Sara's Journal

I really didn't want to come back from vacation; it was so wonderful and relaxing to see family, de-stress, and just enjoy.  One problem - NO Red Wings hockey 2008 merchandise ANYWHERE!  So my aunt has promised to send me some once they come back in stock.  Went on the western side of MI to Holland, which was a Dutch settlement, has a Dutch village, and a working windmill.  I didn't get to see this, as my younger cousins wanted to go to the beach! *rolls eyes* But I'm glad I went.  While there, I picked up three Josh Groban CD's, and some other things you can only get in MI. (One of my aunts told me, "You came all the way here to buy Josh Groban CD's." I just shrugged and said it worked out that way. ^_~) And we promised it wouldn't be so long for the entire family to get together. 

AX '08 was cool.  I saw a lot of FF cosplayers, as well as Vampire Knight!  I squealed and took a pic of a VK cosplay group, complete with Shiki.  Got my first doujinshi, Ryuuki x Shuurei from Saiunkoku (very cutesy one - I was somewhat disappointed, LOL),  The English VA's for Ouran were announced, and I'm *hoping* that there will be something at Comic-Con, but we'll see.

Comic-Con is only days away - I'm very excited; Kube Tito-sensei is going to be there, as well as a Supernatural panel, complete with Jared and Jensen - they're both listed on the site, but CW said only Jensen would be appearing...also have to see the Robot Chicken panel, and of course the VIZ panels. 

Here I am, back posting on LJ!!!!  I *have* been online, just not posting to my LJ...RL intruded for a while, and it seems things are looking up for the moment, and I'm moving at the end of the month - w00t!!!!!  Last year's AX and Comic-Con were fun, disorganized as far as staffing, met lots of people, Gene Simmons, and Nicolas Cage!  I also met my favorite author, Laurell K. Hamilton, as well. 

I'm currently watching the Vampire Knight anime, and it's very cool so far!  This year I'm taking time off to go visit family and after that I'm hoping to make at least one day of AX before I go to Comic-Con.  And hoping to get a laptop or at the very least a flat screen monitor for my desktop.  

*hugs to f-list*

This meme was taken with much laughter from
_miyuchan_!  Read at your own risk!!!!!  Be prepared to laugh and say, "WTF?!"  

1. Go to www.google.com
2. Click on maps
3. Click on get directions
4. From New York
5. To Paris
6. Now read line 23...

.  .  .  .  .

OMG!  @_@

*whispers* I wonder if they know there's another way to Paris from New York?  You think they'd have come up with one! 

My big sis and I are planning a trip to Winnipeg, Canada.  So she asked me to put the word out for people in the area or that know someone in the area so we can learn while we're there.  If anyone has any info, please reply to this post with any links, etc. on where to go and info on Winnipeg!  This is much appreciated in advance! 

I'm doing a Christmas present for a friend of mine - her latest pairing ship is Kakashi/Iruka; so I had an idea to draw them standing next to each other with Santa hats on and a big red bow on Iruka!  If anyone knows where I can find a good pic of the two of them standing next to each other that I can use as a reference, I'd greatly appreciate it!!!!  Or even a good pic of each of them, and I can just draw them together in the pic!

I finally got together with one of my friends, got my Comic-Con pics, and we went on a manga/anime spree for my belated b-day!  We first stopped at Mitsuwa, where I got the new LaLa and a manga volume I've been WAITING for!  Then we went to another one of our anime stores and looked around - they didn't have too much there that I hadn't already got.  Our last stop: Suncoast for my belated b-day present!  I really wanted the first DVD to Nerima Daikon Brothers, but I found in the used section the entire season of Slayers Try for $30!  You can guess what I chose! ^^ (That series is SO hard to find now!  My friend Michelle gave me the first season boxset, as she had two) She also found Knight Hunters Eternity there - the entire set for #12.50!  I really wanted that one and Slayers, so she got Slayers for me and I got Knight Hunters because I already have Weiss Kruess Gluhen.  And another friend is also sending me the first two DVD's of Kyoh Kara Maoh! as a Christmas present! 

Here is a meme I got from _miyuchan_:

Make a post to your lj.  The post should contain your 10 holdiay wishes.  These wishes can be from small to really big - just make sure these wishes are things you really want.  If you wish real things, make sure to leave your address or e-mail address so Santa or his elves can get in touch with you.  Make sure you post a version of these rules on your lj so the holiday fun can continue!

1. Paid Megaupload account - it seems like more things are added to MU anyway...I'm so broke
2. The Fruits Basket Neko Fan Book
3. Good health and happiness to all of my RL and online friends
4. Nerima Daikon Brothers - whether it be the DVD's or uploaded episodes...>:)
5. I saw the manga releases for Vampire Knight in English, one of my friends had only a few copies when she went to Singapore (where she got them), but I couldn't afford them on Ebay. ^^;
6. Paid lj account and more tips so I get "with it" ^^;; - I haven't figured too much out, I'm always on friends' pages!
7. Inuyasha subbed 136-167 so I can finish the rest of the series!  
8. More good fanfics to read!  Especially with Sauinkoku, a new series I've gotten hooked on!  And KKM...^_^
9. If my big sis and I have to move, that things work out for us, and that I'm still able to go to AX next year - I had SO much fun!  
10. Harukanaru Toki no Nake de on DVD or uploaded subbed eps. - love that series as well!

My e-mail is savsirishprincesss@yahoo.com ^_^

And today's my birthday!  Two words: SUSHI FEST!  Hopefully I got everything figured out for this post...^^; Oh well....

Football didn't go as well as I'd hoped - the Steelers lost to the Bengals. ;_; I've been trying to learn more about lj, so I'm attempting to tag...let's see if this works!  I'll try again...

Okay, so yesterday some of my friends and I went up to Mitsuwa, and we happened to come across a 65% off rack at Sanseido Bookstore. Now, being the thrifty people we are, we found what we could and snatched it up! I found an Asuka with Kyou Kara Maou - later picked up another with KKM, one of my friends got the same Asuka, and another got LaLa, with Ouran in it as well as Vampire Knight, and a BexBoy. That's another series I'm going to get into (Vampire Knight), I love the style, the plot, and it's vampires! Hee! I couldn't fine the latest Hana to Yume with Furuba in it, but I also picked up the latest Kare First Love, From Far Away, and W Juliet. Today my friend Monica and I went back in search of a Japanese-English dictionary for me to use in the Japanese class I'm taking. Found it at Borders, but I also picked up at Mitsuwa today another LaLa with Ouran in it as well as the cutest pink Beary bag!!!! It's just so kawaii!!!! And the issue did feature a chapter of Ouran, and I figured out some spoilers. Also found the two Kyou Kara Maou! manga volumes as well as Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - there's about 8 or 9 volumes that I could see there for that series - another of my favorites. So later we go to Starbucks to chow, drink, and read our newly acquired manga. My friend that had the BexBoy, well that was just interesting! >:) Saw my first uncensored hentai (yaoi?) complete with tentacles. One friend said, "Those are some interesting Celtic knots there!" and we lost it! The kids that were over at the next table were trying to check out what we were having so much fun over, but we wouldn't let them see it. Shinjo Mayu (Sensual Phrase) has one in there that seemed interesting, it's called Sex=Love, I believe. Also saw a cute one from Aihara Miki (Hot Gimmick) called Teacher's Pet. I am so impatient for the last Hot Gimmick!!!! I want it NOW!!!!! LOL!!! And my Japanese class starts Wednesday...O.O

It's been soooo long since I've been online!!!!! *cries* *glomps all friends* Gina, yes, I see you did friend me! ^_^ Comic-Con was such a freakin' blast!!!!! Being the Inuyasha fangirl that I am, I had a nice little IY VA meeting with Richard Cox - who remembered me from last year *squee*! Then I went to the Broken Saints panel, and saw David Kaye (Sesshoumaru) and Michael Dobson (Jinenji)!!!!! My Sesshoumaru-sama!!!! XD LOL! Met Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt again since AX, and got digital pics this time! XD

Met Brooke and the gang from the BS gnag - Brooke is such a trip! He's really cool and too funny! Got a CD from them, and Diamond won a picture from the DVD and we teased Brooke and David so much!!! >:) It's all good though...

Woot! I'm movin' out of this place! I can't wait to be out of here! We're slowly moving boxes over to the new place, and eventually my computer and all that will be moved hopefully before Monday. So I won't be online for a bit until we can get a new DSL hookup, and then work and AX! Mahiru, if you need anything, I gave you my cell, so give me a call! This time next month I'll be in Anaheim, ready for AX! Yeah! XD

Hee, I got the purple kitties to show up in my journal! I like them, after seeing them in friends' journals. I guess I'm one of the people that post, read their friends page, and that's it. Well, I'm going to try and slowly work my way through lj...eventually...^^;;. (Did I mention I'm a blonde?) Not that that's any excuse, but when I have blonde moments, they're doozys!

Treated myself to Hot Gimmick 11 and Kare First Love 8 - now just to get the newest Hana-Kimi, and I might start reading Skip Beat!; that one sounds interesting, as well as my love for Tamaki, Haruhi, and the Ouran boys!

Not much longer 'til AX! Wah!

Okay, things have definitely turned to the upside for the moment. My roomie/bf and I are getting another place and getting out of the hellhole that is going to be our former place. *does Irish jig* The new place we're moving into is smaller, but still a house, and it has a POOL! <-definite bonus! Especially out here in CA...LOL...waiting for my badge for AX and can't wait! Excited to meet Mahiru, and see AX for the first time <-AX newbie - and then Comic-Con later on in July. Also in July, Laurell K. Hamilton is coming here for a book signing for her new book, and I hope I can get that day off....

I'm staying with a friend for the AX trip (YAY!) and I also found out the manga-ka for "Her Majesty's Dog" is going to be there as well; one of my friends got me into that series, and I'll have to ask her if she wants me to take her books to get signed...Will FINALLY have my hands on FFVII:AC tomorrow!!!! YES! Can't wait - I love the movie, and some of my favorite actors/voice actors are in it!

I changed my icon - credit goes to allira_dream; I have another one I'd like to put up, I just don't remember where credit goes...*hangs head*

Okay, so we got back from L.A. at 4:30 a.m.! I wasn't really even tired (had a Belgian Waffle with strawberries) and had about 5 hours of sleep. That night was so great. We even went to one of the Mitsuwa's in Little Tokyo, but the one here in San Diego seems to have more?! Go figure. Crispin was cool, and the play was just awesome! I told Clark so after the play. Got pix with friends Kells and Renee, and many good conversations were had by all at Norm's! (especially Pikachu and Togapi doing the Mexican hat dance - one day I'll attempt to draw that!)

Of course, after I get home, drama starts again. *SIGH* So I haven't really been doing anything but packing. Have to look at a few more places and call tomorrow in between running around. Eventually I'll finish my roll of film and send it off to get developed.

And I was reading through my friends page here, and CLAMP is coming to AX this year! *faints* OMG, that is so freaking awesome! I'm definitely going, no matter what!

Does anyone know where I could find a Japanese futon? I really am not sure where to look!

Okay, so after one of my best friends knocked some sense into me, I realized *lightbulb flash!* that I can get a room for rent so my bf will get the money she needs. And I can save money for AX (my other bf is NOT letting me say no! LOLOL) at the same time. So after we get back from Santa Monica early Sunday morning, my bf and I go around to these places that I've checked off and investigate. Hmm...

There has been a lot going on in my life in the past month or so...on Saint Paddy's Day, we had to rush my roomie to the hospital for chest pains. Turns out it's stress and and she has a heart condition. I'm trying to look for a place to live that I can afford out here on my own, but friends are telling me to get a room for rent or with another roommate. Problem is, I don't want another roommate, especially one I don't know. I'm a private person. I don't even have enough money saved up for that. *heavy sigh* I'm tired of crying, tired of being depressed. I was trying to look on this positively, when my roomie called me today and told me that our other housemate has put the house up for sale and it's a matter of a week to two before we have to move. I have no money, not for that. My roomie was trying to call around to friends of hers that had houses, that could possibly rent to us, and most have sold their houses for something else. She's going to call a few more tomorrow and see what happens. I can't even let my mom know to come and get me, because there's not enough time (she lives out of state). >_< So I simply don't know. I'm trying so hard to hope and think happy thoughts, but it's really hard right now.

Hee, so one of my friends got the Gravitation Best Of soundtrack! She, of course, lent it to me along with Ghost In The Shell: SAC and L'Arc-en-Ciel's Smile. *fangirl happiness* I really want the soundtrack to Kyou Kara Maou once it comes out, and trying to find out about the manga and also Harukanaru Toki no Naka de (Hachiyo shou) anime and soundtrack too - I just loved the music for that one! Still planning things out for AX and a possibly field trip to Santa Monica. One of my friends also finally got hooked on Sensual Phrase (which I told her about), and I hooked her also on some yaoi titles, Embracing Love, Brothers, and Jazz. She simply adores Shinobu Kokoro and Viewfinder - love those two!

I'm very excited about AX! *okay, it's not 'til July, but...^^;;* I've been looking over the hotels that are nearby to see what's available. Loving KKM at the moment...my friend lent me one of her Newtypes from December and one of the articles was KKM with Yuuri and Wolfram in Santa suits! So cute...and Gunter in a reindeer suit! Oh, the cuteness!!!!!! *squee* I'm going to show one of my friends Mitsuwa (Japanese marketplace) as she's never been there. >:) Waiting for FFVII:AC to come out - some of my favorite English VA's are in it!

Yeah, Steelers won! My best friend and I are celebrating right now! I'm so freaking happy! This one was mainly for Bettis (I think) and the team REALLY wanted it! One of my co-workers was putting down Pittsburgh when I wore the Steelers shirt my best friend lent me, saying, "Why don't you move to PA then, if you're a fan?" (she thinks that everyone here has to be a fan of the hometown teams, and if you're not, you "should" move to the city you're a fan of. *rolls eyes* I don't think so!) I told her I'm an East Coast girl who likes the Steelers team, and it's an East Coast thing! Nyah! So there! LOL I really want the Steelers Super Bowl t-shirt, and I heard there was a Steelers bear?! HSN, here I come!

Yeah! The Steelers won against the Broncos and are now going to my city (I'm originally from Detroit) for the Super Bowl! I've already got my request in for the AFC Steelers shirt, and wish I could go home for the game, but alas - I'll be biting my nails over this one! Jerome Bettis is from Detroit too, so it's going to be a really sweet homecoming for him. *fingers crossed* They've made it to the Super Bowl, now it's all up for grabs...