Waaah, the Zettai Kareshi jdrama is super awesome!

( spoilers? )

Now on to the muzzer™ rant (these are getting a little scarce these days, haha [/sarcasm])~
This morning while I was going to bed (this statement is ironic by itself) she randomly woke up and saw that I was still up and came in and started a whole speech about how I'm completely worthless and have developed an addiction to the computer (on which I have two comments: one, it's better than being addicted to alcohol or cigarettes, and two, it's not an addiction per se, because -and I have proved this during the past year- I can in fact live without a computer AND without an internet connection. if I take away her morning coffee she'll be dragging herself around all day. THAT's an addiction). True, I tend to stay up all night on the computer because I'm doing things online, things I don't even manage to finish, and most of the time I have at least five other things I need to do but never have time for. For me, for some of you and for most people on this site or deviantArt, these things are understandable. Perhaps my turning around of the biological clock would be frowned upon, but I'd get a sympathetic "I know what you mean". That means something to me. And I'm not about to go onto the cliche argument of how the generations now have a rift and there's no way my mother would understand something so ahead of her own time as livejournal, icons, Johnny's Entertainment or the crack found in Prince of Tennis and D-Boys, because let's face it, it's a fact. I will never expect her to understand this. However, I will not put up with derogatory characterisations and comparisons with my father (something she always does whenever I'm being lazy or bored and laying about), because it's my own kind of hobby and I feel like I'm making something, instead of just sitting there surfing. Essentially it is just surfing, but it's somehow more than that. It's hard to explain.

If you understand, thank you. If you don't, please don't start with muzzer-like comments because frankly, I've had enough. Don't go on about how "she's right, you know", because I do know, and I am trying to turn the clock around, and I don't need anyone to tell me that. I hate it when people tell me what to do or not do.


Johnny's rambles:

1. Something I've wanted to point out since I first saw the Keep the Faith PV (which by the way, KICKS ASS): Don't Kame and Jin (especially Jin though) look very tired? Jin has bags under his eyes that are super evident, and Kame as well though his are not so puffy. Also Jin's solo cam parts look like he's just doing this to get it over with, with a few usual grimaces and movements which guarantee the kakoi effect. Near the end he looks so exhausted, like he's keeping himself awake. *sigh* Those two should stop staying up late doing naughty things, especially on work nights. There's weekends for that, boys.
2. Is Kanjani8's Purin a song about what I think it is? Actual pudding?!?! I didn't like them much before but THIS SONG MAKES UP FOR EVERYTHING I SWEAR. XDDDDD *sings along* "Purin, purin, daisuki sa purin~~" *g*
3. I had a dream last night and it involved me and Ikuta Toma in uh, embarrassing scenes. *blush* I didn't know I liked him so much, lol. (There was also Oguri Shun, with very fuzzy hair and a weird hair accessory on his head. Later on for some reason it got curly. My subconscious is confused about Oguri Shun's hair, apparently. For good reason too, but that's another story.)

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. ^^

(Title Capitalised As Per Most Important Things.)

Here's a list of gadgets and/or other stuff I want to get my hands on *greedy smile*
Doesn't have to be immediately of course, I'll make the necessary prioritisations so that I do get them all in time.
This isn't a fully prioritised list. That will happen when I'm less sleepy.

1. Livejournal Paid Account got it 19MAR08
2. Livejournal Userpic Add-On got two as gifts 19MAR08 from meiosei and ib_rangerz... Thanks guys! ♥ ♥
   
3. Slimline Keyboard [for my desktop pc] - €30
4. Western Digital Passport External Hard Drive [w/o external power supply], 250GB - €100
5. PlayStation 2 Console - €140 (with memory card)
6. EPSON v350 PHOTO PERFECT Scanner* - €150
7. WACOM Bamboo Fun Tablet  - €120
8. DeviantArt Subscription got a 3month one as a gift from the_hp_goddess, thank you so much!!
   
9. Macbook 13.3" White (upgraded to sport a larger hard drive) - €1260
10. iPod (80/160GB - not sure which one yet) - € [price fluctuates]
11. CANON EOS 400D Digital Camera (or at least a wide-angled lens, my age-old dream) - € [300-1000]
    

*Elissaios mentioned last night that he has a scanner that scans negatives, so I might be abusing his until I get this one for myself. Therefore its priority immediately drops since there are other viable solutions at the moment.

This list will be constantly updated with the stuff I want, and the items I do get will be crossed out as I get them. :)

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! ^^

Mt sent me a Livejournal nudge.
^_^

I've been too bored to update, so many things have been happening, I have made a list of entries to make, worry not, I shall make them and post them today. It's like, 12 or 13 entries, give or take a couple. I'll make them backdated and link them on a recent post or something so that you see them all.

On very urgent, stressful news, I'm applying for a summer camp theatre thingy here in Greece, it's in late August and it lasts like a week, it's in English and it's about ancient Greek myths that tie in to modern society... The deadline is tomorrow, and I need a reference letter (more like a completed reference form) from the Theatre Arts imbecile ex-teacher, I sent him a message and he doesn't even know about the reference letter, how can that be since HE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS SEMINAR. @_@ Anyway I need to have that form by tomorrow because I need to fax the application. I think I'm going to make it in time but man, I absolutely hate last minute applications, they stress me out so much.

So I'm a little spazzy right now. >_<

Things with Aggelos are fine. :) I miss him a lot, he's at his uni now taking a few important tests and stuff... He'll be back tomorrow.
Oh, also, we haven't moved to a new apartment YET, the move is tomorrow morning. The truck dude had some issues with the engine last weekend, so it was off again. >_< This is the second thing that I hate. THINGS BEING PUT OFF. I have a program in my life, I have a schedule, please for the love of God DON'T FUCK IT UP. ~_~

I need to find a white dress for my graduation ceremony.
I also need to call Olga (my duet coach and music teacher at the school) to ask if there's any chance I can get a solo song at the ceremony.

My paid account + userpic addon is expiring in 10 days. LJ sent me an email yesterday.
Meh. I had almost forgotten about it. T_T BYE BYE USERPICS AND CUSTOM COMMENT PAGES.

On Sunday we're watching Pirates 3. XD
Not that I'm looking forward to it much, even #2 sucked, but hey, it's Johnny Depp. I'm only watching the movie for him, really. Otherwise it's 3 wasted hours from my life. How sad.

I MISS PEOPLE. There's certain people I need to see (and talk to) soon.
Mt, Alice, Amy, Rebecca. I NEED TO TALK TO YOUUUUUUU. >_< I miss you guys.

I won't have internet starting tonight and for a week, due to the moving. They need to move the phone line to the new apartment. So I guess I'll be visiting the internet cafe from time to time, I don't think I'll be able to survive without the internet. I'll start having those serious withdrawal symptoms and we all know they can get nasty. :P

FIVE THINGS THAT MAKE ME FEEL LOUSY:

1. I sent my mom to the bookstore to get me a pen identical to my favourite one that I use to write exams with and stuff, and not only she didn't manage to get me a new one, she even lost the original one. I have other pens but I liked that one so much, it was thick and it felt comfortable in my hand, and now I either have to use one of the others or go downtown in the morning before my exam and try to find the one I want.
   
   For some reason, this makes me feel very, very lousy. Like, I want to cry because I lost a friggin' pen. It's not even my notebook or something, it's a PEN. And I have other pens. But it makes me feel so miserable. And I just feel lousy because I haven't been productive today, my notes look weird because I switched pens halfway through because SHE LOST MY PEN, and tomorrow I have a Chemistry exam.
   
   :(
   
   Why do I feel like this?? :/
   
2. Math was mediocre. The papers were difficult, and as always I lost the race against the clock. One and a half hours is NOT enough for that insanely huge test. IBO, dienowplzkthxbai.
   
3. I keep postponing the London post. I'll end up making a little entry or something, meh. The details are starting to feel insignificant somehow, even though they probably aren't. I should probably do this when I'm in a good mood. Now is not the time.
   
   
4. I miss everyone. I want to go out on Friday night with everyone, Aggelos will be in town too. Mt, pretty please come? :)
   I NEED TO GO OUT OMG. And I need to talk to some people, I feel so stranded.
   
   
5. Did I mention how I am totally going to fail tomorrow? :(
   And Friday, because it's all memorisation and I suck at memorising boring things. I'll try to cheat somehow (!), I don't know. Chemistry options are evil. Chemistry is evil. The IB is evil. EVILNESS GALORE OMG.
   

FIVE THINGS THAT MAKE ME FEEL A LITTLE HAPPY:

1. I am eternally debted to ib_rangerz for the 4-hour chemistry lesson yesterday. *hugs* Thank you so much!!! :D You're the best! ^_^ Really, it's so cool to have a science whiz for a friend. :) Plus we had so much fun, and I understood Chemistry WTF?!
   
   Funny quote from yesterday.
   Librarian: "So you're getting help from you're friend the mathematician, huh?"
   Me: "He's a physicist actually..."      Alex: "Physicist..."
   We pwn at thinking the same things, lol. :D
   
   
2. I'm probably getting a haircut on Friday... I was thinking of letting my hair grow but I thought about it again and I figured, naaaaah. Short hair is much better for the summer. So yay at last a haircut, it's starting to look really awful~
   
   
3. Eurovision semi-final tomorrow!! (Let's see how well I'll study Chemistry while that thing is on O_o) And then the final on Saturday! The Serbian song pwns. And there's so much rock this year, I'll be a happy fangirl. ^^
   
   
4. I'm probably seeing my friends on Friday! I must arrange it so that it's settled, because I'll probably die if I don't.
   
   
5. Um, 9 days till school's out forever? :D I CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT FRIDAY ZOMGGG.

Oh, and Theo texted today and he said he was accepted to work at a hotel here in Thessaloniki for the summer (he's studying Hotel Management and things like that) so he'll be nearby all summer. That's a good thing, it would be a shame for him to be far away. ^^

That's all. Now excuse me while I go die in a box.

I probably have a million things to update about, but I've had no time. I've been trying to make myself a new layout since yesterday, but I gave up after so many hours of fidgeting with pictures on photoshop and looked at my favourite community for layouts, freelayouts. I picked an assortment that I liked, and tried most of them on my journal but didn't like any, except the one I'm using now. And you know the weirdest thing? I was looking for a black/red layout, and ended up with a gray/blue one again. WTF KATH.


I'm going over to Amy's, we'll hang out a little and then I'm going to the theatre to see a performance of the play we're putting up at the theatre workshop. Well, we're not putting up THE ENTIRE thing, more like the opening scene... But anyway, we found out that they're playing it at the Experimental Theatre Scene so we're like "yay, we're going!!" ^_^ Amy might come too, if she wants. It's probably a boring play for anyone not involved with it~ to be honest, I don't like it much either. I'm not excited about putting it up, but since we are... :P Also, I haven't read past the opening scene, and I'm dying to find out what happens next. So that's why we're going, basically.

I watched Lady In The Water last night ^^ God how I love that movie. :) I even found the soundtrack somewhere, and I've been listening to it today. Tried to make a layout header out of the promotional stills but it just wouldn't look good. Eh well. The movie is absolute LOVE. I need icons. I'll make some, maybe... Guh I don't know. Too many things that need to be done!!

I want to sincerely apologize for not being around much lately... I will comment on your LJs soon... >_< It's just that I left so many things for the last minute, and I have to do them these days... I promise to be around more for all of you, you know I love you guys so much... Thank you for all the support and your comments in my latest entries. :)

I also have a few recaps pending, I hope I'll be able to do them tonight when I get home from the performance...
That's it for now, more later tonight! ^_^

We all thought the performance sucked. Majorly.
Luckily for us, the small in number audience still thought it was brilliant. (Seriously, half of the theatre was EMPTY. Many teachers had reserved seats, and didn't show up. Rudeness ahoy!)

I did my best to prevent my symptoms from showing up. I took a pill for the fever half an hour before I went on stage, took some cough syrup, drank some hot chamomile tea that a girl offered me when she saw how bad my cough was, and also took one of those Strepsils thingies for sore throats. But I still had to restrain myself from coughing when I was on stage... It was all I could think about. But luckily, it was pure technique that saved me, Alice, and a few other people from being too ridiculous~ the half-empty theatre, the audience that just wouldn't laugh at the funny bits, combined with our illnesses, all of this can make one panic and try desperately to make the audience laugh, and it's always a disaster... Personally, I thought I sucked, but everyone said I was great. Oh, if only you knew, I thought.

So anyway, I finish my part and go backstage for the intermission, and as always there's a bunch of people congratulating us at the dressing rooms during intermission because:
a) they think they're hot stuff and want to be seen by everyone and make their presence known, and/or
b) they really liked it and wanted to tell us what they thought.
Among these people was annoying-makeup-girl from last year's drama club... (who of course belongs in the first category.) You may or may not remember her. Apparently, she's been lurking around my journal, because when I told her that all her praises were pointless because we were all sick and the performance sucked, she answered "it really was good, and that's coming from someone you've fought with a million times, and you write about on your site on the internet..." And not 5 minutes later, she turns to Hamlet guy and says, "I hope the second act is better than the first one, because the first one was awful".

ΘΑΛΕΙΑ ΜΟΥ, ΕΙΣΑΙ ΑΞΙΟΛΥΠΗΤΗ.
Για να μην λες ότι σε ξέχασα φέτος. Πολλά φιλάκια.

THALEIA, YOU ARE PATHETIC.
Just so you don't complain about me forgetting all about you this year. Lots of kisses.

I was actually going to turn the journal friends-only. She totally freaked me out when she told me she had read it on here, but then again you know what? I choose what to leave public and what not to leave public. I choose to show her and everyone who cares to look that I hate people like that, with fake smiles plastered all over their faces, and false praises and compliments that mean nothing. In all honesty, people like this girl are what makes this world the shitty place it is. If everyone was considering and honest, we would save a lot of time that is otherwise spent on drama, fighting, bitching, and crying over lost friendships.
I kind of chuckled inwardly afterwards. I kind of got to her, didn't I? She had to throw her snide remark like a low-ball hit, but this only shows that she didn't like what I wrote about her. Because it's true. If I ask ANYONE at Anatolia what they think of her, they'll tell me the same things I've written either here or in my past entries, with a few word differences but you get the idea. And that is just sad for someone who tries so hard to be liked.

Oh well. Case closed. I am un-freaked now. And she can advertise this journal as much as she wants. I don't give a damn. It is MY JOURNAL. I reserve the right to say anything I freakin' want. If you don't like it, don't read on. Geez.

During the second act I sat backstage with some kids that are in the first act only, like myself. I was surprised to find that this little guy (he's like, 3 years younger than me) has checked out my last.fm profile and has recognized my top band in the overall charts, My Chemical Romance. I was like, "you know My Chemical Romance???LIEKOMG11ONE!!!" and he said "yeah, I have their latest album, and my favourite song is Teenagers".
*jawdrop*
We talked about music and I was so happy because he listens to all sorts of stuff I like, like Sum 41 and Green Day (he's a huge fan) and Simple Plan and Blink 182... And he plays the guitar! Whee! YAY FOR EDUCATED PUNK ROCK FANS OMG. So happy. ^^ Although I was coughing like crazy, and at some point I realized my voice was getting a little gruff, it was nice because it was familiar and pleasant territory.

Tomorrow morning we're going downtown with a bunch of kids from the drama club to buy presents for the director, music director, movement/dance instructor, art advisor, etc... It's like this tradition we have here. Never understood why but anyway. I wonder what we'll get the director, aka my theatre arts teacher of doom. I suppose the one who knows him best is me, and yet what would be appropriate? If we got him anything traditionally theatrical he wouldn't like it, that much I know. *sigh* We'll figure something out... ^^
And I'm not going to theatre workshop tomorrow. If I give someone whatever virus I have, I'll drown in my own guilt. These past two days have been awful unless I'm medicated. And I'm not fond of pills or whatever... Not in the least bit.

I have to go to bed because I have to wake up at 8:30-9 tomorrow morning. I'm not sleepy. >_<
I'll go post my Mazi Sou icons on angelkath, and you can take a look to tell me what you think. :)

ps: Lostprophets FTW! XD
pps: OMG IT'S RAINING! For the first time in like, 2.5 months? YAY!! :D
ppps: bitchy moodtheme!Raito kills j00 ded. LOL.