I Got Heart

I just got a Twitter. Does anyone else have one?

If so, add me!: http://twitter.com/lilangelita

I need people to follow. Who would be good to follow? I can't come up with anyone at the moment.

NOOOOO! They kicked Dan out. It was so sad and unexpected. He's the best out of all of them. He has energy, can sing, dance, and wants to be in the band. *cries* He was my favorite! Plus, if they can keep Donnie they should be able to keep Dan.

Now I'm done with that show--without Dan it's just not the same anymore.

Well, I just hope he continues to sing and doesn't give up on his dream. He has talent. <3 I wonder if he has a myspace or something...

Anyways, off to be now! I got ROP tomorrow! =)

Edit: I just watched Anna Tsuchiya's "BUBBLE TRIP" video and it was so cute. I love the song, and now I love the video. Mucho love. <3

Well, I am now officially 17 years old. God, I'm getting old fast! Anyways, for my birthday I was rewarded with going to school, and then getting home early to take care of my 3 year old little brother. XD

But the highlight of it all was when my friend came over to my friend Nancy's house (I spent the night at her house) and brought me some homemade cupcakes. I was silly, but I almost fucken cried I was so overwhelmed by her kindness. No one before in my life had ever done something so nice for me on my birthday, and although the cupcakes later on gave me a slight case of diarrhea -- they were delicious. ^-^ Then my friend Nancy said she was going to pay for me to go to Knotts Scary Farm on Halloween. I highly doubt it, but it is a nice dream to have.

Other than that, my birthday was okay -- better than other years. However, I am now sick and basically sneezing everywhere. Ergh, and my mom will probably make me work out today too ...

P.S. I can't wait for the concert! I spent all of my birthday money on it, so it better be good. And if I get the chance I'll post some of the pics on here. Now, I'm off to go see if I can still watch that Ranma movie ...

Ranma OVAs have finally come! They arrived like a week ago, but lately all I've been doing is watching them like crazy. I love all of them, especially The Tunnel of Lost Love. They made me happy, and most importantly they made me laugh out loud. It also made me fall back in love with Ranma all over again. *sigh* That's one series that I will never get tired of no matter what. It's just ... the best. Although I do hate the open-ending of the series, I also love it -- it's the only way I can see Ranma ending.


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Aren't they just the cutest? ^-^

I was looking through the reviews of some Avatar: The Last Airbender fanfics when I stumbled on one story in particular. It was called "Detours" and it was by a girl named Arekisu. Now, the story wasn't bad, it was just different. However, people these days in the fanfiction world are really starting to dislike anything out-landish and creative. So was said in one girls review of the story, which I thought was a long overdue rant. ^-^

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When I read this I felt so happy that somebody else felt the same way I do. I mean, I may not like Mary Sues and dumb plots or OOC fanfics from time to time, but if I don't like it I just won't read it. It's not a fanfic for me, but someone out there will probably like it like no other. Hence, the reason for fanfiction. It's there to satisfy someone's thirst for diversity and creativity. If you just want normal, stick to the story and change nothing type of fanfiction well then what's the point? If it's going to be exactly the same why bother with fanfiction?

Anyways, there's these people outh there who think they're doing people a service by "misting" these fics, which basically means they're making fun of them. No point in it, just mindless comments on how horrible a fic is by making fun of it and expecting the person to take it. These are their reasons to which they justify what they're doing, taken from the sites FAQ ...

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My own thoughts: Well, I understand that people have to be prepared to be critized when they post something for everyone to see, but that still doesn't justify this kind of bashing in a "good humor" front. It's not like an actual respectable author is making fun of you (which they never would, they would just give you suggestions on how to improve your writing and to keep trying), instead it's only young kids like yourself who are in the same boat yourself. This seriously makes no sense to me, only that it's meant to either force these poor kids to no longer write or to piss them off so they can make fun of them some more.

I really hope that they stop making fun of fics before things out of control ...

Anyways, I just had to get that off of my chest. I personally think that anyone should be able to write whatever crappy fic they wish to write. And what if you don't like it? Well then don't read it. That's what I've been doing since I was twelve years old and I discovered fanfics (I am currently 16.) I've read from the sickest to the dumbest, to the worst fanfics ever written and I've appreciated every one of them for what they are -- fanfics. Although at times they do leave me asking questions I just decide to stop reading and move on to my own preference of fanfics. Like I said before, someone out there is bound to like that kind of fanfics.

I have finally updated and old Ranma fic of mine. Took me awhile, but I managed I guess. However, people are starting to think it's not an R/A and that Akane's family is being too OOC. Well, to answer those questions and doubts ... This is still an R/A, it's just now with more drama as Ukyo steps into the scene as Ranma's childhood friend and fiancee. I wanted to spice it up, especially with the fact that Akane knows Ukyo loves Ranma ... What will she do when Ranma starts to persue her though? She secretly likes Ranma just as much as Ukyo, but she doesn't want to hurt Ukyo's feelings ...

As for the Tendo family being OOC ... Well, they sort of are, sorry about that. However, I think they would change their attitudes towards Akane if her mother had died giving birth to her. Maybe not completely like I have them in my fic, but I wanted it to be more extreme so that when Ranma tries to show Akane he actually geunielly cares for her ... She freaks. Of course the Tendo family won't be mean to Akane much longer ... They aren't bad people, and I didn't want to make them into characters you just HATE ... I wanted to show how they might act out of carelessness from their deep sorrow at losing a dear family member, however I was planning on having the next couple of chapters concentrate a little bit more on them as they realize their mistakes dealing with Akane ... Here's the rough summary I have so far of upcoming chapters ...

Summary: The Tendo family begin to feel bad about their actions, but Kasumi is the one that grows enough courage to go look for and contact Akane. Weary of it all Akane doesn't take her seriously, but accepts her term of truce when suddenly Kasumi invites Akane to her wedding to Dr. Tofu. Akane is persuaded to go, but only with the emotional support of Ranma and Ukyo. However, she is surprised to find that her family dearly misses her (Soun goes to hug her in a crying fit.) Then things get even more interesting when Ranma and a certain bald guest encounter each other at the wedding. All hell breaks loose and suddenly Akane finds herself engaged to Ranma, upsetting Ukyo to no end. Akane then begins to wonder of her family's true intentions ...

If anyone's curious you can find the story at my ffn profile or down below. Hopefully you'll give it a try and read it.^^

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1939558/1/

Hope everyone has a nice week!! *huggles*

They finally came through the mail!! Yay!! I’m so happy now – it’s only four days away now. I can’t believe it, I’m gonna see so many bands … But still, there will be no Sonny … Oh well, I guess I’ll fill that gap by beginning my writing of a fanfic of him with my friend Vicky and Johnny Christ from Avenge Sevenfold. It’s gonna be angst filled and drama everywhere – I can assure you it won’t be your normal love triangle.^^

Anyways, my friend decided to volunteer at Warped Tour too so I don’t know how it’s gonna work out, hopefully we’ll still have fun over there. Ah, I’m all excited now. Before I had been crushed by the news of Sonny, but now I actually want to go. Well, for now I’m gonna go back to writing my love triangle fic – it’s looking pretty interesting so far.

P.S. Avatar will be on two days after Warped Tour so it looks like I'm gonna be having a good next week.^^

Ah!! I can't believe it!! I just read the translation of Chapter 129 of Fruits Basket and ... Kyo and Tohru finally hugged!! OMG!! I'm still not over it. It was such a cute chapter and I had sooo been looking forward to it after all the Yuki/Machi stuff. Don't get me wrong Yuki and Machi are cute, but they don't compare to Kyo and Tohru. XD

My favorite part was where they kissed and Tohru totally freaked out, it was just so damn cute. The fact that Tohru freaked out like that reminded me that they're still in high school and Tohru is still very much her usual self.

I can't wait for the last chapter -- it's gonna be epic and hopefully there will be more Kyo and Tohru.

For anyone interested here's where you can read the chapter translation:

http://otakucorner.blogspot.com/

Now I'm gonna go freak out about it ... to someone!! XD

Instead of having a big backyard barbeque and such my mother, older brother, and I went shopping at Robinson's May. It wasn't great, but it was something. The sad part is that Robinson's May isn't the same anymore since Macy's bought it, and it also won't be around for long. Supposedly they're going to make the old Robinson's May into the new Macy's while the old Macy's will be another expensive store like Bloomingdales which in my opinion sucks. If they do that then they'll be no reason for me to go to the mall anymore -- Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, and all those others stores are too expensive for me ... *sigh* I wish they'd at least put a Target or something, that would be WAY BETTER than another overpriced department store (which no ones go to by the way.) Oh well I guess ...

In other news I just heard that Italy beat Germany. I didn't see the game, but I guess it was a pretty good match. It sucks that Brazil didn't make it, but hopefully Italy will win it.^^ My mom's all sad right now cause she wanted Germany to win.

Which also reminds me, shopping with my mom is sooo draining. She bugs the hell out of me and she knows it. I think she gets some twisted kick out of it too ...

Mom: You know, instead of buying almost $100 worth of clothes for you I should be sending it to my dad. (My mom's dad lives in mexico and he has a tumor in his eye)
Me: (knowing she's only saying it to get me mad) No, you shouldn't. He's old and he's gonna die soon, but I'm your daughter and I'm still young.
Mom: You could die too, then those clothes would go to waste.
Me: But mom!

*sigh* The whole day was like that. She critized me, glared at me, and bossed me around while I tried to bug her right back. However, when she gets out of hand I tend to tell her this ...

Me: I have no mother.
Mom: Oh really? What happened to her?
Me: She stopped being my mom a long time ago so she's dead to me now.
Mom: Well then, I guess you don't have a home either since you don't have a mother.
Me: Ergh, mom. >_>
Mom: ^_^

What really pisses her off is when I say this though ...

Me: Mom, what would you do if I got run over by a bus tomorrow? Would you even care?
Mom: Shut up! Don't talk like that!
Me: You know, it could happen since I don't really look at where I'm going. Like this one time this car almost ran me over --
Mom: For being stupid! That's why you need to graduate high school and get a career!
Me: -blinks- What does that have to do with me getting run over?
Mom: Everything! Now shut up -- my novela's on!
Me: -sulkily- Okay ...

Aw, but I love my mother to death ... Although she can at times get on my nerves.^^

Wooo, I'm gonna go watch some old Ranma episodes now, and bug my mom some more!

These past few days I've been walking around with really bad hair ...

It all started when I susgested we (meaning my friend Nancy and I) dye my hair since we were really bored. Some people might think that's crazy, but she's the only one who's actually dyed my hair before and she's done a pretty good job. So, she goes off for hours to buy some "special" hair dye and comes back at like 9: 00 p.m. all stoned out of her mind, munching out on food, and laughing about doing my hair. I don't want to do it anymore, but she actually has the stuff we start dying my hair. First she dyed it black, everything came out well there, then she bleached some parts, and then she fell asleep. By the time I got out of the shower it was like 2: 00 a.m. and she wanted to leave mt hair like that -- black with bleached streaks. I told her that she wasn't going to keep her word about doing it in the morning, but she said she was and went to sleep ... Then morning came and she decided to be mean and not do it all. I got pissed off and told her this was exactly what I knew would happened and then she told me, "just leave before I kick your ass." So I left with messed up hair at 6: 00 a.m.

Afterwards, I arrived home and my mom yelled at me for messing up my hair, but then was kind enough to dye it again when she came home from work. She dyed it purple over the bleached parts, but I couldn't wait long enough because my brother wanted to go to work out so it didn't come out right (in the end we didn't even end up going to work out.)

Well, now I have messed up hair, but it's not THAT messed up so I guess that's the bright side. *sigh* But now my friend Nancy's bugging me about the $40 I owe her ... She's capable of coming over everyday for it -- she's done it before. Oh well I guess.

P.S. Warped Tour is only eight days away!! Yay!! Although, at the moment I am very sad about not being able to go to Anime Expo ...

P.P.S. I saw Superman yesterday and I loved it. My brother and sister were like, "eh." though. I was even inspired to write an Avatar: The Last Airbender fic -- I haven't written one in awhile.^^

I just got the worst news ever!! From First To Last has supposedly dropped out of Warped Tour because of some problems with Sonny's voice. I think he's gonna have some surgery done ... I do hope he gets better, but it sucks that Vicky and I won't get to see them now. They were the main reason we were going to Warped Tour ... Now, I don't know. It's gonna suck, but there's nothing we can do about it.

But I also heard that his voice will be much better for their fall tour, so hopefully me and Vicky will be able to go to that. *sigh* I'm still not over it though ... It's upsetting news.

Anyways, I guess I'll just try to update some of my fics to get my mind off of it. But waaaa ... I can't say I'm happy about it.

Today started off normally -- I got up at 7: 00 a.m., got ready for school, went to school at 9: 00 a.m. and finally left at 12: 00 p.m. or something like that. While in school I got some good news. I am now officially a junior, credit wise, and me and my friend are now able to go to Warp Tour. *does "will you go to prom with me" dance* We'll finally be able to see Sonny Moore From First To Last in person, and my friend Vicky will finally be able to play some patty cake with him ... Unfortunately, in order for her to go she had to give up her hundreds of band shirts and her cell phone to her mom, just for a $30 concert. I feel bad for her, and even worse if Sonny ends up not going. XD However, we're both in a Sonny mood so it's all good news ... I guess.

I was having an okay day today when suddenly my friend Nancy calls and wants her books, so being the good friend that I am I go over to her house and give them to her (I was also on my way to the park with my little brother and sister so it was no hassle.) Then she bugs me about some change and I tell her I don't have it with me, so she tells me to call her later which in her terms means 'I'll call you when I feel like it, or when I'm bored'. I then leave and go hang out at the park with my little brother and sister -- we had fun looking at one HUGE rolli pollie. Then I get home, exhausted and sweaty (it's a HOT day today) I turn on some From First To Last to clear my mind when Nancy abruptly comes over with Taco -- a friend of hers not many like cause they tend to smoke a lot of pot when together -- and does some friendly chit-chat before she finally asks for what she really came for, her spare change. I sigh and give it to her, although I really don't want to since I know for a fact it won't be used for some Starbucks ... Afterwards, she tells me that she's going to tell her mom to give me more money for taking care of her little sister (I took care of her like two days ago and ended up sleeping over when her mother didn't come home till 2: 00 a.m., Nancy didn't even come home that night) but I had to remind her once again that I didn't do it for the money. I then tell her that all I was mad about was the fact that she just kinda dropped it all on me, and she drops the subject and leaves as Taco is waiting for her in the car.

She is so overwhelming at times, and even her little sister has much resentment towards her for that (we talked a lot while I took care of her) and I just can't seem to handle her anymore ... She'll leave me at her house for hours to smoke some pot with Taco and she'll suddenly leave with Taco when we're supposed to go to school. It upsets me that she's doing this, but at the same time I can't do anything about it. Every time I try to confront her about it she just gets mad and defensive. *sigh* Oh well ...

In other news, I finally came up with a summary for a new Heero and Relena fic! It was a concept that had been bugging me since watching Porco Rosso ... Although it doesn't have much to do with it. Well, here's what I have so far ...

Summary: Heero and Relena are childhood friends when a sudden war tears them apart for a couple of years … They live in some European country (I’m thinking Italy or something) and are very close despite appearances and social classes …

Heero’s Story: No one knows of his origins, but at the tender age of four he somehow stumbled upon Relena’s home (villa, whatever) and came in contact with Milliardo. Since then Milliardo decided to help him out and give him a place to stay near his home at the time (which was the villa.) Then, at the young age of thirteen Heero has to leave to train to become a soldier since he is technically an orphan, and leaves a very saddened Relena behind. Although he feels a certain duty in what he’s doing he’d much rather be protecting Relena at her villa (if I do end up making the story in Italy.) … As time goes by, training and all, he is finally permitted to make a short visit home. He goes, but is a changed young man (he’s eighteen when he is allowed to visit home) along with a certain someone. He is even more anti-social than before and more gruff than usual – when he sees Relena for the first time he slightly pushes her away as she excitedly hugs him – and is distant with Relena when they used to be so close.

Relena’s Story: She’s the daughter of a very respectable politician (her dad is something … need to research it later), and comes from a wealthy family from her mother’s side, but surprisingly none of that has gone to her head. She is three when Heero comes into her life, and gladly welcomes him in with open arms. Through the years she steadily falls in love with Heero, unbeknownst to him, and is deeply saddened when he is drafted to go to war. However, in those years that he is gone Relena goes through adolescence with a heavy heart and finds herself hanging around with her mother’s crowd. She becomes spoiled and naïve of everything that’s going on around her – the only thing on her mind is of the social kind … Then, out of the blue, Heero comes back into her life and she feels like the void in her heart is now filled with his return. She’s the happiest she’s been in a long time and immediately rushes to hug him when suddenly he gently pushes her away. Torn up from the inside she tries to hide it with a well performed smile and politely greets Heero as she ushers him into a spare guest room. Broken from then on Relena decides to take her mother’s advice and allow a certain young man of nobility (I’m thinking Quatre here, and yes this will be back in the days but sort of modernized) to court her. Chaos ensues.

Milliardo's Story: Like Relena’s father, he was almost never home. Although he was mostly with her until she was eight, they never really got the chance to get close. However, while he was around he brought home a four year old Heero and gave him a room nearby the villa to live in. There was tension between the two, but Milliardo respected Heero for what he had been through and decided what was best for him was a kind heart to accept him for who he was – a kind heart like Relena. He was delighted when he saw that the two really hit off as friends … At a young age (I still haven’t decided when) Milliardo leaves home in pursuit of inspiration or something. Relena is saddened, but has Heero there to help her through her sudden loss of a sibling (Relena was eight when Milliardo left.)

I don't think it's very good, but hey -- it's a start.^^

Thoughts welcome.

At the current moment I am trying to update my fics on FFN, but I decided to post a sort of new Ranma fanfic I am currently working on. I really like it, and I hope it goes somewhere.^^

Tenerte y Quererte

“I hate to say this Ranma, but you’ve got to forget about her. She’s dead and she’s never coming back.” Ryoga whispered sadly. His best friend was in desperate need of help, and at the moment he seemed to be the only one who could help.

Ranma shook his head and clenched his fists with shear anger. “I can’t! I just can’t!” He yelled. “You don’t understand – she meant everything to me!”

Ryoga sighed and looked away. He didn’t know what else to do, he had tried everything to help out his best friend but nothing seemed to be working. Ranma just wouldn’t hear of the possibility of trying to forget her ... And unfortunately, he had one card left to play that he had dearly wished he wouldn’t have to use.

‘But desperate times call for desperate measures ...’

“Ranma . . . Akane would’ve wanted you to move on with your life and be happy.” Ryoga began softly, his voice smooth and certain. “And you know it. She wouldn’t want you to be ... like this.”

“I don’t care.” Ranma finally said after a moment’s silence. “This is how I deal with pain, alright. Now get the hell out of here – I got work to do.”

This wasn’t how he had wanted his weekly meetings with Ranma to go, but this was how they always went. It was somewhat of a routine nowadays. He’d come, they’d talk for a bit before finally getting to the point, and then Ranma would throw him out as he vented some of his misdirected anger. Then he’d be alright for the following week – until their next meeting that is. But Ryoga was steadily growing tired of this. He had a life of his own, too. “Alright Ranma, but this is the last time. I’m serious. I can’t take this anymore –“

“I never asked you to.”

Ryoga blinked and chuckled a bit to himself before opening the door to leave. “I hope you can one day forget her, Ranma. That’s all I can do for you.”

Ranma turned and cast Ryoga the coldest glare he had ever given to anyone in his entire life. “I’ll never forget ‘Kane, and you can quote me on that.”

Ranma sighed and plopped himself down on his uncomfortable couch. Grunting, he slightly moved to lie on his back. Every time he lay on his couch he always wished he could buy a better one, but unfortunately he was permanently broke. He worked just enough for the barest of necessities. Since Akane’s death he didn’t really see the point in having nice things anymore. Who was he going to enjoy them with? Another woman? No, there was only ever Akane, and there would only ever be Akane. Sadly, even if he tried no other woman would be able to compare to Akane.

Adjusting himself on the awkward couch he heaved another, much longer, sigh. “Akane ...”

“Oh, Ranma ...”

At the sound of the familiar voice Ranma immediately froze. It couldn’t be who he thought it was – it just couldn’t. It was probably just his sleep-deprived mind playing games with him once again. His mind did tend to that every now then ...

“Do you really miss me that much?”

Hearing the voice once again Ranma slowly sat up and looked around his dismal apartment. It wasn’t well-lighted so he had to squint a bit, but as he did he spotted a transparent figure floating next to his TV set – which he rarely ever used.

He blinked and gulped loudly. From afar it looked just like ... “Akane?”

The figure stopped floating and glided towards a stray ray of light from the moonlight outside that had somehow managed to pierce through his dirt and grime filled window. When it came to a full stop, he stiffened at the sight. There, in all her glory and just as he remembered her the day she had died ... Floated Akane.

“Can you see and hear me, Ranma?”

Ranma blinked one more time before he was able to command his head to nod in response.

The transparent figure of Akane placed her hands on her hips and seemed to narrow her eyes at him. “Well, it’s about time! I’ve been floating around your apartment for weeks, you jerk!”

“A-Akane ...” Ranma stuttered out as he slowly stood up to move towards Akane, but before he could reach out to touch her he fell to his knees and began to quietly weep. “Akane, it’s you! It’s really you this time!” He screamed out like he was trying to convince himself that it wasn’t another of his hallucinations.

Akane frowned and floated to squat next to him – a delighted smile crossing her lips as he raised his head to stare at her. “Yes, it’s really me this time, Ranma.” Upon seeing his still disbelieving face her smile brightened some more and her eyes slowly grew soft. “I missed you.”

His body slackened and he sighed, but this time it was a sigh of relief. “’Kane ...”

Akane nodded and giggled girlishly. “Tadaima.”

I have bought up to vol. 10 of Hot Gimmick, but unfortunately I've recently lost the tenth book. ;_; Anyways, I absolutely love this manga series, it is probably one of the best I've ever read and I've read many.

Just recently I let one of my friend's borrow my Hot Gimmick and now I've gotten her hooked on it too, even though she doesn't like that sort of stuff like, "manga and anime." Anyways, to anyone out there reading this (if there is anyone) I would really appreciate it if they were to tell me the ending of it before I die of anticipation for the next books to come out. Of course I'll buy them, but I just want to know what happens. I love hearing spoilers.^^

Well, that's about it for my first entry. XD