Veth's Journal

Really late post ftw.

Rereading Oh My Goddess (after, what, five years?). Currently on volume 10. I'd forgotten how much I love this manga. It's so emotional and really sweet and original and I just... I love it so much. I'd definitely classify it as one of my favorites of all time. It doesn't help that the art is so good, either. That hair. :|

Also, ever hear of Pixlr? If not, go ahead and click on that. I'll wait.
Okay, so, isn't that amazing? It's Photoshop. In your browser. I am going to get so much more art done from now on.

Also unrelatedly. I love how my OCs always turn out so hot when other people draw them. I guess this means I'm good at creating hot characters. :P

...why does this make so much sense. It's not exactly what I was looking for, but dang. Who knew that Hetalia and JCA were two great tastes that went great together?

(Maybe I will stop making a million posts about JCA sometime ever. But don't count on it.)

Things that have made me ridiculously happy in the past 24 (more or less) hours:
- Hetalia Day 2009 with my dork friends
- Seeing the Astro Boy movie immediately afterward with said dork friends
- Szayel's dub voice fffffff
- The answer to the New York Times acrostic (if you've done it you'll know why)

Also, I have been playing Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia a whole lot lately. (And I still have to actually pay Momo for it at some point. ._.;;) I really like this game. It's not a "true" Pokémon game, sure, but it's gotten me to care about the storyline and characters more than any other Pokémon game's done. And the writing is hilarious. If any Pokémon fans out there are looking for something to occupy themselves while waiting for HG/SS, you could really do a lot worse.

Okay, so, just learned something! Apparently the late great Tony Jay, voice of Frollo... was also the "We've got to have MONEY!" guy from the Tom and Jerry movie. I'm not sure I needed to know that. D:

Btw, if you ever need something to amuse yourself with for a bit, here is a shiny internet toy: Translation Party. Y'know, if you ever need an alternative to Babelfish or Lost in Translation. It translates your sentence from English to Japanese and back until it reaches equilibrium. Sadly, I couldn't get it to make me something sufficiently funny for an example. There was, however, this:

"The contrysides were nice and the plants were singing and the birds and the sun was almost down from the top of the sky."
->
"Pavilion Sunday, Ito, birds and plants contrysides, he and I are singing in the rain from above, is heaven."

Which I like. it almost sounds poetical. Anyway, go, be amused.

Speaking of Disney movies (we were doing that, right?): I know I'm a loser who only saw about four* of them during her childhood proper, and it's really sad that it took me until yesterday to watch The Hunchback of Notre Dame. But dang, that is a good movie. I think it just elbowed its way right in there under The Lion King as one of my favorite Disney movies. I mean, the music alone is excellent, but then you add in the characters and the plot and everything, and, wow. Suffice it to say that it's becoming my latest short-term obsession. And I need to acquire the soundtrack. OF COURSE I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU GUYS THIS STUFF THOUGH BECAUSE YOU ALL HAD NORMAL CHILDHOODS. 8D (Although I have no idea how this movie got away with a G rating. IMO some of the stuff it deals with really isn't for kids. Which, y'know, is part of why I like it. But anyway.)

* Three if you don't count The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as an actual movie.

Also, since I may not get a chance to post something later, I'm leaving again tomorrow for vacation. I'll be back next Tuesday. And then school starts. =_=

P.S. Apparently in Japanese, the @ sign is known as "naruto". This should not be so funny.

Ponyo's hot dad is so hot --

"How hot is he?"

Ponyo's hot dad is so hot that my bookmark folder for him contains only 8 fewer pages than my one for SPHFWLKaiB. Which is quite a feat. Although I don't generally go specifically looking for pictures of SPHFWLKaiB, and there are a lot more likely to be multiple pictures of him to a page. So I guess it's not that impressive. And yes, I know I am probably the only person who thinks Ponyo's hot dad is hot. Whatever. He has nice hair.

WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS GO SEE PONYO. It has a good dub.

Yet another meme, because I have no life, and also apparently never update LJ anymore.

RULES: Comment and I'll LJ stalk you to find THREE FANDOMS you apparently love. And then you answer these questions about them!

01: What got you into this fandom in the first place?
02: Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
03: Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
04: Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
05: Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?

( TMBG are apparently a fandom now. :P )

And, as is traditional, I conclude with something totally irrelevant:
"In the Watchmen: The End is Nigh game, the NPC thugs taunt Nite Owl by referring to Rorschach as 'your little girlfriend.'"
HAVE I EVER MENTIONED HOW HARD I SHIP DAN/RORSCHACH YOU GUISE @_@

P.S. PLAY DISGAEA.

(which should be about one of you, heh)

Grell and Sebastian. Come on. There has to be something that can be done with this. Someone at least has to make an AMV.

And to those who haven't seen Kuroshitsuji, I really encourage you to. There's drama, horror, comedy, a handsome butler who kills people with kitchen implements, a comic relief cast with actual plot relevance, and, oh yes, tons of flaming gay. (O.A., you'll especially like it; the main character is about twelve, and the amount of implied shota involving him is pretty astronomical.) Heck, while I'm at it, I also encourage you to listen to Belle and Sebastian; their music is some of the best I've ever heard, especially on "If You're Feeling Sinister".

And now for something completely irrelevant: I totally always thought Frida Kahlo would be, well, ugly (I mean, wouldn't you with self-portraits like these?). But I looked her up and it turns out she was actually kind of pretty. Who'da thunk?

Okay, guise. So my newest fandom/obsession/craze/thingy:

SANDMAN.

fffffff. Okay, first, it's Neil Gaiman, so you know there's no way it can't be good. Second, it's so dang engrossing. Third, it's got something for everyone. Horror? Check. Romance? Check. Mythology? Check. Weird mythology? Check. Anthropomorphic personifications of concepts that begin with the letter "D"? Check. And fourth... it's Neil Gaiman. I am not very good at reccing things, but please, please don't let my bad description turn you off it. Check it out. For me?

Note: Side effects may include the song "Mr. Sandman" by the Chordettes getting stuck in your head for unspecified amounts of time. You were warned.

Also, I am not gonna lie here, I actually went "kawaii!" when I saw the chibi Dream and Death in "A Parliament of Rooks". I think that's the first time I've ever used that word non-sarcastically. And it turns out there's a whole book about the Little Endless and aren't they just the cutest things? *_*

And, uh... is it wrong to have a crush on the anthropomorphic personification of Dream? (This person prettied him up some, but you get the idea.) 'Cause... fffffffffff.

Fans of Phoenix Wright: THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT LINK YOU WILL EVER CLICK IN YOUR LIFE (that has to do with PW, anyway).

Yeah, I know what you're saying. "Musical remakes of popular lawyer games? Everyone does those!" But this one is different. In this one, the songs... are actually good. Seriously. And so is the singing. This person has a bunch of videos of them. (and here is a storyboard of my favorite one for no real reason) Check them out. They won't disappoint.