and Kuro. Huzzah! Guess that means I have to buy out 7-11 this month. *amuses herself by thinking of interesting ways to torture her kuro figure, is distracted and wishes had gotten an arlong one to stick in the microwave...* Oh and Kohza in all his sandy rebel glory is featured prominently on the cover of Piece 4 of the Alabasta Arc. Can't wait until that comes out in May.

Doujin Whoring Update:
Those that requested the masterlist will receive it later on this week through the email address in the comments box. If you don't want it sent there then tell me please. ^_^

:: 6:11 PM [+] ::

Small friendlies and lurkers - one and all!

I will be holding a big blow-out doujin and anthology sale shortly. If you are at all interested on receiving the 'master-list' of gag and smut, please leave a note in the comments and your email address. (Fum and Shiru, you're already down.) If you know exactly what you want (doujinka, pairing, etc.) and aren't interested in anything else, then please leave that in the comment as well and I'll tell you if I have what you want.

I'll be sending out the email sometime this week. Tentative payment plan - paypal.

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I'm sorry that this is so short and curt. More later.

PS Fum, you do not want to see my wicked designs. >:)
:: 11:33 PM [+] ::

well it's three am
i'm out here riding again
on the wicked winding streets of my world
i make a wrong turn
brake it
now i'm too far gone
i've got a siren on my tail and that ain't the fine I'm looking for

i see a stairway so i follow it down
into the belly of a whale
where my secrets echo all around
you know me now but to do better than that
you got to follow me
boy, i'm trying to show you where i'm at

hey pretty, don't you want to take a ride with me?
through my world?
hey pretty, don't you want to take a slide?
through my world?

i've got a mind full of wicked designs
i've got a non-stop 'hole in my head' imagination
i'm in a building that has two thousand floors
and when they all fall down
i think you know just who they're falling for

i can't forget i am the sole architect
i built the shadows here
i built the growl in the voice i fear

you add it up but to do better than that
you got to follow me
boy, i'm trying to show you where i'm at

hey pretty don't you want to take a ride with me?
through my world?
hey pretty don't you want to take a slide?
through my world?

hey now...
can't you feel me longing?
hey now...
can't you feel me?
feel me now.

do you get the gist of the song now?

Hey Pretty - Poe
:: 7:04 AM [+] ::

Dev`s fic is awesome. If you are not reading it, then you are wrong. Dev has done awesome things with Chopper. Chopper is a weak point in my writing so I admire anyone who a) can write the reindeer doc believably and b) write him believably without turning him into a fluffy cute mascot who reacts but never acts. I want to say more, applaud specific moments that I especially loved, but I also don`t want to spoil it for the others who haven`t read it. I have to say that this line - "It has to. Otherwise it`s not worth waking up for." - was just... *happy sigh.* The whole story made me laugh and left me with a great warm fuzzy. What an awesome story.

I`m trying to track down the mr. children song so I can listen to it and read it again. I like knowing what music authors use for inspiration. To me, music and writing are intertwined. Yeah so to recap: GO! NOW!

I think the fact that you two met at SakuraCon is pretty cool. Luckies! And look at all the lovely swag she got.

Shiru, I just got around to checking out the newly updated fanstuff site. I read the poem "Just to Feel." I remember you putting it on your blog and thinking, "Sylph forgot to mention who that`s sung by. I should remind her..." and I never did. It`s so good and I`m honored that something I did inspired it. I may have to use it... in the future... ii desu ka? And cafe tang! The entree was muy delicioso. Nami, dahling, how much would it cost me to get Sanji to paint my toenails?
Nami: I`m sure we can work something out...

Fum, I suck. I`ll give you a proper b-day present. How about more evil Tashigi? Though I can`t promise when...

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*always sending love and hugs to you*
:: 9:47 PM [+] ::

reins, i love you and i`m thinking of you. (stacey gives a big cyber-hug since she can`t be there to do it herself.)

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Okay. Check out this column. Then read sylph`s post. Then read Womit. Now come back here and read the part I didn`t post on Womit.

I hate it when people talk about stuff they have no frickin` CLUE about. Creating a relationship between crime statistics and hentai? Well how about I create a relationship too. I`ll take everyone on a personally guided tour of the underbelly of south east Asia so they can see the child prostitution, the sex slaves (oh wait! can`t see them! They`re slaves!), and the general objectification of women and child. I can point out the hostess bars in Osaka and Tokyo where Thai and Cambodian women are held in slavery and walk us by the police departments that turn a blind eye to things obvious to a foreigner. I can also point out the Japanese INS, which makes me want to vomit most of the time. These women have been kidnapped, brought into the country against their will, forcibly prostituted, given no money, and then - if they manage to escape - will be charged by the INS with the crime of not having a passport and working without a permit while the men who hold them against their will or who indulge themselves in this `socially acceptable` way of releasing their desire will go off scot free. And I can recount how most chikan victims still will not go to the police to report the crime, even if they can identify the perpetrator!

Yes, I`m a bit pissed. I`ve either witnessed or heard from first hand witnesses or read case studies or what have you. Those are facts up there and those facts make me angry. What makes me more angry are blatant logical fallacies presented as fact in an almost international forum by someone who needs to do more research. This makes me want to hit someone! (points to the left, underlines the bit about social justice and short fuse.)

Sylph - I had the same *holywhoops* experience though mine was in Hiroshima and not Akihabara. When I asked about the OP doujin, I got an eyeful of the OP crew that I never ever wanted to see. "Hoka no ka?" the doujin dealer asked with a knowing smile. I didn`t flinch though - just looked him straight in the face and said I already had those. HA! The look on his face was priceless. Asshole. I`m unflappable.

I don`t let people see me be uncomfortable even if I`m cringing inside, but I felt like scrubbing my eyeballs with lava soup after I left the store. And that`s the thing isn`t it? Finding myself in the very wrong part of the store made me uncomfortable. This guy expected it and from his nasty sukebe leer found my discomfort pretty damn funny. That is what makes some hentai wrong; finding pleasure in another person`s pain - physical or mental. And why did that guy find it amusing?

Aside: I said `some hentai` up there. By defintion hentai includes all things for those 18 and up, so the nice fluffy happy smut is included in hentai. (everyone: there`s nice fluffy happy smut?) Yeah, there is. Not much. But it`s there.

The forum is already full of idiot`s responses to shiru`s post. Throwing about phrases such as `feminist,` `extremist,` and other labels are used to throw the debate off its course and away from the message. Obviously something has struck a chord and their only defense is to attack the person. It`s used quite commonly, just watch political news broadcast. All it does it point out how unprepared a responder is to debate in a manner that includes sound arguments and logical reasoning. So don`t let that bother you, Shiru. The only person you should be worried about is John. I hope he posts a reply to you.
:: 9:44 PM [+] ::

(stands back and admires the carnage) - hmm. I think I did pretty well for a first blog layout. Don't you? This was not at all inspired by discussions with these two ladies. Nope. They are totally blameless.
:: 4:33 AM [+] ::

My life - I have one of those! I didn't realize until this weekend. I was so busy. Friday night we learned parts of a new song in taiko, then I had insomnia and thought it would be a good idea to drink a bottle of wine to put myself to sleep. Uh bad idea, ne? I've learned my lesson. True dat. Next morning (afternoon?), I woke up to go view the sakura blossoms at Ozekiyama with some friends and then we went to an onsen. I LOVE onsen. There can never be enough onsen. This one had a) plenty of excellent bath things (all Shiseido - wahoo!) and some awesome baths - including an entire bath of green tea! After that evening activity of decadence, we broke out our jealously hoarded exotic foodstuffs and made curry then watched a horrible movie and went to bed. Then today we went on a 10km and then saw even more sakura plus kagura. Then I came home and lo and behold! The OP Spring Special was another masterPiece. I wonder if Oda had a hand in this one.

Short summary: A young girl knows the secret to a big treasure. Bad pirates want to know where the treasure is. Luffy Pirates help her, kick bad pirates' collective butt, then help the girl find the treasure. Does it sound trite? Never!

Awesome scenes, funny scenes, *moments*, and the requisite doujin fodder:
Usopp and Chopper save the day! YEAH! Doctors and snipers rock socks!
Sanji has a uncle-y talk with a young un. At the conclusion of the talk, the kid thinks he's pretty nice for a pirate. Awwww...
The evil hypnotizing music of the bad guy controls Luffy's body and he attacks the crew. (Luffy vs. others is always good fun, ne?)
Nico vs. Luffy = Fleurs can't do nuthin to a Gomu Body. Gomu bones don't crack!
Nami's eyes are so full of berii that they actually blind people. ^_^
Simultaneous attack of the Luffy Pirates! (All seven attacked at the same time with Luffy using Bazooka to blast the bad guy into the sky. Everyone ended in an appropriate pose for their attack. Then Nico curled her open hands into fists and said, "Clutch." *CRACK* SUTEKIII, NICO!)
Zoro and Sanji in the seiza sitting position in front of Nami (I don't think Zoro was really contrite, but it was funny!)
For all the SaxNa fans, Sanji sits next to Nami quite a bit.
Luffy and his eternal boshi love are once again highlighted. Boshi? Boshi! Boshiboshiboshiboshi...
Zoro in a miner's hat!
Nami wears Luffy's hat while he is 'away'
Sanji tackles Zoro by mistake Doujinka: "Mistake"...*snerk*
Chopper gets chased by a tiny tot. *huggles to Chopper*

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Stacey Needs Your Help!

Fellow OP Fans, I need help with Dinner and a Movie. I'm running out of secondary characters to cast and eventually I'm gonna have to work on the main crew. It's proving highly difficult. So I am going to beg for suggestions. Just to warm us all up I'll do someone important but still a secondary character.

Who should play Mihawk?

Leave all suggestions below. Onegai shimasu~~~~~~~
:: 8:38 AM [+] ::

*BIG HUGGLES TO THE MASSES* Aw you guys are great. I knew I could count on you all. I won`t be able to do every I want to do with the OP fandom anymore, (sadness)... But no worries! I`ll spam blogs and tag boards. Hehehehe. The reason I did the big dramatic post (perhaps a little too big and a little too dramatic...erp) is that I wanted to warn everyone ahead of time. I`ve seen disappearing acts from fandom before and all it does it leave friends and buddies scratching their heads or wondering if you died, for real. I didn`t want that to happen with all of us. And I promise you all that I won`t leave you hanging on the fics. So everything is cool like dat, chill like dat, peace like dat. Yo.

Hi, Sharnice! WAH! You came and commented on my blog - I knew the dare would work. Okay, minna, jiko shokai! Sharnice is also a JET OP fangirl who happens to hail from the Midwest (Michigan - almost as cool as Ohio...*snerk*). She got me interested in doujin in the first place and has introduced me to some wonderful works and then I ruined her good favor by buying lots of smuttiness and twisting everyone I met into drooling, fangrrling ~tang fiends. And she`s on the grandline ML and is always translating all the songs and making me extremely jealous of her mad translating skillz. And she`s awesome and I hope she comments as often as possible (subliminal message) PS I`m sorry I ever mentioned doujinbox. You`ll never have money again. Right?

I am in such a weird mood. It`s probably because I`ve been trapped at the BOE for two weeks. I had okonomiyaki (hiroshima-style, none of this osaka crap) for lunch. Yum. And I can`t get Do As Infinity`s Shinjitsu no Uta out of my head. Why the heck do all the InuYasha endings have to be so dang catchy?
:: 11:47 PM [+] ::

Konban wa. Fic aru. Watermark and Bad-ness. Buh bye, Sanji's sanity! Buh bye! Mite, mite! Pictures!

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Addendum. Go to Womit and try not to get offended by the swearing and graphic imagery. Sometimes the world is just effed up beyond belief.
:: 7:51 AM [+] ::

I think I was supposed to post this post first but my brain wasn`t awake enough yet.

This is my last o-hanami in Japan. It's very sad. There are other sad things I am recognizing. I know that my involvement in this fandom must decrease when I leave on that jetplane in August and return Stateside. It's inevitable, but not for lack of love on my part. I don't ever see my love of OP decreasing. It will always be the creation to end all creations in my eyes, a full mythology as rich and deep as anything the Greeks or Norse or ancient Indus civilizations might have had. There comes a time in everyone's life when one must put away childish things - OP is not one of those things and I will never reach that time.

On the other hand, there are times in one's life where you have to make a choice. The inherent design flaw of humanity is that we must sleep and the inherent design flaw of the universe is that there is never enough time. The inherent design flaw of me is that I have a dream that requires all my focus, all my energy, all of me. It's that dream I spoke of many posts ago, the one where I wondered if people still had dreams anymore - dreams that they would give up everything for. I do and it's starting to tug at me now, pulling time away here and there, ordering my focus on it and not other things.

I knew when I came here two years ago that this was my time, all for me, so I could go crazy and do whatever I desired. I called this the "Extended Summer of Stacey" because I knew that when I returned time would never belong to me ever again.

Well, I don't usually run around proclaiming stuff like this to people I don't know quite well - that hardly applies to those that are listed in small friendlies. Nakama dessho? Time to share what you all might have inklings of. So yeah when I return Stateside, I'll be working temp for four months until I go, hat in hand and with very empty pockets, to the hallowed halls of higher learning - DC to be exact, Georgetown University, where I will pursue my Masters' in Security Studies (concentration in Technology and Security). When I am not studying, I will be finishing my MSIII and MSIV training in the Reserve Officer Training Corp.(I finished MSI and MSII at Fort Knox nary two weeks before I came here. ^_^ Tsukareta yo.) And after grad school ends and I have that sheepskin in my hands, who knows where I'll go? The Army will own me for four years plus two years Reserve. Considering the current global situation, I could be anywhere and, with all honesty, I hope to be everywhere.

I was a bit reluctant to proclaim that to all and sundry on the internet because I can't answer a lot of questions people ask me - not in short concise answers. Heck, no one asks Luffy why he wants to be the Pirate King. They just either accept him or laugh at him (and then he has to beat him up.) And that's kind of the same way with this - I could give a thousand reasons, but the only reason that makes sense in the long run is that there are no reasons. If I don't do this, I won't be me.

I was a bit reluctant to share this initially also because I didn't want to be identified as a crazy fangirl who has delusions of Marine grandeur, because I'm not and I don't. I hate being stereotyped and put in a box. Drives me nutters - ask my co-workers who try to Japanese me into a safe category and still can`t get their head around the idea that I can love to cook, love to write, and love to prod serious buttock all at the same time. That`s not contradictory to me because it is me. (derisively) And I would never want to be a Marine. Redline Rangers all the way. HOOAH. XDDDD

So yeah. That`s what I wanted to prepare everyone for. I hope my exit from the OP community will be gradual and graceful, but it might be abrupt instead, and I gave everyone four months to deal with the loss. XD Aren`t I sweet? So squeeze me for information, swag, and whatnot now because your time is limited.
Kuro: Three minutes.
(rolls eyes) A lil longer than that, babe. And yes, the schedule is to get OAG, Smut Garden, Watermark and any other dangling fics I have started done by that date. If anyone knows of someone who might be interested in taking over SaDIstiC, drop me a line. I`ll still be a research monkey though. Natch. :)

Questions, comments, what have you = feel free to hazard an opinion.

:: 8:44 PM [+] ::

I was gonna write a big long post about the nature of life and how that will affect me in the future, but I decided that will be for another day. Instead - SOCIAL BLOG TIME!

Dev I bet it`s hard for Nami to look at the log pose too. :) (Nami cranes her neck, trying to see her wrist...) And once again, Usopp is a pimp. And look! He`s pimpin` it here too! Fum I have decided that Usopp is selling Zoro`s ass to the Mexican. You should make a special version and put in "Malaysian" for "Mexican" (points at her) or heck, just "fangirl." I know I wouldn`t complain if someone sold me Zoro. (gets berii in her eyes) Sell on e-bay...

And this place is bursting with pimps! (throws confetti)
Usopp: Pimps don`t die, we multiply!
Luffy: Word yo.

It`s nice to know what you two think. And you know, if you`re ever up for some OP character torture involving four posters and Nutella, you just see me, `kay? I`ve got connections. XDDDD

To you: My love is ALWAYS pure and true. I am *outraged* that you would think otherwise.
kohza: Why do you think people would get that impression of you?
stacey: I don`t know.
(Kohza points at the above paragraph.)
stacey: Joking! All joking. (shoves doujin under bed)
kohza: Too late. Already saw it.
stacey (sadly): So did my chibi-niichan... I think that experience cut his rope and dropped him over the Cliffs of Insanity...
(skippy drools in the background, a blank look on his face.)
stacey: But who cares about him?
kohza: Perhaps you should end this. You`ve scared people enough for today.
stacey: I wanted to entertain him with my caffeine high.
kohza (dryly): I`m sure he appreciates it...little do they all know, this is you...
stacey (nodding): One of me. One of my many many distinct personalities.
:: 9:51 AM [+] ::