072811 -- Still Alive (no Portal puns, please)

[memorialrainbow]

Wow. Maybe we're alive now because most everybody is asleep and the demand is not as high. I still can't believe it's only three or so. So yeah -- where was I before I got super-depressed?

--So yeah, I'm kind of obsessed with Arina Tanemura. I've been watching Full Moon o Sagashite for a while, but have also been getting into The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross (Shinkuro) as well. I like both series, although they have different feels. They both take place in a very real-life world, which I like.
Today, I went to Tuttle Crossing because I knew there was a Waldens' there, and I was checking to see if they had anything. I hit the Full Moon jackpot! I got volumes 3, 5, 6, and 7, the last one, which completes my collection except for the second one which I still haven't found anywhere. The girl who checked me out is an otaku (headed to Chiba in a month!) and she recommended I get the artbook...and I caved. Everything was %20 off, which was great. (And then I met up with firearmofmutiny  which was really really REALLY freaking spontaneous.
So yeah. Full Moon = awesome. I seriously sat there and bawled over the ending of the manga. (The anime filled in holes on what I'd missed in volume 2.) I have NEVER cried over a manga. It just hits so close to home right now.

--Zombies! If you know anything about them, let me know. I'm planning on writing a story about a zombie apocalypse for NaNo 2011; though it will be less about the zombies and more about the people who survive. That's all on that for right now.

--As far as moving, I wrote something about it in my personal journal, and I'd like to share it with you now:

Dylan taught me how to march to my own drum, how to break the rules...I can move on, maybe even work hard at life, live in a world that's not imaginary. I can't exist to make my family happy, so maybe I will just have to make my mom sad. She says I will end up being Dylan's mom. Well, I can't let her or Dad or Dylan or anybody tell me what I'm going to do.
I'm going to move to New York, because it's my dream that I've constantly buried because it wasn't convenient or practical or good enough or comfortable enough. It's scary. I know that. But I cannot afford to hide who I am any longer...because so much is on the line.

It would have been sooner, but LJ crash-ed on everybody.
The reason I was jumping around in my underwear is because I put in resumes to both Staten Island and Queens, and I got a response from Staten Island from their HR lady! I got an email from the Queens one saying that I did not fit their profile and that there are other people better. This made me laugh, as well as be slightly disappointed. I'mma talk to my own HR lady about it; it seems weird. I'm okay if it's real, though.

--I worked overtime today! It was actually a lot of fun; I worked from 12-2PM which is so outside my normal timeframe. I treated it like a game, and it went pretty fast. We were actually out of queue for a while, which was great. Then I went to Tuttle, and then made it back in time for the Y-City open mic event, which was great if under-attended. Everybody was really receptive to my ideas about New York; I'm glad I finally figured out I want to live there for me. It took me a while to remember that dream. Living here does that to me; dulls my senses and makes me forget what I really want. No more forgetting. He won't let me. He shouldn't let me. I will remember, if only for him, but also to carry me forward.

--I'm folding a thousand paper cranes so my New York dream can come true. I know it's stupid, but it gives me something to do. Wish me luck. (I'mma need more paper.)

Comments

[wiccadcaffiend.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you need a second set of hands to help with the folding. Miss ya!

[memorialrainbow.livejournal.com]

TTR is due for a REALLY LONG update explaining the entire situation, which I can't even really explain myself. As for the cranes, I'm stringing them up, so they all need to be the exact same size...which is really really itty bitty tiny. I need to go back to Kino.

[hikarmine.livejournal.com]

I cried too. ^^;

[memorialrainbow.livejournal.com]

Omigosh, seriously. I've never bawled *that hard* over a manga before. It started in volume six and it just kept going. I made sure to read slowly so I could absorb it all. I know the anime isn't the same as the manga but I'm still having fun with it.

[toraspectacle.livejournal.com]

Let's have a zombie movie marathon together as part of your research. I can definitely give you a lot of insight into the rules of dealing with the undead.