Bandolero by Day

Well, I think two people were curious! Okay then!

Wha-BAM

1 = Saiyuki. Reincarnated with much, much better hair.

4 = Legend of Legaia. It's a videogame RPG. YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN HAVE OBSCURE VIDEOGAME FANDOMS, EVERYONE ELSE. <3 Legend of Legaia.

5 = Scrubs. Three words: "hug me" shirt.

7 = A Series of Unfortunate Events. I suppose that hint was a bit obscure, but I thought the genderless blob was really rather memorable.

This post coincides with another homework break.

Tonight I watched the Oscars for the first time in...

...ever.

I watched for Jon Stewart. I know that was the plan: make up for the lack of blockbuster power by pulling in Stewart's fan base. It totally worked on me. I went into the trap knowing full well it was a trap, but you know, it was worth it. He was great. He started out a little nervous and then ripped into the Oscars here and there, without being a total jackass. Good times.

There was more non-Oscar stuff I wanted to say, but hearing the Brokeback Mountain theme over and over made me sad and has drained me of the ability to communicate. I'm just gonna go over there now.

(This icon makes me happy again, because Kougaiji is very much the emo kid. No, really.)

The other night at work, one of my coworkers said that I must be the reincarnation of a monkey. It's... sort of a long story, but it was a compliment. An awesome compliment. Naturally, the first thing I thought was, "Hee hee, Goku's a monkey, too!" Of course, had she mentioned apes, my first thought would have been orangutan (who incidentally might be interested in this if she hasn't seen it yet), but she said "monkey," so, "Goku." Saiyuki Goku. You should've seen that one coming.

Anyway, to celebrate this compliment, and the fact that new Saiyuki fans keep popping up right under my nose, I translated a question from the Q&A session of Saiyuubito, the 10th anniversary series guide. Man, I sounds like such a geek right now. neherenia and shortcakegreen may remember this one from Otakon. We all wanted to know what it said, but the kanji was just too much for my brain and my limited reference book to handle.


Q. 他のメンバー(三蔵・八戒・悟浄)を食べ物にたとえると、それぞれ何になりますか?

Q. If the other members (Sanzo/Hakkai/Gojyo) were food, what sort of food would they be?

悟空　「ん～～．．．．．．ちょっと待って、難しーな。三蔵が、金箔の載ってる饅頭。八戒は茶団子。悟浄は海老シュウマイ」　(それって色だけでは．．．．．．)

Goku "Hm... just a sec, this is hard. Sanzo would be gold foil manjuu [steamed buns]. Hakkai would be chadango [green tea dumplings]. Gojyo would be ebi shuumai [steamed shrimp dumplings]." (choices based just on color...)


So what have we learned?

1. I know next to nothing about Japanese food

2. Goku isn't one for complex metaphors

3. when Goku thinks "green," the first food he thinks of is not a vegetable, but a dumpling

4. Gojyo is the color of shrimp?

5. I probably missed some nuance in the last bit of the translation (for I am a n00b)


OKAY! That was adorable and educational! Now I'm hungry. And sleepy.

Ah, the eternal conflict of food vs. sleep. Here I must play peacemaker, and accomodate both.

I am very, very tired due to the joint power of school and work. I am too tired for content, in fact. Therefore, I give you a meme. In this meme, one lists all the characters in their icons in alphabetical order, and then goes down the list pairing them up. Later, explosions.

( Let's get this party star- BOOM )

Tomorrow, Starbucks is holding an ice cream social. Tomorrow, I work, and I start at 7:30 am.

Pro: ice cream
Con: also frappuccinos... frappuccinos out the ass

Oh how I loathe the frappuccino.

Another Con: twice the usual number of insane customers

I will have to exercise a lot of willpower to keep myself from choking a bitch.

PRO: after the shift from frappuccino hell, I finally get a couple of days off. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE A DAY OFF I AM SO EXCITED YAY!


Z's weird confession of the day: I've never listened to My Chemical Romance before, but this song is catchy and I REALLY like the video. You see, the video is like some sort of crazy goth musical, and I find that to be both hilarious and charming. It's the goths doing the Fred Astaire umbrella dancing that really make it.

Z's fangirl squeal of the day: I just picked up volume nine of Saiyuki. TODAY IS THE DAY that I can officially say that I have the entire English language Saiyuki manga, AS WELL AS the first four volumes of Reload in Japanese, AS WELL AS a small but delightful shelf-full of merchandise, AS WELL AS six thousand sad geek points. But that's okay. Because I say it is.

BRACE YOURSELF FOR SLEEP.