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trees of the homeland

thatdistantstar — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 07:38:32 GMT

Everyone needs to listen to Trees of the Homeland by Ryuryu sung by Hatsune Miku, oh god the lyrics and illustration is beautiful.

"And if time still moves forward, someday everything will be loved."

new novel plan

thatdistantstar — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:01:34 GMT

Lol, definitely not joining Nano anymore, but already got a novel in mind... :3 This one I already promised to myself I'll finish, so it'll absolutely be. <3

Mikasa-love~!

thatdistantstar — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 04:13:04 GMT

I sooo want to draw Mikasa! Her design is just so pretty and her LIPS the shape of her lips is awesome. :3 I think I'm in love with her desin, been a while since I've done that.

Darn it, can anyone recommend me a pic of Mikasa? I'm not exactly wanting to draw from the anime (but the anime art is pretty, gotta give em that credit) but rather from the fanarts because they're more detailed, but so far the only types of Mikasa I want to see are from the anime.

I want to see her doing epic poses, but nothing too hard like operating on a 3DM gear, can't do that yet. XD;;

status

thatdistantstar — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:24:26 GMT

Status- addicted to Durarara! OP1, even though (temorarily) given up on the show- also notable mentions include Brother Confict OP1 (never watched), Magi OP1, and Ao no Exorcist OP1. <3 Maybe Free! OPs too, but...

slowlllly progressing on story- on chapter 2, and current goal is to make chapter 5, which will be the end of book #1 and start of book #2. Trying to finish Book #1 by January.

Any new animes btw

frown, frown, at this world

thatdistantstar — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:33:46 GMT

Oh jeez I seriously get so upset when people insult things that they don't fully understand. This is a more serious/not anime-related post, so uh. Yeah. Read at your own discretion, especially if you're a Republican/Conservative.

Take for example (the one that popped into my head in an instant) ACA/Obamacare/whatever you want to call it. Most people hate it and want it to be gone, but do they really know what the act is, nor what it does to the American public in general? No- most probably listen to the media (oh, the horror!) and pick up random books (more likely very biased ones too) and immediately made a judgement about it. Without researching.

Now, I am not saying that everyone who wants it to be repealed is automatically a dumbass- no, they probably do have legit reasons for not liking it- it's just that, well, most people aren't like that these days. Their opinion of the laws and the politics and the administration are so muddled in with what the media wants them to believe that they don't even have an opinion of their own anymore- they hear, they take in, then start spewing what they've heard without thinking. That's the problem.

In fact, a lot of the hate actually comes from insurance companies/lobbyists since they'd lose so much money when Obamacare is enacted. And well uh, tbh a lot of lies were spread by Republicans, most notably Palin's "death panels" or whatever the shit that was about.

That's all I have to say- I'm not trying to endorse this act, so I will not go further; but I do believe that a lot of people's hate against it is unjustified and silly, and a little explanation (with regards to how it can benefit the people in the long run) will debunk them completely- unless, of course, you've done research and still believe that such an act should still not stay. Then I have nothing to say.

ahh... about hiroshi kamiya...

thatdistantstar — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:06:03 GMT

Oh my turtle fangirling over Hiroshi Kamiya's voice right now, ufufufufu~ Started going on this spree after learning that he is the seiyuus for Akashi Seijuuro (Kuroko no Basuke), Orihara Izaya (DRRR!), Levi (Shingeki no Kyojin), and Natsume Takashi (Natsume Yuujinchou). HOLY TURTLE I SWEAR HIS VOICE IS SO DISTINCT AND NICE AND EARGASMIC AND KINDA GIRLY BUT SO DIGNIFIED AND SO FIT FOR AKASHI AND IZAYA AND VFJDIOBJFGR I swear Daisuke Ono too voices Midorima and Shizuo AHHH

sorry. but TURTLE THIS IS SO COOL <3 <3 <3 and Izerochan'd crossovers between those major three (since I can't find Natsume in any of their crossovers... well I guess that's because Natsume has a totally different personality than those three...) Now off to watch DRRR and hoping Izaya pops up more often~

Natsume Yuujinchou...

thatdistantstar — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 07:14:27 GMT

I-I think I've fallen in love with the anime. It starts out slowly, and is not the type of anime that's fast-paced or exciting- it's more of a slice-of-life anime, with little wisdoms from Natsume Takashi as he goes on his midadventures with the youkai, the protagonist. I really like the character development though, it is quite deep and more about his coming-of-age and childhood days trying to help people and returning the youkais' names, along with discovering more about humanity and that in reality, there is no difference between youkais or humans- both in the end love and feel heartbreak all the same.

I never thought I'd like these type of animes, and honestly, I almost gave up on this hidden jewel among the sea of anime until I saw a review that made me go back to it. <3 This is a short but beautiful piece of work, and each episode is sort of unrelated to the other, and can be switched around a bit, but all tell the daily life of Natsume and the people he meets along his way to adulthood. And in reality, now that I am halfway through season one, I've realized that this anime is actually using the characters to tell morals that closely tie with each other. It's very plot-driven in that sense, hmm. :)

I hope season 5 can come. <3

rating: 8.5/10.

my view to the supreme court ruling

thatdistantstar — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 00:58:56 GMT

Usually I do not bring my thoughts about politics/laws to LJ, but... I just had to for once. Since this is such a historic ruling. Please bear with me. This is a great news to me, because I, as a liberal for now, has always advocated for marriages regardless of whatever sex is together ever since I was a teen. And especially since I'm in California, this makes the ruling much more meaningful to me. I feel... amazed, and proud and happy that they would finally approve what should have been obvious- I understand that the Bible has not consented to this and many Americans are Christians, and that people like sticking with old traditions and seeing something this new is unacceptable to them. LGBT marriages were UNHEARD OF just 30 years ago- but, I want to say, what gives people the right to stop other people from loving? Why should people be concerned that other people are not following their idea of living? Should love be just between man and woman? Since when was love supposed to be judged from bodies? Shouldn't love be judged from the soul, and since soul (to me) has no gender, shouldn't love be genderless?

One of my close relatives gave me this reason- humanity would not be able to carry on (ie. have children) if the government allow gays and lesbians to marry. And, to me, that reason smelled like bullshit- in Ancient Greece, if I could recall, in Athens or Sparta maybe? people were allowed to be gay, and did their society collapse? No, I think it thrived. There would ALWAYS be, to me, an equal amount of gays, lesbians, and heterosexuals. People won't and don't randomly flock to the gay/lesbian side after LGBT civil unions are allowed.

My point/rant is clear.

SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN

thatdistantstar — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 01:32:05 GMT

SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN. OH MY GOD THE ANIME IS SUPER EPIC AND BVJFIOBJRIORNRJ

//fangirl squealing right now, please ignore~
edit: DAMMIT THEY'VE ONLY GOT TO EP. 12 DAMMITTTTT- don't want to read the manga for this one lol so I guess I'll just keep waiting... next one comes on on 6/30 I think. and btw I keep seeing this pairing- Rivaille/Eren all over tora and I'm just like WTF he hasn't even appeared over 2 mins in the anime and not even interacted with Eren yet... I guess in the manga they do? wtf lol seriously~ I think my main pair is going to be Eren/Mikasa, Mikasa to me inside is just a little tsundere :3

JUDALXALADDIN DEDICATION

thatdistantstar — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:14:19 GMT

I knew I have picked my favorite Magi OTP. I knew it.

Just look at this awesomeness and tell me how you cannot ship this. Ahhh friendship-romances are the best <333

the woes of life

thatdistantstar — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 04:29:32 GMT

I feel so heavy... not the overweight kind of leavy, but more like the my-soul-is-heavy type. One of my dreams is to see the world- I want to see the North Pole, see global warming occuring there and large waterfalls coming out from the ice; I want to see the green rolling hills of New Zealand in all its glory; I want to see the streets of Mumbai, India, with people struggling for life and a better tomorrow; I want to see the Strait of Gibraltar, where two lands, two lovers, almost meet but can never touch; I want to see the people of London, England, bustle with everyday life and the Elizabeth Tower overlooking them all; I want to see the Victoria Falls in Zambia/Zimbabwe, Africa, where all of nature's beauty is displayed; I want to see everything, and not with my body, but with my soul. I'd be amazing if I can fly one day, but the most I want is to be able to fly and see the world with my soul. But that requires meditiation, and if I meditate just for that I'd be in trouble.

I feel so heavy.

oh, woe is my art skill

thatdistantstar — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 02:55:50 GMT

Alright, finished the pic... and it looks horrible. ;u; Posting other pics of my art as well. xP
I'm sorry- it looks nothing like the beauty I had originally copied from. 'Cuz I can't draw guys and epic pictures and digital art to save my life.

... and this

...and this (Tomoe lol anyone recognizing it...?)

... and thisssssss~

and Finn Fish- probably my favorite of these.

Not sharing all 'cause I would be spamming my wall. lolz.

(none of these designs are mine first of all- I only COPIED them from the Internet, as bad as it sounds, so I'll use "heavily referenced" haha. this is a disclaimer. :D)

iiiii don't know what to say. my art teacher once told me "you don't see when you draw- you only copy." welp, i know it's true. //sigh

Drawing?

thatdistantstar — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 05:15:08 GMT

Reallyreallyreally want to draw this pic! I think I will post it in my journal when I'm done- maybe a WIP progress if it turns out successful lol~

Oh, woe to my story... haven't even got chapter 1 finished yet ;u; But then again, I always perfect one chapter before moving on...

nightmare

thatdistantstar — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:27:41 GMT

I sold a bunch of super old anime magazines I found in my closet... to an international buyer on EBAY. (dear God) I didn't even realize that I had the intl option on- turns out the priority medium box is FREAKING $60 WTF and I only charged her $20 for shipping. I'm used to giving discounts to my buyers because money has never really been a biiig issue of mine and I can afford to lose a dollar or two here or there, but... $40. DAMN USPS FOR THEIR BIG PRICE BOOST. If it was $40 or maybe even 50 for the shipping I could've managed it, but...

I contacted her about the problem but I think I'm going to have to ship it to her anyway. Welp, there's a $40 I could've used on somewhere else.

i may write more if this is resolved.
edit- opened ebay seller case- wondering what would happen if she declines?
edit- she declined. i asked a family member and she agreed to pay $30- ehhhh, learned my lesson the hard way- never ship things overseas on ebay ever again unless they're light, less-than-100-pages doujins.

she ignored all of my messages for the extra-money requests (i know, my mistake for typing in the wrong shipping cost... but still, i couldn't i mean it WAS FUCKING 40 DOLLARS FUCK DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THAT IS THAT COULD HAVE PAID FOR AN ENTIRE ORDER FROM JAPAN) but when i finally said to ship it out on sat without any complaints she replied saying, thanks for understanding, still looking forward to item, cheers! Bet she's giving me a negative feedback for me "harassing" her for more money, when in fact I just made a sincere plea for her to forgive a seller's accidental mistakes (and give me some money for HER package so I won't have to wallow in more lack of funds for the next couple weeks. Hell, shipping a 6+ pound package to Australia? Not me original plan)

and, worse, she cheered in front of the seller who lost $40.

i am sooo fucking not forgetting that. >:*

what turned out from emptying my closet came to an ultimate nightmare.

edit: sold my hetalia dvd to a personon ebay as well, just found out that there is a minor crack in the dvd case. Dammit, gotta tell her that too. Wish I sol it to an Ljer, they're much more kind and understanding.

And, oh well, I guess I'm getting some negative feedbacks... not that I go on ebay to buy/sell often, I can just create another account... I... think. If not, I'll just stop shopping on there altogether. I usually buy anime items o there anyway, so I suppose eBay doesn't really mean much to me than a second place for selling my anime items in case they don't sell for a long time here.

Rome/China post

thatdistantstar — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:51:30 GMT

I've always been interested in interesting China pairs... but only then did I go search on Tumblr and discovered the awesomeness of ROME/CHINA.

Heard that? Rome/China. Probably my favorite obsession since the discovery of USUK and TurGre. I mean, I like RoChu as well, it is a great pair given their history and... interesting times, but Rome/China is like an exotic fruit I have yet to taste, haha. I mean, although they never did directly meet with each other, they were like the East and West of the world- I can just imagine Rome being the Sun and China being the moon. Ahahaha.

They can have an urequited love for each other! Maybe even be China's first true love and Rome's true love out... of his many... loves. But, of course, all this was ruined when SPQR collapsed, leaving only the two Italies. Maybe, maybe China closed off his heart after that and watched the Italies from far away and gave them his goods (silk, spices, etc) when they wanted it.

Oh, God. You see this picture?

Maybe Rome was a child then when he first met China and then years later he met China again as a young man (a crush from his adolescent turned into full-out love for ~~her~~ him)

DO YOU SEE THE SEXINESS OF THE PICTURE. DO YOU SEE THE LOVE. RAWR.

don't get me wrong i think china still loves russia but rome was his first love and he never truly got over it. if rome came back china's heart would probably be torn in half. because rome never finished the love affair with china- he simply just... disappeared.

doujin news

thatdistantstar — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:19:51 GMT

Bought 10+ doujins and thinking of weeding out some doujins from my shelf, all coming soon... be prepared for a massive update to my sales post. ;u;

novel status :p

thatdistantstar — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:56:00 GMT

I feel so terrible- I want to write, but I've barely got the time- when I do I feel like going to sleep or riding my bike. My novel has only begun since I half-finished the planning/plot, so I've barely started. //sigh

Hopefully summer will sweep me over its soft, warm breeze, because my story relies heavily on the heavy summer heat. And to be able to write a story, you must experience what you write.(:

After watching the FT movie...

thatdistantstar — Mon, 27 May 2013 20:40:40 GMT

After watching the FT movie...

I didn't feel any emotions. Could that be because I've watched too many heart-wretching FT episodes that have done better jobs than the movie? Maybe, but then how come I cried after rewatching the Edolas arc if I'm supposedly immune to FT dramas? Idk. But I hated the fact that Lucy was acting like nothing short of a selfish brat and useless person there.

I mean, there were many instances in which she could have pulled out her keys and protected Eclair from danger. But no, she just chose to ran and scream away. Hell, then, at the end, when Eclair had to go because of the Phoenix's death, she was so reluctant on letting go and not caring about the world or the Phoenix stone (she said so herself at the beginning! I don't care about the stones or that! I just want to protect Eclair!) ... which basically meant she didn't give a crap about the world and only did it and went on this mission for her.

Can you say SELFISH!? I mean, I know, Lucy has always been on the selfish side of humanity, but she just kept on screaming in the end when Eclair was about to die, and Eclair even wanted to die because she has lived too long! Besides, which does she want to keep? Her friends or the world?

I have a feeling that Fairy Tail would pick their friends instead of the 1 billion+ people in their world.

Right now, I fucking hate Lucy because

#1. she's fucking useless. All she does right now is collect keys and occasionally being a badass (loved it when she argued with Angel for Loke + the sheep...'s happiness and slammed Urano Meteoria on her) and being FUCKING USELESS.

#2. she's selfish. I mean, I /can/ tolerate her if she's useless but not selfish, but NO, she's selfish on TOP of being fucking useless. Seriously? she'll drop dead for her friends but won't for the world. And judging from her decisions, she'd probably drop dead for Eclair than saving the world, since Lucy kept on yelling "STOP!" when Makarov was signaling Erza to fire it AND thus, saving the entire world.

I understand her feelings a bit. But seriously. She needs someone to bitchslap her occasionally, and her friends are too nice to do that so I may jump into the anime one day and do that myself.

Rating the movie a 3/10.

novel process #1

thatdistantstar — Sun, 26 May 2013 01:14:21 GMT

Wahh, my novel process is going so slow. ;u; I've only just began chapter 1 and it's already at ~2000 words in length. This is going to be a thick novel and I have a long journey ahead of me. XP

book I'm looking for ;A;

thatdistantstar — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:05:11 GMT

Okay, so the only book I'm looking for right now is 再花葬, a book that's so rare I've only seen it on the Internet for a total of two times (for sale). I almost got it but then someone else bought it right under my nose. ;u; If anyone is willing to sell it/help me find it, please, please help, thanks so much! <3

title: 再花葬
circle: 花葬
pages: 280
size: A5
pairings: PruHun, FranSey, etc
rating: PG13
received a trade/sale offer from thisisvodka <3 THANK YOU! <3

Writing a Novel <3

thatdistantstar — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:31:47 GMT

I'm writing a novel right now, haha- nothing fancy, I doubt it'll get published, but it is something I've been thinking about for a couple of months already. Should go around 20-30 chapters should I complete this project. <3 Hehe, this is my first time writing original fiction! :D ... that wasn't issued as a school project. Lol, maybe I can finish it by this year's Nanowrimo... AHAHAHAHA I don't think so. :p

//sigh my terrible luck...

thatdistantstar — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:42:48 GMT

WAHHH SOMEONE BOUGHT 再花葬 WHILE I WAS SENDING OUT THE MONEY ;U; OH GOD WHY WHY ARE YOU PLAYING A CRUEL JEST ON ME ;U;

Oh well, there's always a next time. What happened has happened, time to look to the future.

WANTWANTWANT

thatdistantstar — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:12:13 GMT

OH MY GOD SO YOU KNOW THAT I REALLLLLYYY WANT SECONDO DOLCE AND 再花葬 RIGHT RIGHT!?!?!? THOSE ARE THE LAST TWO ANTHOLOGIES I POSTED UP ON MY WANTS LISTTTTT AND THE LAST TWO THAT I TRULY WILL NOT STOP TO GET ITTTT... ALMOST.

I'M ALMOST SECURED DOWN FOR 再花葬 AND I FOUND SECONDO DOLCE AGAIN. <3 I'M NOT LETTING YOU SLIP OUT OF MY HANDS SECONDO DOLCEEEEE

Psycho Pass Muses

thatdistantstar — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:16:47 GMT

So I watched Psycho Pass around a month ago and tbh I still have complicated emotions about it, much like Code Geass but without any notions of pairings or ships or anything romantic. Psycho Pass is, to me, simply an anime that Gen uses to broadcast his ideas and beliefs.

I can't recall much of what I watched now, but after reading this that pretty much summed up all of what I thought about it. Sibyl, the system in which governed Japan and took away free will with full consent from the people, and, essentially humanity in turn for protection and happiness and stability (Brave New World much?). However, I don't think humans can live under Sibyl because without the conventional chaos in society (which doesn't exist in the alternate future of Japan because everything is ensured and controlled by Sibyl, from where you're going to work and live and die and marry the moment you're born) humanity will stagnate and become stupid and dull and will no longer have the will to survive, which basically summed up my belief- the destruction of humanity.

By entrusting your life to others or the government because you cannot handle yourself is exactly what the PP-Japan is doing and doesn't that in essentially take away life's meaning? The moment you're born, your life has already been decided- then what's the meaning for me to live? If I cannot find my own way in life, what's the point? What's the whole point in following people's orders in turn for happiness that might not even actually be my own happiness but the State's happiness? And even if it is, is that real happiness? To live under someone else your whole entire life, being protected by a system of justice that controlls every aspect of life?

Essentially I don't think a society can exist in humanity in the first place because humanity cannot live without chaos- such a society will stagnate and regress because humanity needs progress in order to develop themselves further and without it we will not be humans anymore.

Muses

thatdistantstar — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:36:04 GMT

In the rare bouts of my seriousness I wonder why people are not seeing the truth in their actions and the inevitability of destruction of humanity and freedom in the path they're heading towards. The concept of freedom has been so twisted and delved in our society that it is probably never going to come back to its full glory. Us using technology, using it as a method and mean of pleasure and to immerse ourselves in it leads us to stupidity because we endorse ourselves in technology so much that we might be controlled by government. I'm probably not making any sense right now but I'm terrified that we are, in reality, being controlled and perhaps in a drug-induced state caused by so much pleasure that we do not even care about our personal freedom anymore- freedom has been traded in for happiness which will be, to humans, technology, progressment in a dangerous path, and drugs. (basing idea on Brave New World)

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