Everyone:that was a challenge aka I`m not touching that pairing with a ten foot bo but if Bialy finds it anywhere or the elusive Shushu/Laboon, then sc0r3! someday dammit i will join all these fackin` fanlistings and that includes blackjack and hookers!
Lyn:ACEXNICOHAWTLUV, OP-based children stories? necessary for the future of our planet. fusion fangirl doujin? please!
Reins: freebies, yummy... *chomp chomp* ask surfer zoro for a massage.
Dev/Jen,Jen/Dev:I owe you something, probably my soul, and that kindness ranks up there with losing a body part for a person such as a leg and/or arm, so imagine me hitting my head on the deck of the Baraties saying arigatou!
Shiru:you,me,rebel shrine/fanlisting?eheh?rebels taste like nutella - when I get through with them *leer, leer*
FB:secretl33tproject, yes, it will be zipped someday I promise!
staceylicks chou`sdescription: yum tastes like strawberries
Lise, Mess: all emails are being held hostage by the ebil Time-Suxxor Monster. Will reply, post-haste (ie when I am not packing/having nervous breakdown, etc.)
Everyone again: sorry if I forgot to mention someone/something important! life`s a beeyatch when you`re a fangrrl trying to take over the world. l8r
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:: Sunday, July 27, 2003 ::
More doujin talk, a challenge posted on the yaoi ML, and a pairing I am missing...
Slash of the Titans - Brogy/Dorry; Dorry/Brogy.
100 years. One island. Two giants. If that ain`t a set-up, I don`t know what is.
More observations by a fan who can talk about Kohza and doujin endlessly.
ginga - I don`t know the back of my hand that well. I know the back of Kohza`s hand though because I often stop the DVD player to study his scenes frame by frame.
I collect doujin. I collect it like an obsessed butterfly collector collects butterflies. Just like Mr. or Miss Butterfly Collector wants to have that blue Amazonian Giant Wing-ed Chaos Butterfly under glass even though it`s on the verge of extinction, I want the rarest doujin out there. So I`ll turn my nose up at a SanjixZoro but will sell government secrets for, say, a non-gag ChopperxZoro. Not because I actually like that pairing but because I just want to have it. Sense? Who the hell cares about that? Hahahaha.
Now that everyone knows the extent of my mental illness, let me move on. Lise, there are some Smoker/Luffy ones out there BUT I think the doujinka are following the ingrained societal reponse to the older/younger brother dynamic. Ace says it best in my doujin when he`s kidnapping Sanji - My things are my things. And YOUR things are my things too. My guess is that Ace gets dibs on Smoker because he`s the older brother and that contributes to the relative rarity of the Smoker/Luffy pairing.
This segues nicely into me re-hashing something chou mentioned on his blog. Yes, everything Vivi knows about love she learned from Nami which makes Kohza a very happy camper because the princess brought the video. Nami, of course, has a copy for future blackmailing. She`s sexah and smart, doncha know.
In other news of life imitating art and vice versa, Skippy is barback/security at an undisclosed location. Go him. Now he will have real stories I can use on my site.
Goes off hunting for the legendary Tashigi/Kohza doujin.
Episode 107 - a fangrrl's examination of one Kohza-riffic episode scene by scene in lieu of actually doing work.
Inspired by Shiru's fanning and because I am in desperate need of inspiration and distraction.
Ah. Kohza, Kohza, Kohza. Lots of Kohza. The episode begins with a flashback of Kohza in the sun wearing the least amount of clothing that he ever does during the entire series. Yup, sweaty, shirtless, scarred Kohza working in the hot sun. This almost makes up for the rest of the series where he wears a shirt, long pants, heavy boots, a long overcoat, two scarves, and sometimes a cloak on top of that, plus gloves. Later there is a "bandage" theme. You would think the guy is living in Drum from the layering that's going on. Sheesh.
To further my universal clone theory of everything, I believe Zoro stole Kohza's goggles from that scene and later used them in Skypeia.
During the flashback confrontation with Cobra, young Kohza goes Super Saiyan in what is an obvious reference to Mr. Kusao's past seiyuu work as Trunks. Look carefully. It's there.
Yum. Kohza angst. It's good to know that he feels conflicted about destroying his homeland. And there's Kebi and Eric and Falafra too! Yeah! But where's Okame, dammit? And Eric - please go dye your hair a different color before someone mistakes you for Hina's nephew or Fullbody's younger brother or Coby's cousin.
Next is the confrontation with Cobra. My biggest peeve with this part of the episode is Kohza's horse. I hate Kohza's horse. HAAAAATE. Shiru knows. I believe I devoted an entire email to the subject. The short version of my complaint is that any horseman worth his salt would not be riding a horse SO OUT OF PROPORTION TO HIS OWN HEIGHT! It begs for trouble. So either Oda knows nothing about horses, cares nothing about proportion or Kohza must be a damn fine rider. This observation of course leads to many bad jokes about "riding," "breaking in fillies," "saddle sores," "keeping your seat," etc. But I'm pretty sure Shiru and I covered them all already. Feel free to leave your own in the comments box though.
Another in-joke that the animators have added is the Zoro Wanted Poster at the commercial break bit - because Zoro hasn't done anything in the episode! At least Vivi has talked at that point! So why wasn't it her poster? Because of the clonage. That's why.
Here's the confrontation with Cobra. I really have to admire a guy who wants to beat down his own liege lord and has to be restrained by two royal guards. That kind of rage is inspirational. YOU SHOT KOHZA! YOU BASTARDS! Haha! Kohza makes a funny gurgle when he falls to the ground. See. I'm not so much of a fangrrl that I can't laugh at others' pain.
Blergh. Lots of dumb stuff with plot and exposition and BW and destruction. Ignore this part and wait for more Kohza.
Oi. Kebi. Eric. Shaking your Leader ain't going to make him feel better. Trust me on that. Yeah! Mr. TsuBonKureSama! Second pet peeve: The changing of the line from "The king is a henna okama" to a "henna ballerina." Wussy censors.
Then comes the scene where it shows that Kohza would make a good dad. Okay, not really. I just figured I should put that in there. Actually, Kohza, being the master of propaganda that he is, is now using the little kid as a rallying symbol for the upcoming battle. I find this worthy of applause. Show no mercy, Leader. Wahoo! Kohza's speech! Let's go kill stuff! Like our country!
And then there's more non-Kohza scenes. I find it amusing that Chaka beats his head against a marble pillar because Pell isn't around. Ha. True love dat. I do not find it amusing that Chaka almost breaks down in front of the troops. That is not good leadership skills, Chaka!
I hate Crocodile. Stacey tries to concentrate on her hate and ignore the Smoker/Luffy/Zoro love triangle moment but can't when Zoro says "dakara uchi no senchou yatten da." Blahblah non-Kohza stuff. BUT! The episode ends with the angsty theme, "Glory" with short Kohza clip. And because I actually buy the Avex DVDs (making me infinitely better than all of you), I have the added bonus of the character files so I can look at Kohza's profile, many facial expressions, and different poses whenever I feel like it.
Really. I should make a shrine at some point, shouldn't I?
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:: Thursday, July 24, 2003 ::
I copped out and only reviewed the fics that I like on ff.net today - and I only got to about half of those, so if you don`t get one - well, you could probably care less but I`ll get around to it. If the grammar is off in your review or I sound incoherent, it`s because I am. And I have still more reviews to get around to, including the yaoi ML fics and the roastings over at Fics from the Deep.
Then I figured I should get my arse in gear and get out that stupidly promised (why do I make promises?) fic for the yaoi ML challenge. It will be done. And it WILL be short. And since it was begun in my `evil` notebook, it will be an `evil` story AKA not in the true spirit of OP. But I like my yaoi full of whips and chains, if not physically than metaphorically, so that`s what I`m going to write.
Fuji-san inspired me, so maybe there will be more chapters of WAM and OAG before I leave. I really, really, really wanted to get one of the stupid fics finished before I left, but that seems about as likely as Ace staying awake through an entire meal.
If anyone needs to get a hold of me for some odd or random reason, email is the best way to do it. If your name is Lyn and you want doujin (and I know you do ^_^ ) get a hold of me ASAP through the usual methods.
Posting? I promise nothing.
PS The Ace adventure continues to amuse. The look on his face while he samples the Marine all-you-can-eat buffet is priceless. Will he go over to the Dark Side? Will the doujinka be vindicated? (leer leer) I wait with bated breath.
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:: Friday, July 18, 2003 ::
Nik, I'm weighing in on this test of my fangrrlyness. To try and do so before I leave would involve two night buses, about two hundred bucks, and taking a day off from work. To NOT do so is even too heinous to imagine.
Love my mum but she's screwing up my fanning. If she weren't coming to see me during my last few days in Japan, there would be no question about me going to see the ship, then taking it over and sailing it down to Miyajima Shrine and through the floating torii gate. (grumblegrumble I was here two fackin' years and she wants to come NOW? grumblegrumble)
But I am the tour guide for my last week here in the country. *forces a smile*
In fangrrly defense, I did spend a few minutes last night, just a few, trying to convince her that she didn't want or need me to see Tokyo and that it would be much more exciting if I went off on my own and she hung out with her friend that lives there. Yes, I AM a horrible ungrateful child thank you very much but relatives ruin my fangrrl wa.
Social blogging and other things I haven't done:
Still haven't gotten to ff.net to review Mess or Lise's stuff though they posted a week ago.
Didn't get around to actually telling Bialy about the AWESOME SANJI LINE. Yeah. I suck but you found Stephen's site so all is well.
Haven't replied to Mess or Sylph via email.
Haven't commented on the delicious roasting of "that one fic" over at Fics from the Deep. Yum. Roasted mpreg tastes like burning.
Haven't changed the link to afuji's blog. Haven't commented on Sylph and Ginga's new layouts.
*hisses at Chou and Ginga* How IS IT that I have bought a billion and one of those STUPID chara cans and NOT YET received a Kuro? And you get one for your birthday! *pauses mid hiss* Er, what I meant to say was happy birthday. And you! *rounds on Ginga* don't EVEN talk to me about plushie Shanks!
FB. My cousin sez hi and wants you to get those pictures away from Mak.
I'll be gone until Tuesday, climbing Mt. Fuji with a bunch of hyper genki sixth graders. If you don't hear from me it's because we were trapped at the top and the children resorted to cannabilism.
I am busy with leaving parties and what have you. Feel free to read womit and rising sun for the supplement issues of my life.
Hara told me he would like to change his English name to Sanji. I just asked him why, rather than try to explain that Sanji is not an English name. He said he wants to be like Sanji. When I asked why again, he said that Sanji is cool and smokes and swears and he wants to do that too.
GOOD JOB, ODA. I`m the only one allowed to corrupt the youth of Japan, thank you very much. Mind you, Oda and I aren`t the main corrupting influences around here. The konbini store owner offered me a lift yesterday. He was being chauferred by a guy who looked like he was in a bousozoku gang and they were in a black on black car with black tinted windows. coughcoughHiroshimayakuzamuch,sir?coughcough. I guess I shouldn`t be surprised at Hara`s aspirations, considering the local flair for criminal behavior.
Back to names. Kanemoto-kun wants his name to be Mr. Prince because he *gasp* wants to be a prince. Not to mention Wataridani-kun who insists being called Mr. Anderson. Not Anderson. Definitely not Andy. Only Mr. Anderson.
There was a ZoNa moment in the anime ep and Satori`s dance ... kimochi warui. Manga: Usopp is rawkin` hard in this arc - definitely doing some manly warrior of the sea (sky?) actions. Much love to toasty Sanji who still manages to be a smart ass through it all. I think it would be cool to see Nami and Ener versus each other with their bos. Of course Ener would cheat and through in some lightning juice, but it would be cool nonetheless.
Um, there is much social blogging that needs to be done but there are also many letters of encouragement I need to write to my special kids. Later, yakusoku!
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:: Saturday, July 12, 2003 ::
New shipment of smut today. Oh, precious precious smut. It's Jango/Kuro-tastic with a special side of Kohza/Ace. Oh yeah. That's right. Because when the doujinka get the urge to draw, they get the urge to draw OUT OF A PAPERBAG!
And oddly enough I love it. Not because Kohza is so durn hawt as seme but because the doujinka is constantly poking fun at herself. It's not supposed to be serious or venture anywhere near canon so it's fun and I can enjoy it because they aren't asking me to believe it happened. I would though. If only for the smut factor. ;)
But even better, this doujin has a short with Crocodile trying to get Ace to join BW and then trying to get him into a serafuku. And then Ace has to fend Sir Croc off and isn't doing so well against the Sand Sand no Mi until... he gets a lot more hands and they start beating the snot out of Croc in not so not places if you're a guy, if you get my drift, which I am sure you do. Damn. To totally rip off another blogger: NicoxAce - thereloveissohawt.
Then there's what happens in Smoker's office, but that's a whole nother smutty story...
I had the funniest conversation on Friday. We're getting new uniforms for taiko and we were deciding what we should wear under the happi coats. Normally we wear whatever solid color t-shirt we pull out of the closet, but it was decided that we need to look more uniform so we were looking at possible undershirts, different styles of tank tops and whatnot. Then Tomo-chan, our head, said that she had a great idea and went out of the room then came back and pulled up her shirt.
Haramaki as a boob tube, baby!
I'm not sure what was funnier. The way she was wearing it or the fact that she had one in the first place. We took a vote and no one believed me when I voted in all seriousness for the haramaki! Come on. If YOU had the opportunity to wear a haramaki Steve Urkel style, you would do it. Admit it.
Who knew this morning when I sliced a chunk out of my foot and bled, Zoro-like, all over my house that my day would include impromptu farewell parties, line-dancing, random displays of affection, rain, and more Stronger. Happiness.
More happiness. Shiru is back from her three month engagement in Bedrest City! I squeal with the joy.
The Navy
"I'd spend my entire life out on the water if I could," said store manager Jeff, 34, of Portland, Ore. "Maybe that's why I think women in the Navy are extra sexy. They're capable, independent and they can teach me a thing or two about navigation. Of course, they look pretty cute in those uniforms, too!"
Hina: Capable, independent, can navigate. *nods approvingly* Of course.
Tashigi: Oh, I'll introduce you to 'cute,' Jeff. How about the Second Generation, Silver Forged, Katana of "Cute"? Is THAT cute enough for you?
Hina: *reading again* "...teach me a thing or two about navigation..." *looks at ranting Tashigi* Hina suspicious of this "Jeff" person.
The Marines
Office manager Theresa, 26, cast this vote from San Diego, Calif. "I have no patience with guys who have to make a big, macho display," she says. "But when you see a Marine, you think: 'Hey, there's a guy who is tough and knows how to accomplish his goals.' And, OK … having a seriously toned body isn't going to cost you any points with me!"
Coby: That's ME! Tough and goal-oriented! Oh, I wonder if I can get this woman's number!
Smoker: Kid, she's totally wrong. Being a Marine is ONLY about big macho displays. Look at me! Look at ... *gets an eyeful of Jango and Fullbody* um... *remembers Nelson* er... *sees Hina and Tashigi* And look at Bellemere!
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:: Sunday, July 06, 2003 ::
Lise has a lovely new fic involving needles and a stripped down Zoro. This segues nicely into ...
Anime Update aka "Thank you for the Zoro fanservice":
I have felt that ever since the Isle of the Goats, the animation has been lacking. I was watching the Baraties Arc the other day and was amazed at the water. Yup. Just the water. I miss that water. But now the animators are pulling out the stops. Better camera angles, more detail in the background, less reused footage. Bout TIME! *grumbles about the goats again*
Behold Upper Yard, it`s semi humid jungle atmosphere, and the inherent consequences of the climate conditions. These include Luffy running around with his shirt unbuttoned (Ace and Luffy are SO brothers ... washboards ... *drool*), Sanji`s short pants and his legs which are hair-i-licious with the machismo (Sanji: Nair? I don need no stinkin` NAIR!), plus all the Zoro fanservice in this episode. Someone must have gotten rid of the Austrian body building crack fantasies they`ve been having because Zoro is less of the meathead he normally is. Much improved and making me vury, vury happy. They added a wet t-shirt segment and he was half nekkid for a bit until Nami couldn`t handle his Manly Manfull-ness struttin around. She threw his blue wifebeater at him before she lost all her self-control and jumped him right then and there. Admit it Nami. It`s okay. No one blames you for making Zoro wear clothes. No one except for all those irate fangrrls behind you.
A contender for the cutest Zoro moment ever was when he made his preparations before he swung across the water a la Tarzan. Right up there with when he was all happy and warm after he killed people for a coat on Drum Island.
Chopper was a cute little Zoro fanboy when the swordsman made his "I want to meet gawd so I can kick his ass" comment. Nico is always the coolest; her dead-pan observations never fail to crack me up. The only pirate I was not happy with was Usopp and that`s just because of his clothes. They`re so boh-ring right now. His bandana is a strange off-white gray and his t-shirt is an icky army green color. Or maybe my latent colorblindness finally kicked in. I dunno. But Usopp needs better clothes.
Jump Update:
Jump cover is really jumpy - the OP gang are free fallin' in the sky. Nami looks da kewlest. It almost makes me want to go to Airborne. Not.
Ace's Mailman Adventure Series!: Ace beats up a Marine and steals his clothes so he can visit his boy-
(Cue a resounding "SHUT UP" from Smoker and Ace.)
Ahem. Deliver mail.
Sanji and Usopp make it to the top of the Maximus. Nami gets ready to battle it out with Ener and has learned an important lesson from Zoro and Nico: dodge. Nico is busy moving every away from the ruins and up the giant beanstalk before the destruction begins. The Skypeians and the Shandias guerillas are getting away. Still. The flying bird thing bit it, but Aisa and Luffy are okay. Luffy tells Aisa to go find Nico.
Nami's still standing against Ener. She uses the Thunderball from her Clima Tact to block a lightning strike. Of course, Ener wasn't really trying so he just ups the juice - and gets a gunpowder ball in the face. Enter Usopp with his resounding battle cry, "GOMEN NASAI!"
The End
Info request:
Anyone have suggestions for good vegetarian cookbooks? I heard Moosewood was nice and a B.C.-er recommended the Rebar restaurant cookbook. Opinions? Suggestions? Please comment. I like eating and hope to continue to do so in the future.
Social Blogging:
FB, take it easy and get better.
reins is back and then gone again. Hope you have/are having/had a nice time in Singapore!
Lyn, I hope all your server/money-ish problems are being worked out.
To all those who made it to Anime Expo - lucky bastard. In retaliation, I ripped off Skuld's quiz thing and put it on Womit. HA! Take that for having fun without me!
My Life:
1) Wildlife is pouring off the mountains like angry gods. There were monkeys on my roof last night. Mountain monkeys. I don't even know what to think about it. Crazy.
2) I was informed that I am 'less foreign' than other foreigners. Whatever that means.
3) I got a haircut. I have a fringe. Go me.
4) Packing. Doing lots of that. Lots and lots of it.
5) Taiko. When I am not packing, I am playing the drums. Two performances this weekend, two more at the end of July. Lots of practicing, especially since the stage for one performance is one fourth the size of the one we use. That means a lot of drum shuffling and since most of us take our cues from the person next to us, who are now on the other side of the O-daiko, we're having to learn new cues. I like the new challenge it presents. We're also getting new happi coats for the Kinsai Matsuri. *hangs onto taiko sticks for dear life* What am I going to do in a month?
More Watermark. Nik, you might want to check out this chapter. Why? No reason. ^_~
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