Nianna's blog

Still here

Hi!!!

I really should start to write more ._.

today THE MOM taught me how to make a scarf using only my hands :D it was quite easy and because I was watching a show about the renaissance architects I just kept working and made it a bit too long XD;;;

so now I have 2 new scarfs :D

uhhh I have to start thinking about x-mas stuff...

on other stuff, I've been spending a lot of time in tumblr, just watching vintage stuff among other things *coughcatpicscough* cuz I don't know why but now I'm all for period dramas *mostly british ones* :D

eh... what else?

that little preview onf the new pv... too Believe-ish? dunno :/

ok so the usual reviews

HnA- I enjoyed it, between the bicycle segment and the new M5 thing... I hope they keep it it was far more interesting than the usual format

AniS- it was nice, although there were some parts I couldn't watch cuz KH just froze the image ._.

and Freeter SPOILERS *not a lot anyway*
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it was good, but I'm not sure if I like it or not

the jobs part got me really anxious, I was all 'please please please keep one!!!' I'm not saying he should stay doing something he doesn't like but I don't know... it bothered me :/ 

the mom's illness got me scared, can't really explain properly :/ but uh just thinking about it... *shivers*

and I actually got an idea for a strip but I haven't finished the Kaibutsu-kun ones nor started the Natsuniji batch orz

*sigh*

See ya!!!

If I win, I get to knock your brains out

Hi!!

looooooong time no see huh?

maaah today I had to wash 2 towels cuz I'm gonna give a bath to the puppy girls tomorrow and since there's no point of wasting tons of water using the washing machine, I washed them by hand... now my hands and wrists and killing me D:

uhhh

dad bought me 2 books one about geishas and one about samurais, Matsufancat claimed the samurais one: he looked at it and just curled over it soooo I guess I'll have to ask him to lend it to me XDD

later, I was trying to read the geisha one; it was a bit difficult cuz Matsufancat was asleep on my lap and the book is a bit large... when Fumi decided it was a good moment to try and chew some book covers *seriously, I have no idea why he likes to do that orz* but I manged to keep him away, so he just looked at me with his *fine, you asked for it* look and climbed on Matsufancat to sleep, so naturally I couldn't keep reading since both were uh using my lap *I was resting the book on a tiny part of my leg*  *sigh* ...kitties

hmm rainbow stuff I guess...

I'm finally warming on Snow Drop :D

and I just finished watching the Cruise/Diaz segment, in fact I got up to watch the second part cuz I thought it will be aired then and missed it by 15 min ._.

anyway, there were really nice :D  THE MOM got a bit bothered cuz the guys were wearing suits and Tom Cruise wasn't XDD;; *shrugs*

oh, oh, and today I finished listening to American Gods and there's a line in there that I thing goes well with Ohno ahh...  'it's not the fish you catch, it's the peace of mind you take home at the end of the day' :Db isn't it?

nothing else... haven't seen any promo of Freeter or anything, just not in the mood /fails

See ya!

just another uh long quote from the book but I love it so... yeah

"It's not easy to believe."
"I," she told him, "can believe anything. You have no idea what I can believe."
"Really?"
"I can believe things that are true and I can believe things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not. I can believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and Marilyn Monroe and the Beatles and Elvis and Mister Ed. Listen — I believe that people are perfectible, that knowledge is infinite, that the world is run by secret banking cartels and is visited by aliens on a regular basis, nice ones that look like wrinkledy lemurs and bad ones who mutilate cattle and want our water and our women. I believe that the future sucks and I believe that the future rocks and I believe that one day White Buffalo Woman is going to come back and kick everyone's ass. I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating and that the decline in good sex in America is coincident with the decline in drive-in movie theaters from state to state. I believe that all politicians are unprincipled crooks and I still believe that they are better than the alternative. I believe that California is going to sink into the sea when the big one comes, while Florida is going to dissolve into madness and alligators and toxic waste. I believe that antibacterial soap is destroying our resistance to dirt and disease so that one day we'll all be wiped out by the common cold like the Martians in War of the Worlds. I believe that the greatest poets of the last century were Edith Sitwell and Don Marquis, that jade is dried dragon sperm, and that thousands of years ago in a former life I was a one-armed Siberian shaman. I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars. I believe that candy really did taste better when I was a kid, that it's aerodynamically impossible for a bumblebee to fly, that light is a wave and a particle, that there's a cat in a box somewhere who's alive and dead at the same time (although if they don't ever open the box to feed it it'll eventually just be two different kinds of dead), and that there are stars in the universe billions of years older than the universe itself. I believe in a personal god who cares about me and worries and oversees everything I do. I believe in an impersonal god who set the universe in motion and went off to hang with her girlfriends and doesn't even know that I'm alive. I believe in an empty and godless universe of causal chaos, background noise, and sheer blind luck. I believe that anyone who says that sex is overrated just hasn't done it properly. I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too. I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies. I believe in a woman's right to choose, a baby's right to live, that while all human life is sacred there's nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system implicitly, and that no one but a moron would ever trust the legal system. I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it." She stopped, out of breath.
Shadow almost took his hands off the wheel to applaud. Instead he said, "Okay. So if I tell you what I've learned you won't think that I'm a nut."
"Maybe," she said. "Try me."

not Jessica Rabbit; Mrs . . . Snoopy!

Hi!!

been completely in love with Jeeves and Wooster stuff... why didn't I know about them before? ._.  Jeeves is just pure awesome, I wish I could have one like him XDD

oh oh and I found the soundtrack on yt and ripped it :)

I particularly like these ones

If I had a talking picture of you

Changes

:D

so I've got a few audiobooks by Wodehouse and I tried to see if there were some books available over here and yes! 3 books... all sold out, such is my luck :(

oh oh yesterday I finished listening to Howl's moving castle :D *love the movie*

I'm currently in the middle of B in QI

and I'm almost done with The last enemy, I just wanna say I can't stand Yasim... I don't care how lovely Mr. Cumberbatch is, you don't do that!  *not saying what's it's all about in case anyone is gonna watch it* 

ok rainbow stuff

MSTA perf was nice I love the part of the falling 'snow', :) I haven't listened to the song that much, so it felt like the first time

the PVs... do I really need to talk to about them? creative team seems to be running out of ideas too, a still pics one? REALLY?! *facepalm*    

and I was hesitating to watch it cuz I was afraid of getting disappointed...



I believe that's all

See ya!!

Tomorrow...

uh I should be writing a review or whatever is the thing that I do for the 2 last eps but
 eh...

I'm copying the comments of my images *still...*

and I came up w/ a few pics of my beloved kitty

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...I can't stop crying right now and really not in the mood

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sorry

...maybe tomorrow

*hug please?*

Yes it is understood, please?

Hi!!


so didn't watch anything today cuz ppl were celebrating the bicentennial of our independence and all that *well, pretty much just drinking*

we didn't celebrate cuz we're just that apathetic :D

so why couldn't I? cuz I spent a good part of the night calming one of the doggies cuz she was scared of the fireworks and the screams :/ *poor girl* so I didn't woke up till noon :D

anyway, I was in the kitchen when THE MOM came in...

TM: my patients are gonna kill me

me: uh... why?

TM: because they're gonna ask me how did I celebrate the bicentennial...

me: and?

TM: 'watching an Arashi concert' doesn't sound too patriotic, does it?

me: nope

*shrugs* what can I say? at least it's better than *drinking till I faint* or something like that :)  *which is pretty much what all my friends will do*

hmm let me think...

oh yeah I passed the exam :Db

I know I said that *I didn't care, whatever* but no matter how much I try to convince myself I always get nervous when I call orz

and this time I think the guy that answered is new because he started to tease me

me: *gives name and group*

guy: hmmm shall I scare you?

me: oh no nonononono plz no

guy: *laughs* just a little bit?

me: noooooo *I swear I felt like throwing up or throw the phone away*

guy: *laughs even more* it's ok, you passed

me: really?

guy: really

me *sigh of relief*

guy *imitates* he, you were really worried huh?

me: uh huh

guy: *laughs* well, anything else?

me: uh no that's it, thanks a lot :)

I wonder who that was, it's the first time it happens to me XD;;

what else?

oh oh started to watch QI, I've seen like 3 eps but now I started in the proper order, it's definitely a MUST SEE!!

also I uh listened to Pythonesque. The story of Graham Chapman's history with the Monty Python team  it's told with uh parodies of their sketches, it's really nice

ehh ah the new single cover, was Squishy on another photoshoot and forgot to change but they're running out of time so they did it like that anyway? because he just doesn't belong, all of them are dressed in a certain style and then there's the purple spot in there!! D:

if there had to be a *OMG I can't really see the cover cuz my eyes keep going back to him all the time* it should be Nino, not Squishy *sigh* orz

seems that there's a hit and miss with the covers... it would have been really nice but nope :/

there, I had to whine about something rainbowy, didn't I? :D

natsuniji stuff... SPOILERS  *not for this week's ep, I haven't seen that one yet*

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it was ok, the thing with the other girl *Sakura?* seems too forced :/

the ice cream man and the piano song parts were super cuticle X3


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I think this my fave episode, not because of you know they finally get together and all... that but because of the workshop, I was really happy to see Taiga do something more about his acting rather than just vocalizing exercises...

*I may try the coin thing just for laughs*

also I think I yelled Aniiii!!! :D *hides* some actors will always be a certain character for me XD;;;

and I found something else: Shiori's character, I don't believe it, I couldn't see/feel her inner conflict about you know... finding love again and all that :/ for me she's just... there

I know Nino adores her and she's supposed to be a good actress, but I just can't see it ._.

that's it

See ya!!

I can fly too, I can bloody well fly as well as any... fly

I'm telling you, that thing is genius!!

Hi!!

I know, I know, I barely write anything nowadays ._.

this time, in my defense I can say that since friday my left eye has been hurting :( Shosus knows why, it feels as if someone had punched me or something... 

I just hope this doesn't mean that the Pain family just got a new member cuz I'm gonna get really really pissed  *did you hear, stupid pain thing?!*

obviously I can't be at the comp for too long and even with that, I'm wearing a patch when I do so... yeah :/

and just for that reason... I skipped AniS on purpose, too early to start messing up with my eye D:

plus, as I said my exam was on saturday so I didn't mind sacrificing it for an extra hour of sleep

*look at me suffering and suffering* *gets bricked*

but seriously, it's as if I'm breaking down piece by piece... literally!!! DX

so only HnA today

let me think...

ah, it was the woman of Maou! the one that said Truth was sung by V6... I think that was it...  well it was ok, a few fun things, ahhh the other segment waaaas uhhh the... the... ah, the one where they guess who gets the awful stuff *don't really care about that one*

on other arashi related stuff

today I showed THE MOM the music lovers clips... and?

she had no idea who Meisa  is *she never finished Haikei and hasn't seen SnY* but she was really mad because she kept appearing on the screen XDDD

TM: WE DON'T WANT TO SEE HER!! WE WANT TO SEE THE GUYS!!!

Meisa appears again

TM: ARRGH!! can't we write to make them re-air it w/o her?

me: I... don't think so, we're not supposed to be able to watch it, remember?

TM: *pouts*

oh and she looooooved Aiba-chan's uh vest thingie

Msta, I've only watched the perf

...the *directing* part is stupid, *coughAiba'sclothestoocough* but since Squishy looked as if he was having tons of fun, I'll say it was stupidly cute :Db

now for something different

I decided that there's no point in worrying about the exam *though I have a funny feeling about it* I did what I could, including messing up reaaaally good in the oral part, I messed up as I never have before and I'm proud of it!!! :Db

I'm not joking! it was truly embarrassing, I answered and then went *no no* rephrased it *nonononono* re-rephrased it *no no wait, again* re-re-rephrased it *sigh* I was this near *'this' being the actual length of the word* to bang my head on the table...

good times St. Shosus, gooood times

so if I fail, I'm blaming my eye :D

uhh... I guess that's it, no review of Natsuniji, I'll do that tomorrow

See ya!!!

oh oh btw, I decided to try the *drop the final letter* game w/the guys' songs, *it only works for me w/english titled songs*

they have a lot ending w/'son' and 'yo' XDD

so far my faves are:

Fight son

Crazy moo

Keep a pea

Gif

Wav

Oretachi no son *LOL*

and of course, that great album: Tim

The pelican brie

Hi!!

still in the middle of moving... I found out yesterday that whether WP and TP export entry comments it doesn't do it w/image ones, so that means I'm gonna lose all the strip and other stuff ones D:

so I've been manually copying those... orz

which is NOT helping at all w/my hands and neck problem *thanks a lot!!*

*sigh*

on other stuff, yesterday was my last japanese class... next week is the exam *shivers*

aand we were reviewing stuff, when out of the blue Soccer sensei used me as an example, which is a bit weird cuz she never does this w/ anyone

she said that when she met me the first thing she thought is that I look like a kitten oO

so I was like ah... yay, thanks?

so she asked me if ppl said that to me often but nope, she's the first one XD

in a certain way it made me happy :D

I told Matsufancat but he doesn't think so XDD

ok, rainbowy stuff

the PV...

*let me quote Captain Crieff* it is unbelievably boooring!! so very, very, very, veeery boring!! booored

*shoots the wall* XDD sorry, can't help it *cookies for those who get it*

this is a cheery song!! and the only thing they do is: walk, sit and stand

how exciting -_-

if they're gonna do an indoors PV why not something like Kitto daijoubu *the indoor part, obvs* or We can make it?

perhaps asking for an entertaining PV nowadays is too much? because To be free doesn't really make me go weee,rainbows!! either :/

on a good note, I like Over

uhh what else?

ah, the plane

hooray?

I don't know... not too excited about that, maybe cuz doing that it's not really new

though years ago I wanted to uh travel in the LoTR ones XD;;

maybe if overseas fans had the chance to at least to see one, that'd help the guys to get more known... you know, like

*ohhh who are those cute guys on that plane and why they aren't in my life?* sort of thing

as for the textbook... hmm I want one XDD

I think that's it

See ya!!

*in case you're wondering about the entry title, it's for a game where you drop the last letter of a book's title to make it more interesting* :)
Tags: arashi, random

...in a word: BRILLIANT!!

Hi!!

so uh... sorry. been listening to the audio commentary of the great game on repeat and can't think properly XDD

*hides*

ahhh

oh yeah the mannequin sp thingie or whatever that was called...

ehh not as fun as the last one

and since Sho is trying other member styles *c'mon his was extremely Squishy-esque* I say that they should try other member styles for the next one, you know... for a change

no AniS cuz of 24hrs terebi... which I didn't see *don't look at me like that, Shosus' part was at an ungodly hour for me*

I had to do some stuff so I skipped Natsuniji and although I have already dled it I'm... not really in the mood to watch it, I know the intro was changed but that's pretty much it, soooo this time I have to ask if it's really worth it *awkward smile*

now on the stuff that has caught my attention lately

yesterday I was uhh watching the eps of Never mind the buzzcocks where Martin Freeman was on *except the one he hosted* and the one with Josh Groban was hilarious!!! XDD

also watched the one w/Stepehen Fry and re-watched the one w/David Tennant *BARROWMAN!!!*

I'm gonna see if I can find most eps cuz now I wanna watch everything!! although, I usually have no idea who the guests are XD;;;

ah... been listening to the rest of the H2G2 audiobooks...

re-listening to Cabin pressure *I have absolutely no idea how many times I've listened to those and I still laugh*
seriously ppl you should listen to it, I bet you're gonna love it!!

started to watch Luther :D

eh... *blinks*

seriously, I can't think XDD

ah I was wondering if anyone knows a good *and hopefully not too expensive* app for practicing shodo or something like that

and I'm really really sorry for the lack of new strips ):

I... think that's it

See ya!!

Helsinki: "half Helter Skelter, half twinkly"

Hi!!!

so uh new single :)

yesterday I missed the preorder but strangely *for me* I didn't went crazy as I did when I missed the Crazy moon one *which I got after going through 4 different sites refreshing for I don't know how long*

nope, nothing like that, I searched for it and since didn't get anything I went to do other stuff oO

and trust me, the most surprised one by that attitude was me...

but nevertheless I woke up today and decided to check, just to see if I could get the RE at least and I was lucky enough to be able to preorder the LE, no *OMG stupid internet hurry up or I won't get my copy* stress and everyone happy :D

HOORAY!!

now uh I'm just curious if there's gonna be a single for Gantz...

oh oh good news!! *for me at least* there will be a series 3 of Cabin pressure!!! *runs in circles*

I swear that I listen to at least one ep daily cuz it's just THAT good *Arthur is SO Aiba XDD*

I absolutely love it!!!

in case you're curious

*MASSIVE GRIN*

there should be links to the rest in there

oh I've also been listening to The restaurant at the end of the universe audiobook, Martin Freeman makes really amusing character voices :) I really recommend you to check it out *the first book I got is read by Stephen Fry*

 eh...

I'm getting sick, which is kinda convenient since this saturday in japanese class we're rehearsing a visit to the doctor XD;;

and now SPOILERY STUFF
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ep was ok, the only thing is that in my opinion the uh love rivalry thing should've started a bit earlier... yes, we already know the actress girl is hopeless but c'mon who doesn't like this type of stuff?

and I think I've got a problem with japanese drama kissing scenes cuz those look a bit plain for me... :/

that's all

See ya!!

Ordinary people fill their heads with all kinds of rubbish...

but I like my rubbish XDD

Hi!!

let's see apparently VSA had Ohno cuteness or something like that... maybe I'll check it later

HnA - hmm a bit meh, I like Gakki but it wasn't really exciting :/ then there was the Derby corner with a uh korean guest I believe? *not sure* I'm partial to this corner so I wasn't really paying attention XD;; *hides*

Shosus interviewed Mikhail Gorbachev... I'm proud of my uh fail model XDD

Con season starts, I've seen a few pics of some goods... dissapointed about the t-shirt, at least they could have had clouds all over the place not in a boring square :/  the towel is kinda cute :) and that's all I can remember

as you know I'm sooooo much in love with Mr. Cumberbatch's voice *whose name needs a 'Lord' or a 'Sir' in front to make it the ultimate awesome name  X3* and uh since ppl have been kindly sharing some stuff that's what I've been listening lately :D  instead of trying to warm up to the album... *hides*

an uh that led to:

bro: what are you listening to? you've been smiling way too much...

me: the adventures of Gregor Samsa 'The Human Bug' :Db *aka Kafka's Metamorphosis*

bro: ...uh that's not exactly a happy book *weird look*

me: I know, but I bet Mr. Bug would be cheer up if he knew what an amazing voice has the guy narrating his story, he'll tap his legs in pure excitement like this *mimics bug legs*

bro: ...oook, I think I'm gonna go now

XD;;; I'm just happy it didn't happen in a public place

and hey I need a reason to be happy cuz Mr. Hand Pain decided it was a nice time to show off, so he's been really annoying... I can't even practice kanji cuz after like 5 mins of writing my hand starts to hurt really bad :(

how am I supposed to take notes like this is a mystery... I can write more less decently with my left hand but not in japanese *I've already tried* DX

ah...

oh yeah SPOILERY SPOILERS
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no complains this time *LE GASP*

I know!

I was pleasantly surprised by this ep, it was closer to what I expected of the drama to be in the first place
the plot was ok, bits of the chars stories felt more uh organically put together than last time, where the last scene felt like something made in the last minute...

:D  I hope this means the writer finally got what the story should be like and the next eps will be better

winkychan

thanks for the links, seems I got it right... so uh I still don't get what's so hard to get about it :/  maybe my dreams are weirder than other ppl's so this wasn't exactly that complicated for me... XD;; *hides*

See ya!!