These are some of my favorite manga, movie, and tv characters from over the years. I grouped them based on some characteristics that they share.

Trustworthy
Frodo, Lord of the Rings
Hound, Transformers
Acres, Poseidon Adventure
Robert Muldoon, Jurassic ParkThey press on despite their pain so that they and others can be saved. Humble, patient, ( Read more... )

When I was young, I remember taking a small white flower and putting it inside a tiny glass bottle. I corked it and hid it on my bookshelf.  In my mind, I wanted to preserve it - to keep it in a vacuum where it would be safe and last forever.  Time went by and I must have forgotten all about it.  Later, I discovered it - but to my horror, it had ( Read more... )

I am happy. I had a great Thanksgiving with my family, got new speakers for my computer that work, ate lots of good food, and am scanning in silly frames from Suki manga. Ah~ I need more days like this.

I discovered Clamp in Wonderland 2 today quite by accident! It was really fun and now I want to read Suki Dakara Suki again... :) I could kick myself, because I sent my volumes home early with my bookshelf. Still, my family *is* coming Thursday and I could ask them to bring the volumes back... [Edit: Yay! The manga have been added to the pile of ( Read more... )

This is the coolest thing I have learned in a long time:

What was Optimus Prime back in his early days?
Answer: An archivist!

That's right, Optimus Prime was a data collector/archivist/librarian on Cybertron! (I can't tell you how amused and excited I was when I learned this!) You can read about it in the comic series called Transformers: The ( Read more... )

Last night I dreampt that I found a manga in a bookstore that was all about Narwhal. The style of the drawings was more like sumi-e, where the lines are not clear and precise, but dark, solid, and organic. There were also ink blots left on the pages to depict water and shadow. The narwhal was white with spots on his back and there were also ( Read more... )

I am finally home for summer vacation for a few weeks :)
Here is an account of the first few days at home, starting Monday when I was back at University of Maryland.

Monday Journey( the trip home, stop at Gettysburg )

Yay, Claire-chan sent me scans of my favorite Clamp-duo today and I am so happy! :) Thank-you, again! To celebrate, I do what I always do:


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Isn't it strange how when I am bored and sitting around online I have lots to say, but when I am well-fed, working hard, and deprived of the net for long periods of time I can't think of *anything* to post O.o ( Read more... )

I just am out of the groove. I can't focus long enough to study more than 5 pages of work and I am feeling weary and bored ( Read more... )