Sep 29, 2007 22:45
Aaaahh! Midterms are already coming up -- and it seems like the semester just began. Where has all the time gone?? I have very little time to study and complete assignments, I'm seriously lagging behind. When I should be doing homework, I'm usually reading fanfiction (damn it, why is it so addictive? And why do so many writers like McKay, SN, lore, Cedar, Syne, and the others in my Snupin comm. write such awesome work? I blame their fics for my lack of productivity.) Bad, bad, bad. . . .I have to pull my shit together!
I wonder why M.A. stopped contacting me. Was it something I said?
My own fics (which I write in spare time) aren't progressing very far *sigh* I wish I had more friends to turn to for advice, for a good chat, etc. SN has been soo sweet, contacting me when I've just been withdrawn in my own lil world for the past weeks. It's nice to talk to someone.
Japan -- land of my dreams. I've been very obsessed with Japanese culture this past week. It began when I read Battle Royale, the controversial novel by Koushun Takami. Damn, it was an engrossing narrative (even if the translation was a bit sloppy). Kawada, Kiriyama, and Mimura were so badass! And hot . . .I couldn't help having slashy reveries about those boys. Another example of my lameness: I choked up when Mimura was killed, and honestly wept for a good ten minutes when Kawada died. I've seen the poor-quality film version with English subs. I loved it mostly for the excellent performances by Masanobu Ando and Tsukamoto Takashi, two of the most beautiful Japanese actors I've ever seen. My only qualm with the film was its pacing; it moved too quickly, the students were killed off way too fast. In contrast, the book built up the tension steadily, so that the death scenes provided jolts of surprise. Anyways, I'm finished with those, so now I'm thinking about starting the 15-volume manga, which is supposed to be more graphic and violent than both the book and film. Until then, I'm watching anime: Gravitation, Loveless, Ai no Kusabi. Also, my friend and I have been discussing (over sushi, hehe) about a trip to Japan immediately after graduation. We'd like to track down Murakami Maki (the creator of our favorite manga) and beg for jobs. That'd be sweet, but for now, we'll settle for drooling over the pretty Japanese boys who attend our uni. Only *counts on fingers* 10 more months until the yaoi convention that's coming to our town. Yay for boylove!!
Speaking of male/male affection, I saw Cronenberg's Eastern Promises two weeks ago. It was brilliant. Gah, the implicit homoeroticism between Nikolai and Kirill was fucking hot! I love Vincent Cassel.
My birthday is coming up in Nov. What should I ask for? I'm not a person to ask for anything on my bday, or Christmas, so it's hard to think about this.
I'm writing a screenplay (for class). I think I'll post it here, along with my Snape fic.
*sigh* I'm lonely