Chinese New Year and then midterms are starting next week and continuing all the way until 12 weeks after. (And now is exactly the moment when fics begin to beg to get written. DDD:)
What are priorities again? OTL
Still: Happy Chinese New Year!! :D
1.23.2012
1.18.2012
A Year in Review
Well, more like half a year in review that is almost half a month late in being written. I am not too sure how these things work, since this is a first time and everything. D:
2011.
Hm. If I was anymore dramatic I would say: What a year!! :OO But it was only just quite the year. Obviously it didn't start out all that interesting at all because I am a fandom-driven person and 2011 began with a fandom-less fangirl (a little like a homeless uni student, just sadness all around really OTL).
Hence, my rapid descend into BL manga. Mind you, not that I haven't been reading them before but I was just consuming any and all BL that I came into contact with. I was quite the BL-eating-machine! /proud-ish? XD
And of course, Echochi happened: technically I joined when cheezy announced this baby back in 2010 but it wasn't until 2011 that I started helping the group with Saiyaku! (And now, I am even starting on a new series: Kimi to Parade, who would've thought!) Thank you for all your patience with this noob of a translator! V
Yes and then the inevitable happened. I watched X-Men: First Class. (Enough said, I am still churning out fanfics like I just watched it yesterday.) The fandom has great materials, high-quality fics, huge amounts of AUs and rather popularized kinks, some I approve, some I am still a little queasy about.
One thing that is a little different from my previous fandom experience is the amount of big names in this fandom. If you don't read (I can't though because I have serious dom/sub issues) you're kinda out of the loop. OTL And did I mention these writer's mutant ability for word count? It's eye-opening the amount of writing these people can do.
Still fanfic related because my life doesn't really consist of much outside of this: Discovery of the site AO3. Fantastic for reading fanfics: you want all your specific kinks, you're getting all your kinks. But I am still no good with new things, hence my desperate clinging to Fanfiction.net ;)
XMFC also led me into the world of Western media: action films, comic books, BBC, television series. I can hardly recognize celebrities' faces, let alone their names. But now, I can say I actually live in the Western hemisphere! Most thanks to Tumblr! (And of course, McFassy, my first every RPF: Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy and their bromantic romance that I've come to ship almost as hard as their counterpart Erik and Charles.)
By the way, have I mentioned Tumblr? It's addicting. I guess it is my version of most people's facebook. ;) I even learned how to talk in gifs!
2011 also marked my first stumble into podcasts (sort of like online radio shows)! I got my first taste with /report: They talk about a larger variety television series (these people watch a lot of tv), fanfiction, BL, writing, and of course, porn. So, practically everything I have become over the past year. What I learned: strong like ox(/water buffaloes if I am allowed to spoil their Best & Worst of 2011), lady boners, moonklutz has a lot of FEELINGS, rageprufrock is dead inside, and Western media is pretty much equivalent to homoeroticism on too many levels.
They just wrapped up their season 1 in Dec 2011 and shall be coming back with a season 2 in Feb! (Can't say I won't be looking forward to it!)
Nearly forgot: 2011 marks my first year in university! And it mainly consists of abusing the school's wireless, snacking on crackers and drinking juice like they are my lifeline, and consistent midterms that just won't go away! DD: And it always get me feelin' a little like this: I'm not suicidal, I just can't get out of bed. /nods
It's true.
All in all 2011 was a good year, I'll say :D
Dear 2012, I hope you can top this!! (PS: I am shipping you on top as of now ;D)
2011.
Hm. If I was anymore dramatic I would say: What a year!! :OO But it was only just quite the year. Obviously it didn't start out all that interesting at all because I am a fandom-driven person and 2011 began with a fandom-less fangirl (a little like a homeless uni student, just sadness all around really OTL).
Hence, my rapid descend into BL manga. Mind you, not that I haven't been reading them before but I was just consuming any and all BL that I came into contact with. I was quite the BL-eating-machine! /proud-ish? XD
And of course, Echochi happened: technically I joined when cheezy announced this baby back in 2010 but it wasn't until 2011 that I started helping the group with Saiyaku! (And now, I am even starting on a new series: Kimi to Parade, who would've thought!) Thank you for all your patience with this noob of a translator! V
Yes and then the inevitable happened. I watched X-Men: First Class. (Enough said, I am still churning out fanfics like I just watched it yesterday.) The fandom has great materials, high-quality fics, huge amounts of AUs and rather popularized kinks, some I approve, some I am still a little queasy about.
One thing that is a little different from my previous fandom experience is the amount of big names in this fandom. If you don't read (I can't though because I have serious dom/sub issues) you're kinda out of the loop. OTL And did I mention these writer's mutant ability for word count? It's eye-opening the amount of writing these people can do.
Still fanfic related because my life doesn't really consist of much outside of this: Discovery of the site AO3. Fantastic for reading fanfics: you want all your specific kinks, you're getting all your kinks. But I am still no good with new things, hence my desperate clinging to Fanfiction.net ;)
XMFC also led me into the world of Western media: action films, comic books, BBC, television series. I can hardly recognize celebrities' faces, let alone their names. But now, I can say I actually live in the Western hemisphere! Most thanks to Tumblr! (And of course, McFassy, my first every RPF: Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy and their bromantic romance that I've come to ship almost as hard as their counterpart Erik and Charles.)
By the way, have I mentioned Tumblr? It's addicting. I guess it is my version of most people's facebook. ;) I even learned how to talk in gifs!
2011 also marked my first stumble into podcasts (sort of like online radio shows)! I got my first taste with /report: They talk about a larger variety television series (these people watch a lot of tv), fanfiction, BL, writing, and of course, porn. So, practically everything I have become over the past year. What I learned: strong like ox(/water buffaloes if I am allowed to spoil their Best & Worst of 2011), lady boners, moonklutz has a lot of FEELINGS, rageprufrock is dead inside, and Western media is pretty much equivalent to homoeroticism on too many levels.
They just wrapped up their season 1 in Dec 2011 and shall be coming back with a season 2 in Feb! (Can't say I won't be looking forward to it!)
It's true.
All in all 2011 was a good year, I'll say :D
Dear 2012, I hope you can top this!! (PS: I am shipping you on top as of now ;D)
1.13.2012
Up, down. Up, please!
Yesterday:
I had my anatomy lab: meaning I got to wear a lab coat and vinyl gloves and touch bodies!!
/makes happy and excited but a little inhuman sounds
*u* Shame that we can't take pictures because then it would be disrespectful to the cadavers. But still, hands-on stuff like this is so much fun. I get to touch pecs (dead and skinless pectoral muscles that is kind of dried fish hanging around... OTL) but I still got to touch pecs! :D
When I applied for this program, I had no idea I was signing on for something like this so it was quite the pleasant surprise! (Still, a little shock that they would let first year uni students to do a lab like this!)
PS: Amazon, yes I am looking at you amazon.ca, when will you ship my textbooks to me???!!
Today:
LOST MY STUDENT CARD.
/makes agonized sounds like a wounded animal
Somewhere between my residence to my only class today, I somehow managed to drop it ;_____; I raided all the public counters in the school to see if someone had picked it up but nothing!! /sadness
Right now, I am just crossing my fingers for some kind soul to turn it in!!
I give all my faith to humanity!
I had my anatomy lab: meaning I got to wear a lab coat and vinyl gloves and touch bodies!!
/makes happy and excited but a little inhuman sounds
*u* Shame that we can't take pictures because then it would be disrespectful to the cadavers. But still, hands-on stuff like this is so much fun. I get to touch pecs (dead and skinless pectoral muscles that is kind of dried fish hanging around... OTL) but I still got to touch pecs! :D
When I applied for this program, I had no idea I was signing on for something like this so it was quite the pleasant surprise! (Still, a little shock that they would let first year uni students to do a lab like this!)
PS: Amazon, yes I am looking at you amazon.ca, when will you ship my textbooks to me???!!
Today:
LOST MY STUDENT CARD.
/makes agonized sounds like a wounded animal
Somewhere between my residence to my only class today, I somehow managed to drop it ;_____; I raided all the public counters in the school to see if someone had picked it up but nothing!! /sadness
Right now, I am just crossing my fingers for some kind soul to turn it in!!
I give all my faith to humanity!
1.07.2012
Push, there is always more!
It has been a hectic start to a 2012 January. (I didn't even get to leave a happy new year!! DD:)
Still the same old me running around like a headless chicken to get things settled down when it comes to classes and getting lost on my way to most of my classes as always but things have been rather messy generally.
But as the candy wrapper says: This isn't the hardest you've survived through!
Still the same old me running around like a headless chicken to get things settled down when it comes to classes and getting lost on my way to most of my classes as always but things have been rather messy generally.
But as the candy wrapper says: This isn't the hardest you've survived through!
12.23.2011
GAY. GAY. GAY. GAY. GAY.
Just watched Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. (I don't need to point to the HOTTEST COUPLE on the front cover.)
But yeah: HO-MY-GOD.
I think my gaydar broke.
Thanks to RDJr. and Jude Law, it is dysfunctional right now. My brain is still being gay-ified by their completely heterosexual-relationship. Subtext? What the fuck is that even? THERE WAS NO SUB. PURE TEXT AND IN YOUR FACE GAY.
I am still overwhelmed by how much cosplay RDJr. got to go through in this film
And all the awkward man-laugh in the theatre. I think I spent the entire time just wavering between the emotion of WTF AM I WATCHING and EMBARRASSMENT for them. (Really boys, tone the gay down.)
Also... yeah, Watson gets married.
Oh yeah, have I forgot to talk about plot? Umm... big guns? machine guns? explosives? canons? and extreme mind!fights. The action sequences are really over the top but trust me, it's mostly just gay. OTL
Cineplex's complementary magazine:
Needless to say my sisters and I grabbed four from the gay stand of gay-detective-love. One for never-opening, one for opening to actually read, one for tearing and postering, and one for shoving it into people's faces. Sat down in my chair before I actually read the cover clearly to SEE A SPREAD ON FASSY and Shame! V V MY HEART IS COMPLETE. (my phone's camera has the most shit-tastic qualities ever.)
Just when I thought enough heart-attacks before the movie even started, the trailers begin to play. The Hunger Games: RAVEN (Jennifer Lawrence)! *u* Next: Jack the Giant Killer: BEAST (Nick Hoult) with director Bryan Singer (X-Men123) and the finale: The Dark Knight: ARTHUR (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) with director Christopher Nolan (Inception)! V V
My heart can't take this... and I just realized how obsessed I've been... OTL
My heart can't take this... and I just realized how obsessed I've been... OTL
12.22.2011
Nihongo wa muzukashii ne!
Good news? Bad news? Still contemplating but it is certainly BIG news (or at least for myself) XD
SHALL BE GOING BACK TO HK FOR 2 MONTHS AND THEN TO JAPAN FOR 3 WEEKS!! (Right after I finish my second term at uni.)
\(*u*)/~*~*~*
The 2 months in HK really doesn't bring me the excitement I should have b/c I will be forced to see a d-bag that I must technically call a cousin but anything for my grandmother so I shall stay. But I do hope I can go to neighboring countries, Taiwan? Singapore? China? (I was hoping to go to some anime-cons but it doesn't seem that my time will match their schedules /BIGGEST REGRET OF MY LIFE)
BUT. The main thing I am both nervous and completely excited for is going to Japan for 3 whole weeks. Mind you that I will be making the trip by myself (lonely traveler desu!) and for the first time ever too! >u< I am still not too sure how I would survive, not only b/c my Japanese is crappier than crap and b/c I am on limited cash as well, I think I am dumping a huge wad on buying the JR pass for traveling around during my stay XDD
Still! Planning needs to happen (and yes, cheezy I am looking right at you, my Japan-guru ;D) what are the must-see/must-go places in Japan? And good (and cheap) lodging? Any tips? Mannerism I should take note of?
Basically: survive in Japan 101, anyone? :'D
SHALL BE GOING BACK TO HK FOR 2 MONTHS AND THEN TO JAPAN FOR 3 WEEKS!! (Right after I finish my second term at uni.)
\(*u*)/~*~*~*
The 2 months in HK really doesn't bring me the excitement I should have b/c I will be forced to see a d-bag that I must technically call a cousin but anything for my grandmother so I shall stay. But I do hope I can go to neighboring countries, Taiwan? Singapore? China? (I was hoping to go to some anime-cons but it doesn't seem that my time will match their schedules /BIGGEST REGRET OF MY LIFE)
BUT. The main thing I am both nervous and completely excited for is going to Japan for 3 whole weeks. Mind you that I will be making the trip by myself (lonely traveler desu!) and for the first time ever too! >u< I am still not too sure how I would survive, not only b/c my Japanese is crappier than crap and b/c I am on limited cash as well, I think I am dumping a huge wad on buying the JR pass for traveling around during my stay XDD
Still! Planning needs to happen (and yes, cheezy I am looking right at you, my Japan-guru ;D) what are the must-see/must-go places in Japan? And good (and cheap) lodging? Any tips? Mannerism I should take note of?
Basically: survive in Japan 101, anyone? :'D
12.20.2011
It's a film overload!
My first uni-exams are done! V
So that obviously calls for celebration! And of course that means: movie night~~
First up on the must-see block: INCEPTION! (I can feel the condemning stares already, like why aren't you on the EamesArthur ship yet? Well... I have no good excuse other than I hate Leonardo DiCaprio's face... OTL But that will all change b/c I shall be watching it in a few hours :D /excited!)
Next! Two films starring James McAvoy: The Last Station and Starter for 10! :D B/c I am all for the Jungkov craze over on tumblr so I must take a look for myself how adorable I-sneeze-when-I-am-nervous!Valentin Bulgakov!James McAvoy is ;) And Starter for 10? nerdy!James? How can I say no, really.
More! Watching Sherlock Holmes in two days!! I really should be a lot more excited for someone who is going to get to see RDJr. in drag but I am pretty sure that will change after I watch it ;D Looking forward to Jude Law and RDJr.'s married-life bantering, train!sex, and yeah sure... mystery-solving? Does that even exist in this film? OTL
So that obviously calls for celebration! And of course that means: movie night~~
First up on the must-see block: INCEPTION! (I can feel the condemning stares already, like why aren't you on the EamesArthur ship yet? Well... I have no good excuse other than I hate Leonardo DiCaprio's face... OTL But that will all change b/c I shall be watching it in a few hours :D /excited!)
Next! Two films starring James McAvoy: The Last Station and Starter for 10! :D B/c I am all for the Jungkov craze over on tumblr so I must take a look for myself how adorable I-sneeze-when-I-am-nervous!Valentin Bulgakov!James McAvoy is ;) And Starter for 10? nerdy!James? How can I say no, really.
More! Watching Sherlock Holmes in two days!! I really should be a lot more excited for someone who is going to get to see RDJr. in drag but I am pretty sure that will change after I watch it ;D Looking forward to Jude Law and RDJr.'s married-life bantering, train!sex, and yeah sure... mystery-solving? Does that even exist in this film? OTL
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