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Sunday, November 4, 2001 04:57 p.m.
Well...I always said that I would never use my blog to badmouth anyone, to blog flame or use it in a blog war, and I refuse to do so, but I would like to have an opportunity to defend myself when accused wrongly >_<

So I've been flamed on Ochiba's Gamer's Board by Ochiba herself...I'm not going to flame Ochiba because for all I know it could be a misunderstanding....and I will be making myself as bad as she if I return her flames on her board, my board or anyone else's board. But this is my territory and I have free reign here and I'll do as I please, as long as I don't sell out Ź.Ź;; So you won't find any ochiba flames here....just the admission that I'm more than a bit surprised and a bit hurt that she would flame me as an enemy of the anime community >_<

I woke up this Sunday to two icq messages informing me that Ochiba has flamed me on her board. And indeed, it turns out that out of nowhere she accuses me of "coercing" people to send me her files of fansubbed anime. For those remotely interested, it's here. And at the very least I would like to say I take offense to that accusation.... I have only asked for ONE file, and that was Fujimi no Ochestra and I would hardly call the requests coersion. In fact, she had already posted permission on her public site giving her members permission to trade it and was looking for a distributor to get it out to the anime fans. In addtion, she was the one who told me about the project and she said she would send it to me....course she then freaked out on me on another board, again out of nowhere, saying that she wouldn't send me the file (again, in public) apparently because I don't post to her board. *sigh* I thought she was kidding by the way it's written on the board. And I refuse to believe she is angry with me for "partaking" in another person's board...I don't think she's that selfish. But I can't read her mind and so I took it with a grain of salt.

I realize that this sounds like such an unimportant thing, but Ochiba and I have had a love/hate relationship for months now. We've been going back and forth fighting and making up and fighting and making up. She and I have shared numerous files and numberous chats and emails, even after I quit Ochiba Anime Club....and this is just maybe an indication that it's time to stop trying, for both of us. Again, this is not a flame against Ochiba. It's very fair to say that I believe she has tried to make our friendship work as much as I have. I know she has. And she was probably really angry when she posted the flame, it happens. But I think it's just time to admit it's just not working and just might not be salvageable. I should have listened to Kai Ling when she told me not to bother. I know...she's wagging her finger at me saying, "I told you Rence..." But I don't think she can blame me for trying. Anyhow, there's the log for this lovely Sunday afternooon.....the new layout for hanayume.net for November will be up maybe later today. Ciao.

Friday, October 26, 2001 11:24 p.m.
Wai!! Life is good ^0^

I have my Frankie back ^0^ I went to pick him up at the Kennel and though I know he had fun playing there, he was dragging me around and clawing the doors trying to get out...and then he...dragged me to my car-chan Ź.Ź;;; and jumped on it....

I think he missed me...

But he got nice and calm on the drive home and promptly ran to his crate and fell asleep Ź.Ź;; Ah the life of a dawg...

After we had the car washed and vacuumed of Frankie-fur, we went to the post office to pick up packages and my Alichino 1-2 and my Gravitation FanBook from Sasuga Bookstore was there. Ah the life of a manga addict....Alichino is GORGEOUS, and it has furigana *sob of relief* Mairi thought it was absent of any furigana, but thankfully, it's there : ) I also found chapter 1 translations.

Tomorrow I have to put in a full day to try and catch up on all the work that didn't get done while I was on vacation...I am a bit worried. I ordered some manga and had it sent to the office. But when I called this morning, they said it wasn't there. I'm hoping against hope they just don't know what they were looking at and are mistaken. But I have this feeling that what as supposed to be there long ago is indeed not there....well I'll either be happy again this time tomorrow or ... not. We'll see.

Life is still good because Bakamx finished Noir today! Yay! I have to catch up and finish the series now.

I am having a cup of tea. Why is that so special? Cuz while I was in Chinatown I found a tea shop on Grant that sold some tea by the box of tea bags, some loose, and some only by the cup....for $3.50 to $3.95 depending on the tea. Of course, being one with usually expensive taste, I fell in love with a tea that is made out of hibiscus tea bag tea mixed with some liquid concentrate of plum tea extract. Of course it is only sold by the cup for $3.95 each cup and they do not sell the plum concentrate >_< I lamented that it was fine now, but what would I do when I went back to Chicago? They didn't want to move here to Chicago to make me their special blend of hibiscus and plum tea. How mean. So I kept lamenting my pathetic situation Ź.Ź;; And the woman felt bad that I would be deprived of my hibiscus and plum tea....so the sweetie sent me home with a little plastic jar of the plum concentrate, for free I might add. I thought that was very nice of her ^0^ So I'm having some tea ^0^

Friday, October 26, 2001 01:18 a.m.
Ok so I did it Ź.Ź;;; I actually did get on a plane with the help of some valium....there and back Ź.Ź;; I was in San Francisco for ten days and just arrived back to Home Sweet Home in Chicago two hours ago. *sigh* I love Chicago ^0^ But I spent all ten days in San Francisco Chinatown with two nice visits to Japantown ^0^ One with Jill James and Jennifer Mondazzi - who knocked me for a loop by gifting me with Toraware no Minoue volume 4. Thanks so much Jennifer!!!! ^0^ She also gave me a charm to help me find a future husband. My mother thanks you Jennifer : P~ But the charm is gorgeous. I'm gonna hang it from my headboard...maybe it will give me sweet bishonen dreams ^0^

And then the second trip with Nellie ^0^ Nellie took me out to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory in SF Macy's. Yes the hour and a half wait was well worth the meal and drinks. We were so stuffed we shared dessert ^0^ Then I got to meet Nellie's parents: my parents, her parents and us (and her sister) met for dim sum. They are SO cute : ) Her dad is sooo sweet and her mom rocks. I had so much fun ^0^ Her sister is a sweetie too. It was wondeful meeting them all.

Meeting up with my cousin Mary Kay her her folks was fun too. It's been a year since I saw them all and I was happy to see them. Mary Kay sent me off with hot choco mix, chicken noodle soup and candy for the plane ride back. I was half asleep the way home...but man, going from 80 degrees in SF to 36 degrees in chicago was a shock! *opens up hot choco mix*

Course, my leg gave out on Nellie midway though our trip to Japantown and I was a party pooper and had to go back to the motel for meds >_< But I took her out to dinner to win her over : P then the next day was a medical meeting my dad wanted me to attend, but my leg gave out again afterwards and I missed dinner and gimped about my room >_< the next day I got better meds and was much better though, so I met up with more family and walked around Chinatown again the next day. I really am fond of SF Chinatown....

While at Kino's in Japantown, I picked up the manga version of the new anime Hikaro no Go (volumes 2-6 with volume 1 on order)..then I found out there are 14 actually....so of course I need to place another order ^0^ Now I have to find the newly subbed episodes on irc ^0^ Live-Evil is working on the first digisubbed episode right now. I am looking forward to their release of their new project.

I picked up Chobits 3, which came with a really pretty postcard holder. apparently they are now including future manga releases with a postcard, which is kewl because I love the art. It has an image on each side and slots inside for future postcards.

I also picked up the English translated volumes 1-2 of Clover by CLAMP. I read them on the plane ride home tonight and was very pleased with those as well. I can't wait for the next two volumes to be released.

I picked up 1-3 of Imadoki by Watase Yuu, which is going to be animated this coming season. I saw two more volumes of the manga but was too busy collecting Hikaro no Go...I don't know if it's complete or ongoing...

I also saw the special release of the Fushigi Yuugi manga, which comes with a special promotional mousepad, which will not be released anywhere else (perhaps ebay). It's a two volume compilatation of the entire manga series and is about $35.00 It's a limited edition too. I sadly had no more money to pick it up but may order it later this month.

er...gravitation ova 2 subbed is being sent to me as I type this (gahd I love IRC) and I've just been told "tonz" has been released in my absence and is being sent to me. Gahd I love IRC ^0^ I've also been given the url for Yami no Matsuei 10-13 since I can't get into the site to browse around for some reason. I haven't been able to load the site since before my vacation >_< I hope the server is more reliable soon. I have seen the whole series and highly recommend it, but now I can pass along these eps to those of my friends who can't get them...or who are waiting for me to send them my tapes >_< Sorry Kichiri...I'm almost done with our trade >_<

Obviously I've been procrastinating going to bed. I've been missing Frankie. I had to kennel him while I was on vacation and have been anxious to see him. I won't be able to pick him up until tomorrow at 11am...I hope he's okay. I called yesterday and they told me that he is a "flighty one who is unpredictable" *snerk* I told them that : P~ apparently he has rubbed his nose raw on the door of his crate trying to escape and they were trying to chase him around to put neosporin on his nose Ź.Ź;; They proudly told me they clipped his nails without a fuss (it usually takes four people to hold him down and one to clip the nails *rolls eyes*)..I was like, Otay,I warned you of the possibilites of YOUR bodily damage, but at your own risk of course - congrats ^0^ They're going to give him a bath in the morning before we pick him up - he usually loves baths so I don't anticipate a bad report Ź.Ź;;. I really miss him *snuggle-snuggle*

That's it for the SF report until I remember something new. I am expecting more manga in the mail though...which probably arrived the day after I left on my trip >_< I could have really used those English translated Juline 1-2 and Peach Girl 1-2 on the airplan >_< But I'm sure I'll have an even better time reading them while not sedated : P~

Sunday, October 14, 2001 10:42 a.m.
I ran out of room again ^0^ I thought that would never happen. I'm sure some of you did too : P~

I had so much fun last night with Keelan ^0^ She came to #hanayume at enterthegame.com and chatted with us for a few hours. She fun to talk to ^0^ Lately it's been Avatar, Fishisan, Kelroni, Mairi, Rebecca and a few others who drop by to leech or to talk for a few. Keelan only met the half of us last night...which might not be a bad thing : P~ But it was fun. Keelan is a warm and friendly person! She runs her own anime club called Hanami Gumi and has a fic to contribute to the fanworks section.

Everyone was trying to convince me to go on my vacation in San Fransico, which I'm supposed to be on Wednesday and gave me various tips on how to ignore my terror or flying. I hate flying...

Well all of us were able to see the last bit of Gravitation last night. I think Kelroni and I were the only ones to go: what??? that's it?????????? But it was very enjoyable and we can't wait for the Bakamx releases, which are much much bigger files....hopefully those will be released soon. Avatar asked me to go find Teppei, who lives in Chicago, and get the rest of the series because he can't find Teppei. Now while I think Teppei would probably like to meet other otaku, I don't think he wants one who wants the rest of Gravitation : P in the meantime, Kel and I are eternally grateful that the manga is still ongoing. I can't wait for volume 12 to come out ^0^

I miss Kai Ling terribly now that is is all grown up, graduated and working a real job *sob*. And Nellie was on the missing list : ( ..... Mnekov, Ryuuen and Venkarel weren't there either.

Well...like I said, I'm supposed to be flying to San Francisco on Wednesday morning, but after having a panick attack on Friday night at bedtime because of my fear of flying, I have told my parents that I don't want to go. They are disappointed but they understand considering the panic attack I had on the plane and that, with sedatives. I'm glad I didn't get anymore pressure from them. Mind you, this has nothing to do with the terrorists. I've always had a fear of flying, terror really.

I still have until tonight to decide Ź.Ź;;; I mean, I *want* to go considering this is a family vacation and I don't know when we'll be able to travel as a family anymore considering the older one gets, the least likely they are to travel with both parents and to see all the relatives who live in another part of the country. In addition I get to see Jill James and Nellie Chiang again, and I get to meet Jennifer Mondazzi too. And then Chinatown....there's something about San Francisco Chinatown! I really love it. The smell of Meir Woods is so awesome that I wish I could bottle up some of the air and bring it home with me. The mixture of pine and who knows what other flowers growing wildly there, is like being in heaven and I've never ever smelled anything like it. Mom and David want to go on that 17-mile drive thang. I had told my mom if she drives I ain't going on a 17-mile drive with them : P~

But I've already told them I wasn't going....

Speaking of otaku in Chicago, I after quite some time time pining for an anime club in Chicago I found a place. The usual places are too far, like in Urbana-Champaine but this one is relatively close to me. I joined their mailing list and will lurk a bit. It would be nice to view some anime with people and to do stuff. Though it seems the online anime/manga communities are a bit more active. But we'll see, I'm kind of excited to meet other otaku here : )

I'm very happy with Hanami Gumi. Everyone has been so supportive whether it's reviews, fics or sharing files of anime episodes. Wmc just handed me the very firstest review for the November update. And I love discussing anime and manga with everyone in IRC. I've learned a lot from everyone and found more obessions Ź.Ź;;; I'm trying to assimilate the rest of the lh-gumi. Where are they??? I'll have to hunt down Kristi and Priya soon : ) I think Priya needs Frankie-bait, but it seems Kristi has a discinpline problem >_< she is way too disciplined and is nose deep in work and homework...the nerve : P~

Ok, I'm done rambling...that's all that's up with me right now. You'll probably get another ten minutes of reading when my manga order comes in from Tokyopop.com ^0^ I can't wait to get my Peach Girl and Juline!

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