Bye Bye 2008

(They're wishing you a happy new year, I swear!)

In a mere 2 and a half hours it will be January 1st of 2009. That's really hard for me to believe. I feel like it was just Christmas of LAST year let alone this year. A lot of really great things happened to me in 08, and I'm hoping that 09 will be just, if not more, awesome. I hadn't realized how many series I got into this year, but most of my favorite series I have only found this year.

Like:



- Ouran High School Host Club

- Lovely Complex

- High School Debut

- Cat Street

- Death Note

- TWILIGHT! (I got into Twilight in January!)



There was a lot more, but these were the ones I just realized. I did so many cool things like going to plays with my mom, and seeing Mamma Mia! 4 times. I spent hours on IM with some of my best friends, and had sleepovers with the three best friends that I know in person. I got back into making AMVs, and continued working on my drawings. I played games, and read books and spent my time doing almost everything I love.



I have a few resolutions for this year that I'm hoping I can live up to:



- Learning how to sew and maybe doing my first cosplay

- Learning HTML, or just getting a grasp on it

- Continue to improve on my drawing, and actually put more time into it. (Currently I'm aiming to just make a three panel comic. JUST THREE PANELS.)



I have some new things I'd like to try, like learning flash, and attempting to learn an instrument, maybe. Procrastinating less is the ultimate goal.



So here's hoping I can live up to all that, huh?



Besides thinking about what I want to do in the coming year, and playing video games that I got for Christmas I've been reading a manga I started. I finished all the chapters I could find of Chibi Vampire/Karin and started Hana-Kimi. I'm around chapter 40. It's extremely cute and FUN. It reminds me of a more serious Ouran. You know, with an actual plot. xD



So tired. My friends spent the night last night and we did our Christmas exchange.



I got a dog tag necklace that says Bubba on it. OH, YES. BE JEALOUS. I also got a Death Note L necklace (LOVE), a BFF necklace, and a tiara (bow down). I HAVE BLING. OH YES.



Happy New Year! 2009 here we come!

Vampire Knight Guilty 12

Ok, I say this a lot..but..BEST. EPISODE. IN. THE. SEASON. YES! Which is to be expected since the next episode ends Guilty.

This will be a rather short entry. This episode really was straight forward. Since we're getting near the end of the Rido arc (I think) they're answering a lot more questions. Which usually doesn't mean anything, but there aren't many NEW questions appearing. I'm really hoping there is another season after this. Since the manga is still going on I don't want them to pull a Fruits Basket and barely touch down on the story. However, if they do, I will certainly read the manga because this has to be one of the best shojos out there.

Ok, ok, it's official. Chairman is a badass. WE ALL KNEW HE HAD IT IN HIM SOMEWHERE! Cross the vampire hunter...just WOW. I want to know HOW he knew Juuri. Obviously he knew her before all of this happened. Was he good friends with her? Did he help her after Rido took advantage of her? I have a feeling she is the reason that he stopped being a Vampire Hunter. The reason he made the academy.

Yagari also knew Juuri it seems. Part of me wonders if she was always a vampire. Maybe she was a human at one time? Or even a hunter? Even though I'm not sure how people are turned into vampires without being Level E's like Zero. Then again it seems that Vampire HUNTERS that are bitten can control themselves better if they're strong enough. That's the conclusion I came to after this episode.

Zero's arm spazzing out the way it did was cool and creepy at the same time. It looked like it was going to EXPLODE. I was trying to figure out..was that the level E inside him trying to escape, or was it something to do with absorbing Ichiru? That had happened before he absorbed Ichiru though..so I assume it was the level E. Especially since most level E's skin is constricted over the bones like that.

When he asked Yuuki to 'slay him' I assumed she was going to chop off his arm. ESPECIALLY when she starts barreling toward him like she was going to hack him in half! Then they pan out and his arm is still attached to him..HOW DOES THAT WORK? DID SHE POKE HIM AND THE EVIL OOZED OUT LIKE A PIMPLE?? XD I love this series. Really I do.

OH, AND NOW WE KNOW THE TRUTH. KANAME CAN TURN PEOPLE INTO CONFETTI. IT'S LIKE A VAMPIRE PARTY! YAAAY. *Stare* *POOF* *colored sparkles rain down* BEST. POWER. EVER!!!!

Now back to serious. It seems that in the Vampire world, drinking from somebody when they don't want you to is almost as bad as rape. Rido had bitten Juuri without her permission at some point, and she had screamed for Haruka, who I assume was her husband (I KNOW HIS NAME NOW, YAY!), or whatever he was to her at that time. So he's HAD that blood before. Now he needs Yuuki's which is also Juuri's by being her daughter AND I think that Yuuki has a lot of her mothers blood in her from when she had locked the pure blood away. I want to know WHY Rido needs/needed that blood. I know right now he needs it to regain the rest of his power, but what caused him to drink from Juuri before? Besides taking pleasure in her pain. Then again that might of been the only reason at the time. He just seems to...strategic for that.

Even though I admit, when he was going to make Yuuki cry out for the one she loved and she stopped to think about it, I was on the edge of my seat. Then of course (as I predicted, wahaha) Zero appears and saves her. BUT WHY. WHY COULDN'T HE LET HER FINISH HER THOUGHT PROCESS? BLOW OF HIS SHOULDER IN 5 SECONDS, PLEASE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO SHE LOVES. XD

The character development in these past couple episodes is great. Aidou seems to actually like Yuuki as a person now. He's not forcing it, he actually WANTS to protect her. It's amusing when you think about how much he hated her at the start of the series. I love that kind of development. LOVE.

AND WHO CALLED IT? WHO? Yuuki managed to use Artemis, OF COURSE. Then she gets herself in trouble, Zero comes and saves her. Then she hacks (OR PRETENDS TO) of his arm and the incredible hulk arm is gone. THEN HIS GUN STARTS GLOWING. THAT WAS COOL. IT'S LIKE A GIANT BALL OF LIGHT IS FUSED TO THE BARREL OF HIS GUN.

I'm really glad that Ichiru DID care for Zero, and even though I'm sad he's no longer going to be in the series, I'm actually happy with the outcome. The idea of them being fused together like they were supposed to have been is both tragic, and sweet. Since Ichiru willingly gave himself up for it, and seemed to want it to be that way all along.

Oh, and Kaname realizes that he has formed bonds with other people. Maybe he isn't such a selfish asshole.

OH, AND ICHIJOU IS GOING TO GO AGAINST HIS GRANDFATHER. THAT IS EPIC. I love Ichijou. He has the best eyes in the entire series.

So much for a short entry. xD

Yuuki has finally started taking care of herself a bit. I'm happy.

ZeroxYuuki, FOR THE WIN!!!!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, and happy holidays to anyone who reads this. =) I hope that everyone had an awesome holiday. I know I did.

I'm hoping that as the New Year passes I'll start posting more often once again. This past month has been really busy. I haven't seen my friends since we went to see Twilight. Busy busy. Haha

I got a lot of really cool stuff for Christmas. I actually got more than I was expecting since this year I split cost for a Kindle. (If you don't know what a kindle is go here: http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA/ref=sr_tr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1230352731&sr=8-1 ) I LOVE my Kindle. I haven't gotten to use it much even though I've had it since November, but just the other day I finished a book I was reading "Blood and Chocolate," and I'm working on one called "A Change of Heart," by Jody Picoult. I didn't care for Blood and Chocolate that much. It was good but it lost my interest 3 quarters of the way through.

I also got SIX DIFFERENT VIDEO GAMES FOR CHRISTMAS. HOMG. Three I asked for, and three my mom surprised me with. My mom gives the BEST surprises EVER. Everything she has gotten me I ALWAYS fall in love with. (Phoenix Wright, Hotel Dusk, Trace Memory...) I still need to finish Dawn of the New World too! I hadn't had the chance to finish it this month.

So I've been playing Professor Layton on DS, which I asked for seeing that Phoenix Wright fans, and Hotel Dusk fans LOVE it. It's already becoming a favorite of mine. The art style is CUTE, and the puzzles are intriguing. I LOVE puzzles. I got stuck on a matchstick one and had it setup on the table. My mom and I were crouched over it trying to figure it out. xD

I also loaded "A Vampyre Story" onto my computer. That was one of the games my mom surprised me with. I haven't gotten very far but the characters are cute. I've already decided my favorite character is Froderick.

This year I mailed out presents to two of my friends in different states. This was the first year I ever did that, and I was very excited and happy. Then one of them sent me a pin and a belt buckle. The pin is the same one Phoenix wears on his hobo hat in Apollo Justice!!! I LOVE IT!!! I've been wearing it everywhere. Then the buckle has the leaf symbol on it from Naruto. I have to get a belt that will work with it, but once I do I'll be wearing that all the time too!

Oh, and I'm currently keeping myself from playing Okami on the Wii. I want to finish some of the games I already started before I start ANOTHER one. IT LOOKS SO AMAZING THOUGH. AHHH!

My brother and I really had a great time on Christmas. I hadn't laughed that hard in a long time, and we were being crazy all day. He comes in and yells at me to get up at 8 in the morning. Then when I start to fall back asleep he comes running in and JUMPS ON TOP OF ME. I was excited too, but sleep was appealing before he attacked me. XDD We had managed to gross my grandma out at lunch, and then in the evening I had him pinned in a lock on the couch for like 20 minutes before he escaped and tried to make me smell his feet. Then my grandpa came out and bit his toe. (EPIC WIN expression appeared on my brothers face.)

I love my family.

So much stuff happened it felt like two days instead of one. Then today we all just lazed around since Christmas is always exhausting. Especially for my mom who makes all that food and is constantly on her feet. I think everyone had a good holiday. We got my dad a TV for his bedroom since our Sony downstairs is still KO'd. (Since Halloween) So he went and hid in his room for the day with it. xD

I'll probably check for Vampire Knight Guilty 12 tomorrow, or Sunday. I'm tagging along to a family thing tomorrow, and then I'll be home alone for a couple hours so I'm either going to loaf around playing video games or text one of my friends to see if they can come over. Vampire Knight Guilty only has 2 more episodes till the season ends. Then we will probably have to wait till April for a new season.

INSERT SAD FACE HERE

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and I LOVE YOU ALL.

Vampire Knight Guilty 11

I watched this last night so I might not cover EVERYTHING but I'll do my best.

This was another pretty straight forward episode. Lots of action. I enjoyed it immensely. We're finally getting somewhere!

We got to see more of Ruka fighting. Which I never thought she would be such a badass! I mean, if I were Yuuki, I'd be scared for my life. XD "YOU STOLE KANAME NOW I WILL MAKE YOU KILL YOURSELF BY LOOKING AT YOU"

Chairman fighting the leader of the association was awesome. I wish we would of gotten to see more! His sword is so COOL. The animation in these scenes was really nice too.

We finally found out that Rido more or less planned EVERYTHING. Even the assassination of the Kiryuu clan. By adding Shizuka's lovers name to the associations list of Level E's the Kiryuu vampire hunters killed him. Then Shizuka after revenge for the death of her lover kills them and turns Zero into a vampire. Why she chose him to be a vampire I'm not sure. I don't think it was a coincidence that the Vampire Hunter family with twins was the ones to be attacked by Shizuka. I think EVERYTHING was planned. Him and Kaname work exactly alike. T_T

Oh, and the scenes with Ichiru and Zero. They were so SAD! I knew that Zero wasn't going to die after Ichiru shot him but I didn't know that Ichiru was going to let him absorb him. I can't say I LIKE Ichiru after seeing him smiling at the scene of his brother lying on the floor suffering, and his parents in puddles of their own blood. I got what he was saying. I just didn't care. It's like..I respect that Shizuka wanted revenge..but to sell out your own family..especially the brother that loved you SO MUCH.

I also didn't understand why Zero said he was taking that love away from Ichiru. I would understand if his parents had rejected Ichiru, but their parents loved them equally. Unless Zero was feeling like a monster for partially absorbing Ichiru in the womb and blaming himself for his weak state. That's the only way it makes sense for me.

I want to give my props to Zero's voice actor once again. I have heard him as Light, Tamaki, and Zero. In every role he does a phenomenal job. In this episode Zero lets out this scream of ANGUISH and it was so painful to just hear. Sometimes you see stuff like that and start laughing because it sounds so cheesy. This man can make it believable almost every time. I am never disappointed with him.

I almost started crying when Ichiru died. My heart broke for Zero in this episode. When he had said "I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANYONE ELSE" I almost started crying. Nothing EVER goes right for him. Oh, and the monster that is trying to come out of him. I figure it's the Level E he is fighting so hard to keep from getting out. That, or it's something to do with the Vampire Hunter in him. The only reason I think that is that Ichiru said that once he 'absorbed' him he would be able to fight it. Why would that help him with the level E? Unless Vampire hunters ARE immune to becoming a vampire and Zero never had his full potential since Ichiru made it out of the womb alive.

And at the most serious part when my eyes are glued to the screen and I am in shock over all the events that happened, in the very back of my mind I'm mentally screaming at the very end "ZERO IS NOW THE INCREDIBLE HULK!!!!!!" xD

Oh, and Shiki and Rima are adorable.

4 days till Christmas!

Night all~

Vampire Knight Guilty 8, 9, and 10

Yes, a week later and I am FINALLY doing a post. I apologize. I won't make excuses. I am a lazy bum who needs to stop sitting around. The first step is admitting you have a problem, right?

OK, just got done watching episode 10. I wanna say it was AMAZING. One of the best episodes, in my opinion, of the entire season.

Right, I'm going to jump right into this and say - HOLY CRAP. HOLY FREAKING CRAP.

I'm going to try to go in order. I honestly can't remember which episode is which. They all seem so meshed together since they all end with cliffhangers! So I know my thought process might be hard to follow this post.

I do know that episode 9 was when Yuuki went to see Zero at the beginning. Zero was holding a gun up at the door, and basically told her to go away. Then Yuuki said, "That's right Zero. The Yuuki you knew was eaten by the vampire Yuuki." while smiling evily. (Which was creepy, just so you know.) My friend asked WHY she would do that. Since she was obviously very upset after she left Zero's door. My opinion was that she was trying to give Zero an out. She knew that Zero would never hate her if she told him that she was exactly the same as before just in vampire form. It would be KILLING him though. All his life he HATED vampires, especially the pure bloods. To suddenly have his best friend (and love interest) turn into the thing he hates most AND still have this need to protect her...well he would never be able to live with it peacefully. The fact that she was Kuran just made it worse. She was severing the tie FOR him.

Yuuki being a vampire wasn't a big surprise for me. I wasn't sure HOW it was going to work but it was almost inevitable. I want a more lengthy explanation on HOW Julie (Juuri? They keep changing it in the sub) put the human disguise over Yuuki. I mean it changed her eating habits and EVERYTHING. She lived without blood for ten years! Unless she was living off her mothers blood, but even then...you would think it would run out after ten years. We finally saw their father too. I'm a little confused by the vampire aging process. Her parents had said they lived over three-thousand happy years together. They DO age it seems. Just over what time span? There are really OLD looking vampires, then there are these vampires claiming to be alive over three-thousand years and looking like they're in their mid twenties.

Yuuki suddenly having long hair bugs me. Ok..I respect that she was somehow a human when she was really a vampire. THE MAGICAL HAIR GROWTH HOWEVER, I DO NOT APPROVE OF. That's when you know you're watching shoujo. Magical hair growth.

I really enjoyed seeing the vampires fight a bit in episode 10. I never knew what Ruka's special ability was. Akatsuki uses flame, Aidou uses ice, and Ruka can control thought process? Or at least she gives the evil eye to people attacking her and they turn on EACH OTHER. I'm also hyped to see Chairman in his badass vampire hunting mode! I'm currently torn. I want to see him fight more, but I don't want to see him being SAD. If he fights he'll be sad. D=

Oh, and Aidou was amazing these past three episodes. Watching him have to switch to referring to the 'sama' honorific with Yuuki is hilarious. He so badly just wants to YELL at her. "PUT ON YOUR SHO- I MEAN, PLEASE PUT ON YOUR SHOES, YUUKI-SAMA." When Yuuki pulled up her skirt to attach Artemis to her thigh and Aidou FLIPS out....it was just too great.

Speaking of Artemis. That was one of the things that bothered me about Yuuki and Kaname being siblings. The fact that she could wield Artemis with vampire blood in her confuses me. I know it was more than just a DISGUISE but wouldn't her blood still be that of a vampires? I just don't understand how her body could of changed that much.

I got sick of Yuuki crying all the time in this episode. I know she's dealing with a lot but I want her to stop crying and TRY to take charge. Which obviously, at the end of this episode, she decided to do. I find Kaname to be positively selfish. He wants Zero to defeat Rido while he takes Yuuki away after having it SLAMMED in his face that Yuuki is a pure blood vampire that happens to be Kaname's little sister. Then he guilt trips Yuuki saying that he had her ripped away from him and has suffered from it for the past ten years. "And you don't want me to continue on living this way, do you?" Ugh. UGH UGH UGH. Kaname is making it positively IMPOSSIBLE for me not to hate him. He treats this entire thing like a game of chess. EVERYONE is his pawn. Including Yuuki.

Ok, so I'm just a little confused. Was the voice that Yuuki was hearing all the time (not her little kid voice, I mean the more adult one) Shizuka's or her vampire self? Was that apparition of Shizuka just because she was in THAT room, or was it because, for some reason, Shizuka is a part of Yuuki? Also, who exactly was Shizuka talking about? "I'll lend you this flesh and body, if you give me your heart." Was she talking TO Yuuki? Was it a flashback to something Rido said to her, or something she said to Rido. OR was she talking about Ichiru? I should probably go re watch it. That might shine some light on the entire thing.

I'm glad we got to see another side of Yori. I always thought she was very...vague. I like that about her though.

So now we have three people who are going to try and kill Rido.

Ichijou, who I assume is going to go after him. That was my take on what he said. After witnessing Kaname's failure to kill Rido's body and seeing that he COULDN'T, and the fact that Rido is now in his own body. Not Shiki's. I'm almost positive that he is going after him.

Yuuki who just wants to protect the people she cares about instead of being the one protected.

And of course, the ever wonderful Zero. Whom we all know still cares for Yuuki deeply even after she tried to sever the ties for him. He will go after Rido and will find Yuuki there, and more than likely, Yuuki will be in a situation she can't control. I have a feeling that she will manage to use Artemis during that battle. There's a reason it shows her holding Artemis in the opening. After all, as she kept saying in this episode, she may be a vampire, but she's still a guardian.

I have said my piece. So now I will leave you with this:

http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/bum-reviews/2741-twilight

Watch it if you've seen the Twilight movie and you didn't enjoy it. (OR if you have a sense of humor about the series) I cried I was laughing so hard. It seriously WAS how the movie went.

Till next time!

BusyBusyBusy

Sorry for the sudden halt in updates. The only excuse I have is that I've been really busy the past week.

I didn't do a post on Vampire Knight Guilty 8, and I'm sorry about that. There wasn't much to speculate on. It was all pretty straight forward. I do have some new theories, but I'll post them up when I watch episode 9. I should do that tomorrow. So I'll aim for that.

We went to get our Christmas tree Friday. Then we decorated it last night. That was all a lot of fun. My brother and I camwhored the whole time we were at the Christmas tree farm. XD The guy who was working there was staring at us the whole time. It was starting to creep me out.

I have something going almost everyday this week AGAIN. So forgive me if I have lack of updates. I've barely had a chance to continue on in Dawn of New World. THIS DOES NOT PLEASE ME.

I got into a new manga series recently. It's called "Chibi Vampire," or "Karin" depending on which version you're reading. It's pretty good. It's shounen and it's about a girl so that means there's a lot of pantie shots. xD Besides that, I actually really like the art style. The story is interesting as well. It's about a teenage Vampire girl who moved from Russia to Japan with her family of Vampires. They all have a blood 'flavor' they prefer. I.e her mother, Calera, likes the taste of liars, or her brother, Ren, likes the taste of stress. When one of these Vampires drinks from a person who is their preferred 'taste' they're actually taking that from their blood. As in, Ren drinks from a stressed out woman. He is literally taking her stress away.

However Karin is not your regular Vampire. Instead of DRINKING blood she gives it. When she gets around someone with her preferred 'flavor' her blood multiplies! So Karin is prone to blushing and getting excessive nose bleeds. Literal blood waterfall. Now I know it sounds strange, but it's actually a really great series that has already caused me to laugh numerous times.

I'm excited to continue on in the series. I also need to start watching the Tales of the Abyss anime. I found it a couple weeks ago and I got really excited, but I haven't found the time to sit down and watch it!

I also tried my hand at some fandubbing. It really is a lot of fun. I'm not very good but maybe if I work at it it will start to feel less awkward.

Dog sitting ended on Friday.

I still need to Christmas shop.

Oh the fail.