Mmph...

Did not want to get out of bed today. Reeeeeeeeally didn't x_x I feel kinda sick. I've dry-heaved a couple of times, and I'm about ready to go home sick. But I've gotta get these grades in, even though my computer is STILL not working...

Is it sad that it's forty-four degrees here right now, and I have my classroom windows OPEN to get the warmer air from outside into the room? And yes, forty-four IS comparatively warmer than it's been for the last week or so. I think the day we came back was...what, five degrees before the wind-chill kicked in? COOOOOOOLD! This is why I tease when some of you say it's fifty degrees and you're shivering XD But we should have someone out to fix the heater tomorrow, which is yayness ^^

Picked a couple of songs for the choirs. High schoolers are doing "Three Spanish Ballads" (except we're only doing two of them because I HATE the third one) and I think we're going to do "Windmills of your Mind," just because it's cracky and I love cracky things :D And then for middle school...I'm thinking "Show Me the Way" by Styx and I think we're going to do "The Not-So-Boring Minuette." It lets them mock classical music. I think they'll get into it ^^

So...I'm watching Detective Conan, episode 263--it's the two-hour special with "Heiji's Stand-Alone Case" and the Naniwa murders. And it really drove home for me exactly how much of a stalker Kazuha is. Heiji is in the bathroom--in a bathroom STALL--calling Kudo. He hangs up...and a bucket hits him in the head. Kazuha has climbed up and is LOOKING DOWN AT HIM OVER THE TOP OF THE STALL WALL.

...what if he wasn't just making a phone call? Seriously. Is she ready to see that? (And before anyone brings it up, there is a difference between such things when one is very little and when one is seventeen and hornyExcept not.


New on candyfics:
- Claimed (Kaito/Shinichi for fanfic100, a present for clover_magic!)
- What You Wish For, ch. 5 (in which Heiji appears and begins an assault on Shinichi's dignity and the fourth wall)

Mmph...

Did not want to get out of bed today. Reeeeeeeeally didn't x_x I feel kinda sick. I've dry-heaved a couple of times, and I'm about ready to go home sick. But I've gotta get these grades in, even though my computer is STILL not working...

Is it sad that it's forty-four degrees here right now, and I have my classroom windows OPEN to get the warmer air from outside into the room? And yes, forty-four IS comparatively warmer than it's been for the last week or so. I think the day we came back was...what, five degrees before the wind-chill kicked in? COOOOOOOLD! This is why I tease when some of you say it's fifty degrees and you're shivering XD But we should have someone out to fix the heater tomorrow, which is yayness ^^

Picked a couple of songs for the choirs. High schoolers are doing "Three Spanish Ballads" (except we're only doing two of them because I HATE the third one) and I think we're going to do "Windmills of your Mind," just because it's cracky and I love cracky things :D And then for middle school...I'm thinking "Show Me the Way" by Styx and I think we're going to do "The Not-So-Boring Minuette." It lets them mock classical music. I think they'll get into it ^^

So...I'm watching Detective Conan, episode 263--it's the two-hour special with "Heiji's Stand-Alone Case" and the Naniwa murders. And it really drove home for me exactly how much of a stalker Kazuha is. Heiji is in the bathroom--in a bathroom STALL--calling Kudo. He hangs up...and a bucket hits him in the head. Kazuha has climbed up and is LOOKING DOWN AT HIM OVER THE TOP OF THE STALL WALL.

...what if he wasn't just making a phone call? Seriously. Is she ready to see that? (And before anyone brings it up, there is a difference between such things when one is very little and when one is seventeen and hornyExcept not.


New on candyfics:
- Claimed (Kaito/Shinichi for fanfic100, a present for clover_magic!)
- What You Wish For, ch. 5 (in which Heiji appears and begins an assault on Shinichi's dignity and the fourth wall)

All righty, let's give this a go...

Over the break I spent some time acquiring some new series. These were ones that I'd seen in various places or heard about or had recommended to me by different people. bishonen_girl might recall me actually texting myself titles while we were looking at the DVDs at Best Buy. I rarely buy without doing some research first, unless I have it on good authority that I'll like it.

Granted, "good authority" isn't always right *glares at The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya* I might need to give that one another try, but the first go-around...not impressed.

But anyway, yesterday I sat down to watch Le Portrait de Petit Cossette. It's a three-episode OVA series, based on a two-volume manga by Asuka Katsura. It took me about two hours to watch the whole thing, from start to finish.

( My thoughts on the series--spoiler-free! )

I don't know if any of you have seen or read this series. I would recommend it, even if only for the visuals and the soundtrack. The story is interesting and original, and the execution is very interesting. It's different from a lot of anime that I've seen.

The reason I waited a full day to write this review was to scratch my head and ponder and let it sink in, and because it has genuinely taken me this long to figure out what I thought of the series. And ultimately...I think I liked it.

I also think it warrants a re-watch, just to see if it makes more sense the second time around (again, I refer you to Beautiful Dreamer, which I have watched dozens of times, and yet I still manage to find something new almost every time I watch it). I'm also thinking I might pick up the manga for this one and give it a look--I understand that it's fairly different from the anime, and no place seems to have it scanlated, but I think I can spare the fifteen bucks for the two volumes ^_~

As always, this is my opinion, and I invite anyone and everyone to disagree with me if you've seen/read it and feel differently. I enjoy such discussions. And feel free to check out the series and decide for yourself ^_~

...and like the whore that I am, I have about half a dozen ficlet ideas bouncing around in my head for it XD

All righty, let's give this a go...

Over the break I spent some time acquiring some new series. These were ones that I'd seen in various places or heard about or had recommended to me by different people. bishonen_girl might recall me actually texting myself titles while we were looking at the DVDs at Best Buy. I rarely buy without doing some research first, unless I have it on good authority that I'll like it.

Granted, "good authority" isn't always right *glares at The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya* I might need to give that one another try, but the first go-around...not impressed.

But anyway, yesterday I sat down to watch Le Portrait de Petit Cossette. It's a three-episode OVA series, based on a two-volume manga by Asuka Katsura. It took me about two hours to watch the whole thing, from start to finish.

( My thoughts on the series--spoiler-free! )

I don't know if any of you have seen or read this series. I would recommend it, even if only for the visuals and the soundtrack. The story is interesting and original, and the execution is very interesting. It's different from a lot of anime that I've seen.

The reason I waited a full day to write this review was to scratch my head and ponder and let it sink in, and because it has genuinely taken me this long to figure out what I thought of the series. And ultimately...I think I liked it.

I also think it warrants a re-watch, just to see if it makes more sense the second time around (again, I refer you to Beautiful Dreamer, which I have watched dozens of times, and yet I still manage to find something new almost every time I watch it). I'm also thinking I might pick up the manga for this one and give it a look--I understand that it's fairly different from the anime, and no place seems to have it scanlated, but I think I can spare the fifteen bucks for the two volumes ^_~

As always, this is my opinion, and I invite anyone and everyone to disagree with me if you've seen/read it and feel differently. I enjoy such discussions. And feel free to check out the series and decide for yourself ^_~

...and like the whore that I am, I have about half a dozen ficlet ideas bouncing around in my head for it XD