Another milestone met [July 14th, 2009|01:08pm] [ mood | sore throooooat... ] [ music | The usual background noise ] I forgot to mention my grandma turned eighty on Sunday. Wow. talk to me

Daily German & French: July 6th - July 11th [July 12th, 2009|01:04pm] [ mood | lethargic ] [ music | The Legendary Beast - FFVIII OST ] ( Daily German ) ( Daily French ) talk to me

Forgotten English: July 6th - July 11th [July 12th, 2009|12:05pm] [ mood | sleepy ] [ music | Some song I don't recognize ] ( Monday ) ( Tuesday ) ( Wednesday ) ( Thursday ) ( Friday ) ( Saturday ) talk to me

Final Fantasy concert = EPIC WIN [July 11th, 2009|12:32am] [ mood | bouncy ] [ music | Final Fantasy music in my head ] I just got back from Distant Worlds, the Final Fantasy concert at Benaroya Hall downtown. It's the first time I've seen the Seattle Symphony live. And yet I've seen the Pacific Northwest Ballet numerous times. 'Bout time I went to the Symphony. I got to meet Uematsu-san! I took the booklet to my FFVII OST, and he signed it for me. The conductor did, too. :) Meet-and-greets are always really brief, but it was worth the wait in line. I got to meet one of my favorite Japanese musicians, and he seemed like a really nice guy. Awesome. :D The concert itself was breathtaking. There was a giant screen onstage, and clips from the games were projected onto it as the orchestra played. (And they played superbly, I might add.) I especially liked the montages from all the different games during the main Final Fantasy theme and "Swing de Chocobo". Graphics sure have come a long, long way in twenty years, that's for sure. There was a surprise at the end of the concert that made me squee. I'm putting it under a cut, 'cause chibi_chichiri is going to tomorrow's tonight's concert, and I don't want to spoil it for her. ( And the audience roared ) In closing, it was one of the best evenings I've had in a long time. Awesome music, awesome venue, and I even got to meet one of my heroes. It was worth every penny I spent on tickets. Definitely a night to remember. <3 talk to me

Such easily amused creatures... [July 10th, 2009|07:56am] [ mood | giggly ] [ music | Battlefield - Blind Guardian ] Mom brought home one of those laser pointer cat toys. Good Lord, Rufus just goes bananas for it. I wish I had a video camera. P.S. Final Fantasy concert tonight! EEEEE! :D talk to me

I think I liked Two-Face better [July 8th, 2009|10:14pm] [ mood | exhausted ] [ music | Good Enough - Evanescence ] Watched The Dark Knight today. Pretty good movie, I'd say. Harvey Dent's face post-injury was absolutely horrific. *shudder* As for the Joker, I'd say Heath Ledger gave a pretty good performance, but I wouldn't call it Oscar-worthy. No way. Even before I saw the movie, I wondered if he would have even been nominated if he hadn't died. I knew--everyone knew, I'm sure--that he would win as soon as I heard he had been nominated, because the Oscars are just a yearly publicity stunt for the movie industry. Nothing draws in the viewers like naming a dead man the winner for whatever award he's up for, after all. It shows how bowled-over the Academy was by his last show-stopping performance, and how his death was such a tragic loss for the entire industry. (Yes, it was tragic he died so young, but that's beside the point.) This has happened before, and I know it will happen again the next time an actor dies just after wrapping some high-profile production he was lucky enough to get cast in. I'm not saying Ledger was a bad actor. I wouldn't call him fantastic, though, either. talk to me

Daily German & French: June 29th - July 4th [July 5th, 2009|11:22pm] [ mood | still blah ] [ music | Feuer und Wasser - Rammstein ] ( Daily German ) ( Daily French ) talk to me

Forgotten English: June 29th - July 4th [July 5th, 2009|09:55pm] [ mood | blah ] [ music | Morgenstern - Rammstein ] ( Monday ) ( Tuesday ) ( Wednesday ) ( Thursday ) ( Friday ) ( Saturday ) talk to me

Happy 233rd, America [July 4th, 2009|03:03pm] [ mood | peaceful ] [ music | Appels + Oranjes - The Smashing Pumpkins ] Happy Fourth, everyone. It's been a rather uneventful week. Hence no updates from me since Monday. If last year is anything to go by, it'll be completely dead in the store from about 8:00 onward. I worked the closing shift on Independence Day last year, and there was practically no one in the store for the last few hours. Everyone had gone to barbecues and fireworks displays and whatnot. I was left standing behind the service desk wondering what I was doing there. But hey, if they want to pay me time-and-a-half to putz around looking for stuff to do, I won't stop them. At least I'll get reshop done in a timely manner for once. talk to me

Re: Trigun ending [June 29th, 2009|11:20pm] [ mood | relaxed ] [ music | A mishmash in my head ] That's...not what I was expecting. O_o I wouldn't call it a cop-out, though, like I've been told it is. Trinity Blood, now that was a cop-out. We don't even see the end of the final fight between Cain and Abel. They just suddenly threw a scene cut in at the height of the action and never got back to it. WTF? D: Oh, Legato. ILU, you crazy son of a bitch. 2 voices in my head|talk to me

Can we take a break, please? [June 29th, 2009|12:08pm] [ mood | annoyed ] [ music | Raindrops + Sunshowers - The Smashing Pumpkins ] I'm already getting sick of the mountain of Michael Jackson coverage we've been subjected to since it was reported that he died. Doesn't help that I've never been a big fan of his. There are a few of his songs that I like, but he's no better or worse than most of the other singers out there, as far as I'm concerned. Look, I know he was a big influence on the modern music scene, but his star faded years ago, and since then he's just been a tabloid magnet. Now that he's dead, they're trying to make him out to be a saint, when just about everything I remember about him says "creepy egotist". This illustrates my opinion on the compulsive "respect for the dead" mindset perfectly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-jHjffvqMc BTW, Farrah Fawcett died the same day Jackson did, but that's barely even been mentioned. A little unfair, don't you think? XP 1 voice in my head|talk to me

Daily German & French: June 22nd - June 27th [June 28th, 2009|11:20pm] [ mood | drained ] [ music | I of the Mourning - The Smashing Pumpkins ] ( Daily German ) ( Daily French ) talk to me

Forgotten English: June 22nd - June 27th [June 28th, 2009|10:04pm] [ mood | hungry ] [ music | The Sacred and Profane - The Smashing Pumpkins ] ( Monday ) ( Tuesday ) ( Wednesday ) ( Thursday ) ( Friday ) ( Saturday ) talk to me

I feel like shaken soda pop [June 26th, 2009|11:53pm] [ mood | lonely ] [ music | Some home-improvement show ] I don't have anyone to geek out over Revenge of the Fallen with. This makes me very sad. :( julewooster, you should come back to AIM. I miss our geek-out sessions. ;_; 2 voices in my head|talk to me

君も！:D [June 26th, 2009|11:12am] [ mood | mellow ] [ music | Hikari - Utada Hikaru ] Happy birthday to chibi_chichiri! Or as my sister told me on my birthday, happy quarter-century! :) P.S. Bah, movie critics. They never like anything unless it's "artsy", foreign, or Disney. XP talk to me

Never seen a robot with a cane before... [June 24th, 2009|11:42pm] [ mood | giddy ] [ music | Final Fantasy VII OST ] Just saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It was super awesome. They promised more robots, and damn, did they deliver. XD The special effects were spectacular, but that's to be expected after the first one. I like watching them transform out of alt-mode, for some reason. Each robot is made up of literally tens of thousands of parts, and each piece had to be individually rendered and painted for close-up shots. Ironhide's cannons are made up of over 10,000 parts each, and that's not counting the rest of his body. I can't imagine how long it took to put the bots together. Eek. Anyway, I have three gripes about it, but none of them are serious. In no particular order, they are: ( LJ-cut, just in case ) In conclusion, there are some disappointments, but they're rather minor as far as I'm concerned. I loved it. Giant robots FTW. P.S. Might post a more detailed review later. Then again, I might not. Depends on what I feel like doing. :P talk to me

I am such a nerd 9_9 [June 23rd, 2009|05:35pm] [ mood | geeky ] [ music | The usual ] Just for the novelty of it, I watched Transformers with the French language track turned on. It was...weird. I generally see French as very elegant language. I don't imagine it in a giant robot movie very well. Not that the dubbing was bad, it was just...funny to hear. ^_^;; One thing that was definitely odd, though, was the pronunciation of the Cybertronian names. They put an American accent on all of the names (including "AllSpark"), except for "Autobot," "Decepticon," "Megatron," and "Cybertron". Those had French accents put on them. If they bothered to pronounce all the other names like in the original language, why not those four? >_O Oh, and it was always "AllSpark" in spoken dialogue, but in the subtitles of the Cybertronian lines, it was called "la Matrice." Wut. I know the AllSpark and the Matrix are more or less analogous, but that's just weird. Pick one and go with it, guys. Yeah, I know I'm a geek for noticing these things. I guess that's what I get for taking French all through high school. ~_~ P.S. It was funny hearing the American soldiers asking the Spanish-speaking guy to speak in French instead of English. XD talk to me

誕生日おめでとう！:D [June 23rd, 2009|08:24am] [ mood | still waking up... ] [ music | Traffic outside (as usual) ] Happy birthday to seleraleonhart! Love ya, Megs! :D talk to me

Kitty update [June 22nd, 2009|09:18pm] [ mood | complacent ] [ music | Traffic outside and the TV in the next room ] Took Blackie to the vet again today. He's fine, they just wanted to draw some blood for a senior feline screen. It's been a few months, and it'd be a good idea to see how his insides are doing. I mean, he's so old, and he could go downhill so fast. Tiki was three years younger than Blackie is now when he got cancer, and it was like one day he was fine, the next day he was just hanging in my arms when I picked him up. Blackie's a trooper. I hope when he goes, I'll have time to say goodbye like I did with Tiki. I'm taking Rufus in tomorrow for his annual exam and vaccines. He'll love me for that. ~_~ talk to me

Daily German & French: June 15th - June 20th [June 21st, 2009|11:40pm] [ mood | tired ] [ music | Elfe's Theme (Devil) - Wakako ] ( Daily German ) ( Daily French ) talk to me

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