So for all of you who know me, you know my life revolves around books. Books. A simple concept; A container filled with pages upon pages filled with: letters, words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters. One of the greatest inventions in the history of man! That is to my point of view.
My books mean a lot to me. Through them I've improved my reading, picked up new skills, escaped the harshness of life, and made lifelong friends. In one word they are irreplaceable.
Well today while checking what's up in my favorite authors' life (you know release dates, appearances, and the like) I noticed that the title for Jim Butcher's future Codex of Alera book had been released. First Lord's Fury. Oh such a wonderful title! *floats* That is . . .
Until I read the little note above. It said that this was the sixth and final volume in the Codex of Alera series! I literally teared up, and felt my heart physically break, my soul shattering into a thousand pieces. Leaving me in a fragile state. I could hardly breathe and my eyesight turned dark and fuzzy.
Luckily Maritza was online to let me borrow her heart glue. That barely did the job, so we had to up-grade to hot glue gun. But still I feel like a part of me will never be the same. I'm sure I lost part of my soul, and it will only ever come back whenever I reread the series.
Even though everything seems fine now, it isn't really. I remember finishing Harry Potter. The first series I ever got into, and actually went on to collect. My world was turned upside down. My one solace was that Codex of Alera was there for me in the forthcoming times. And now . . .
It's gone . . .
I know I am being dramatic, but just like Harry Potter, this was a series I'd been committed to for a prolonged amount of time. I think I've been reading it for like five years! I remember spotting it in the library and thinking, "this is gonna be good!" I was right, and I went on to buy his latest editions. I'm still missing the 1st and 2nd book, but I practically have them memorized by heart.
Since Harry Potter 2 of my trilogies/series have ended. The Mistborn Trilogy, and of course the Twilight series. Both were sad occasions, but they didn't cause the same amount of pain. I guess because I was ready to let go. I mean I have 2 authors that will provide me with ample book material, but then again they release in June. Of course I'm talking about my number one favorite authors' Lynn Flewelling ( who I've actually met :D) with The White Road, and Brandon Sanderson (who I almost met but was 2 sick to see) with Warbreaker.
I just hope that by the time December comes I will be ready to let go. . .
I was listening to this song the whole time plus it has Ron in it! It doesn't have an official vid :(
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Karaoke
Oh Ben! is all I can say, well not really.
Maritza took me to a karaoke bar today, it was my first time ever. Of course I was very apprehensive about the whole singing thing, as my singing voice is not the best. Although I do have plenty of other skills that make up for this.
The atmosphere was great, the people . . . awesome! It's always fun getting together with my fellow co-workers, whose company I enjoy to the max. What wasn't to like??? The music, the lights, the magic!!! It was all very enjoyable, even more so when it's people u know.
I love hearing Chewie sing, it's like . . . well it's hard to explain it. So you'd have to experience it first hand. All I have to say is that Maritza and Chewie are the kings and queens of Karaoke and DDR, and nobody NOBODY can tell me other wise.
So everything is going pink as a cloud, but of course people kept asking me if I was gonna sing. Karaoke bars are NOT like Karaoke revolution. It's a harsh thing, but c' la vie.
Maritza kept saying I should sing by myself. HAH!!! As if I would ever attempt such a feat, when my psyche is in such poor condition. Well finally she decided we could do a duet. She pored over the book, but then she had to pee ( it was the long island iced tea) While she was gone I found that they indeed had HSM songs. Imagine Maritza's glee upon returning from the loo to find this out. Laaa! I swear she nearly peed her pants from joyce, and the only thing that stopped her was the lack of pee in her bladder.
Then we debated whether we would actually go through with it. I turned in the slip with our request.
WE almost didn't make it since it was toward the end of the night. I hoped that we wouldn't get a turn, while wishing for the opposite at the the same time.
They called our names. OMGZ! What will I do??? We went up of course, no way to back out with all our friends there . . . grrr
Breaking Free. That was our song. I asked Maritza to sing along with me during my parts. She did at first, but then like a parent helping a child learn to ride a bike, she let go! AHHHH! Thankfully I only wobbled instead of falling flat on my face on the floor. Although I didn't fail I still felt chilled to my core. I have horrible stage fright when it comes to things that are new to me. I focused really hard on Maritza's face.
In the end we made our way to our seats amongst clapping, but I was only aware of my every step. The hand holding the microphone was numb, and my legs were turned to jelly. I felt like puking, and I was really dizzy all at the same time. My heart is still racing at the mere thought of this, but despite it all . . . I thank Maritza for the exhilarating new experience.
Maritza took me to a karaoke bar today, it was my first time ever. Of course I was very apprehensive about the whole singing thing, as my singing voice is not the best. Although I do have plenty of other skills that make up for this.
The atmosphere was great, the people . . . awesome! It's always fun getting together with my fellow co-workers, whose company I enjoy to the max. What wasn't to like??? The music, the lights, the magic!!! It was all very enjoyable, even more so when it's people u know.
I love hearing Chewie sing, it's like . . . well it's hard to explain it. So you'd have to experience it first hand. All I have to say is that Maritza and Chewie are the kings and queens of Karaoke and DDR, and nobody NOBODY can tell me other wise.
So everything is going pink as a cloud, but of course people kept asking me if I was gonna sing. Karaoke bars are NOT like Karaoke revolution. It's a harsh thing, but c' la vie.
Maritza kept saying I should sing by myself. HAH!!! As if I would ever attempt such a feat, when my psyche is in such poor condition. Well finally she decided we could do a duet. She pored over the book, but then she had to pee ( it was the long island iced tea) While she was gone I found that they indeed had HSM songs. Imagine Maritza's glee upon returning from the loo to find this out. Laaa! I swear she nearly peed her pants from joyce, and the only thing that stopped her was the lack of pee in her bladder.
Then we debated whether we would actually go through with it. I turned in the slip with our request.
WE almost didn't make it since it was toward the end of the night. I hoped that we wouldn't get a turn, while wishing for the opposite at the the same time.
They called our names. OMGZ! What will I do??? We went up of course, no way to back out with all our friends there . . . grrr
Breaking Free. That was our song. I asked Maritza to sing along with me during my parts. She did at first, but then like a parent helping a child learn to ride a bike, she let go! AHHHH! Thankfully I only wobbled instead of falling flat on my face on the floor. Although I didn't fail I still felt chilled to my core. I have horrible stage fright when it comes to things that are new to me. I focused really hard on Maritza's face.
In the end we made our way to our seats amongst clapping, but I was only aware of my every step. The hand holding the microphone was numb, and my legs were turned to jelly. I felt like puking, and I was really dizzy all at the same time. My heart is still racing at the mere thought of this, but despite it all . . . I thank Maritza for the exhilarating new experience.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Skip Beat!
Well if you've talked to me recently you'd know this is my new manga/anime obsession. To the point that I'm not really catching up with my old titles! It's all I EVER think about!!! Be I at school, work, sleeping, reading; it is constantly on my mind. Well today I was reading the manga and it got to this really juicy part, but I was like I SHOULD go get ready for work . . . Well just as I decided that I also decided that I should try to watch just one teenzy episode of Skip Beat! the anime . . . Well I'm on episode 3 right now, but when I was trying to access it I noticed that episode 17 was the episode that had to do with that juicy part of the manga where I left off!
So whatevs I went unto episode 3, but about 1/3 of the way in I couldn't stand it anymore and went straight to episode 17. I skipped a bunch of it, but it wasn't the one I was looking for!!! So of course now that the hooks of obsession had sunk all the way in I HAD to go on to episode 18. A bliss!!! It was soo good, but it was only part 1!!!!!! Well I tried to access episode 19 at crunchyroll.com where I usually go to for all my anime/drama needs....
IT FAILED ME!!!!!
Apparently the episode isn't made public till 2 days from now, otherwise u had to pay fro it! I mean was desperate now, but was I THAT desperate?
HA HA HAH!!! Take this crunchyroll! I have a backup!!! YES!!! When you fail me, like today I go to zomganime.com! This place only fails me when it comes to ultra old anime, but otherwise it is reliable.
The episode was awesome!!! but now i have to wait 3 days till the next one :( Quality is also not the best @ zomg. It tends t be fuzzy and sometimes you can almost not read the subtitles, but it is all worth it!!! *burning with craziness*
Ooops g2g I have to leave for work in like 5 mins!!!!
So whatevs I went unto episode 3, but about 1/3 of the way in I couldn't stand it anymore and went straight to episode 17. I skipped a bunch of it, but it wasn't the one I was looking for!!! So of course now that the hooks of obsession had sunk all the way in I HAD to go on to episode 18. A bliss!!! It was soo good, but it was only part 1!!!!!! Well I tried to access episode 19 at crunchyroll.com where I usually go to for all my anime/drama needs....
IT FAILED ME!!!!!
Apparently the episode isn't made public till 2 days from now, otherwise u had to pay fro it! I mean was desperate now, but was I THAT desperate?
HA HA HAH!!! Take this crunchyroll! I have a backup!!! YES!!! When you fail me, like today I go to zomganime.com! This place only fails me when it comes to ultra old anime, but otherwise it is reliable.
The episode was awesome!!! but now i have to wait 3 days till the next one :( Quality is also not the best @ zomg. It tends t be fuzzy and sometimes you can almost not read the subtitles, but it is all worth it!!! *burning with craziness*
Ooops g2g I have to leave for work in like 5 mins!!!!
Monday, February 9, 2009
manga!
So my Internet is finally working!!! YEY!!! This is awesome cuz I can finally try to catch up with my online junk, such as anime and manga. This had been greatly distressing me, and of course now I can blog on a more regular basis. I never realized how much I'd enjoy blogging, but it is truly a great experience.
How do I explain what it feels like to be on manga again? It's like . . . a fresh of breath air. Jumping off a cliff and finding you are in some wondrous meadow! ( no I am not dead just cuz I fell off the cliff) It's just sooo exhilarating to be picking up one of my old hobbies again. I really missed staying up late. You just started reading a manga, but then it's sooo long that you know you must stop soon. Yet somehow you can't convince yourself to do so. You make up excuses for why you shouldn't stop. You say "Oh, but I just got to a good part! There's no way I can stop now, I just won't be able to sleep!" And in reality it is true. You go to bed and try to sleep, but you are sooo hooked you can't go to sleep without knowing what's gonna happen next. Even though you tell yourself it's only for 5 minutes it somehow turns into 2 hours, but boy is it worth the lack of sleep. A good manga or anime is worth as much as a good night spent with friends. On that note I leave you all to go watch some manga!
How do I explain what it feels like to be on manga again? It's like . . . a fresh of breath air. Jumping off a cliff and finding you are in some wondrous meadow! ( no I am not dead just cuz I fell off the cliff) It's just sooo exhilarating to be picking up one of my old hobbies again. I really missed staying up late. You just started reading a manga, but then it's sooo long that you know you must stop soon. Yet somehow you can't convince yourself to do so. You make up excuses for why you shouldn't stop. You say "Oh, but I just got to a good part! There's no way I can stop now, I just won't be able to sleep!" And in reality it is true. You go to bed and try to sleep, but you are sooo hooked you can't go to sleep without knowing what's gonna happen next. Even though you tell yourself it's only for 5 minutes it somehow turns into 2 hours, but boy is it worth the lack of sleep. A good manga or anime is worth as much as a good night spent with friends. On that note I leave you all to go watch some manga!
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