Goddess_of_Victory's Xanga

Missed

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:10:41 GMT

"It's not the amount of power that makes you great, but how you use that power. Responsibility."

- My brother

The club is nothing without its heart and soul. We will miss you.

This is not supposed to make sense. If you know what I'm talking about, you'll get it.

Speaking Is For Squares!

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:52:46 GMT

All right, so everyone who comes here most likely is at school, but this is a nice thing for you guys to see when you get home.

As some of you know, I haven't been feeling well lately. I've been coughing a lot and it hurts to eat things and such. Well, I went to the doctor's yesterday and that's the reason why I'm typing this and not at school. The doctor did a strep test and everything and it came back negative. Good, right? HAH! He told me it was either a cold-thing that's been going around, or -what my parents believe- laryngitis, which is also going around. Soon after said visit, my voice started cracking and it became hard to get it back to normal. This morning, I woke up and could hardly talk. Now, it either sounds like a very distorted version of me speaking, or I whisper. I whisper very softly.

So, the doctor said if I was feeling bad, stay home. I'm home for today, but I'll be coming tomorrow. Do not try to call and and talk to me. That would be just plain evil. For ways of talking, I'll be using a pad of paper if I still can't talk tomorrow.

So, I finish this up with a nice little message: Speaking is for Squares!

Gifts?

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:30:30 GMT

Well, for those of you who have been invited (can't invite too many people), you all know I'm having a group birthday party soon. I've gotten several calls from people asking what I want. To simplify this, here we are:

I like the musical artist 'Cascada' (but Tina hinted she was getting this already)

I like the band the 'Goo Goo Dolls'

If you can find a used DVD (A.K.A. something cheap and afordable) of 'National Treasure', or 'Ice Age 2' that would be awesome

I want to see 'Rent', but that would probably cost a pretty penny, so bad idea...

You guys know what I like, right? Anime things, Gundam, Inuyasha, FMA, Fruist Basket (already got the new one), Wolf's Rain, etc.

That should be all you need, really. A gift certificate is good too.

No Rest For the Weary

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:50:59 GMT

So, here I am: Back in the states. I got back yesterday. I enjoyed the trip; not as good as China, but still nice. I'm was quite homesick this time around for some reason... Well, I actually think I know that reason, but I'll not talk about that for the moment. I have a few things for friends and I'm hopefully going to have a party this year.

Party? Oh, yes. It was my birthday yesterday as well. I was seranaded several times over during the last three days. Got a few presents, money. That stuff.

Of course, during great celebration comes great tragedy. It happened before I even came home; 8:20 in the morning. I was on the plane then, right? Aunt Janet died. Dad told me at the airport. Mom and Dad said it went quick. They told her I was coming home and I wanted to see her. Mom could tell she wanted to see me as well. She just couldn't hold on any longer- the pain was too much and the medicine wasn't working as it should've. I bought her something in Venice. It was a glass dragonfly brouche. Mom said I should wear it to remember her by. I'm going to wear it at the funeral.

We're leaving on Sunday morning to get to the wake and funeral. I think they're both on Sunday, but I was in a daze when my parents told me. Ryan wanted to come home to be there for them, but Dad insisted he stay at Boy Scout camp; he doesn't need to remember her in that way... I'll be gone for a few days; two or three. Mom says we shouldn't stay down there longer than need be. I don't think I'll be able to make it through this one without crying, though. I can't write about it anymore; just thought I should let you guys know. Hope I'll be able to talk with some of you before I leave.

BON VOYAGE!

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 15:21:18 GMT

Well, everyone, here I go! Today's the day! Off to Europe for the next month! I uploaded a song for your own personal listening preference, so be happy to enjoy it while you read.

I'll try and find a computer somewhere to drop by and send out e-mails to my buddies, but don't be surprised if you don't hear from me. I'll be (hopefully...) bringing back a small thing for my buddies as well, but don't expect much (kinda tight on money this year 'roud... ).

I get back on the 27th (my grand ol' B-Day), so give me a ring if you know me then. I'll be going for a few days and then just drop, I know it...

So, with lack of anything else to say... BON VOYAGE!

Now I Lay Me Down...

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:09:10 GMT

Just typing to get my feelings out on a ... recent subject.

I'm not going to beat around the bush here: my Great-Aunt is dying. I've always been very close to her and, well, I've known ever since she came up to live with us about a month ago that things were going wrong. A few days ago I realized she wouldn't be with us much longer, but refused to think about it or mention it to my brother, mom, or dad. My parents probably already knew. My brother hadn't been home because of a trip and hadn't been around to see many of her problems. He told me he didn't really know know until today ... when she had a seizure in the car.

She's at the hospital tonight. She may not pull through this. If she does, she's coming home to die peacefully. I'm hoping she comes home so I can at least tell her how much I love her. If she does, she'll be on a program where someone comes and takes care of her. If she does, she may die within this week.

I feel horrible for saying this, especially if a member of my family sees, but I'm hoping she either goes in the next two and half weeks or holds out until the end of July. I'm going on a trip in July and, well, I don't want to come back to find out she's dead, especially since I'll be getting back on my birthday. I don't want to get back just in time for her to die, either, though. I really don't know what I want, except maybe a miracle.

I... I hope any of my friends who see this don't, well, pity me too much. I didn't tell anyone of you about this not because I didn't want to share, but, well, I didn't want to come online every time to find sympathy; I wanted to escape the pain that came with watching her suffer. Some of you may think this isn't good, to keep everything bottled up. I don't really care.

I have a last request before I sign off: Please don't try to talk to me about it too much. I won't care in the beginning, but please. I don't deal well with talking about these things, as some of you may know. I don't want to break down everytime I'm at the computer. I'll get my cries in when I have the time, not every time of the day.

Just pray for her. That's all I ask. Thank you.

The Usual Rantings

Sat, 13 May 2006 15:09:46 GMT

Yet another update once in a blue moon. I suppose this is just what I do.

Well, the first thing to report is school ends soon. Field trips galor. I need to get two missing assignments in to pull up my grades, but besides that I'm sitting pretty. Now a total of five of my friends like Gundam SEED, curtesy of me getting Pinky watching it, followed by Tex, who got Stellar and Shiho-chan to watch it, and then Mel watched it and she's still working on it. I'm patiente, though. Very patiente.

Now, a lot of you may be wondering where I pulled some of my friends names up from. I'll just throw in the short version: We had an assembly on internet safety, slightly freaked me out (for my friends, mostly), so I went through this thing and changed all names to nicknames. You see, I don't often give out any information except my name on the internet, and that's my first name, not my full. I think it's stupid to do that and, as you've all seen if you've read this, I rant about things, not say where I'm going every single day. I do have internet friends, but none of them who I just say, "I want to talk to this screen name today". I've been talking to one for more than a year and a half and I've told him the most, even though that's not very much. He doesn't know the town I live in, he doesn't know my phone number, my address, or anything like that. He know my first name, but so does everyone who reads my fanfiction.

My friends are probably thinking I need to be more careful, but I really think I'm one of the carefulist people in my district. Literally, do you know how many people give out their addresses and phone numbers? I also don't talk to everyone on AiM. I ask who they are repeatedly. I don't say anything else to them unless they tell me, and if I don't like who's talking to me, I block them. It's as simple as that. Or, if I'm suspicious of the person, I block them. I don't trust everyone quite yet when talking to them, but even then I never give out my name unless they're from school and have been giving my screen name. No one can impersonate someone from my school because a.) they don't know my school and b.) they don't know any of my friends because of the nicknames I've used. See? Careful one.

Getting off this rant, I'll move on to again anime for a breif moment. Stellar loves DN Angel now, curtesy of me and Tex. Tex reccomended it and I talked about it 24/7 after getting the boxset. It's an awesome series, but the first half moves too slow... Once it reaches episode 14, the plot picks up, but before that it's slowly providing backstory and a lot of filler. Of course, you can pick out some episodes that are related to the plot, but there aren't too many in the beginning. That's the only problem I can see with it. Some people say the CG animation doesn't fit, but I like it.

I'm in love with Kingdom Hearts II, I must say. I won't rant about that because it would be a novel. I'll only say it's the best game I've ever played, hands-down. There's going to be a third one, but not for a while. I wonder how deep Haley Joel Osment's voice will be after that...

Now we move to my final topic: music and movies. These tie in because I've been listening and watching Disney movies lately. The "listening" is more like the music from it, but I digress. I watched "The Lion King" and "The Lion King II" and fell back in love with them. TLK is the best Disney movie ever. I say this with pride. And just to let you know, I still cry when Mufasa died. Mufasa owns all of you.

Quizzes... Nothing More.... Really!

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 04:10:24 GMT

Okay, so you know how everyone's taking all these quizzes and posting them on their xangas? Well, I guess they got me too. So, I suppose I'll psot a few... Now, I used to have a whole lot on a certain site, but then they changed their format and they're not there anymore... That, and most of the people there are butts.

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion:

You have medium extroversion.
You're not the life of the party, but you do show up for the party.
Sometimes you are full of energy and open to new social experiences.
But you also need to hibernate and enjoy your "down time."

Conscientiousness:

You have medium conscientiousness.
You're generally good at balancing work and play.
When you need to buckle down, you can usually get tasks done.
But you've been known to goof off when you know you can get away with it.

Agreeableness:

You have medium agreeableness.
You're generally a friendly and trusting person.
But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism.
You get along well with others, as long as they play fair.

Neuroticism:

You have high neuroticism.
It's easy for you to feel shaken, worried, or depressed.
You often worry, and your worries prevent you from living life fully.
You tend to be emotionally reactive and moody. Your either flying very high or feeling very low.

Openness to experience:

Your openness to new experiences is high.
In life, you tend to be an early adopter of all new things and ideas.
You'll try almost anything interesting, and you're constantly pushing your own limits.
A great connoisseir of art and beauty, you can find the positive side of almost anything.

The Five Factor Personality Test

T.V. Shows and Songs and DSL!! YAY!

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:09:33 GMT

Hello, all! I'd like to say first that DSL rocks. Yeah. I love it. Second, things download in two minutes now. This. Pwns. Third, I'm lazy. There's the reasons I haven't updated this thing.

Now, the first thing on the agenda: Neon Genesis Evangelion pwns. It pwns all... Mostly... It is one of the greatest animes I've ever seen, and it's one that I would watch again and again and again. I'm saving up money for the first "movie" Death and Rebirth. The second movie (I didn't need to see the first to understand it) is so disturbing and messed up, but it rocks. Yeah, that makes no sense... It's not as censored as the anime, let me put it that way... In other words, if you want to watch the series, be at least 18 if you don't usually watch that stuff. Please. I didn't know until I started watching, and if you don't watch the movie, the whole series is kind of a let down.

I'm officially obsessed with the song Photograph by Nickelback. We played it in music (the chords... partly... a bit...) and I listened to it on AoL. Now, I'm listening to it via AMV. I love it! *starts to sing along*

Digimon Season 5 is rumored to be a Tamers one... Pwnage...

Teen Titans ended! *sobs* Sooooo bitter-sweet... Terra, my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE Titan, came back, but... She had no memories... So it seemed, anyway... It was all how you interperted it, but there's going to be a straight-to-DVD movie, so maybe that will clear up a few questions. Surprisingly, it was done in the style of the hit anime/manga Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances), which I love. Amazingly, the director of Eva worked on it too. Yeah, I was pleased. Terra's back, and if I look on the brighter side (even though I sniffled through the ending before crying), the series ended on a nice note.

Gundam SEED... Haven't mentioned it in a while. ^_^ The Gundam SEED Destiny Special Plus (which I can now download) is a lot better than the original ending. Asucaga moment! Pationate hug! ^_^ And, another in the theme song... For children 13 and older... ^_^'

I can also now make AMVs because I can download the footage. In the case of Gundam SEED and Eva, once I get my new DVD drive installed, I can load the footage from them on the computer and make them that way. Yeah, I'm happy

Meri Kurisumassu!

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 01:20:22 GMT

Merry Christmas, everyone! Today has been reletively good for me (with a disappointment, but I'll get to that later).

Well, in my last entry, I mentioned I would be downloading the sixth Digimon movie. Sadly, this couldn't happen. To complicated to get into the details, but I'm currently downloading the entire dubbed season of Tamers, so I'm pretty happy on that front.

For Christmas today, I didn't really get much, but I'm still pleased. Sadly, my parents couldn't find Fruits Basket Volume 12 (it was sold out in B&N), but I have a gift certificate for that. One for $30 to B&N, and one to anywhere that excepts American Express for *deep breath* $100! I LOVE YOU GRANDAD! *cough* Anyway, I got volumes 2 and 3 of Gundam SEED Astray, and I now want Astray X, the next volume, and to search for Astray B, a never-translated magazine comic. Astray is a side story to SEED that ties in nicely. I also got volume 1 of Neon Genesis Evangelion (DVD) because Mom and Dad couldn't afford the boxset. Hey, I don't blame them ($169.... O.O). Other presents included books 1 and 2 of Everworld and DN Angel volume 1. Oh, and Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 6, and a five-dollar-deposite on 7.

What's new in Gundam SEED? Well, Destiny, the sequel, is coming to the states soon, and the Gundam SEED Destiny Final Plus aired today in Japan. I've seen screencaps (A few)... Athrun and Cagalli hugged!!! YAY!!!! Heh, Gundam SEED Destiny wasn't very good to them... I'll post more when I get more information.

Oh, and guess what: There's a new Gundam SEED supposedly coming out. Yay. Yipee. You're probably wondering why I'm not happy. You see, the sequel was... Eh... All right for the first half, but then... It went downhill, with few good parts, a very unrealistic couple, very little real couple interaction, and a rushed last ten episodes with a total of 3 recap episodes throughout the entire series (one was all right, but the others were uncalled for). And then, the directors come out and say Asucaga was never real, causing actual riots in Japan. Yeah, I was shocked too. The Asucaga fans are over here in the U.S.A., but even non-fans went crazy at hearing this, saying it was ridiculous. Neh, my point is, the director may kill the entire Cosmic Era with this. But at least they fixed their "Asucaga was a misunderstand" (I think) with the special...

Well, another good thing I've heard is there's gonna be another season of Digimon! Finally! Hopefully it won't suck... ^_^'

Well, Merry Christmas all, and I hope for a good and prosperous year for 2006. Who knows? Maybe something good will finally happen, neh?