...'Gorilla salad'? I didn't think, in my entire lifetime, that I would hear that as an analogy.

I wish we could have Bloody Bill Anderson commercials :/... It's better than freaked-out goldfish and suspicious blue liquids. (Although the goldfish ad is kinda cute). *snerk* Ha! I don't think I've cracked up so much since... those bad FotR subtitles.

~Kimi

What the hell, just read this.

I think I've just had a lesson in slang....

Kam

I wonder if people really suffer from these kinds of phobias, or they just make them up?

Fear of Bolsheviks - Bolshephobia (now if there was a fear of Communism it'd make more sense...)
Fear of bums or beggars - Hobophobia.
Fear of Eight, the number - Octophobia
Fear of France or French culture - Francophobia, Gallophobia or Galiphobia.
Fear of Friday the 13th- Paraskavedekatriaphobia (Try spelling that one!)
Fear of learning - Sophophobia.
Fear of phobias - Phobophobia

There was actually some kind of point to that, since I was looking up what the fear of blood was (Which is haemophobia, although they give it 4 different spelling variations >_>...). Have actually been studying before midday today. How novel.

Hmmm, only 3 more days until the election. Restore my faith in the intelectual capacity of this nation by kicking out Johnnie's damn Coalition. Come on, electorate, you can do it! Argggg!

Hmmm... Politicophobia; fear of politicians.

~Kimi

Have been playing RO again. We got the server updated with all the new stuff, like the International and the Black Party patch the kRO recently released and, yes, the new job classes. So now I've actually got motivation to go all the way to lvl 99, except that the experience curve is so damn steep, [h00r m0m4 wod have trouble. Although, I did know that this curve would be nothing like iRO where you could play for weeks at this level and not see a drastic improvement.

It's much more interesting just starting a new character.
Orion (Hunter) [97/58]
Anais (Assassin) [83/50]
You should see that Bongun pet, he weeps when you ask him to emote. *glomps* Hasn't started talking yet.

It feels incomplete, sure, but I really need to study now.

Oh yeah. We stopped playing Lineage II because:
a) The skills are incomplete, there's too many bugs and the fact that the server keeps dropping us really annoys me.
b) Ohnn got a Beta account for World of Warcraft, which he gave to Moku. So, you know, they've sorta lost interest too. I'm still very impressed by that incredibly long dance sequence. And the night elf.... will occasionally jump up and down on the spot. Some diligent programmer carefully ensured that cleavage and boyancy will both be present in the animation. Makes you wonder just how lonely they were...

Kam

Kimi's recipie for pre HSC stress (Which is completely unrelated to the HSC...):

1) Go into chatwood to get all printing done in one day (SO as to study; yes, the plan was to be studying right now), only to find out that processing costs for the file type used will be 100 bucks.
2) Proceed to get bookmarks done ("55 bucks! *froths*"), only to realise halfway through that you forgot to specify the paper weight ("Oh shit!" *out loud*). Angst over whether they'll charge you extra for having to do it again.
3) Realise that said double-sided bookmarks don't actually line up properly, and you'll probably have to do it again. This is offset by nice dude who only charges you 21 bucks for the whole thing, instead of the 55 some other guy said.
4) Upon going home to try and re-save the files to get them printed, Photoshop starts acting like a whiny bitch. Delete files to get more virtual memory, because you have them on CD. Photoshop still acting like a whiny bitch.
5) Realise that you don't actually know where the backup CD is, which now has the only copy of the files. Proceed to hyperventilate, rant, and whine about the stupidity of it all, while photoshop is still being a whiny bitch. Attempt to find CD, but no luck.
6) Attempt to sleep and wake up at 6am. Go back to store to find CD. CD still not found. Angst/whine some more.
7) Try to find a program which can recover deleted files. Find deleted files (Whee~!). Realise that crappy trial versions don't actually let you recover them. Briefly try to find some sort of hack/crack, but get turned off by those bloody pr0n banner ads. Dad ends up paying 50 bucks for an undelete program (insert angst).

Never. Ever. Deleting. Backup. Files. Ever. Again. (Unless there's three copies on the table and one in my hand).

Fark. I should use some of my profits to pay dad back. I do not need more stress before the HSC >_>.

Although on the flipside, that dude from the printing place was really nice. Less than half price~! And he tried to find the CD for me. And he told me that Mika looked liked his friends wife. *snerk* XD. Priceless quote!

~Kimi

....so the animal in the top corner isn't a donkey? .___. ("What's a horse doing there?") I had an inkling that it was Alucard, but I didn't know he was in your Harem. I was kind of close with the Armand thing. It's hard to tell with all those limbs~ Although... if I was ever not being lazy, or had time, or was feeling properly inspired, I'd draw you some Ara' + Lujan fanart... just because~ (I am not grinning at this very moment. I swear ._.). 's not my fault it's impossible to read Centaur's name on your pics. I think his name starts with an 'I'...

~Kimi

Oh, it wasn't that it was too easy. It was more like, when are we going to get the update so I can actually be bothered to get to level 99? We're waiting for the job update with the sniper and assassin cross and wotnot.

Hmmmm... no cookie for you, I'm afraid. You've only got two of the names (Lujan and Arakasi), I won't take the "centuar whos name I can't find."

Answers: Mikae, Nighteyes, Sirius, Cianor, Ithalith, Hiro, Alucard, Lujan, Arakasi, two random people who I don't really know, and a couple of limbs. John and Anais aren't in there because this is the early Harem days and I hadn't found them yet.

Kam

That's kind of good... I don't know whether I could be bothered downloading Sakray again, and RO would only tend to distract me. See, that's what happens when you make everything easy~ You get bored of it quickly because there's nothing left to do ;P.

Hrmmmm *looks at picture*. Well, there's Lujan and Arakasi, that's easy. And the Centaur whos name I can't find. Is that Aziraphale? (I'm sure I've mangled his name) And I think that's John Grey in the corner, although at first I though "Armand! With wierd colouring... o.O...". And what looks suspiciously like Gabe in the other corner.

~Kimi

Well, not really. I was doing some cleaning and realised that I had been slack in finishing off this one comic on the history of The Harem. It has some nice frames, though, this one of which I am particularly fond.

The speech on this frame [ATField Down] goes as follows:
1st Person: Yargh! Someone just touched me!
2nd Person: That was me!
1st Person: Oh, that's alright, then.

Can you name all the characters? I've cut off a few, so you won't be able to tell, but give me five names and you can have a cookie.

Kam

Or it could just be that the server's down and we're not playing RO anymore. I don't really feel like I've completed the game or anything, but if I think about it, there's not much left to do. Equipment? Done. Level? Nearly Done but let's face it, what's the point? Skills? Done. Stats? Why bother?

So anyway, we're all playing Lineage now, but half the skills are like, missing. It's pretty aggravating. And damnit, the male elf looks like such a frickin' pansy. They didn't have one with the right length of hair, I'm afraid, but I named him Anais anyway.

Kam

I'll write something more meaningful later... but this has just been cracking me up XD. It's like watching a really bad dub... only its screencaps of a really bad Fellowship of The Ring sub. *snorts* XD

Oh yeah, my Sakray.exe is working funny, so I think I need to re-download it or something. Hrm.... Oh, I have those photos on CD too.

~Kimi

I've been forum lurking, trying to find a list of the Cute-Pet quotes. Although I failed in this endeavour, I did discover that there are a whole bunch of stupid people out there who like to post a question already fucking answered in the above post simply because they are too lazy to read before they spam and don't bother to do a bit of research before they ask something that MILLIONS of fucking faqs have already supplied the result to.

So here is my attempt at informing the thousands of stupid kiddies out there, who vcant tpye, start Every Fucking Word Of Every Fucking Sentence With A Fucking Capital, and are just too fucking dumb to read what is already there.

1. There are many faqs dedicated to pet taming.
The official site has a section dedicated to the pet-system, explaining how it works and wotnot. To the idiots out there who ask questions like "How do I hatch my Rhoda Frog Spawn?" why don't you look at this very pretty, simple and elementry guidefucking dick-wad.
The most popular one is probably the one on gamesfaq, although this one is really basic. It's not really complete. But a good start if you know nothing about cute-pets.
The one on d-Artz is a really nice and complete little table, with pictures for those of nitwits who find words too fucking difficult to comprehend. The format might be a little confusing if you have the mental capacity of a two year old, so I will explain it here. The left is a little picture, so you know what your pet might look like. In the darker yellow row is the name of this pet. "Food" indicates what you feed this pet with. The egg picture is the picture of your egg and "Chance" is what percentage you have of getting it. "Capture" is the taming item, and next to it is where you find it. "Equip" is the extra item you can give to your pet to wear, along with where it is found. "Skill" is what your pet will do to assist you in battle. OK? Everyone with me so far? Good.
There are many, many more, like here and here.

2. The First Step: Deciding on a Pet
The above link has a complete list of pets available at the moment (note that this is liable to change). While it might be nice to say: "Hey! Look at that! I want a Deviruchi!" you should keep in mind what is really possible:
a) What taming items are you capable of getting, either by money or by drops. The higher the lvl of a pet the more difficult it is to get the taming items.
b) Are you actually strong enough to find and tame that pet, because it would be really sad if you were killed by said pet or by the monsters around it. Ie. the Baphomet Jr can be found in Arcadia... have fun there.
c) The upkeep of your pet might be way out of your budget. Porings and wotnot can be fed on herbs and juices. Some of the higher level pets require pet food - dropped by mummies and sold by pet merchants. This can be a costly purchase.

3. What item should I use?
Now that you've decided on your pet and you've looked at a nice list to find out what you need - for example, Rainbow Carrot, you'll need to find out what creature drops it - or who to get it from. You could probably buy some of these items from a player but don't expect to find any of the better pet items for a low price or easily. If you want to know which creature, what level, where to find this elusive bugger, I recommend you use this fantastic database on ROEmpire, since the search engine allows you to choose an item and then search for the monster or go directly by name.

4. Find that Item!
This is probably the hardest bit. You'll need to go and hunt for that item. There's nothing more to it than luck and persistence, so I really can't give you any hints. You could buy items, but I strongly suggest that you have atleast two of that item before you go and tame your pet. Sometimes more is needed. I had three Knives of Chastity to tame my Sohee and they all failed even after I beat her up. Be prepared for the worst.

5. Find your Soon-To-Be-Pet
Again, use that database. I do suggest that you find something you can hold up against, although if you've managed to hunt for the taming item with success I suspect you can. The pet you tame is always considerably weaker than the monster you find the taming item from. Most are mini-bosses or MVPs. Example: fight the lunatic boss to get the lunatic taming item, etc.

6. Tricks to taming
Whack 'em hard and good. The success you get is compared between your hp and the creature's. If your level is high and the pet is a poring, there's no need to hurt it (probably because you'll kill it in one hit even without weapons). If it's a lvl 33 monster then you'll need to kill one first and count the number of hits. Then attack another one till about 1/20 of its life. Luck stats has nothing to do with it, just like luck stats has nothing to do with drops. Some creatures are simply harder to tame than others. I've heard things about how the slot machine is pre-determined so there's no need to time it, it probably is, but my personal experience states otherwise - although this is biased.

When the slot machine lands on "success" the creature will be automatically transformed into an egg (yes, even the Munaks) and added to your inventory straight away. To hatch this egg you'll need a pet incubator, which you can buy from pet merchants or from the Eggyra. You double click on the incubator and a list will pop out, of all the eggs in your possession (inventory not storage) and you just double click on the egg of choice. Tada!

Item Hunting.
You'll have to be fairly comfortable with your character, know what's your damage range on bosses before you take on anything crazy. If it's a item for a lvl 33+ pet, be prepared to party for the item (or die).
Some taming items are made from component parts. There are "Pet Experts" (or whatever) dotted around some cities where you can exchange parts for items. The one at Izlude is next to the tool dealer, the shop at the 2 o'clock position around the town center. There's one at Al de Baran (clock tower city) and Alberta (merchant port-city).
Pet Merchants are in probably every city, and they sell just the obvious: incubators, poring backpacks and rocker glasses, as well as pet food. You can distingush the pet merchant NPCs by their green hair and baggy sleeves.
Pet accessories may or may not decrease the amount of time it takes for your pet to like you. They probably do, since my sohee quickly became comfortable with me even after I nearly lost her to starvation. But they look cute, so get'em. :P (You'll have to fight MVPs for most of them, Moonlight, Golden Thief Bug, Maya etc)

Pet Skills
As far as I know, your pet is meant to have skills, although I have yet to see it in action. I guess it depends on what version you're playing on. At the very least, you pet will be able to loot and to attack. They won't do this until they feel very close to you; "intimate" or "loyal." If you're a tanker, you might not be able to see them attack and thus get the impression that they're not doing anything, but trust me, they're fighting. Some pets won't attack but that's because they don't, even in the wild they don't attack. I have yet to see a wolf puppy do real damage aside from just barking at the monster.
All the pets can loot automatically, not just the porings and yoyos. They can only hold so much, however, around 10 items or so. To get them to drop the items, just ask them to perform. You'll have to quickly grab them again, though, because your pet isn't picky about what kind of crap it picks up.

Pet Intimacy
Feed them. That's all. Don't overfeed, because they can get sick. Don't forget to feed or they'll run away. If they run, you can chase after them and quickly feed them. Don't leave the screen or let them get out of sight because they'll vanish. Feed them when the status says: "hungry" or "a little bit hungry." You can feed them when they're normal but my pet complains of stomach aches.
Your pet will tell you when she/he is hungry. If your pet doesn't talk, then you can check the pet window for a status check. Some pets will get hungry faster than others. The hunger rate will also increase if you're idling - as in, sitting around, talking, shopping, etc.
You pet's relationship with you will drop if you die and increase when you kill things. I don't know the numbers though, this forum has that detail.
If your intimacy is high, your pet won't mind so much when you die, and indeed, could go on a revenge hunt. There's something very endearing about watching your pet run after the monster that killed you, seeking vengence.

Pet Talk
If your pet doesn't talk, but emotes all the time and the intimacy is loyal, it could be because of the version you are playing. I didn't realise my sohee had been gossiping to me about her friends until Kimi told me. But it's not necessarily a bad thing: not hearing your pet talk. Now that I can see her speech, she never shuts up and her commentry takes up half my screen.
If everything's ok but your pet's still not talking, trust me, it will, just keep on feeding it at regular intervals, and then one day it'll start (for the better or the worse).
I doubt that replying to what they say will increase your relationship with your pet but it's cute.

Quest Hints
Munak pet taming item is created in Izlude - that's the one with the pvp arena. The expert is in the tool dealer's building. That's the same with the Orc warrior's taming item.
The Bongun taming item is "Her Heart." You'll need a Girl's Diary and the plait you get from killing Munaks. You are to go to Comodo - that's the beach "city" with the casino - and look for a Grandmother Munak - I think. My version doesn't actually have this npc installed so I do not actually know if this works. It should though, she should be outside a hut on the far right of the Comodo.

Pet Window
Name: when you first get your pet you can name it. Do not click on the button first, just select the writing and type. Then hit the button to submit, it should ask you for a confirmation. You can only name your pet once, but GMs have a command that allows for pet renaming. It probably won't be on though, so be sure before you submit.
Level: You pet's initial and final level. They cannot level, no matter how many monsters you/they kill. Their stats do not change/vary from their untamed counterparts.
Hunger: Tells you how hungry they are. Feed them when it says hungry or anything lower.
Relationship: Tells you how close they are to you. Keep it at intimate/loyal.
Equipment: To equip, just double click on the accessory in your inventory and it will be equipped on to your pet. To unequip, just click the command on the pet menu. Your pet can only have one accessory and these are fairly specified too.
Egg status: You should do this when MVPing or testing out new waters. Since your pet doesn't really like it when you die, it's better to put them into hiatus mode. It shouldn't affect their fondness of you. Unfortunately, another pet incubator will be required to re-hatch them.

This last bit is for me:
Sohee Quotes:
Uh, my tummy hurts alot. Doctors get paid really good.
Thank you for feeding me. Hmm, needs a little salt.
Have you ever considered becoming a Kafra employee? You won't have to kill innocent monsters and the pay looks good.
Why is everyone staring at me?
Why do I float and your feet touch the ground? Am I different?
I think feeding me is a lot more interesting than just standing around.
I enjoy sitting in the shade, don't you?
My friend, the munak's going out with the Bongun. It's great!

Kam

So, anyway, I found this little [site] with allows you to test out character designs for RO. If Moku hadn't gone back to his assassin I would've created one, since it's always been one of my little dreams to make a Anais sprite. But this allowed me to fulfill that little fantasy of mine without actually having to play all the way to job lvl 50. So after a bit of tweaking I got this for Hector and Anais: practically the way I had imagined.

But of course, curiosity got the better of me and I wondered: "Hey! Wouldn't it be brilliant if I could make Arithon too?" Although I did acknowledge the difficulties of selecting just one job for the elusive little bugger, only to realise that none of the jobs had the right kind of clothing he'd actually wear. If he was out on the seas, he'd be geared up in something like the blacksmith:
Which then spawned the bard idea, what would he have to be dressed like if he going incognito? You know, the full pretty-boy outfit? I thought I was prepared for the outcome... I wasn't. Had to go and wipe the spittle off my screen:
Now that we've passed the point of no return. I had to do it, I'm afraid. I just had to.
Strictly speaking, Arakasi is a rogue:
But I'm sure he'd be wearing what the novices wear. Nothing disarms suspicion more than the uniform of a n00b.

Kam

I was wondering, as mum was driving me back, why I didn't seem particularly upset when watching all my friends leave, or at the concept of never going back to school again. I was observing Anne and the Twins getting all emotional and feeling a little bit uncaring that I didn't seem to be as affected.

But the one thought that made me cry was the realisation that was I was losing was not friends or relationship that I had formed over the years but rather a era, one that I can never go back to.

I will never understand those children who want to grow up so quickly, who wear "adult" make-up and dress like "adults" do. Treasure your youth, this time of innocence, because one day you will look back and wish you could return back to these days.

That's why old people keep on going on about the the good ol' days - they're not trying to bore you, but teach you. Not about history - although you may well learn something there - but rather about holding this memory in your arms as if it were the your most valuable possession, because it is. Never take time for granted - it is like sand between one's fingers. Try as you might it will always escape from cupped hands.

Friends come and go, I've left many friends behind that I once, too, thought I would never forget. You'll always make new ones, so losing relationships arn't an issue. You can't make up for wasted eras.

To all the teenagers, children and those of similar make I leave a warning, that you might stumble upon this message and take it to heart: Don't be so quick to spread your wings to fly. This moment you have is so precious, more so than any hopes you might possess for responsibility, independence or wealth. Remember that your childhood is the best time of your life.

Kam

I know you don't follow Inu Yasha anymore but this is a quote that everyone can enjoy!

Besides, I just remembered. Kouga has a sword, doesn't he?
Isn't it obvious...he saw Inuyasha's sword...the big, long, pulsing, sword that blasts with energy when fully powered and weilded properly and began to work because of Kagome......and he's a little ashamed of his borrowed, unpracticed swordage, so he hides it under his tail and makes sure dubious shadows are in place when he makes aerial attacks.....
Masked Ermine

Oh yeah, could I have a copy of those photos on your camera?

Kam

*large teary eyes* Chrno Crusade vol 2 is being released... in October! Joy...

Kam

You wanna come on and test this new server?

Kam

We can't get it working. I don't know why, only that Mark was at it for the entire night and nothing seems to work.

Sorry for getting your hopes up, though. When John comes back we could ask him to try as we did for Lina's but I suspect that we probably can't get you in.

Sorry. :(

[Wait... come on MSN and we'll try another thing.]

[No... wait, it probably won't work]

Kam

Please come on to MSN asap. I'll be on all afternoon so we can talk and set up your computer so you can join us.

Kam

Hey, do you have a server patch I can download for the Sakray.exe? And could you e-mail me your I.P if you're not at school tomorrow?

This whole thing is kind of confusing x_X. I have the kRO and Sakray stuff installed, but I need the rest of the stuff like the sclientinfo.xml and whatever. Maybe come on MSN or whetever tomorrow night and we can sort it all out (I'll be in the city after school)

~Kimi

Yes, you do. So I'll give that you to privately, of course.

If anyone out there wants to join us then drop me an email! It'll be alot of fun!

Kam

Just downloading it now~ ;D ('s kind of a big file, actually...). I get to blame you if this game corrupts me into more procrastination though~!

Looking throught this electorate thing. I realised just how sucky it is to be a non Liberal supporter in my electorate. 21.2 percent Liberal swing margin! Fark. That makes us the 3rd safest Liberal seat in all of Australia, and by a measly 0.8 percent at that -_-. I'm not sure about your Electorate. It's either Bradfield (same as mine) or North Sydney, since Chatswood and Atarmon are right on the border line. The Liberal swing is still around 15 percent anyway. It's kind of funny, looking at the funky interactive map. The Liberal/Labour split almost devides in a perfect line from north/south.

I feel like getting one of the shirts from this site though XD

[edit] Holy crap, since when was our download speed 150k a second o_O. I don't remember getting a speed upgrade...

[edit 2] Crap, now I have to download RO again so I can actually join the personal server. This is going to take a while... Wait, Don't I need your IP to join? o_O

~Kimi

Ragnorak Online is a evily obsessive. I'll be away playing, instead of actually studying or blogging.

Kimi, you should join us on Moku's server.

Kam

Damnit, the more I see of him the more I'm comfirmed in my hypothesis; Oded Fehr is frickin' hot. Johnny Depp sort of hot. And isn't that the best compliment you can give to a guy?
I only mentioned it because he suddenly seems to be cropping up alot; - just randomly surfing tonight I've already bumped into three mentions of him and a rather dashing photo. What's the deal? Hey, what other movies has he been in? I first saw him in the Mummy but I don't think I've seen him any where else.

Hmmm... Dreamworks has the Bromeliad series by Terry Pratchett on the In Production List. That's cool... but I'm not really looking forward to them condensing three books into on 90 minute film. But Truckers is such a perfect book to be filmed/animated.
Speaking of which, I wonder when Artemis Fowl is going to be properly produced? These movie rights things are so stupid. Film companies don't really want to produce anything - they only want to own the rights to certain titles so that they can sue the pants off other people who actually have an active interest in the product. *cough*

And I've lost the driver for my soundcard. What a pain. And I guess Macromedia Flash got deleted along with half of my CD collection.

And although it might be wrong of me to say this... but... er... there is something so sexy but yet, so damn gay, about watching John Travolta shake his gr00ve thang. Rrrwol.

Kam

That's right I put the last one in to see how many hits we'll get, the perverts.

But my entire entry is really only for this link which does, actually, contain all above three topics - although admittedly I only clicked on it for Howl, recieved Johnny as a special side order and skimmed through all the other stuff.

Here it is: [link]

Kam

I had to wait until I got home to open it, but they finally arrived *o*

First out of the box was Mint in colour, and then the rest followed.

I still reckon then even if I wasn't such a fangirl, Klarth would still have the coolest design out of all of them. Dhaos was really cool too XD. And I never noticed before, but his feet don't actually touch the bottom of the base. He's levitating~! :O. The Tales of Phantasia trading figures seem somewhat subdued compared to the Tales of Symphonia ones though. Symphonia has a lot of bright reds and blues, whereas Phantasia uses more earthy colours. I actually like the stone version of Cless better than the colour one, because Kotobukiya did something wierd to his face o.O. There's a bit of hair-coloured paint on his forehead~ Bad Kotobukiya >_>. As a set I like Symphonia better, but the Phantasia ones, especially Mint, Klarth and Dhaos, are really cool~

Oh, and I got some extra ones for you, which I'll bring tomorrow~ They include a colour Mint and Suzu, and stone versions of Arche, Chester and Suzu (with no sword, which bemuses me). I didn't get a stone version of Klarth or an alternate Dhaos though :(. And here's the current layout of figures (my desktop is getting cramped x_X)

[edit] Aeiii, holy shite there's no space left on the server (deletes some superfluous stuff in Scribbles since its on hiatus anyway). Where did all that space go... hmm, well the temp analog and webaliser takes up about 40 meg... 25 in e-mail. The websites are fine, I think it's just a few random things which are taking up some space.

~Kimi

Oh yeah, sorry 'bout that. Here ther are~ [link]. I cleaned them up a bit and stuff, if that's alright.

Damn, it so does not feel like sunday. I want it to be saturday~ x_X. Mat came today, and gave me a really cool book on manga, "60 years of japanese comics". Am sure I'll get around to reading it all. The card was cool too, and now serves as my lovely second reminder to work hard. Lets hope it actually works. Huzzah!

Hmm, anyway, need sleep.

[edit] Oh yeah. After watching the Resident Evil 2 movie trailer I just remembered that that cool guy from The Mummy is in it *snerk*. He doesn't look as good though (he needs teh scruf! Or whatever)... and the Lickers look like chunky pieces of crap. Since when were they that hideous grey colour? I'd go see it when it comes out, maybe, but I might spend the whole time bitching about what they did to the canon. If they'd just left it as it was in the games, it would have made a good movie. Lets face it, the games play like fancy zombie flicks anyway. Why couldn't they have just adapted it instead of trying to come up with something new? Bah *shudder*. I think the Resi fans would have lynched the producer if they'd done ResidentEvil 2 instead of 3. *shudders at thought of an Americanised Leon* Noooooo~ I mean.. not that the characters aren't American in nature, but... *shrug*. You know what I mean. Maybe

~Kimi

Um.

I know you're probably busy and all that...

But.

Um. Could you...? Would you upload that stuff?

Thanks.

Kam

Hmmm.... My brothers took the car to the Blue Mountains, and they'll be back quite late. Libby's out, so I haven't been able to get hold of her (she's probably buying you a gift :P) and I dunno who else will be able to pick me up... Anne? I don't think it's on her way.

I'll still be coming, but I might just, like, walk or something. Probably be late, though.

Will you see this before tonight?

Kam

Ahar~! Now I can change the info on the side. Maybe when I open up the blog and look there it will remind me once and for all that I am actually 18. The apparent magnitude of reaching this age hasn't really sunk in... Anyway.

Thankyou to everyone~! Since it was a group-thing it's a bit hard to name/remember everyone who contributed. This day was made all the more better by the fact that my exams didn't suck as much as I thought they were going to. 94% on art theory and 87.5% on extension 1~! w00t! I feel smart... sort of. Bah, enough of exams. Thank ye very much to everyone for;

The Muse 'Absolution' album and the latest Eskimo Joe album. They rock muchly~
The Arthurian legend book, which I'm sure I'll get around to reading ;)
The pillows~! Omg they're so big and pillowy. They take up, like, 1/4 of my bed. Perfect for flopping all over. And they match my room~
The dragonfly thang. It's stuck in one of my metal drawers at the moment.
The ring, even though it's a bit big ;)
Kam's cartoon. Whah~! . It's so cute and cool and 'awww'. 'snif' *_* (I have a larger scan if you want it, by the way~)
My mum for the keyring, and my parents collectively for the digi-cam I got this afternoon. A very groovy Nikon 3.2 megapixel. So cool.

I hope I haven't forgotten anything. Thay you all so very much~ Today was really great ToT. Only 3 more weeks or so of collective togetherness. So depressing

~Kimi

Happy Birthday, Kimi-chan! Best of wishes and so on.

[My brother has a blog. Should I list him?]

Kam

I think Windows is unanimously farked x_X. Reminds me of the time when we installed a security pack that was supposed to fix the problems, and ended up scrweing over my computer. Thank goodness for Knoppix and those nifty bootable OS's.

Eventually I'm going to get the hang of all these wine things. That is, how people can tell the difference between them. Upon first taste, they all kind of seem the same. Anne's did seem a bit dry and harsh/acidic, but I suppose it was an 18 with about 20 people. One's hardly going to break out the good stuff~ The alcohol at Josh's was quite nice. It was only about 3% alcohol, and tasted a bit like grape cider. It was a white with a fruity flavour, or something. Although I had three of them, so go vigure. The equivalent of only 2 standard drinks! I suspect my bladder would have given up in protest before I could down enough of them to actually get drunk. There was low-alcoholic vodka there too~ :O. You know, Vodka is something like 40% alcohol normally XD. I'm thinking of having similar stuff at mine though. Just some low alcoholic stuff and normal drinks too. It makes you feel older to be drinking out of a bottle at a party~! Me and Anne and Liz were talking about what to do at mine, and we got on the subject of playing twister while inebriated xD;... And coming dressed as pirates! Arrr! There were some quite amusing conversations actually...

Mmm, desert wines. Thar're usually the sweet delicate type, I think. I should ask my parents some time why some wines go with whatever it is they go with. We're being incredibly snarky with eachother at the moment ._. (Well, earlier in the day to be exact). Sometimes you just get those days where most of the people in your house really shit you for one reason or another. Argggbah! Anyway... (ponders what it must be like to only have one regular parent)

Yeah, that scene was cute XD. Which makes the current arc all the more angsty/depressing/emotional ToT. Although part of me really wants to see Sasuke's level 2 curse seal~

Hmm, an early night call me. I hope my figures arrive tomorrow >_>

~Kimi

Well. That's just dandy, in't it? Why doesn't anything ever seem to work when you want it to? Especially Microsoft products? We attempted to reformat my computer and C drive, re-installing Windows because it was f***ed up before. Only now, it's even more f***ed up and I can't even use IE. I mean, I couldn't beforebut now I can't even surf the web without it crashing every five seconds. My poor Theta. We were so looking forward to giving him a bigger storage space but now... it looks like I'm going to have to put him into early retirment. When surgery goes wrong...

Yesterday we went to Hunter Valley, wine country. Twas quite interesting actually, that tour and everything. The lady who was serving us for the wine tasting gave me a funny look and she asked if I was over eight-teen. We said yes, but it was so obvious that I wasn't. But she let it go. We were just tasting anyway. But besides that I think I've found a lovely little champagne for your birthday, although they didn't sell it in tiny bottles. I'll just have to pour it out into a flask or something. It's much nicer than that stuff at Anne's party. I have the feeling that they brought... um... cheap stuff because there was so many people (her father just kept on bringing out the bottles) This stuff is really nice, very sweet - it's a dessert wine - and honey-like in texture. You're meant to have it with ice cream. Anyway. If I remember.

Um... Why is the release date for Traitor's Knot now December? What the hell?! Well, technically it was November 30 so it's only seven days later. But that's another entire freakin' week!!!!!

My daddy's leaving tomorrow. ;_; We had a lot of fun, I must say. Although I'm kinda worried that next time he comes I'll not be able to speak chinese at all. I can listen and translate into english ok, but I don't really know how to speak the language. That's bad. Anyway. I have Pocky. Actual, honest-to-God Pocky. It has 'Pocky' written in giant letters over the front. But it was really cheap, which is weird.

It was really cute how Little!Naruto and Little!Sasuke were like all: 'I'm too damn good to be your friend but secretly I think you're alright.'
That's right. Just then we were playing Halo against Mark. Us as in; dad, John and me agaisnt Mark. And we lost! But I blew him up 10 times! (Let's not say how many times I died, ok?)

Lucy-san is taking me out to dinner tomorrow and then to visit a sick saint. I'm going to have a very busy week.

But my daddy's leaving. ;_;

Kam

"The Prime Minister, John Howard, announced an October 9 election date today saying the campaign will be one fought on trust.

Announcing the election date at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Mr Howard said it would be a decision for voters about who they trusted most to look after Australia and its economic future.

Pfah. John Howard is the last person I would trust with Australia's future. I wish he'd stop harking on about the economy... honestly, the economy is not the be-all and end-all of a country. It's about sustainability in all areas. Including, say, things like the environment, health and education >:O. Hmm, this means I need to get enrolled in the next week...

For the love of everything decent in this world, I hope John Howard isn't re-elected. If people have any common sense, they can't possibly want him in for another term. If he is, then the Australian electorate is absurdly ignorant or stupid.

~Kimi

*Initial impression after reading the raw for Naruto 228* Ahaha! Suck shit, Sasuke! XD!!

Now of course I like Sasuke... but someone needs to give him a good slap every now and then, and I found the end of that chapter to be kind of amusing. I mean, it's about time Sasuke fully realised that Naruto's no pushover. *waits for next chapter*

Bah, arm still hurts from that injection. Feels like someone punched me in the shoulder really hard x_X. Well, I suppose the muscle is bruised underneath.... but anyway. Will finish this later, need to go to supermarket and sturf. I have the perfect present in mind for Josh's b-day, but it doesn't come out yet, and the store is having renovations. So I'll get him some candy and an I.O.U card XD

[later] Crap, now I've forgotten what I was going to write... oh yeah, I took some photos. Yay for randomness~!

Comparatively expensive, ey? Sounds interesting XD. Come to think of it, I don't really know what I'm getting from anyone for my birthday... it'll probably be something random but good.

We got Spaceballs on DVD at the supermarket for 20 bucks XD. I've been wantig to see that movie again for ages~ ToT. But I have to watch Mystic River some time between now and wednesday for Extension. Which is kind of good, because I wanted to see it anyway ~Kimi

I got BB's gift, which I am sure she'll love. Pretty good deal for $40, you know. I would stick up a photo but our digi-cam is broken. So anyway, you'll see it on Monday. Cute stuff. A giant giraffe and a smaller horse soft toy.

Got your gift too, but expensive stuff. Really expensive. Comparitively.

Oh yes. I can't believe Kagura died in Inu Yasha. What's the deal with that? And just when I was being to root for Sesshomaru and Kagura. Man, she was my favourite female character. But she was first like: 'oh shit, I don't want to die' to 'it's alright as long as /you're/ here' and Fluffy pratically admitted that he came because he knew she was in trouble. And she was so happy that Fluffy was there, you know! Like all; 'yeah, it's okay that I'm going to die because you cared enough to come and see me one last time.' But she didn't say that out loud, of course - Kagura being too mucho to go around saying sappy crap even in death - but I bet Sesshomaru knows. He always knows. Anyway, Rin told him. Not that that would have mattered since Fluffy wouldn't give a damn about what other people thought. He went because he cared. And he wanted to save her too - except the stupid sword was completely useless. Thanks alot, you bastard Naraku. And he had this look on his face - sorta sad, but more than that. Like, remorseful bordering on to tender. Oh, it's all so sweet. And then she dies.
And Dogboy is all like; 'Sesshomaru, was she suffering?' and Fluffy acts all cool, because that's what he does and also because that's what she wanted - to be free like the wind! And he says; 'she was smiling' but does he know why she was smiling? She wasn't smiling until /you/ came along, Fluffy you, hot hunk o' burning luv! *bursts into tears*
I'm ranting, I know.

Our Xbox is also broken. I refuse to allow that.. that... /box/ near my Pirates DVD again! It was terrible. It was screaming, you know. And I'm not making that up.

Kam

BB would like a giant soft toy I think. I'm going to get it tomorrow, so would you like to bring twenty bucks (or however much) and I'll see what's the largest toy I can buy in Target. With any luck, it will be a most impressive size.
And look at the default icon of this girl: [here]. Oh gosh, that's so funny my sides hurt.

Kam

I just threw a box of tissues at my face and I don't know why

It must be the stress sleep deprivation talking. Ho-hum. But the major is oveeeer! Argggg. It's too late to say I didn't screw some things up in it... let's hope the HSC exams are better.

I mean, not that this isn't the HSC....

But anyway. Sleep, need, blargggness

~Kimi

Noo, Kam saw through the plot device. Which, in actuality, is what it was; because one always needs some sort of conceptual strength in artwork. But despite what that may imply, I didn't do it 'just because' it was political. I did it because it appealed to me, and I think it's something which does need to be said. It's meant to be somewhat tongue-in-cheek about the whole thing anyway, so I'm not too worried about that. I mean, I do advocate the statement I made, but it wasn't the original purpose of the work, and for that It'll always come across to me as being a bit 'tacked on'.

Don't worry, I'm not annoyed; I've been thinking exactly the same thing. Even though people have been telling me how much they like it, I can't help but think "But, you know, compared to some other thing's I've done that wasn't that great. It was a bit average, really". Because to people who haven't used photoshop or anything, it looks all fancy and makes them go "ooh". The line-art was because I ran out of time, although I'll take 'artsy' too ;D

I really admire people like Libby, who can work consistently hard on things from the very beginning. If anyone deserved that highly commeneded, it was her. If I hadn't dithered so much on what I was doing I know I could have gone better. Which, in other words, basically means that if I had actually applied myself to what I was doing, I could have gone better ._.. But what's done is done. And if one thing comes out of this, I hope it's the motivation to work harder next time.

But yeah, we really should stop berating ourselves about the things we didn't do, and work on the things we should be doing :O Like English omgit'sduetomorrow *hyperventilates*

Maybe we should have an agreement to jab eachother to work, since we're not the most capable of people at doing it ourselves ._.

*prods Kam*

*slaps self*

Work! Arggggg! @*&!$#%&!!

~Kimi

Actually, that's exactly what I meant by my comment on your work. And what you said about the whole exam thing was exactly what I've thought too, including that bit about wishing but not really wishing for a more obtrusive parent.

To elaborate more on what I meant and exactly what I thought when I saw your work... Well, don't be too annoyed.
For someone who hasn't seen what you are capable of, it's no doubt impressive. But for me, I know exactly what you can do and how much better you are than what was on the wall in the art show. My impression was that you did a half arsed job at the last moment, and while that might place you well against other people, shows nothing of your true skills - only a commended? I was expecting a highly commended at that. You can do so much better, Kimiko.
The line art might looked like it was you being 'artsy' but I thought it looked more like you ran out of time. It was only barely above your average standard. The political statement seemed insincere. The concept is interesting but it doesn't really have depth. To me anyway. But I've got higher expectations of your work than anyone else's, mainly because you have the potential.
In short; it was nothing special compared to your previous stuff. I could tell the teachers liked it, but it seemed more like you used a controversial stand to give your work a leg up. It's nice but...

But Libby's looks like she put a lot of work into it. She didn't just sit down during the last two weeks to work really hard on it, she actually thought carefully about her theme, her presentation and it /shows/. (I asked her about it during the beginning of this year and listened to her ramble on about it as she progressed, so I know she planned beforehand - hey, I wonder if she'll let me buy that plaster work of hers, I really like it.) That's the difference, she really deserves her highly commended certificate - I hope she excels in this one.

I'm always so impressed by these people who can sit down and just work to a schedule. I really don't have to motivation to study. I can blame it on other people, my mum's not nosey enough, my brothers are way too discouraging with their comments: 'Pah! HSC is nothing, wait til' you get to Uni!' but really, the fault is mine and no one else's. You get what you deserve. Which reminds me, I should stop rebuking myself and actually study maths.

Kam

Oooh yeah, almost done *does dance*. Still need to fine tune some bits, but brain does not want to function right now. Not in desired levels of coherency if I want to stay alive tomorrow. Craves sleep. Have also spazzed out again on the (only) New Zelda trailer. It makes me rave like a fangirl every time I see it! :O And reminds me why I lurve Nintendo for their dedication to kick-ass games and bishy elf-boi's. Omfg need more information on this game. Damn you Nintendo for being such a tease...! >_> Give it a sudden media splurge at E3, then nothing for 4 months. No fair~

Anyway...

~Kimi

Pfah. Now I have your comments on my brain when I sit down to try and contemplate my English Reflection Statement. Don't worry, I'm not peeved at the honesty of your comments or anything like that. I get paranoid sometimes, you know. Or something. No, actually, it's rather the opposite of peeved, because I seem to say it to myself on a regular basis. Even thhough I've been engaging in the collective diatribe of "English trials were teh suck" etc, I rather wish someone would just say; "Well, you know, if you'd tried harder you could have gone better." Of course I'd probably get a bit snarky at the time, which is what I felt like with Sasha in an Ext 2 lesson once. When I told him I was only doing ten units, his reply was something to the effect of "Hey you should be going really well then" (Am sure my memory os failing me and it was something else he said). To which my initial inner reply was something like "omg stfu", and then three second later I thought "Shit he's kind of right...". I wish more people would say things like that to me. Because I know I can do better, but somehow the "doing better" part of that always eludes me in lieu of some stupid bout of procrastination. because now I'm sitting here with an almost finished reflection statement in the next window, and 300 words left to go on my major. But the only thing I can think of right now is "Why the fuck didn't I do this earlier. This is the HSC and I'm leeving it to the last days like some bloody year ten geography assignment"

This, strangely enough, reflects my english major in eerie ways. What am I waiting for?

I wish I had parents that would check up on me and tell me every so often that I need to do my homework or I won't get my week's pocket money or some crap like that. I mean, they're not exactly apathetic or anything, but sometimes you really need someone breathing down your neck to work. Although I must admit that part of me was annoyed when mum said she'd forgo coming with me to the Art Show until they picked me up at the end because she wanted a relaxing dinner. When they had the speech things, I was thinking "You know, what if they say something about my work, or I get any awards or something? Because my parents aren't here with a waiting camera like others". Nothing actually happened, and they've gone to the presentation nights with me and soforth, but it's the thought that matters.

I'll be damned if self motivation has got me all that far though. It's become a trend that I goes back to primary school. I remember I used to do really great assignments, but I would never finish them. What I did was always good, but for some reason I never did all of them, so I would have these lopsided ticks on the marking sheet.

If I can't apply myself to the HSC, then what do I expect to do for the rest of my life? Even now I'm thinking, "Well, there's still tomorrow to work on the major". I don't want to continue that train of thought through the HSC. When that UAI score comes, I want to look at it and know I tried my best and studdied my ass off with too much caffiene. I don't want to look at it like I did the marks on my english and think "Well, it's only the trials", or "Well, I'll try harder next time". Because fuck, you know. What is the point of saying "next time"? I don't want that to be the slogan of my life. I want to be able to look back and think "I did my best there, you know. I gave it what I had, and that's all that matters." Because I haven't been doing that a lot, if at all.

Don't have any regrets

That note has been stuck to the top of my monitor for a reason. When teh HSC results come round on the 20th of December, I want to be able to look at that note with accomplishment instead of regret.

Hmm, first long rant and it's when I'm supposed to be working. Oh the irony ._.

~Kimi

Libby's was really cool. When I saw that canvas painting of hers when she was setting up, I just thought it was one of the most lovely things I'd seen in the whole exhibition~ The whole thing with the fan and the butterflies was cool ;D

I'm happy with my major work, mainly because it's actually finished and over, but I do agree that I could have done better (Not entirely sure what you mean by "considering it's your work", but oh well). That's where procrastination and indecision tends to bite you in the ass. I would've liked to make each image more polished and proper looking, with less line-art and more colouring. But as with other things, I didn't really give my major the full work and attention I should have. Given that I only actually started on that specific project towards the end of last term (hence somewhat of a scrambled rush-job to get the whole thing done), I think it came out pretty well in the end though.

Hmm, I guess this is what people mean by 'focus'. Arggg~! *works madly on English Major*. Ah, It'll all be over by the end of the week, and then I won't have to worry about these blasted majors any more ._.

[edit] Oh yeah, there seems to be a lot of spam clogging up in the collectiveness that is the angst-boi e-mail folder. Something like 20 meg of e-mails, and I'm pretty sure some of that has to be spam. Especially kingkid's 2000+ e-mails; they're getting something like 25 spam e-mails a day, which boggles my mind. I wonder if they're actually using that address. I sent them an e-mail yesterday asking them to clean up their folder, but I seriously don't know if they're actually going to read it o_O

~Kimi

I saw your major art work.

It's nice compared to most of the other stuff that people've done.

But... Considering it's your work, it doesn't really look that special.

You know what I mean? I would've thought you could do better.

But Libby's is very nice. Those damn butterflies are so cool.

Kam

Ahar! I have belated e-mail from Animania people with the details on getting a table in the Artists Alley. I think I probably will get one, although I doubt I'll have heaps of time to get some new stuff done. But hey, I have those Sasuke and Wolfwood posters (yay for rehashed oldness). I think it's a pretty damn good deal though. 50 plus a 200 deposit (you get it back so long as you don't break anything) for both days; that includes food and admission, which would usually cost around 35 bucks anyway. So it's really only 15 bucks for a table. Sweet~ I wonder what it's like being on the other side of the table. You know, I always go past the artists alley with a kind of ho-hum attitude. I mean, some of them are obviously great drawers. You feel kind of sorry for them when you go past and don't buy anything ._.. Although I did feel like buying that Sephiroth fanart. But it was like 15 bucks or something. I'm going to try and see if there are any places where you can make badges. I have some ideas for them; and people always like cheap mechandise~! I'll try to sell my prints for cheap. Being a cheapass myself when it comes to buying some stuff, people will usually never buy something that's more than 15 bucks. If an A3 colour print costs about 5 bucks tp produce, then selling it for 10 is a good deal. Think of all the time that went into colouring Sasuke~! >:O. Ahar, you're paying for my ability to slave over photoshop. Am not going to bring my sketchbook for people to look at because it sucks. In all honestly I can't draw all that well; not compared to others. I just have, erm, high production values and stuff. Like the original sketch of Anbu Sasuke is actually pretty sucky. But I fixed all that up in the colouring.

E-gads, but how am I going to get any time to buy stuff? I suppose someone can mind the table. What the hell am I talking about, it's not like I even have a table yet. This is all hypothetical ranting. Anyway. Must get back to english. Farking fark. It'll all be over sooooooon! And then I can get my ToP figures on Friday! Or maybe Monday. Hopefully Friday. Be good to me you damn post office, after you lost me that stuff from Tamarket! Actually, I kind of want to get that cheap resin cast of Mint from ToP that I saw at Tamarket. It has to be a cheap bootleg cast or something, considering that cast went out of prodiction 4 years ago, and cost 80 bucks compared to Tamarket's 55. Not that I have any skill or knowledge of making or painting a resin kit... ._.. Although my brother use to paint minatures~

But, you know. She just looks so sweet! And her uniform is white anyway, so less painting. I wish there were more male resin kits. I can only remember, like, five or so during my browsing through HLJ, and those were Rock Howard from Garou, Kilik from Soul Calibur, Sephiroth, Cloud and Vincent from FF7. Damn fanboys~! I want a 1/6 scale pre-painted kit of Klarth~! Whah ToT. That would be so cool. Anyway...

~Kimi