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*

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. ^^

JPop for the salarymen.
This is so lively :D

I need Yamapi icons. *hangs head*

And I also need to STOP WATCHING THINGS ON YOUTUBE AND GO WRITE SOME FANFICTION.
Seriously.

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! ^^

GAH I need new icons. I deleted some and uploaded some new ones... I will reorganise them fully when I have more time.
Studied some Math today. I was surprised to find that I actually know some. :O Having not touched my math books for nearly a year, this comes as quite a shock to me, albeit a pleasant one. Maybe I'll do well on Monday/Tuesday, who knows??

English went extraordinary. The commentary was a little unstructured, I had to start writing and I was still fiddling in my brain for what I wanted to say about that piece they gave us (an extract from a novel written in 1900, in which a wife confronts her husband about his infidelity). However the essay I wrote for paper 2, which was based on some plays we've done in class, was much more coherent and well-structured. I can easily say I got a 7/7 there. :D

Uhm, I need to get out of the house. Like, out with friends, to hang out or something. :( I've been locked in here for a week, and my progress has been minimal... I feel so fed up... :( I know I have things to do but NYEH. just nyeh.

House was a little boring today, although his jokes ruled as always. Cameron was pretty.
Also, the OC season 3 sucks big time. I only watched it because I was waiting for House...
AND HEROES 20?? ZOMGWTF?! (spoilers?) It had to finish until it made sense. The beginning was all X-Men and I hated it, I figured oh come ON dude stop the cliches or I'll poke my own eyes out!! And then the end came and I'm like, NO WAIIIII~ So fucked up. And so many dead people!! I felt like crying!! :( Too many dead people! But, grown up Peter = love. Of course they paired him with the pretty girl... *sigh* And Matt!! MATT MY LOVE WHY?! I loved him so much. >_< Please Hiro go back and make it stop!! But wait, even though he's going back he's trying to stop the wrong person. Wah. SO FUCKED UP I TELL YOU. (end spoilers, although I just read it again and it doesn't make any sense lol) I hear the season ends in 3 episodes?? NUUUUUUU. T_T

Yesterday as I was coming home from school, I saw this woman walking down the street:
Sofia from Mazi Sou!!! I know it was her, even though she was wearing sunglasses I would recognize those lips anywhere! She was so thin! I didn't talk to her, although I probably should have. I figured I'd be too fangirly and boring and I didn't want to bother her, she was eating something anyway and it would just be rude... But I was so happy~ I love this woman, she's amazing!! :D

OH, and I want to thank ib_rangerz for teh math 1337 h4xx0rz help yesterday, it means a lot to me. :)

I miss Aggelos. :( Or, should I say my boyfriend? GOD IT SOUNDS WEIRD. But it's nice. I kinda like it. I like it a lot. XD
We were texting each other yesterday, he asked how english went and I told him, and he said he can't wait to see me and NEITHER CAN I. :( But he's at his uni now anyways, said he wouldn't come back this weekend. Meh, even if he would I doubt I could get out of here no matter how much I need to because I am fiercely guarded by the one and only evil muzzer. :( 12 more days until exams end. Strength is needed! YOSH!

But seriously, I need to get out of here. Fresh aiiiiir. A waaaalk. Some chit-chatter, SOMETHING. >_<
Never you mind, once May 18 comes I'll be out day and night, HA! XD

Today during one of my infamous breaks from studying (which usually last double the time I actually study) I discovered the motive of the murderer in my supah-sekrit Prince of Tennis fic. :D I can work better now. I might need to look at the old chapters again (I've finished 1 & 2) because they might sound unsophisticated... I have the impression they aren't too well-written, but that's probably because nothing much happens plot-wise, and it feels empty to me even though it isn't. I've written a total of 8,000 words at the very least and I'm not even started. O_o

Maybe I should do NaNoWriMo this year. With the speeds of my writing when I'm inspired, 50k won't be an issue. :D

Okay, I need to go to sleep now.
(All I ever do is sleep these days, I feel so useless. T_T)
Goodnight all, hope you're having a good day! ^_^

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! ^_^