Mary's Journal

7:05pm: anime_jock has woken me up from my winter sleep with meme. :)
So before I go serious with some real update, let's have some fun ^^.

Think of 20 albums that had such a profound effect on you that they changed your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you over for days, weeks, months, years. These are the albums that you can use to identify time, places, people, emotions. These are the albums that, no matter what they were thought of musically, shaped your world. When you finish, tag 20 others, including me. Make sure you copy and paste this part so they know the drill. Get the idea now? Good.

Albums? Err... so let's get back in time a little, when albums existed ;)

1. Kate Bush The Sensual World
2. Sophie B. Hawkins Whaler
3. Peter Gabriel Passion
4. Sting ...Nothing Like the Sun
5. Sinnead O'Connnor The Lion and the Cobra
6. Fight no More The Real Thing
7. Hey Fire
8. Tori Amos Little Earthquakes
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik
10. Candy Dulfer Sax-a-go-go
11. George Michael Faith
12. Enigma MCMXC A.D.
13. Lenny Kravitz Mama Said
14. Dead Can Dance The Serpent's Egg
15. Nirvana Nevermind
16. Immortal Beloved Soundtrack
17. Enya Watermark
18. Björk Debut
19. Värttinä Seleniko
20. Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Tagged:
anime_jock
ange_sinistre
dinny_
elwhyenen
greywing
guubear
jaded088
kieli
kyanobenthes
nekocia
nemesisjk8
ninotchka3000
nuggi_verse
rahien
renny_chan
setenshi
shigan
sights_alined
tilhe
vinforspi

10:52pm: I should suspect that when I go away for a few weeks the internet will errupt with activity. Now I have quite many things to catch up with. Oh well...
But vacation is over and I actually hope to get back on track, at least with my MH revision.
But before that, some pictures to prove (to nekocia ;P) that I was really travelling.
Nothing interesting really.

( Pictures. You have been warned. )

3:14pm: Natsuki's birthday caught me in the middle of nowhere, where nobody knew the word 'internet'. Can you imagine? ;D

But after one day of walking I reached more friendly place, so belated birthday to Kuga (and Kruger I suppose :D) from me!

And what a timing,
this page suddenly popped up when I was trying www here:
http://www.rrp.ford.com/servlet/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1189491570283&pagename=MarketingSites/Page/MSFlashTemplate&locale=pl-pl

phew, no reason to buy you Kuga, when Americans sell their brand new SUVs for some funny money now XD

I'm going back to wild now. See you in September :)

12:01am: I was so busy checking if a post-rain river, which usually was just a street, wouldn't invade my house, that I almost forgot about S.ifr. But when it became clear that I wouldn't have a swimming pool in my cellar, I could enjoy watching the second OVA.

( And you know what? )

Also I was hiking a little.

( The green )

6:40pm: Time passes by too fast.

I needed to use a cocktail shaker. I clearly remembered to have at least one. But I couldn't find it. After a long, unsuccessful search I decided to ask if somebody had seen it somewhere. And yes, they did see it. I was reminded that I had left it at my prevoius place.

Seven years ago.

So I used a milk foamer instead.

James Bond wouldn't approve.

:D

In her greatness My Master kindly tagged my humble person with ( this meme )

I am sorry, I am too lazy now to tag anybody ^^'.

12:15am: Lately I've been extremely busy *looks with frown at still unfinished entry about next MH episode*, but couldn't let pass the chance to laugh a little at Nao that she becomes legal in no other day than Friday the 13th :D

And to wish Happy Birthday to apollyon_0 :)

Just to make this entry a little longer

( some old news )

Maybe some of you remember the little cute puppy I've found in winter?

( She is about seven months old now )

7:30pm: So it's official.

( AHAHAHA GROPING )

And now the hard part - the next episode of Mai Hime. Things are going really interesting and the number of screenshots I made for every next episode was rather ridiculous. Also - since this is a try to show a little different point of view than probably the most common in fandom there is too much of... overanalyzing ;). Hm, maybe it is possible to make a Ph. D. degree in this subject, what do you think? :D So for the sake of the length of this entry and adding my total lack of free time lately- only one ep ahead.
You have been warned.

( Shizuru is a Hime? OMG ;D )

12:07am: So finally the secret is revealed.

( How much is Kuga worth? :D )

Ok, so back to my Hime notes. But warnings first. Even if this entry covers only two episodes, it's long, boring, strange, without logic and with plenty of... well, improper things. If you are still interested, please don't complain later.

( warming up )

And ho-ho-ho! Happy birthday to czubajka_kania! :)

9:55pm: So 舞-HiME★DESTINY 龍の巫女／「過去と未来の絆」CD vol. 2 (and in reality number 3) is out :). Moreover the next one is annouced to be out on 16th of April. Destiny is lively indeed ^^'.

( More sexy katanas )

And just a random picture fueling my kink OMG!

4:15pm: The weather changes drastically every few days. So we have a mixture of very warm spring and pretty cold winter. I am not happy about it. The plants agree with me.

( Spring flowers )

And get back to my Hime notes. The further I went (and the later it was while watching) the more insane they were. And longer. Even after big cuts there are plenty of them left. So not making the entry drastically long, I decided to put three episodes instead of usual five. This tendency won't change I am afraid :D.

( Himelander on run )

10:44pm: Note to self: Well, finally my patience was rewarded. After about 1000 stories on ff.net finally some fluffy fics about Shiznat family have decided to appear. *bliss* ;D

So the first episode of S.ifr is out. Of course I've seen it out of curiosity. And I must say: if you ever had a feeling that Otomes were not powerful enough to destroy the whole country, watch S.ifr.
Definitely all this talk about awesomness of Otome powers was about Rena. She has skills.

( I'm twins )

Also every time when I have a hope for a little more free time something must happen to steal this hope from me.

( My Doom )

7:52pm: A little belated Valentine's Day gift for you, something sweet, straight from Takeda's head:

( Aww )

And since I'm online, here's another part of my unbalanced Hime notes. This time they're boring because

( NO BLUSH!?! )

9:44pm: So Mai Hime Destiny is quite lively - the next CD Drama is expected around 12 March. Thanks mc_procella for info :)

And more of my insane notes from Mai Hime re-watching.

( Mai Hime babblings )

And nekocia, your favourite teletubie lady got the idiot of the year award, be proud ;D

11:47pm: Um. I just discovered something. Probably again I am the last one to notice it :D.

Last weekend nekocia and czubajka_kania dropped by :). nekocia scattered me with some Hime stuff, which I recklessly put on a large 'check later' pile. Not the best idea, since among this 'stuff' there was Mai Hime Destiny novel. As we all know I am absolutely fluent in written Japanese*, so it was a nice surprise ;D.

( Do I see it right? )

*- yes, it is a joke :D

11:59pm: So, here we have the extra four minutes of Zwei. Are they worth watching?

( No answer here, but some spoilers )

And since I'm making this entry anyway, let's go back to my Mai Hime re-watching. I have to admit that when I look at screenshots and notes I made while watching it I have a feeling that I wasn't wholy sane :D
How otherwise can I explain my attempts to prove that Natsuki was trying to seduce Shizuru all the time? So you had been warned LOL.

( Let's check it out )

BTW Has anybody seen the whole new Tours around maybe? ^^.

3:16pm: Happy New Year!
I hope the new year will be a really good one to all of you.

( On absolutely unrelated note - old, long and boring )

8:00pm: Is there any other place on Earth where at the same time is: dark, heavily snowing with temperature minus ten Celcius AND there is a fog dense like milk? ARGH! I had to postpone my last-minute crazy Christmas shopping because it was too risky to drive :-/.Shopping next day was a pure horror, but I survived :D
But the morning after was pretty breathtaking:

( Pictures )

And while browsing the net for some Shizuru's birthday arts, I've been reminded about some old news.

( Nothing interesting (?) )

And do you think that Shizuru in black and with katana is cool?

( AHAHAHAHA! )

And Finally the reason for this entry:

Merry Christmas everyone ! :)

10:43am: Tagged by evil guubear.
What a perfect timing! Normally I pretend that I don't notice such things. But yesterday at my work I was walking on a desk in public and this experience made me insane enough to make this entry :D.

8 random facts about myself.

If you don't want to be damaged by my weird humor of today, don't go any furher! That was a warning :D

( Teh cut to protect those weak at heart )

Post these rules:
1. Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves.
2. Tags should write a journal/ blog of these facts.
3. At the end of the post 8 more persons are tagged and named.
4. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged.

Oh, and of course I'll tag people!*evil laugh*

apollyon_0 - No way you will hibernate yourself!
czubajka_kania - I know that empty LJs are fun, but sometimes it's good to make an entry :3
greywing - I would love to read 8 points about MM girls ;)
guubear - Yes, it is not a mistake. I think you were little cheating with your tag. You mentioned things we already know (ok, sugar cubes are new for me =D) and you doubled some points (c'mon, red eyes are...red ;)). Besides we want to know more about you :)
nekocia - There is no way I suffer and you do not ;D
nuggi_verse - Just because you are extremely busy and I am evil :]
shigan - This is the way I would like to help you with boredom :)
tilhe - You always can make it in Russian, then only few will understand ;)

Feel free to not do this tag, but it would be so unfair ;D

( EDIT: And say hello to the first snow )

11:20pm: Finally! Finally my retarded nation will be able to see Ghibli movies! :D After xx years of waiting we have nice and good quality DVD release of all movies. I'm pretty excited about it.

On absolutely unrelated note: I found something...well... interesting. Because of very poor shape of this cursed land we have earlier election for parliament. Nothing unusual but some women pissed off at male politicians set up their own party and made quite interesting poster of their leaders for the campaign ;D

Warning: borderline

Everything for the future and nothing to hide

And because there just should be some ShizNat

( A new and big picture from Destiny to drool over :D )

10:51pm: I'm getting monotonous here, but at the moment we are left with Mai Hime ☆ Destiny only ;_;
So,

There is thread at yamibo with something looking like side story to Destiny manga. Anybody has an idea what this thing really is?

( Shizuru Ikari and Hands in Pockets )

And even more Destiny related material is posted in maihime by warpobscura.
EDIT: And a new full MH Destiny CD Drama coming pretty soon.

7:18pm: I almost forgot about Mai Hime ☆ Destiny CD Drama, which came with the DVD.

Well, if you like to listen your favourite seiyuu, it's worth listening.
One part is rather funny variation promoting Hime/Otome/Destiny with highlight when Natsuki releases a whole magazine on Nagi ;D.
Another part shows more or less events from first chapter of Destiny. Natsuki's and Nao's comments about fighting Shizuru are priceless. Shizuru speaking in her cool Hime-style is simply awesome. Shizuru-Natsuki small chit-chat (well, sort of) at the end is fun.

And now... translation, anyone? Just of the most interesting parts?...

9:14pm: Otome Zwei 4. Yeah.

Natsuki's screentime: ~2 min 40 sec.
Shizuru's screentime: 6 sec.
ShizNat screentime: 0

( Expression of Kruger is a good summary )

And it looks like Otome 0 aka S.ifl will be about Rena's times. We'll be lured by a promise of young ShizNat and we'll get everything but that :D. Eh, Sunrise...

MakiMaki translated 4th chapter of MH Destiny :)

( deja vu )

If you like Mizuki F, here's the link to yamibo thread with short manga posted for Natsuki's b-day. If I understood a word... ^^'

12:08am: Natsuki's birthday is a public holiday in my country, work-free :D. So I'm going to celebrate it by sleeping till noon =D.


( Meantime small rant about my vacation )

6:35pm: It looks like we'll have more Otome.

( Otome Zero )

12:04am: I was reminded that no matter what I think, Tokiha Mai is the main protagonist of anime called Mai Hime =D.
So happy birthday to Mai :)

And to make this etry a little longer
( let's talk about weather )