A Very HSM Christmas....and pictures of my room at home!
Finally posting the pictures of my awesome HSM stuff that I received for Christmas! XD My family actually had a full bag for me on Christmas full of just HSM-related stuff--some of which is very very funny.
Also, after taking pictures of the HSM stuff, like before, I got addicted to taking the pictures, and so went on to take pictures of my room at home which I'm currently staying at for vacation--although I'm currently missing my dormroom like crazy, I can't go back until next thursday, since my little brother's midterms are coming up and my mother wants me to stay home and watch him and his friend when they come home early next week after their tests.
Anyway, here are the pics and comments on them! XD
A Very High School Musical Christmas...and more!
Pretty Rainbow Beads To Start
When I was moving downstairs, my mother was actually the one who decided the enterance to my room (after two different doors XD)would have beads...At the time, the only ones we could find for some odd reason were Rainbow ones...not that I mind. XD
Big HSM Poster From Grandma
I don't know where she got it, all I know is that wherever it was, she apparently waited in line FOREVER for it. Although when I saw the gift (still wrapped), I thought I was getting leftover wrapping paper...XDXD Of course, this was MUCH better. Random observation about the poster: Only characters with more than one picture are Ryan, Sharpay, Chad, and Troy. Not even Gabriella has two! And why Kelsi (who isn't considered one of the main six) has a picture I have no idea....
Chinatown Autographed Picture
My sister got me this for Christmas in Chinatown. Pretty standard HSM2 picture, but it's autographed which is pretty cool I think. Although my bf and I were making fun of the cast's signatures...for example, Zac's last name is illegible, Monique doesn't have a last name, and Lucas's name is apparently spelt "L Gll". XDXDXD
Yes, it exists!
High School Tubaware. I mentioned getting it to Poppyfields13 earlier. When I pulled it out of my "HSM Christmas Bag" that I got (a huge bag full of just HSM stuff--my family knows me so well sometimes...XD), I was laughing hysterically, as was my mother. And I'm debating whether or not to use it (i don't want to ruin it XD), but come back college and dormlife, I probably will. XD
Existance continued
XD And there's more HSM tubaware! Perfect for elementary school lunchboxes and college dormlife. XD
HSM All Access
I know kelbebop posted about this a while ago, but I was thrilled to get this for Christmas! Tons of pullout and extra stuff from both movies, and perfect for an obsessive fan like me! XD Seriously, if you see it and can get it (making sure someone hasn't pulled all of the stuff out--I think mine had one thing missing, but it was on a page about the East High Basketball team so I didn't care too much, the rest was there), definately buy it! It's totally worth the money....(unless you can get it as a present like I did! XD)
HSM All Access: Pictures of the Boys
At the very end of the book, they have these pullouts of the six main characters that are actually very good pictures. I don't remember if kelbebop scanned them for everyone (I know she did scan a good amount of the book), but just in case she did here you are! I love the picture of Ryan best, because it just seems very...him! XD The other two could be just Zac and Corbin, but the middle is definatey Ryan Evans. And he looks very cool too! (Zac/Troy looks a bit dorky here I peronally think XD)
HSM All Access: Girls
And here are the girls! Taylor looks very pretty, and Sharpay is Sharpay. The one criticism I have about this is that supposedly these pictures were taken for Mr. Fulton after the Lava Springs Talent Show, and yet (ignoring the fact that none of the six are wearing the right clothes...), Gabriella has long hair...
But that aside, the pictures of the girls are overall very nice. :)
HSM All Access:
One of my favorite parts of the book (again, can't remember if kelbebop posted about it); the notes that Ms. Darbus wrote about the many people auditioning for the musical in the first movie. XD Which are very funny. I do wonder who this "Jason" person is...XD I keep picturing that our Jason Cross auditioned for the musical! (XD don't kill me poppy!) "Will fade into background nicely".
My favorite note though is about Alan. XDXDXD
High School Musical Yearbook
Also got in my HSM Christmas bag. Very interesting, though only about the first movie, they have this "Superlatives" section in which Ryan wins "Best Eyes", and they make a stab at him supposedly "not the brightest bulb in East High". XD
Also they have a "East High Rumours" section, where they say "We hear Ryan is a huge Ashton Kutcher fan...who could blame him?" And EVERYTIME I read it I think is says "Ryan has a huge crush on Ashton Kutcher...who could blame him?" XDXDXDXD
Well, Disney probably meant to write that anyway. :P
My sister decorated my locker for my 18th birthday HSM-style...and it's still hanging in my room.
Okay, to clear this up a bit, at least in my Middle/High School, it was traditional that on your birthday your friends decorate your locker. In the five years I went to my Middle/High School, no one ever did it for me (which I was always a bit upset about but never really made a fuss about it). Yet, in my senior year, my sister surprised me by doing it! XD Which I loved so much and was so happy about, I kept it up for about the next WEEK!! And when I took it down, I kept it all nice and now it's hanging in my room.
As I have mentioned, when I first got into HSM, I was a huge Rypay, which is why the first picture (anime/manga-styled because that's my artistic sister's specialty) is of what it is. The bottom there is Chad, because I was just starting to get into that couple too...XD
My sister's locker poster decoration continued.
Okay, to explain the blue part--there was a pen attached and hanging from my locker so people could sign the poster, and before the school day finished, my bf (though at the time we were just friends) noticed someone had stolen it and wrote that. XD
The bottom is a "chibi" Ryan...my sister is very talented, is she not? XD I think so at least....
American Girl Dolls (and another one from something else...XD)
Yes, I was one of those girls who got a new American Girl doll every Christmas. My sister did too, but has passed them onto our little cousin, but I couldn't bear to part with mine (though I did give away a lot of the extra stuff I had...like the horse)! XD
From left to right:
Felicity
Kirsten
Addy
Josephina
Doll from something else (can't remeber at the moment)
The "Look Like Me" doll who doesn't really look like me (and she's wearing one of Felicity's other dresses here...XD)
My Most Prized HSM possession for months...
While writing my first HSM fics "Explanations" and "My Best Friend's Secret", and even during more recent ones like "Daybreak Musings" and "Unlikely", I was constantly looking at this magazine and carrying it around everywhere with me in my bag. XD It was released before the second movie, so naturally I was constantly flipping through the pages of it to figure out more about what was coming in the new movie, and it has some really nice shots (including like set shots of Gabriella's room, which ended up being cut from the second movie! although it's spoken about as if it was going to be in the movie which makes me think it may have a been a last minute cut type of thing).
The only real reason I've stopped carrying it around is because (as you can probaly see) I kept flipping through it so much, I got scared the pages were going to start ripping or falling apart! Currently thinking of lamenating the pages or put them in protective sheets or something....XD But anyway, I love this magazine. And I love my mother for buying it for me.
My Grandmother loves to travel, and brings back dolls for me from the countries she visits
I can't even remember where all of these are from--although some are not bought by her but I just keep with the rest of the dolls because they're special. Such as the Kelly doll 'Stargazer Liana' which my mother bought me one day because I used to be extremely interested in Astrology. Also, the Native American Barbie is from here too, which someone bought from me (from I believe Toy's "R" Us) years ago. I used to call her my "Travel Doll" and brought her with me whenever I went anywhere away from home when I was little. Which is why her hair is so messy...XD And on the far left (behind the random sheep who I believe came with one of my American Girl Dolls), the "Irish Princess" Barbie is from here, and bought because she was a Special Edition type thing, and the doll was gorgeous and I'm Irish...
The rest of the dolls are all international souveniers from my Grandmother. One of the dolls got cut out though (you can see part of her dress behind the sheep). But my internet's going wacky on me right now, so I'll retake the picture later...
Mr. Wizard.
One of my favorite things, which I know is quite random. XD His name is Mr. Wizard. I bought him several days after Halloween a few years ago. He was on sale, and I bought him entirely with my own money. I consider him something like the "protector" of my room...XD
He's currently wearing these pretty headbands I bought the other day, and my "Big Apple Anime Fest 2003" pass....XD He's cool like that, and holds extra things.
Eagle Clock
It needs new batteries, that is not the current time. XD
My sister and I found this near the curb walking one day, that someone was throwing out. We thought it was very cool and carried it back to our house, and after being cleaned up a little, now is hanging in my room. :)
Remembrance Patience Whipple and the Beginning of my bookshelf...
I am a huge history/social studies geek, which I think is one of the reasons I do like dolls (especially period/cultural ones). One of my favorite books to read for years were "Dear America" books (which I still do like to read from time to time, though I don't think the company is still printing them much anymore). They were diary-format books about girls from different periods of time (usually around historical events like the great depression, the civil war, the huge surge of immigration in the 19th century in New York, the hippie culture in the 60s, etc.) in places in America (thus the name of the books), and in the back they had pictures and facts about the time period the book was about. One of my favorite ones was "Journey to the New World", and my mother surprised me one Christmas by buying me the doll (which I didn't know they made) of the girl in the book. I guess because I had outgrown the "American Girl" books. XD
I'm sure these books are part of what helped me do so well in social studies in middle/high school...
Bookshelf Continued, and another Irish doll
The strange thing in the bottom right of the picture is a souvenier our tenet brought back for me/us from Hawaii. XD It's supposed to be good luck.
Anyway, more of the "Dear America" books, and then the gold ones are from the same company, only the books are called "Royal Diaries", and they are fictional diaries of historical princesses or other major female figures, like Marie Antoinette, Queen Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, etc. Then a totally different series called "Daughters of the Moon". XD
The doll is a super-expensive Irish Doll bought at an Irish festival a few years ago. She's wearing traditional Irish clothes, and cloth made from Irish matierials (thus, why I refer to her as an "Irish Doll").
Bookshelf continued again, and the beginning of (part of) my manga collection.
First off, the following end of that first section of my bookshelf are a bunch of my old favorites that I've finished reading, like "Just Ella" and "Monsters In the Attic" and "The Folk Keeper", all of which I've read years ago, but loved so much so I keep them on my bookshelf.
Then, there's the gift my aunt brought me back from China (a fancy cutout thing in glass about people born the Year of the Snake...which I am. :P Hisss...XD). On top of what is the beginning of my manga collection.
Huge Kenshin Fan. I love Rurouni Kenshin. I still get sad when I go to the bookstore, see the series there, and realize there's no reason for me to buy one of the books because I finished the series. I've only watched a bit of the anime, which I enjoy, but I've read all and every part of the manga series. Anyone who's interested but not read manga yet, I highly reccommend Rurouni Kenshin. Hilarious, angsty, action-filled, pretty boy lead, and a touch of romance (although I'm so not a Karou fan....). Anyone who IS an anime fan, I hopefully don't have to tell you anything about Kenshin because you're already well versed on him and his series. It's a classic.
Then you also see my Gravatation collection (the first few books are missing...either because my sister is currently borrowing or I borrowed them from my friend before I started buying the books on my own, can't remember). Probably one of the most hysterical series ever written. To non-anime lovers, this is a TOTAL GAY BOY'S LOVE series. Yes, the Japanese totally write tons of stuff on that subject, and Gravitation is probably one of the best and definately one of the most popular of the genre. Even includes boy sex scenes. XD And just plain funny. Although the main character does end up getting raped at one point....
Bookshelf and Manga Collection continued.
Marmalade Boy, another classic series and very good too. Funny and angsty, full of subjects like divorce, teacher-student romances, and incest. Still one of my favorites.
Now the truely classic series, Sailor Moon! And Sailor V (which hasn't been released in English, I bought them in a French Store in the city and choose to take French in High School partially so I'd be able to read it since I was a HUGE Sailor Moon fan at the time). Very, very old series, but still occasionally go back to it.
Then MARS, which I was a huge fan of when it ran in "Smile" magazine (before it disconinued). Very very angsty romance, but very addictive too.
Booksehelf and manga continued....and in comes CLAMP!
Best authors ever--CLAMP, of which I am a ridiculously huge fan. Only part of my collection is here though (which is also why the books are partially falling over here). Why? Because some of their series (my favorites) are in my dormroom! And my sister (who is also a big CLAMP fan like me) has claimed some.
Here, however, you see original editions of Magic Knight Rayearth (the newer editions/translations are in my dormroom), X/1999 (greatest on hiatus series ever, and god I hope the Japanese magazine will let them print it the way they want soon! CLAMP currently isn't allowed to print their newer chapters of the series, because they are too graphic and depressing for the magazine to run, so instead of softening their writing they are choosing to wait until the magazine lets them run), CLOVER (prettiest series ever, angsty and just special. :P). Then is a bunch of Gay Boy's Love series (Il gatto sul G, Only the Ring Finger Knows, La Esperanca), special collection books, and then on the far right on the bottom is a partially-complete collection of Clamp no Kiseki. Two or three are not there because either my sister is currently reading on it or it's in my dorm room.
Clamp series not shown here that I own:
-Tokyo Babylon (probaby my all-time favorite series, currently at my dormroom for references/inspiration for writing)
-Chobits (dormroom, hilarious series)
-The One I Love (Dormroom)
-Clamp School Dectectives/Defenders:Duklyon/Man of Many faces/Paranormal Investigators (all claimed by sister, her favorites)
-Angelic Layer (claimed by sister)
-Tsubasa (in boxes because no room here)
-XXXHolic (in boxes because not enough room here)
-Legend of Chun Hyang (see above)
-Legal Drug (claimed by sister, another of her favorites)
-RG Veda (in sister's room because of lack of room)
-Wish (claimed by sister)
-Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland (dormroom)
-Clamp: Northside (dormroom)
-Clamp: Southside (claimed by sister)
-X: Zero and X: Infinity (dormroom)
-Shirahime Syo (missing! I have no idea where it's gone and will probably need to rebuy it...unfortunately, it was the expensive hardcover one too!!)
-Soryuden (claimed by sister)
-Rex (claimed and was bought by my sister)
-Suki (only series neither me or my sister have gotten, because after looking through it and partially reading one day, we were horribly dissapointed it and I'm still partially in denial Clamp wrote it because it's just not up to their standards.)
;P Like I said, I'm a HUGE Clamp fan. I could go on forever about them, but I'm assuming most people who will read this are not so I won't.
Also own many other mangas not shown here, and that's simply due to lack of space. If there's any other manga/anime fan out there interested in chatting over it with me, you're welcome to! XD
(Also a very huge Yoshihiro Togashi fan--AKA, HunterxHunter and YuYu Hakusho, the latter of which I own every DVD, and the former have watched every episode since the anime hasn't been released in the US. Currently working on collecting the manga for each)
Oh, in other news, looks like I will probably be able to bring my laptop with me on my skiing trip! Hopefully, also will have internet access...still have to pack so getting up early tommorrow to do so. Finished all the surveys today too for that bitchy teacher, so that's nice and completed. All in all, pretty okay day.
Also, after taking pictures of the HSM stuff, like before, I got addicted to taking the pictures, and so went on to take pictures of my room at home which I'm currently staying at for vacation--although I'm currently missing my dormroom like crazy, I can't go back until next thursday, since my little brother's midterms are coming up and my mother wants me to stay home and watch him and his friend when they come home early next week after their tests.
Anyway, here are the pics and comments on them! XD
A Very High School Musical Christmas...and more!
Pretty Rainbow Beads To Start
When I was moving downstairs, my mother was actually the one who decided the enterance to my room (after two different doors XD)would have beads...At the time, the only ones we could find for some odd reason were Rainbow ones...not that I mind. XD
Big HSM Poster From Grandma
I don't know where she got it, all I know is that wherever it was, she apparently waited in line FOREVER for it. Although when I saw the gift (still wrapped), I thought I was getting leftover wrapping paper...XDXD Of course, this was MUCH better. Random observation about the poster: Only characters with more than one picture are Ryan, Sharpay, Chad, and Troy. Not even Gabriella has two! And why Kelsi (who isn't considered one of the main six) has a picture I have no idea....
Chinatown Autographed Picture
My sister got me this for Christmas in Chinatown. Pretty standard HSM2 picture, but it's autographed which is pretty cool I think. Although my bf and I were making fun of the cast's signatures...for example, Zac's last name is illegible, Monique doesn't have a last name, and Lucas's name is apparently spelt "L Gll". XDXDXD
Yes, it exists!
High School Tubaware. I mentioned getting it to Poppyfields13 earlier. When I pulled it out of my "HSM Christmas Bag" that I got (a huge bag full of just HSM stuff--my family knows me so well sometimes...XD), I was laughing hysterically, as was my mother. And I'm debating whether or not to use it (i don't want to ruin it XD), but come back college and dormlife, I probably will. XD
Existance continued
XD And there's more HSM tubaware! Perfect for elementary school lunchboxes and college dormlife. XD
HSM All Access
I know kelbebop posted about this a while ago, but I was thrilled to get this for Christmas! Tons of pullout and extra stuff from both movies, and perfect for an obsessive fan like me! XD Seriously, if you see it and can get it (making sure someone hasn't pulled all of the stuff out--I think mine had one thing missing, but it was on a page about the East High Basketball team so I didn't care too much, the rest was there), definately buy it! It's totally worth the money....(unless you can get it as a present like I did! XD)
HSM All Access: Pictures of the Boys
At the very end of the book, they have these pullouts of the six main characters that are actually very good pictures. I don't remember if kelbebop scanned them for everyone (I know she did scan a good amount of the book), but just in case she did here you are! I love the picture of Ryan best, because it just seems very...him! XD The other two could be just Zac and Corbin, but the middle is definatey Ryan Evans. And he looks very cool too! (Zac/Troy looks a bit dorky here I peronally think XD)
HSM All Access: Girls
And here are the girls! Taylor looks very pretty, and Sharpay is Sharpay. The one criticism I have about this is that supposedly these pictures were taken for Mr. Fulton after the Lava Springs Talent Show, and yet (ignoring the fact that none of the six are wearing the right clothes...), Gabriella has long hair...
But that aside, the pictures of the girls are overall very nice. :)
HSM All Access:
One of my favorite parts of the book (again, can't remember if kelbebop posted about it); the notes that Ms. Darbus wrote about the many people auditioning for the musical in the first movie. XD Which are very funny. I do wonder who this "Jason" person is...XD I keep picturing that our Jason Cross auditioned for the musical! (XD don't kill me poppy!) "Will fade into background nicely".
My favorite note though is about Alan. XDXDXD
High School Musical Yearbook
Also got in my HSM Christmas bag. Very interesting, though only about the first movie, they have this "Superlatives" section in which Ryan wins "Best Eyes", and they make a stab at him supposedly "not the brightest bulb in East High". XD
Also they have a "East High Rumours" section, where they say "We hear Ryan is a huge Ashton Kutcher fan...who could blame him?" And EVERYTIME I read it I think is says "Ryan has a huge crush on Ashton Kutcher...who could blame him?" XDXDXDXD
Well, Disney probably meant to write that anyway. :P
My sister decorated my locker for my 18th birthday HSM-style...and it's still hanging in my room.
Okay, to clear this up a bit, at least in my Middle/High School, it was traditional that on your birthday your friends decorate your locker. In the five years I went to my Middle/High School, no one ever did it for me (which I was always a bit upset about but never really made a fuss about it). Yet, in my senior year, my sister surprised me by doing it! XD Which I loved so much and was so happy about, I kept it up for about the next WEEK!! And when I took it down, I kept it all nice and now it's hanging in my room.
As I have mentioned, when I first got into HSM, I was a huge Rypay, which is why the first picture (anime/manga-styled because that's my artistic sister's specialty) is of what it is. The bottom there is Chad, because I was just starting to get into that couple too...XD
My sister's locker poster decoration continued.
Okay, to explain the blue part--there was a pen attached and hanging from my locker so people could sign the poster, and before the school day finished, my bf (though at the time we were just friends) noticed someone had stolen it and wrote that. XD
The bottom is a "chibi" Ryan...my sister is very talented, is she not? XD I think so at least....
American Girl Dolls (and another one from something else...XD)
Yes, I was one of those girls who got a new American Girl doll every Christmas. My sister did too, but has passed them onto our little cousin, but I couldn't bear to part with mine (though I did give away a lot of the extra stuff I had...like the horse)! XD
From left to right:
Felicity
Kirsten
Addy
Josephina
Doll from something else (can't remeber at the moment)
The "Look Like Me" doll who doesn't really look like me (and she's wearing one of Felicity's other dresses here...XD)
My Most Prized HSM possession for months...
While writing my first HSM fics "Explanations" and "My Best Friend's Secret", and even during more recent ones like "Daybreak Musings" and "Unlikely", I was constantly looking at this magazine and carrying it around everywhere with me in my bag. XD It was released before the second movie, so naturally I was constantly flipping through the pages of it to figure out more about what was coming in the new movie, and it has some really nice shots (including like set shots of Gabriella's room, which ended up being cut from the second movie! although it's spoken about as if it was going to be in the movie which makes me think it may have a been a last minute cut type of thing).
The only real reason I've stopped carrying it around is because (as you can probaly see) I kept flipping through it so much, I got scared the pages were going to start ripping or falling apart! Currently thinking of lamenating the pages or put them in protective sheets or something....XD But anyway, I love this magazine. And I love my mother for buying it for me.
My Grandmother loves to travel, and brings back dolls for me from the countries she visits
I can't even remember where all of these are from--although some are not bought by her but I just keep with the rest of the dolls because they're special. Such as the Kelly doll 'Stargazer Liana' which my mother bought me one day because I used to be extremely interested in Astrology. Also, the Native American Barbie is from here too, which someone bought from me (from I believe Toy's "R" Us) years ago. I used to call her my "Travel Doll" and brought her with me whenever I went anywhere away from home when I was little. Which is why her hair is so messy...XD And on the far left (behind the random sheep who I believe came with one of my American Girl Dolls), the "Irish Princess" Barbie is from here, and bought because she was a Special Edition type thing, and the doll was gorgeous and I'm Irish...
The rest of the dolls are all international souveniers from my Grandmother. One of the dolls got cut out though (you can see part of her dress behind the sheep). But my internet's going wacky on me right now, so I'll retake the picture later...
Mr. Wizard.
One of my favorite things, which I know is quite random. XD His name is Mr. Wizard. I bought him several days after Halloween a few years ago. He was on sale, and I bought him entirely with my own money. I consider him something like the "protector" of my room...XD
He's currently wearing these pretty headbands I bought the other day, and my "Big Apple Anime Fest 2003" pass....XD He's cool like that, and holds extra things.
Eagle Clock
It needs new batteries, that is not the current time. XD
My sister and I found this near the curb walking one day, that someone was throwing out. We thought it was very cool and carried it back to our house, and after being cleaned up a little, now is hanging in my room. :)
Remembrance Patience Whipple and the Beginning of my bookshelf...
I am a huge history/social studies geek, which I think is one of the reasons I do like dolls (especially period/cultural ones). One of my favorite books to read for years were "Dear America" books (which I still do like to read from time to time, though I don't think the company is still printing them much anymore). They were diary-format books about girls from different periods of time (usually around historical events like the great depression, the civil war, the huge surge of immigration in the 19th century in New York, the hippie culture in the 60s, etc.) in places in America (thus the name of the books), and in the back they had pictures and facts about the time period the book was about. One of my favorite ones was "Journey to the New World", and my mother surprised me one Christmas by buying me the doll (which I didn't know they made) of the girl in the book. I guess because I had outgrown the "American Girl" books. XD
I'm sure these books are part of what helped me do so well in social studies in middle/high school...
Bookshelf Continued, and another Irish doll
The strange thing in the bottom right of the picture is a souvenier our tenet brought back for me/us from Hawaii. XD It's supposed to be good luck.
Anyway, more of the "Dear America" books, and then the gold ones are from the same company, only the books are called "Royal Diaries", and they are fictional diaries of historical princesses or other major female figures, like Marie Antoinette, Queen Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, etc. Then a totally different series called "Daughters of the Moon". XD
The doll is a super-expensive Irish Doll bought at an Irish festival a few years ago. She's wearing traditional Irish clothes, and cloth made from Irish matierials (thus, why I refer to her as an "Irish Doll").
Bookshelf continued again, and the beginning of (part of) my manga collection.
First off, the following end of that first section of my bookshelf are a bunch of my old favorites that I've finished reading, like "Just Ella" and "Monsters In the Attic" and "The Folk Keeper", all of which I've read years ago, but loved so much so I keep them on my bookshelf.
Then, there's the gift my aunt brought me back from China (a fancy cutout thing in glass about people born the Year of the Snake...which I am. :P Hisss...XD). On top of what is the beginning of my manga collection.
Huge Kenshin Fan. I love Rurouni Kenshin. I still get sad when I go to the bookstore, see the series there, and realize there's no reason for me to buy one of the books because I finished the series. I've only watched a bit of the anime, which I enjoy, but I've read all and every part of the manga series. Anyone who's interested but not read manga yet, I highly reccommend Rurouni Kenshin. Hilarious, angsty, action-filled, pretty boy lead, and a touch of romance (although I'm so not a Karou fan....). Anyone who IS an anime fan, I hopefully don't have to tell you anything about Kenshin because you're already well versed on him and his series. It's a classic.
Then you also see my Gravatation collection (the first few books are missing...either because my sister is currently borrowing or I borrowed them from my friend before I started buying the books on my own, can't remember). Probably one of the most hysterical series ever written. To non-anime lovers, this is a TOTAL GAY BOY'S LOVE series. Yes, the Japanese totally write tons of stuff on that subject, and Gravitation is probably one of the best and definately one of the most popular of the genre. Even includes boy sex scenes. XD And just plain funny. Although the main character does end up getting raped at one point....
Bookshelf and Manga Collection continued.
Marmalade Boy, another classic series and very good too. Funny and angsty, full of subjects like divorce, teacher-student romances, and incest. Still one of my favorites.
Now the truely classic series, Sailor Moon! And Sailor V (which hasn't been released in English, I bought them in a French Store in the city and choose to take French in High School partially so I'd be able to read it since I was a HUGE Sailor Moon fan at the time). Very, very old series, but still occasionally go back to it.
Then MARS, which I was a huge fan of when it ran in "Smile" magazine (before it disconinued). Very very angsty romance, but very addictive too.
Booksehelf and manga continued....and in comes CLAMP!
Best authors ever--CLAMP, of which I am a ridiculously huge fan. Only part of my collection is here though (which is also why the books are partially falling over here). Why? Because some of their series (my favorites) are in my dormroom! And my sister (who is also a big CLAMP fan like me) has claimed some.
Here, however, you see original editions of Magic Knight Rayearth (the newer editions/translations are in my dormroom), X/1999 (greatest on hiatus series ever, and god I hope the Japanese magazine will let them print it the way they want soon! CLAMP currently isn't allowed to print their newer chapters of the series, because they are too graphic and depressing for the magazine to run, so instead of softening their writing they are choosing to wait until the magazine lets them run), CLOVER (prettiest series ever, angsty and just special. :P). Then is a bunch of Gay Boy's Love series (Il gatto sul G, Only the Ring Finger Knows, La Esperanca), special collection books, and then on the far right on the bottom is a partially-complete collection of Clamp no Kiseki. Two or three are not there because either my sister is currently reading on it or it's in my dorm room.
Clamp series not shown here that I own:
-Tokyo Babylon (probaby my all-time favorite series, currently at my dormroom for references/inspiration for writing)
-Chobits (dormroom, hilarious series)
-The One I Love (Dormroom)
-Clamp School Dectectives/Defenders:Duklyon/Man of Many faces/Paranormal Investigators (all claimed by sister, her favorites)
-Angelic Layer (claimed by sister)
-Tsubasa (in boxes because no room here)
-XXXHolic (in boxes because not enough room here)
-Legend of Chun Hyang (see above)
-Legal Drug (claimed by sister, another of her favorites)
-RG Veda (in sister's room because of lack of room)
-Wish (claimed by sister)
-Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland (dormroom)
-Clamp: Northside (dormroom)
-Clamp: Southside (claimed by sister)
-X: Zero and X: Infinity (dormroom)
-Shirahime Syo (missing! I have no idea where it's gone and will probably need to rebuy it...unfortunately, it was the expensive hardcover one too!!)
-Soryuden (claimed by sister)
-Rex (claimed and was bought by my sister)
-Suki (only series neither me or my sister have gotten, because after looking through it and partially reading one day, we were horribly dissapointed it and I'm still partially in denial Clamp wrote it because it's just not up to their standards.)
;P Like I said, I'm a HUGE Clamp fan. I could go on forever about them, but I'm assuming most people who will read this are not so I won't.
Also own many other mangas not shown here, and that's simply due to lack of space. If there's any other manga/anime fan out there interested in chatting over it with me, you're welcome to! XD
(Also a very huge Yoshihiro Togashi fan--AKA, HunterxHunter and YuYu Hakusho, the latter of which I own every DVD, and the former have watched every episode since the anime hasn't been released in the US. Currently working on collecting the manga for each)
Oh, in other news, looks like I will probably be able to bring my laptop with me on my skiing trip! Hopefully, also will have internet access...still have to pack so getting up early tommorrow to do so. Finished all the surveys today too for that bitchy teacher, so that's nice and completed. All in all, pretty okay day.