I decided to be a huge dork and made a skin for the CycloDS. IT WAS FUN~ I should make more.


ZIP file

To use it, extract it to a separate folder in the /CycloDS/skin/ folder on the microSD card, such as /CycloDS/skin/DigimonSaversTomato, then load CycloDS on the DS and change your skin on the settings menu. More details

Yay for more portable manpron tomato~ I shall be submitting to NDSthemes too.~

And I'm going to use this opportunity to say it again in case people missed it >_>

I've just gotten a notice from Lulu.com that there will be a price inflation effective October 28, 2008. According to my calculations, each Act will be ~$1.50 more expensive after the inflation!!!
So if you're still considering getting tomato doujinshi An Act of Circumstance, please get it soon~~~~~~
T___T I don't like the inflation either, it affects me too...!

And while I'm on a post with DS stuff, any readers considering getting the DSi? *swt*

I've just gotten a notice from Lulu.com that there will be a price inflation effective October 28, 2008. According to my calculations, each Act will be ~$1.50 more expensive after the inflation!!!
So if you're still considering getting tomato doujinshi An Act of Circumstance, please get it soon~~~~~~
T___T I don't like the inflation either, it affects me too...!

I'm finding that it's getting harder and harder to stay in a pleased mood these days. I'm grateful for a lot of crap, yet at the same time, I find my despise for my shortcomings are overwhelming my strengths because of all the expectations upon me, and I can't get out of it. It's not so much of "getting out of the wrong place" as it is "not getting the chance to get into the right place." The problem is not so much as escaping what hinders me as it is... not getting accepted into what would benefit me. It's like being born in the wrong place, at the wrong time. And hey, as the wrong sex too, to add to the list. w00t.
Time to find a time machine *digs head into the nearest jidouhanbaiki D8*

But no, my ability to enjoy anime hasn't been affected as much. AS much. The animation world seems to be one of the only things that never tires me out. Even if I hate Geass, I'll still recognize that a ridiculous amount of watchers find it appealing because the people on there do ridiculously horrible things all the time like a cliche soap opera. I did get an art commission out of Geass, so it wasn't a 100% waste at least :P

Anyway... Happier fangirl mode ON :D

[anime]
Come get more Digimon subs at ryuu_rogue~

I've finally been getting around to watching more of Kodomo no Omocha (Child's Toy), years after my sister introduced it to me in purple VHS fansubs. I really got a kick when that Nick person we went to Otakon with saw them in the basement and recognized the fansubs. Oldschool fansubbingggg.
Anyway, Kodocha... one of the longest shoujo series ever (102 eps), back when shoujo was successful enough to endure such long anime, haha. I'd heard they had done some arcs that weren't in the manga and I finally got to see some of it for myself. I have the manga back home, but I hadn't really read through it all yet. When my sister first got it for me, I'd spend hours and hours going through the volumes with a hiragana/katakana chart, and even when I didn't know the MEANING of what they were saying, that was how I learned my hiragana/katakana. That was wayyy back in middle school, and then I didn't practice any of it in high school since I concentrated on French, so I pretty much forgot all of it and had to start fresh in university anyway.
I think Sana's character has been a pretty big influence to me, moreso in the anime than the manga. The anime's directed by a pretty special person, and it's pretty apparent in his other works too. I can't think of any other shoujo that gets close to the crack-level of Gintama and the like.~
There's still a 24gb working torrent of the whole series that are raws with .srt files.~
Even though some of the clothes fashions are soooo out-of-date. XD Just ignore that.

omgggggggg the new Gintama op/ed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq9bSzC2N8o
It's so saddddd thinking that this may very well be the last Gintama opening. ToT; I really like the ending song too.
The animation in ep 126 was pretty unique. I LIKE it. xD;;; Shinpachiiiiiii, Gintokiiiiiiiii... ;;
I'm really getting the feeling of Sunrise really chugging the best for the final round of Gintama. ONEGAISHIMASU

And not exactly anime, but I reallllly need a Messiah icon~~ I wonder what Messiah would be like animated.~ Hopefully not as messed up as Touka Gettan >_> Although Studio DEEN would probably be the only ones who would make it a series. This and/or Lamento would be so nice interesting to see animated~

[anime impression]
( End of Fall 2008 season anime impressions )

Odd request, but can anybody send me the Melody/guitar tabs for Onmyou Taisenki's Kimi to Nara that I scanned long ago from Animedia magazine? I thought I'd had it up on the site but apparently I forgot to bring that one over >o> Otherwise, the next earliest chance I'd be able to find it again would be when I head back home in December.

The filename should be Music_Onmyou.png

I need it to double-check the op karaoke for Ryuu-Rogue. XD Getto daze~ Arigatou, iceburgundy~

I found a proxy that works wonderful speeds with LJ~ and downloads faster than my wireless by itself sometimes ;; But my wireless in general is still really unstable.

Have I ever mentioned I'm in love with the commenting feature on nicovideo? It's kinda like being at a screening at a convention where everyone hollers out all these comments while you're watching stuff~ in Japanese. XD;; Anytime I need a good laugh...
Masaru's character song - I dare you try to count to count the number of "cute" vs "cool" XDDD
Sumomo Masaru
Lots of nasty-mouthed Kagura ♥

Your result for The Social Proficiency Test...

SOCIAL BUTTERFLY

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This quiz rather sucked because it assumed too much about how people socialize in the first place. For example, I don't go to the theatres in the first place if I'm not interested in seeing the movie in theatres, and I could never imagine letting a friend pick a movie without having a say in it because I'm too opinionated and time-managing-picky for that ahahahhaa.

[food]
Sashimi picture.
Lol That's just way too much appearance for a few pieces of salmon >_>; It was a somewhat upclassy restaurant specializing in dimsum.
Vegetarian meal for Tzu Chi. After soup, they dished out 4 or so more plates of food and brought out the Papaya milk. Of course, a tiger like me ended up getting hungry a couple hours later no matter how many of those carbs I ate in this meal.

[cats]
Old ones from back home:
I don't take enough pictures of oldcat. I mean Lucy. She really likes putting down all her weight on mom's belly when she's on the couch. And she's a pretty heavy sleeper with her age now. Awww.
Lina REALLLLLLY wanted to come with me. I knew it ToT. waaaaaaaaa.

I miss them by a huge, ridiculous amount.

End of fall 2008 anime impressions to come as things end, and lots of DS gaming blab too likely :D