Get these Mother Fucking Afros off these Mother Fucking Samurai!!

So I'm finally updating again!! I think I'm going to start updating once or twice a month. So I'm getting pretty busy and it will only get worse because things are coming to a close in this pretty busy semester. So first off I'll start with school stuff! I'm getting close to finishing my college research paper. It's about the otaku culture and the positives affects it has on the Japanese culture as a whole. It's really interesting and I'm enjoying researching this because I love Japan!! Also, if you couldn't tell, I like the otaku culture and would be known to be a part of the "American" otaku culture. But anyway, my conference went really well with my professor and so I'm pretty confident in passing the class with an A- possibly an A. Yeah it's lame that she uses the plus minus system. My microeconomic class is going to kill me. We have a test coming up this Monday which we just found out and our Libbys are due next Wednesday. And as per usual, I was procrastinating and totally have only like a third of my libby done. So that'll be a lot of fun catching up on that. As for my other classes, Accounting is going really well. Of course, that is my major! On the most recent quiz I got 100% so that was really exciting. In Japanese, I got 100% on my test again. This time I got my grade from the extra credit I did. On the previous chapter test, I got the same grade but without any extra credit. So overall I'm pretty confident in passing most of my classes with A's. I could possibly have a B in my International Business class, it just depends on how I do on my last test.


Continuing with school, I submitted my study abroad application for Japan earlier today!! I'm really excited and can't wait to find out when and what and everything I possibly can. I am sooo stoked to go to Japan for a few months and go on excursions and just chill and hang out in one of my favorite places!! Hopefully I'll find out soonish if I get to officially get to go!!

Speaking of Japan, Stasi's Anime and Manga update!! So the recent chapter in Skip Beat was pretty amazing and I'm really glad that we are getting away from the latest arc. So it's around Valentine's and Ren's Birthday. Kyoko, the loving ditz that she is forgot about Ren's Birthday. We saw Ren and he clearly is excited to see what Kyoko could possibly get him. It was a pretty good chapter. We also and how he wants Kyoko to give him chocolate on Valentine's Day. Kyoko, being as dense as usual, just retaliates against him. It made me laugh a lot. I also liked that we got to see both Kyoko's and Moko's takes on Valentine's and why they both hate it so much. So yeah, it was amazing and I love Skip Beat and can't wait for the next chapter. Anyways, on to Anime. So lately I've been getting back into Toradora! It was a really cute show I started in the fall and then it kind of got put on hold since I found a few other shows that caught my attention. Anyway I've been watching them when I eat breakfast lately and I only have one episode left. So the next update I do will have my overall thoughts on that series since I'll probably finish it this Friday!! As for other anime, I finished Soul Eater. I really need to catch up in the manga because I want to see how it's different and Dan says it's pretty much amazing. So anyway, I loved the manga. I thought it was a little corny that Maka defeated the Kishin with courage, but it makes sense. Overall I give it a 10 out of 10 and I really enjoyed it!


Speaking of Soul Eater brings me to cosplaying at NDK this September. I actually have ordered my Cooking Mama and Anemone wigs!! It's exciting and I should get them pretty soon!! I'm really excited about them and can't wait until they arrive!! Anyway, I should probably start working on patterns so that I'm not too behind after this summer. So I'm going to end up making all of my cosplays this year, which is pretty exciting. I'll also be making Jenna's Eureka cosplay since we will be going together as Eureka and Anemone (from Eureka seveN)!!


So that's all for now. If I think of anything too important soon I'll try to find the time to post it. If not, I'll just have to try to remember until I get to post again, at the least next May.



Ja Ne~
Stasi

Catching The Dead Fish

So this morning I was woken up at 9am by the fire alarm in my dorm going off. Pretty much sucked. It was funny though because the Assistant Hall Director was trying to figure out why she hadn't heard about the drill. About 10 minutes later, three fire trucks showed up. It was really cool and I love firefighters and the aura of AMAZINGNESS they put off! So I guess it was something with one of the women's restrooms. I'm not totally sure, but I'm pretty sure that is one of the most lamest reasons for a fire drill...like EVER!
So I kind of fail since I didn't post at all during the month of February, but it's small and I was really busy. So I guess I'll start out with an update on the anime I'm watching. I started Witch Hunter Robin. I'm a little over half way through and it's really good. I think I would like to cosplay Robin if I could find a good way to do her hair. I'll have to experiment. I'm also still into Soul Eater and sad that it is ending soon, but I'm excited to see how it will all end. XD Umm...I started Tower of Druaga ~ The Aegis of Uruk. It's really good and it's like watching an RPG. I finished the first season of Higurashi No Naka Ni in anime club. It was very interesting and very bloody and gorey!! XD Manga wise, I only have one chapter left of Koukou Debut, which is probably up by now so I should check it out. I also started and finished Emma. It was really sweet and I think I'm going to watch the anime. Or at least add it to my neverending list. XD On the basis of cosplay, I have a lot of ideas, but have finally figured out what I am going to do for NDK this September. I am going to do Marie Mjölnir from Soul Eater, Anemone from Eureka seveN, and Cooking Mama!! XD

So I have been hanging out with Dan & Kevin a lot more and I love it!! XD I think that Dan and I get along really well. Kevin and Derek are pretty much twins and both sarcastic bastards (in a loving way XD). Dan and I are alike in a lot of ways so it's kind of funny. I also am getting closer to Corey. Corey is a bit rambunxious sometimes, but I love him!! One of my closest friends Kristi is leaving for Germany to study abroad. It's really sad and I'm going to miss her a lot, but I know that she is going to have a blast! Jenna is moving in with Christen, which is super exciting. I haven't seen Christen for a while plus she lives less than a block away so Jenna is going to be a lot more closer!!

Let's see, what else shall I update on? Oh, I started GMing (Game Mastering)!! It's for a Vampire Campaign but it's still a lot of fun. I actually had to split it into two seperate campaigns because so many people wanted to join!! XD I feel a little more comfortable in GMing than in playing. I am also getting excited because it's practice for my campaign that I've been planning for a while now. I have most of the story line done, well at least what I could get done on it without getting effected by character decisions. I was also able to get photoshop from Derek so I'm playing around with it to try to figure everything out. I was working on a map in Microsoft Digital Image, but Derek was nice enough to share so I can try to make the best map I can. I'm really excited about it and hope that everything turns out well!! XD Jenna also started her Zombie Campaign. We started it a couple nights ago and it was pretty much amazing and I felt like I had been blown out of the water, which leads me to my next little rant.

I have been having really weird dreams lately. For example, the one from Tuesday night. I dreamt that I was sitting on this couch and Jenna was sitting next to me. On the couch facing ours was three people. One was this really pretty Asian boy, a girl that looked familiar but had short red and yellow hair and then some nondescript female person. I was watching the girl with crazy hair because I knew that I knew her, but I couldn't figure out who she was. There was a conversation going on, but I wasn't paying attention too much. Then the girl with the red and yellow hair got up and stood in front of Jenna. I heard her talking and I realized that it was Jen So. After she was done talking to Jenna, she went and sat down. Once I had figure out that it was Jen, I glanced at the Asian boy in the middle and we ended up staring at each other awkwardly for a while. Then I woke up. I don't really know what it was supposed to mean, but it was very odd. Yeah this morning I had a really weird dream too, but I can't really remember what happened. I remembered earlier so I could write it in my blog, but I forgot. Knowing my luck it's because I wanted to remember it. XD

Anyways, I'm going to wrap things up now. I just wanted to do an update on pretty much everything!! XD Hopefully March will be a lot better with most of my family's birthdays and Spring Break '09!! Well I will talk to you all soon!! XD

Love,
Stasi