This anime kicked ASS. It was brilliant, amazing, wonderfully written, so sweet, and it has the bizarre power of taking you both 20 years into the future and 15 years back into the past... Superb series. Superb. :D

Synopsis: 11-year-old Okonogi Yuko has just moved into Daikoku City due to her father's job transfer. The year is 2026, and the real world is now blended with the digital world; children and adults now wear the so-called "Cyberglasses", which allow them to see digital things such as screens, pages, and even creatures (observe the dog in the picture: it is Yuko's cyber-pet dog, Densuke). Most kids are expert hackers even by the age of 10, and all of their digital actions can be seen as graphics or real events in front of their own eyes since the digital world is, for them, as real as the real one. Their only enemy is the antivirus program installed by the city council, Satchii, a big red robot-like blob which is designed to look and sound friendly but will attack any digital item that is out of the mainstream. As a result, the kids end up running from it quite a lot. When Yuko and her sister Kyoko have a run-in with a mysterious black cybercreature (enigmatically called "Illegal"), Yuko's adventure in the cyberworld will begin, and change her life and that of those around her in many ways.

Now there's a big mystery behind everything you see in this anime, and even if I try to explain I will be baffled in my own words so I have to say only ONE thing to you all: WATCH IT. IT FREAKIN' ROCKS. The music rocks (if you liked the Yami No Matsuei OST, well, it's the same composer = EPIC WIN), the animation rocks (Madhouse :D), the script is something beyond this world, and the characters are also one of a kind... Since they're like 11-12, they're still children. The things that they do, even though they're serious and they affect many things on multiple levels, are still like a game to them, in the way that all children like to play when they're around that age, wanting to solve mysteries and stuff. They reminded me a lot about myself, even though (as always with anime characters) they carried a lot of baggage and they often thought in rather mature ways. But they felt real. They felt like children. And that's awesome, because for once these children were children. not some kids-filled-with-super-awesome-pwning-powers-that-know-way-too-much. Because face it, 90% of anime series have characters of that sort. And while they're fun to watch, they lose the realistic feel one might expect from characters sometimes.
So, yeah. Great series. WATCH WATCH WATCH. :D

Oh, also please watch THIS.
Cellphone rant for the masses... This dude rocks. *g*

NEW LAYAUT.
katiedistance , yo!

Happy Easter to those of you who are Orthodox. Χριστός ανέστη, χρόνια πολλά, και του χρόνου με υγεία ευτυχία και αγάπη, etc.
I am SO not Christian, yet I like the feeling of something returning each year, like the tradition of Easter. Lighting the candles in front of the church is really fun, you mingle with a lot of people you don't know. Even in the slight rain, like last night. *sigh*

Uhm. Have spent most of my day looking at JE pr0n icons. And downloading DBSK photobooks.
It's been productive. XD I feel a craving to read moar KAT-TUN gossip. D: From the olden wank days too, haha.

I'm watching Dennou Coil, and it KICKS ASS.
Also starting Zettai Kareshi jdrama tomorrow (because now I have the precise amount of energy required to finish this entry & crawl into bed).

Did manage to salvage my patterns, but barely (yesterday I slept from 10:30 till 4, alhtough I was woken up like a million times... then last night I slept at 2am and I woke up today at noon :D) ~ only to fuck them up again today. Observe the time plzkthx.
Eh well. At least it's manageable.

xmtx !!! I NEED TO SEE YOU! D: Sorry I was busy on MSN today, I was fixing this piece of junk :P

I want to give a proper welcome to my new friends: dinosunglasses , marilena_r , x_saru_x  (I swear I think of you each time real person slashfics are mentioned, ahhhh), seanata , arsinoi , arakas , hiroki_chan , greek_dude . I hope I'm not forgetting anyone! :) Hi and hope I will talk to you a lot and learn stuff about you and become friends. I like making friends. :3

Now that I've got the DBSK photobooks I've been looking for (mainly the Bonjour Paris series, and some others), I will go on a D-Boy spree when I next have time. I want those scans where Araki and Zukki have sandwitched Seto and are almost molesting him, GAYNESS GALORE XDDD

MASSIVE CATCHING UP ON FLIST TOMORROW. I'll try, at least. :*
Hope all of you are safe and okay, talk to you soon. ^^

Random The Academy Is... lyric on the title. Hmmm.

The Seto moodtheme is at 23%!! :D Finished all A, B, and C moods this afternoon. Will do the rest tomorrow onwards.

Anime night tonight at Elissaios's place!! (Maybe some playstation too? XD)
Yay for lots of anime! ^_^

Also, Kamen Rider Kiva is the most random and unexpectedly cute jdrama ever. The effects suck, the plot is okay, but Seto is of course made of pure win and that fixes everything. :D EVERYTHING.

Uhh, that's all.
I'm in a good mood.

♪♪♪

... but Seto makes me feel better.
Why, you ask?
Because he's also sick and his entries give me courage ^^
All hail the Babelfish, which I use now to translate his entries and read the cuteness itself :3

Ahh, get well soon, Seto-chan!!! *sends love across the world*

On Tuesday I was going to meet up with Kostas and a bunch of other people to discuss a new RPG game we're starting, but I threw up twice and was feeling awful... There was no way I could go anywhere. I've been hauled up inside ever since, but I'm definitely feeling better now ^_^...

On Monday I got back from Xanthi, a greek town in Thrace that has a very lively carnival tradition... Kari, a new friend, is from Xanthi but is in uni here in Thessaloniki, so she invited a bunch of us to go to her place and spend the last weekend of the carnival there, because it's supposed to be great fun. We went there on Friday and returned on Monday. It was Clean Monday, but I didn't get to fly a kite this year! :(
Anyway, I had a great time in Xanthi, despite the fact that it was packed and loud and everyone was getting drunk and stupid and I was like "keh..." In any case Saturday night was the one time I didn't like it, because we went through a very packed street and I was trying to eat a crepe but it was impossible... Why did they go through that alley when they knew my hands (and mouth) were otherwise occupied? *sigh* I really dislike people who disregard others... They get on my nerves. >_< Overall though it was pretty nice, and I had fun with the others who tagged along on the trip. I could go on about the details, but I'm kinda sleepy so I might make a separate entry for the trip, since I have pictures and stuff to share. :D

Today I've been updating stuff on animeplanet, since I've been made a mod on the forum there and stuff... I put up some news etc, it seems like things are about to change on Crunchyroll.com... Too bad, I like that place. I'll keep using it until it falls, lol! ^^ And also, a new Yoko Kamio JDrama was announced for this summer... Yoko Kamio is the manga-ka for Hana Yori Dango, which was a great series... Looking forward to see what the next one is going to be like.

I keep wanting to go back to my Prince of Tennis fic but I never have the time... :(
I'm stuck on chapter 5 like I usually am with most of my stories. Why is number 5 so special? >_< I hate that I leave all my stories at chapter 5. This time it must be different! I've made such great preparations, it will be a shame to leave it like that. I refuse! *eyes glow with determination*

Don't mind my rambling~ it's 6:30 in the morning and I haven't gone to bed yet. *sigh*

Okay, so... I live. Apparently.
Sorry for the complete lack of updates people~ I've been internetless for almost a month. >_<

My news!! Like, the stuff that's happened in my life, in short.

* I've been sitting around doing nothing (great portion of my days was spent doing this)
* I have watched a lot of Bleach anime (first 60 episodes, yay!!)
* I have almost finished the Prince of Tennis anime (18 more episodes to go! Yosh!)
* I have edited the first 2 chapters of my Prince of Tennis story, over and over again, because they were awful and the details didn't match up. Am currently trying to move on with the third chapter, which will go great if I stop being so damn bored!! >_<
* Been going out with "the guys" almost daily, which is generally fun but can also be considered a waste of time (hours spent drinking chocolate and hanging out which I could otherwise spend writing my stories, for instance)
* Been very stupidly overanalysing some things (but that's the story of my life)
* I have successfully been in a relationship for over 2 months ^^ it's going great. We've said 'I love you' to each other, and while I know I meant it (and am pretty sure he meant it too), due to my usual overanalysis I'm being rather spazstic about it.
* I have successfully graduated from high school alive (thank you Amy, for this last remark). The graduation ceremonywas surprisingly lovely, I got to sing a song with Alice and this other girl Marianna, and... *drumroll* I received the award for outstanding achievement in the English language!! :D I wore a pretty white dress, and I was happy because everyone I loved was there to see me (Amy, Mt, Aggelos, the guys... ^^) It was so special! :)
* My cellphone was stolen at a concert I went to. I was devastated, because I had so much STUFF in it (pictures, my music, and most importantly phone numbers of everyone I know). Now I need to retrieve all the phone numbers somehow. >_<
* I'm currently reading two books at once: Michael Moore's "Stupid White Men" and Dan Brown's "Deception Point" ~ I'm actually re-reading the second one, since it's one of my favourite books EVER. :D
* I need to buy the first three Potter books (because I don't have them in English! ZOMG) and I need to do it fast so I'll be done with my Potter revision before July 21.
* Tomorrow I'm getting my exam results and all. >__< I'm scaaaaaared. DAMN IB!!
* Am internetless and I HATE IT.
* Been watching Nip/Tuck and Cold Case on TV every night, nice series, keep me pleasantly awake till 2am. :)
* I need to write some entries and stuff, basically the lower May recaps, but I haven't really gotten down to it.
*Oh, and I did NOT get selected for that theatre summer camp thingy Alice will be going to. The people were selected with a friggin' DRAW. Everyone knows my luck is non-existent, meh~ So much for the summer camp.

That's basically it. Aaaaaand I miss LJ so much. ~_~
I hear there's been a "strikethrough" of some sort, guess I survived that! LOL~ *clueless*


Some memes I snagged from Amy:

 That's everything. Hope you're all well! Will snoop around LJ now! Kthxbai! ^^

Moving's cancelled. AGAIN.
They said def on Tuesday. WTF GODDAMN TRUCK DRIVERS I HATE J00.

I've been feeling very miserable lately. Lately as in, the past couple of days.
The bad thing is I'm dragging Aggelos down the drain too because he hates to see me sad. *pats* Sorry, ne.
I keep thinking a lot dammit. It's not good for you when you think too much, especially when it's frustrating thoughts.
Like, the future. I DON'T WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE NO MORE. Stop it Kath, now.
I mean seriously. I keep reverting to why I like it here even though the country sucks, why London scared me a little, why I feel unready, what I'll be doing this year, what's going to happen afterwards... I shouldn't be thinking about these things now. I shouldn't be thinking about anything else other than summer. >_<

Plus, I've been having these weird dreams lately, in which I am always chased around with the intention of being killed, and it's either some sadistic evil bastard with a passion for needles, or gorillas, or I don't know what else. I wake up every morning and I'm freaked out. I hate it. The dreams are freaky and unsettling and damn scary. Where are my good happy dreams? The ones I wake up from and go "awwww, I want to see what happens next!" :(

Tonight we're all going to the book festival downtown by the sea. ^^
Meh. ~_~

Been watching Wolf's Rain since yesterday. I like it a LOT, even though when I'd downloaded an AMV I thought it would suck because it seemed bloody, but it's actually VERY good... Just a little depressing though. ><

I'll be doing those entries soon.
Till then, off to watch House MD... Let's see Foreman get some PAIN. (It's that episode from season 2 where he gets sick...) XD

Today I have been on an anxiety spree regarding all things school, seeing that I let everything loose for the past week and I need to pick up on stuff again because I have a select few things to do and I have to do them right now... Studying, exams, theatre arts research commision and practical play analysis (aka, a paper researching a specific technical area of a theatrical tradition [I picked Commedia dell' Arte], and an analysis of an Elizabethan theatre play from a director's point of view)... In two weeks time I have my GUILDHALL AUDITION OMGZ. So I have to set up both my Shakespeare monologue and my modern theatre monologue.

All British universities require two audition monologues: one has to be from Shakespeare or one of his contemporaries (ie. Ben Johnson, Marlow, etc), and the other one has to be modern, usually by that they mean written after 1830, but some make it even more specific and say written after 1950 or something. Anyway, for my Shakespeare piece I have chosen a monologue of Imogen in Cymbelline by Shakespeare, Act III Scene IV.

( *insert Shakespearean monologue* )

My modern theatre piece I came across a few years ago when I was in summer school in America, it's a monologue written on a minor character in a play by the same author. She's a quirky, obsessive-compulsive high school student, who fantasizes about talking to an audience. Quite amusing, actually. The Absence of Gray Matter, by Josh Weckesser. Based on the character of Kim Kutledge from the play Gray Matter by Josh Weckesser.

( *insert funny contemporary theatre monologue * )

Especially the modern monologue I like a lot... It's really funny and I think I can pull it off nicely.
Anyway. Got to go set up the Shakespeare monologue, it's a pretty difficult one!
Tell me what you guys think, yes? :)

ps: I wrote a rather extensive review on Hoobastank's discography on Last.FM this morning. Check it out here if you've heard of them. If you haven't, I advice you NOT to get their latest album, it's LOUSY. :P Their other stuff is okay. ^^
pps: My sister cosplaying Saki Hanajima from Fruits Basket. :D That's what they say 'pretty in black', haha. ^_~

Yes I'm alive, I'm at home, I'm enjoying my internets, and I'm freakishly bored and need to start studying soon... wah.

I slept over at Amy's the other night... We took lots of Near/Mello pictures, from Death Note, with her as Near and me as Mello. I don't know what I think of myself as Mello, I still look too round-faced and cute and girly, and that sucks a little. >_< But some of the pictures were good. ^^

Yesterday I went with my grandparents to a new outlet mall just outside the city (O_o wtf, I know), and I got a new pair of comfy black pants, a black cardigan with pink roses on the back, and a blue/green sleeveless shirt (I surprised myself at the choice of bright colours) from Dance Sport and also a pretty, dark pink shirt from Toi & Moi. My mom said we might go there again next week to get more stuff. Pretty new clothes yay. :)

I watched a lot of FRIENDS today (season 7 is cracky love!), and finally caught up with the Naruto anime...
Spoilers ahead, advance with caution.

• The last special was awesome! I need to see the Kankuro battle!! Wah. NEXT WEEK!!
  
• Couldn't help but grin at the GaaNaru-ness of the special... The parallel of Gaara in the battle with Deidara as Naruto talked about him in the Konoha village with Iruka... It was all very, "meanwhile, Naruto's boyfriend is getting his ass kicked by a blond bishie with weird hands WTF". TRAGIC IRONYYYYYYY *dramatic music*
  
• I was more than a little confused after Gaara crushed Deidara's arm... I mean, won't he have a left arm again? Because I think he does later... Does it grow back? Forbidden jutsus FTW? I'm confused. @_@
• Kakashi is actually losing face. Oh come on stop being uncool and go fight someone with your surgically acquired Sharingan and kick his ass, please. (He seriously looks as if he's depressed or something. WTF Kakashi.)
• ShikaTema waiiiii~ XD Her departure was much like "goodbye, baby, I hope I'll see you soon..." and Shika was like "so the next time I see you will be at the Chuunin exam?" --> TRANSLATION: "I can't wait to see you, lover" hahahaha. Honestly. SO CANON.
• I thought Tema would stay until after the message is delivered to Tsunade but what would tragic irony be without those unfortunate coincidences? *sigh*
• T_T GAARA IS GOING TO DIEEEEE *emo*
• ... ok he'll be alive again, but oh the agony for poor Naruto. :(
• "My boyfriend is deaaaaaaad *emoangst*"
  
• *pats Naruto*
• Cant wait for next week for the cool Kankuro battle! XD

Ok spoilers are over now.

I'm too bored to even move aaah.
I tried sketching some things today. Not very good, I need to practice lots in order to improve, and that takes both patience and time, and I have neither at the moment. *SULK*
We're probably going out with everyone tomorrow, though Ishida dude is at his village... (Curiously, his brother isn't. WTF? Anyway...)
Oh yes I didn't make the huge entry about Sunday, we went to Magic Park and all... Need to put up all those pictures we took! :) I'll make that entry tomorrow then.

Oh and I read two more volumes of Death Note (9 and 10--I still haven't read the whole thing!) I'm in volume 11 now. Matt is Mello's biatch. And Mt, I finally know what you're talking about with Mikami.... HE KICKS MAJOR ASS. Come to mama, hottie! ^^ (He's a little disturbed, but not as much as Light thank goodness.. Oo)

Anyway. Must go to bed.
Will update soon with more meaningful news. Right now all my brain says is I'M BORRRRRRRRED LIEK OMFSTFU. So, yeah.
Hope you're all well~ commenting tomorrow is a must! I have to check my flist after all these days... ^^; heh...

 I miss the internets for two weeks and Dattebayo is closed down by the US Department of Justice? WTF???
Seriously, so many things have happened and I missed them, just like that.
Worry not, I am back. Posting from mi casa, kthxbai!! :D

But seriously, WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED???
And I check on the chuunin community and there isn't a word about this thing on there. What the hell?!?!
Now where are we going to get Shippuden from???
:(


.... or maybe it was an April Fool's joke and they forgot to put it down?? Dunno. (DUHHH STUPID KATH)
OMG.