Wah~ I was walking to class today, and I was looking at my shoes because they were dirty..Someone opened the door and I ran into it...Itai..;_; my forehead hurts. Ergh, I'm all scorched from Saturday...and my face is all dry and red. Rargh.

"Bad Guys never have Bad hair days."
I found that quote somewhere I don't remember. But I think it applies ^o^. Fuuuummmaa~~ Or maybe it just applies to him. O_o;

                                                                                                                 // itai..;_; //


// Sunday - 04.21.02
9:23 PM PST

np: Eternal Wind - Gundam F91

Saturday was a most tiring day. I haven't worked like a pack-mule for years...Since I'm part of this service club called Interact, it was necessary for us to go to this "Christmas in April" activity. Basically, it's an event where volunteers from the district gather at a horrid hour of 7:00 in the morning, ready to work our butts off at various houses. There were three houses that we had to "clean-up" at...one at Walnut, one at Pine, and one in Euclid...I was assigned to the house at Pine--and to my horror, it was the most difficult house to fix compared to the other houses. While the other houses needed painting and dumping of junk and garbage, the house in Pine St. was pure evil. First, we had to shear down a huge pine tree which had grown until the branches and leaves reached floor level. Then we had to manually pick the huge branches up and pile them in a large stack where some other people cut the branches into smaller pieces and dumped them into dumpsters. We did this for about an hour or two. By the time we were done, I was already hot and tired. My biceps were aching from carrying huge branches and pulling heavy wheelbarrows. Next, we had to pull all the weeds from both the front and backyards, shovel dirt to install a sprinkler system in the front yard, and then till the soil. Some people were assigned to re-shingle the whole friggin' roof, working under the heat of the sun. It was a gruesome sight, to me, that is...After this, we proceeded to pick up huge objects such as refrigerators, chairs, couches, lamps, and other ancient things that don't work anymore to the dumpsters. I think we filled up at least 11 dumpsters with tree branches and house furniture the whole day. We kind of had a break at 12 in the afternoon, and ate Carl's Jr. sitting on the edge of the sidewalk and having a "fun" time watching ice melt. Yes, it amused me. I'm a very easily amused person. Break was over and we had to continue out work. After we inserted the sprinkler system, we had to lay new sod on the soil, which took us nearly 4 hours to finish. I wasn't much help there because I was allergic to grass..^^;; So I walked home just after 3 PM. The first thing I did when I got home was to take a long cold shower and jump into bed for 16 hours. I swear. I slept from 5 PM on Saturday to 10 AM the next day. When I woke up, my back was all stiff, my legs were aching, and my arms felt like led. I think that day made me sick. I was coughing all day today, and I didn't feel good at all. Urgh, I don't know how people who do this often get through it all...they probably just get used to it. But I would never want to do this again whether I'm helping some invalid or not. ~_~ bleh.

Fun Michelle. Who did you go with? and what did you buy this time (other than the shounen-ai one)? ^_^

Gosh, I have a whole bunch of homework to do...~o~;

                                                                                                                 // so dead... //


// Thursday - 04.18.02
9:46 PM PST

np: Brilliant Future - Okiayu Ryoutarou

Which Fruits Basket Character are you?

....How did I know....

~o~; Yes, we're evil...;_; ---- >XD (ohohoho...~)
tene tene~ After Shigure, Ayame and Akito were next O_O;

*wah~~~!* I want to be more like Momiji ^x^; The "doesn't act their age" part fits, but I don't think I can EVER be as hyper and spunky as Momiji-chan~ ^^;

                                                      // "Ijinai janai mon! Karakatteru dakeda mon!" ^o^ //

// Wednesday - 04.17.02
6:27 PM PST

np: FFX - Suteki Da ne - Rikki

Also known widely as the Fire Bird, the phoenix is a profound symbol of the circle of life. It has a life cycle of 500 to 600 ears and after that amount of time, it sets itself on fire and dies in the flames. Then after three days, it rises again from the ashes. It is a completely benign creature who lives in dew. It is said that the phoenix has a beautiful melidous song which grows ever more mournful as its life comes to an end. It is a symbol of the sun and immortality. The phoenix is a very worthwhile beast.
What mythical beast best represents you?Take the quiz!

Yay~ I'm an oversized chicken...^^;;

Shounen Shinkaron is VERY good! And the art makes my eyes water with sheer WAFFy feelings~~ Yes, I believe I will continue getting the rest of the manga...when they come out, and when I have the money. I was reading God Child today...and have come to the conclusion that Cain is a hopeless poster boy~ *chuckle* And I just adore Riff~ *_*

I also want to learn Korean so I can play Korean games...*coughWoGcough* Yes, I'm getting *just* a little ahead of myself. I'm already learning Japanese and Spanish, and adding a third language will make things..err..more confusing. So I guess I'm sticking with Japanese...and quitting Spanish after I'm done with the classes. Yes, Spanish is easy, but I just don't have the motivation to actually *want* to learn it. It's purely for credits and school reasons. ~_~; THEN~ I will learn Korean...XD I heard that it was a very easy language to learn, and if you had a good teacher, you would be able to make your own sentences in an hour or two. Which is good~ I'm impatient~ ^^;

Just downloaded more anime~ .hack//sign episode 2, Pitaten 2, Full Moon wo Sagashite, Ai Yori Aoshi, and something called Rizelmine. Ermm..I think I downloaded more, but I don't remember what.. I haven't watched anything yet, considering how I actually used my time wisely to do more *useful* things, such as homework. Yay~ hopefully, my teachers won't bombard anymore homework on me, so I can finally watch my anime sometime this week.

Now...for a summary and review of Saiyuki - Requiem~ .. Highlight to Read ~~ *SPOILERS ahead..don't read if you're going to watch it*:

Saiyuki, Requiem---basically an extended episode of the show...with some random and more powerful villain (preferably youkai)~ Yup, this movie has just that..some human who turned himself into a youkai just to gain the acceptance of a certain droopy-eyed monk. *nods solemnly* Yes, very sad...*chuckles* yeah...right...Back to the story: The first scene is just there~ there is no reason of any kind why it's there other than making the heroes look cool. Sanzo and Co. are confronted by hundreds and hundreds of youkai, who want their heads. Of course, being the cool, kickass group they are, they have no problem killing all of them. The "fearful four" are doing their usual thing--travelling in Hakuryuu. Hakkai is driving, commenting on how beautiful the full moon is, Gojyo and Goku are in the backseat, arguing and duking it out~ with Goku complaining about hunger every so often. Sanzo is in the passenger seat with his eyes closed, and just trying to stop himself from killing the idiots in the back. It is night and typically, they become lost...*damn plot devices* They stop the car to look at the map and some girl comes running toward them, obviously running away from something. They see some flying monster coming directly at them. Gojyo's "woman alarm* kicks in and he goes on flirty mode almost immediately. Hakkai turns the Jeep around and Gojyo picks up the running girl and drops her off in the backseat of Jeep. I liked this little conversation between Hakkai and Goku...

Hakkai: "Goku, do you like fried chicken?"
Goku:"Un! Suki dayo~"
Hakkai: "Chicken saute?"
Goku: "Un! Daisuki dayo!"
Hakkai: "How about yakitori?"
Goku: "Dai-Dai-Daisuki!"
Hakkai: "Then Goku, you deal with dinner. Ok?" ^_^ (they're talking about the giant flying monster/chicken thing)
Goku: "Hey! Wait a second! By dinner, you meant THAT? Guiii~ it looks disgusting...
Gojyo: Stop complaining and prepare the damn thing!

Anyway, they hightail it out of there with the "giant chicken" still in pursuit. Eventually, they get to the forest, and beg Sanzo to do something. Sanzo finally acquieses and shoots the damn monster. The bullets don't affect the monster, however, and Sanzo uses his sutra to try to kill it. The monster dodges it, and they actually distract it enough to get away.

The girl, who turns out to be a servant girl of some obviously rich person, takes them to her master's mansion and prepares them dinner. During this time, Sanzo and Hakkai have the sneaking suspiscion that there's something very wrong about the whole place...but they go inside the building anyway since there's no other place to stay. They find out that the only people currently staying in the mansion are the girl and her master. Then the scene changes and we see a dark figure inside the mansion laughing evilly and saying that he's been waiting for Sanzo and his team. He's folding an orange paper plane *shock! WHERE HAVE WE SEEN THIS BEFORE??*

=scene change= What I don't like about this movie is that Kougaiji and Co. don't even have anything to do with the story....yet they're there anyway..O_o; The whole time they're fighting youkai and trying to enter the forest where the mansion is only to find that there's a kekkai around it, blocking them from going in.

Going back to Sanzo-sama and Co., they each get their own bedroom...Goku and Gojyo quickly jump into bed, Hakkai is sitting on his own bed, petting Hakuryuu, and Sanzo is sitting up, leaning on the bedpost. Hakkai looks out the window, comments on the beautiful seaside scenery and looks up to see that there is no moon. He gasps and immediately goes to Sanzo's room, only to find Sanzo pointing his pistol at him. ^_^; Meanwhile, Goku is running around, trying to find the bathroom, and Gojyo takes a shower. Gojyo hears someone come in his room and thinks it's Goku. He turns around only to find Houran (the servant girl) trying to stab him. They fall to the floor with the water still on, and he stops her after she manages to stab his arm. Houran's hair turns out to be as red as her eyes (she had dyed her hair dark green, but the water washed away the dye), making her the same as Gojyo, a taboo child.

Err...it gets a bit confusing starting from here, with all the scene changes and stuff. But basically, Hakkai and Sanzo talk about the weird things happening around them after they entered the forest, Goku is fast asleep, and Gojyo and Houran are talking in Gojyo's room. Houran breaks down and tells Gojyo the whole story, saying how her father (a kind-hearted youkai) used to own this place, and still loved her even though she was a taboo child. He had a thousand youkai servants and was known for his ability to use illusions to defend his household. One day, a stranger came to them, asking her father for a place to spend the night. Her father, too nice to turn down a stranger, agrees to let him take shelter...but it turns out to be a dreaded mistake. The stranger kills Houran's father and his whole household, including the servants. After killing a thousand youkai, he turns into a youkai himself through a charm he bound himself to. Instead of killing Houran, he turns her into his shikigami, so she's as well dead. *Ahem* Gojyo and Houran have an intimate moment and they're leaning into each other, about to kiss, when they Hakkai accidentally interrupts them. ^^;; He came to tell them that Sanzo was calling them to all gather in one place since it seemed like a dangerous place. He sees a knife on the floor (the one Houran dropped) and slowly picks it up to examine it. Gojyo turns around to dress, but turns around to see Hakkai stabbing him in the stomach. It turns out that this "Hakkai" is an impersonator, in fact, he's the "master" that ordered Houran to kill Gojyo. He figured that she really wasn't going to kill anyone, so he did the job himself, but tells her to get rid of Gojyo's body.

Meanwhile~ the real Hakkai goes out of Sanzo's room and bumps into a still half-asleep Goku. Suddenly, they both feel something and immediately run into Gojyo's room only to find blood and no body. They hear running water all around them and go outside to see that it's raining... Then they hear the swinging of a door and decide to investigate.

=Pan= Sanzo is still in his room, hears someone going up to the door to his room, and shoots. ^o^; *lol* It turns out to be Gojyo, all bandaged up, and scared out of his wits..^_^; Sanzo mentions how he would shoot anyone who tries to enter his room, and shoots another round of bullets at Gojyo. *ducks* XD He asks Gojyo if he has proof that he's the real Gojyo, and the latter replies that he doesn't need any proof. He tells Sanzo that the real impersonator is Hakkai since he was the one who stabbed him.

=Back to Hakkai and Goku= They open the door to find that it's some kind of dungeon. Hakkai instantly freezes and is reminded of his past life as Gonou. There is someone in the cell, and he sees Kanan's face...(Ergh..I don't really want to get into Hakkai's relationship with Kanan at this moment...would be WAY too long) ~o~;

=Pan back to Sanzo/Gojyo= Sanzo puts out his hand to help Gojyo get up from the floor, and Gojyo takes it. Sanzo instantly puts his gun to Gojyo's face, saying that he sees through him easily. Gojyo's shocked and just a bit unnerved...(I mean, wouldn't you if someone put a gun to your face? ^^;) Obviously, the "real" Gojyo would be too proud to actually take Sanzo's hand... ^_^; and wouldn't he even be just a little suspiscious of anyone, even Sanzo, when he already got stabbed by a fake Hakkai? Sanzo takes no time to let Gojyo give an explanation and shoots him right in the face. In fact, Sanzo is right again. It ISN'T the real Gojyo. (Wah, smart move~)

Argh, I'm getting tired of going through the whole thing in detail. Anyway, Hakkai and Goku are inside the dungeon. Goku lets Kanan out, and she immediately becomes eerily cheerful. Hakkai doesn't believe her and immediately gets ready to shoot her, thinking this is all a sick joke from some demented hentai. So he does, and she falls back. He turns around only to find Goku grabbing him and start choking him to death. Hakuryuu comes in and starts attacking fake-Goku, letting Hakkai get up and destroy both imposters. Meanwhile, the "real Goku" gets waken up by Sanzo, who tells him to get up because they're leaving this place to find the owner of this mansion. Currently, the villain is taking his time folding orange paper airplanes...they whole room is covered in it...*_* creepy...~ Houran comes in and accidentally steps on one...and it totally pisses the latter off. *wahhh~~~* She asks if she can leave this place since her job is done, but he refuses to let her go and tells her to make him something to eat.

Sanzo and Goku are walking up the stairs to the owner's room only to find themselves entering a cave. Sanzo suddenly disappears and Goku becomes chained to the wall of the cave, unable to break free because they're enchanted. Apparently, this reminds him of his imprisonment on Mount Gogyo. Sanzo begins to say that he doesn't need Goku anymore, and the villain appears next to him, saying that Sanzo was his. ^^;;; Goku says that he knew the whole time that this wasn't Sanzo because Sanzo wasn't like that at all. The villain gets pissed at his words and starts punching Goku, eight times to be exact, before he goes on ranting how he knows Sanzo the best and that Sanzo was HIS...He orders fake-Sanzo to choke Goku to death, but is stopped by the REAL Sanzo who comes in and says, "Who's did you say I was?" *squiggles Sanzo* Sanzo shoots the bad guy and takes off his mask only to find the face of his sensei or previous teacher, Sanzo-Houshi. He shoots Goku's chains free and together, they make their way to the top to defeat this psychotic fetishist once and for all. They go up and see a bunch of orange paper planes and Sanzo is finally reminded of an event three years before. A young orphan by the name of Dogan was sent to become an apprentice to Sanzo, and Sanzo had told him about the orange paper airplane and how that it only flies in blue skies. (what Sanzohoushi taught Sanzo in the past) Unfortunately, Sanzo soon left Dogan to go on his mission with Hakkai, Gojyo, and Goku, and refused to take Dogan with him because he was unable to fend for himself like the others. Because of this, Dogan became obsessed with gaining enough power to actually become worthy of being Sanzo's partner. He doesn't see what Sanzo sees in the other three, but he figures that he has to become better than all of them combined. So he dyed his hair red to be like Gojyo, killed a thousand youkai like Hakkai, and become the closest to Sanzo like Goku. However, Sanzo thinks he's pathetic and says that the reason he travels with the other three was due to fate and chance. Dogan, yes, that turns out to be the villain's name, becomes enflamed when he hears this, and yeah, things go weird from there. Somehow, he turns into an uglier and larger youkai due to the charm on his chest. The charm is the orange-paper airplane that Sanzo had given him three years back. You see, Dogan never learned the whole reason behind the paper plane. He didn't know that Sanzo was still looking for the answer of why it only flies in blue skies. Okay, back to the main story...a repaired Gojyo and Hakkai comes in the scene, and they fight Dogan. Dogan becomes yet a larger and even UGLIER youkai, and totally swallowed by feelings of hatred youkai-ish bloodthirst. The hole in his chest starts sucking things up, and Houran tries to save the others by using her inherited powers to defeat Dogan. She rushes him and gets swallowed up by the hole in his chest. Eventually, he totally loses it, and Sanzo has no choice but to shoot him. He disintergrates and everything calms down. Lalala...the sun comes up since it's already morning, and Hakkai comments something or the other of how beautiful the sun is. Sanzo reminds them that they're going the opposite way, TO THE WEST! Err...you finally see what happened to Kougaiji and the others. They had finally gotten through the kekkai surrounding the forest but Kougaiji decides that he wouldn't pursue Sanzo and Co. today since they were already in bad shape. *dude...he's not a villain...* Rinrin picks up a orange paper airplane from the floor and throws it off the cliff and it glides smoothly in the blue sky. The movie ends with a closeup on everyone's faces.

Lol..that was a long and detailed summary...Sumimasen...I got caught up. I thought this movie was okay..but I never really did like Saiyuki the series that much...the movie was more of a side-story than an actual event in Saiyuki. I didn't even know Sanzo had an apprentice named Dogan...O_o; But I did kinda like the whole symbolism and impersonating thing going on...with the orange airplanes (yes..very deep) and the whole tricking thing with the characters. The whole scene-changing thing only served to confuse the audience and make them believe that the impersonators were real. Of course, being me, I wasn't fooled, and I doubt anyone else who watched it was fooled either. ^^;;;

The reason I watched the movie in the first place was because of the seiyuu...yes, I do that a lot...^^; Okiayu Ryoutarou played Dogan very well...with the psychotic laugh and all the shizazz...and Sanzo never fails to amaze me with his standoffish-ness and intelligence...I like Sanzo..^_^..the difference between Sanzo and Aya from Weiss Kreuz is that Aya is just too blinded by his whole revenge thing against Takatori (and the "Shi-ne!" thing annoys the heck out of me). Sanzo actually THINKS and has a BRAIN! wow....That, and because Sanzo's just cool, and Aya isn't. *lol* (To those who are Aya-fans...^^;; this is my opinion, so don't take it personally~ XP)

Okay, I don't feel like talking anymore...must finish my homework now..*bleh*
Oh yes, I finally archived...blog was getting too long...

                                                                                                                 // Sanzo-sama~~ //