minami_ozaki

So, I just finished Young Dracula (which has easily the most dorkiest Dracula ever, an absolutely incompetent father-son slayer duo, kick-ass daughters, plenty of canon cross dressing, sexy vampires and general dorkiness) and seeing that the series ends on an impossible note (please tell me that they will make a third season??) I want more vampires. So recommend me your favorite vampire

· show
· movie
· anime
· manga
· book
. whatever other medium I forgot to mention here

and tell me why I should watch/read it? Pretty please?

/goes off to bed/

As I mentioned already in one of my last entries, the manager of our firm (and my direct boss) decided to leave us by the end of June. Then, today, his assistant, the woman I work with, announced that she will go with him. That means that starting with 1st July (a few days before that already, actually), I will be completely alone in the office. It also means that I have a little over a month left to learn everything there is.

I'm not quite sure if I'm happy about it or not. Unfortunately, we decided that I will first get a raise in payment after my trial period, which means a whole lot more work and responsibility without getting more money. Some part of me looks forward to it, because the work is interesting, but another part of me is starting to panic already. After all, I was hired to assist her and I thought that I had a bit more time to learn everything...

We will see how it turns out and at the very least I can be pretty sure now that they don't think that hiring me was a huge error *g*

And fitting to the announcement, I already got some very important things to do today, which was fun!

But to ease the shock a bit and because I was in the store anyway (for our firm), I bought Neji/Screw today. I only had time to skip through it in the store, but god, do I love her art! It's just so pretty! Of course, I also hope for a healthy dose of crack, because she certainly knows how to deliver it and you can never have to much of Kaori Yuki flavored crack!

I'm also almost done with Young Dracula and the second series is surprisingly dark. I'm still enjoying it, though. And I love the 30 minutes episodes. It makes it much easier to watch an episode or two.

Anyway, I'm hungry and tired and I need to ask my son something about my Germanic mythology story. He had a wish for Loki, and seeing that it is his story, I should at least listen to what he has to say and then decide how it fits in with my ideas :)

ETA: Oh, and I had almost forgotten - I have new Baccano! to watch! Yay! And tonight (or rather tomorrow evening for me), the SPN season finale!

In this chapter of Takemoto Izumi's Transistor Venus, April is paired up with a telepath, Mariaana. Will April ever get a kiss from her?

WEHE WENN MIR JEMAND NOCH MAL SAGT "BESUCH MICH .. BESUCH MICH .. BESUCH MICH DOCH ENDLICH!" .. alda .. man kann mich ja gern einladen aber mich dazu drängen wollen irgendwohin zu fahren .. ich platze gleich .. gerade bin ich sowas von unsozial und könnte alle an die wand klatschen dir mir über den weg laufen .. woran das liegt .. MEINE ELTERN .. wer sonst .. besser gesagt meine Mutter .. drängte .. oh moment.. wie sagte sie es so schön"ich dränge dich nicht .. ich frage nur" vorhin dazu sie doch endlich zu besuchen (man bemerke sie waren vor 2 wochen hier!)
sie fragt übrigens jedes mal wenn wir uns unterhalten .. woran das liegt .. tja, gute frage .. meine eltern haben kein leben .. keine ahnung .. vielleicht nehme ich auch alles zu ernst .. wie auch immer .. gerade möchte ich mich verkriechen .. weit weit weg und mit niemanden mehr reden, besuchen oder sonst was soziales anstellen .. ich hätte gern mal eine woche für mich allein wo mich niemand dazu auffordert irgendwas zutun .. ich hätte gern wieder luft zum atmen .. ja so gern~


Edit:[paar stunden später]
nachdem sie mich zum schreien und heulen brachte und wir ruhig miteinander weiter chatteten .. hat sich die lage beruhigt .. warum muss man eltern eigentlich so lieb haben obwohl sie einen so nerven können (geht auch für geschwister und andere spezies gleicher art) .. meine mutter denkt sich sicher grad das gleiche "warum muss ich meine kinder so lieb haben wenn sie mir den letzten nerv rauben!"

Baccano! - 14! Finally one of the fansub groups took pity on us and decided to take on the specials! Yay! Something to look forward to after work tomorrow!

And it's all mine, oh yes! (and of course, it looks much better in reality than in the photo, but my digital camera is broken, so I had to take the pic with my cellphone)

Well, yes, I'm a very sad fangirl when it comes to that pairing, but I think that has become obvious already *g*

More later, after I finally got something to eat and feel more like myself again.

I've just started listening to Wizard Rock again. Now I'm curious about what Dumbledore/Grindelwald songs are out there. I'm already aware of two: "I Watch You Slip Away" by Split Seven Ways (a huge guilty pleasure, love this one) and "Dumbledore's Secret" by The Hinky Punks. Does anyone have other songs or know where to find them? Any help would be appreciated. I'm also willing to share the two I have if you missed those. :)

After the initial confusion about the bank holiday and work, I went to meet up with a few friends this afternoon, with the result that I'm sunburned now. Just my left arm, though, which will probably make for an interesting contrast with my outfit that I have chosen for tomorrow. My son is even worse off, though. His whole back is burned. Poor guy.

Anyway, since I promised it, have a not-review about one of my favorite movies - Immortel (ad vitam) (2004), which will mostly consist of some very lovely eye candy, because I'm tired, my brain still hasn't entirely reset and because, as I told keelieinblack yesterday already, as soon as the movie starts I'm entering my happy place and go all: *pretty!*gods!*woah!*crack!*strangest-threesome-ever*beautiful!*crack!* and I first return again when the end credits roll, so I'm not exactly unbiased here :)

The year 2095:
A pyramid floating above Manhattan.
A population consisting of mutants, aliens, people - real and synthetic.
An election campaign.
A serial killer who seeks a healthy body and a god-headed hawk that has seven days to preserve his immortality.
A penitentiary geostationary that loses an imprisoned rebel who was sentenced to thirty years of hibernation, and a young woman with no known origin, with blue hair and blue tears.

Three names: Horus, Nikopol, Jill

Three beings whose fates converge while everything is rigged: the voice, the body, the memories.

Everything, except the love that arises as a result. (free translation from a French site, since there just isn't much about the movie out there)

( The story )

Immortal is based on the Nikopol Trilogy by Enki Bilal. I haven't read the comic and will at the earliest next month, depending on the size of my first paycheck, but even if it should be that different, I don't think I will care all that much. Enki Bilal was involved in the creation of the movie, so he must agree somehow with the version and secondly - pretty! I can forgive a movie that is so pretty a whole lot of things :D

The movie's strength lies, without doubt, in the stunning visuals, but also in the story itself, the religious and philosophical bits we get feed, but without ever really getting explanations. But they are not really needed either. The mystery is part of the beautiful, almost poetic style of the movie and the audience just needs to get along for the ride.

( The pretty! A lot of it actually – 34 caps )

And with that I'm off for the night. I still have around an hour left to do something nice before it's time for me to go to bed (because I definitely have to work tomorrow *g*) and I think I will finish the first season of Young Dracula.

I was already half at the train station to get to work this morning when I finally remembered that it is a bank holiday in Germany. Duh! Thank you, brain!

Not that it means that I have that much more peace, because shortly after I got home, my son got a call from his maybe/maybe-not/sometimes girlfriend, asking him to go swimming with her, so that we had to hurry to prepare everything for that, and I'm almost out of the door again to have some social interaction with the people from the course I had last year.

But take a look at the pretty new wallpapers for my mobile:



As much as I love my Winchester boys and Doctor Who, it was on time for a change. Of course, now I can't decide which one to use and keep switching. I still need one for KKM and Eroica, though...

Title: Albus and Gellert
Author/Artist: line art - miss_arel; colors - hideincarnate
Rating: PG?
Pairing or Character(s): Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald
Disclaimer: I colored this for miss_arel's birthday. She drew it quite a few months ago.
Warnings: None.
Author's Note: First post here. Hope you like it!

( Albus and Gellert )

Title: For The Greener Good
Artist: mekou
Rating: G
Pairing or Character(s): Grindelwald/Dumbledore
Disclaimer: Characters and uniforms do not belong to me. I only claim part-ownership of this strange inside joke. XD
Author's Note: This was just a quick drawing, so please forgive the terrible anatomy, etc, etc. (An explanation as to wtf this is all about is with the picture under the cut. ;D)

I now present to you....

( For The Greener Good! )

As always when I finished a big project, I feel very... I don't know what to call it, but maybe anxious? Or maybe lost?, for days after that. At least after the last edit, I knew that there would be a second one and focused on that to get through the initial hangover (for a lack of better word, but it sure feels like it), but now that I consider the story done, I feel a tad lost. I can't really bring myself to focus on anything. I have five open word documents here, started to watch at least six different series, all things that I really wanted to watch, but in the end nothing can hold my attention for longer than a few minutes. I couldn't even bring myself to focus long enough on my djs to decide what to scan...

It's quite frustrating actually, when at the end of the day you realize that you didn't get anything done but cleaning and doing the laundry. Bah!

I want to write. And I want to watch something nice. I just can't decide what. Maybe I should just curl up in my bed and sleep this out.

In other news: It's far too hot here and doing my weekend shopping made me realize once more that I really hate most people. I also had some strange thoughts about friendships and friends, which, well, don't really deserve the title, but er, well, yes, they were very strange thoughts and I decided not to inflict them on you --> as I said above already, my current mood is very much comparable to a very strong hangover, or maybe like coming down from a drug induced high :)

(hey, keelieinblack? How about tomorrow? I don't know how much fun I will be -- hopefully this strange mood will be gone by then, because I would hate to inflict it on people that I actually care about and like *g* -- but I have time.)

.. und ich sollte längst schlafen ..

aber ich verbrachte den ganzen freitag damit rumzugammeln(vorallem auf youtube).. UND ES TAT SO RICHTIG RICHTIG GUT !!!!!!!!!!!! ¦D

letztens schrieb mich jemand an und meinte, ich sei etwas still im lj die letzte Zeit .. stimmt! Hab ich mir schon selber gesagt und immer wieder angesetzt zu einem Eintrag aber rirgendwie verließ mich dann doch die Lust was zu schreiben.

Uni läuft so vor sich hin .. ich laufe ab und zu mit ^^
irgendwie passiert derzeit nichts wirklich spannendes .. außer dass ich mir am dienstag nen geilen Kronleuchter für unser wohnzimmer kaufte .. ja ihr verdient bald ein Foto aber jetzt geh ich erst mal schlafen!

gute nacht .. und guten morgen~

Title:  In Memory’s Wake (chapter 11b of estimated 25)
Author: CocoaSnape

Pairing: Snape/Harry

Disclaimer: No money is being made and no copyright infringement is intended.

Story Summary:  Sequel to Light on the Dark Side of Me.  Through trial and hardship, Snape and Harry have finally found each other.  But as Snape’s demons reemerge, can their tenuous relationship survive? And when the unthinkable happens, Harry begins to wonder whether Snape wants to forget or needs to.

Note: Not HBP/DH-compliant.  As always, thanks to Molvanian Queen-In-Exile and Ketsurui for the beta.

 

Previous Parts:  1A │ 1B │ 2 │ 3│ 4 │ 5a│ 5b│6│7a│7b│8│9a│9b│10│11a

 

( Chapter 11b - this is goodbye )

Title:  In Memory’s Wake (chapter 11a of estimated 25)
Author: CocoaSnape

Pairing: Snape/Harry

Disclaimer: No money is being made and no copyright infringement is intended.

Story Summary:  Sequel to Light on the Dark Side of Me.  Through trial and hardship, Snape and Harry have finally found each other.  But as Snape’s demons reemerge, can their tenuous relationship survive? And when the unthinkable happens, Harry begins to wonder whether Snape wants to forget or needs to.

Note: Not HBP/DH-compliant.  As always, thanks to Molvanian Queen-In-Exile and Ketsurui for the beta.

 Previous Parts:  1A │ 1B │ 2 │ 3│ 4 │ 5a│ 5b│6│7a│7b │8│9a│9b│10  

( Chapter 11: This is goodbye... )

And because looking at prettiness doesn't require much thinking, have some of it.

These are scans from postcards that I ordered some time ago. 3 pictures of very pretty girls, alone and together, rather nude and so not safe for work ( -- click for the pretty and the sexy! )

And with that I'm off for the evening. I think some Sailor Moon or some more Hellsing is in order to reset my brain so that, just maybe, I will know again what I'm doing tomorrow :) If I can keep myself awake for a bit longer, that is, because right now I feel like dropping dead.

Whoever thinks that office job=sitting the whole time obviously never worked for my firm. I'm running around at least half the day, so my feet just keep killing me. My brain is quite dead, too, but there was some more interesting stuff today. After a week, I still feel quite overwhelmed, though, seeing just what everything there is. Also, today we had a huge meeting during which the manager told us that he is going to leave the firm. it makes me sad, because he is much calmer and nicer than the big boss and it is thanks to him that I got the job. But he shocked almost everybody with this news...

But despite that I feel just as dead as usually, let me present you:

83,963 / 75,437 (111.3%)

It means, edit of doom, round 2 is finally done! I so absolutely rule! I would just like to know where the around 8500 extra words come from. I was sure that I had cut quite a bit again during the last edit...

::is dead::

Anyway, now I just need to decide what to do with it - as soon as I came up with a real title, because the working title is so very stupid that it can't die soon enough. And I need another title for the third part (I abandoned the idea of naming the individual chapters after inspiration left me during the second half, I will get rid off them entirely and just title the four main parts.

Overall stats:

Parts: 5
Chapters: 38
Pages: 201
Words: 83963
Characters: 441976

So, after a little over two years (including the 6 months break after my life went down the drain it's finally done. And it's so on time, too, because while I still love my spy girls, I'm itching to work on one of my other original projects. I just can't decide if I will work on my blue alien story next or if I'll (finally) work on the second half of my Germanic mythology story. I should work on that, since it has grown very much already, but my blue alien and his friend want for me to finally really start with their story as well.

But whatever I will do, it won't happen anymore this evening. After the very demanding day at work, I went to the cafe straight away and edited for three hours without a break before going home and putting all the changes in the actual files, so my brain feels fried now and demands a rest.

But done - yay!

Title: Goat
Author/Artist: purplekitte
Rating: PG-13
Pairing or Character(s): Ariana, Aberforth, a goat, Albus/Gellert
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me, I swear, I would have noticed.
Warnings: implied sexual acts, Ariana POV which really needs to be a warning here
Author's Note: Crack.

Brother and Brother’s Friend were kissing again.

It seems that my strategy was perfect:

75,365 / 75,437 (99.9%)

And it feels damn good to get at least something done. However, I've still 20 pages to go, so I don't think I will be done in 0,1 percent, which can only mean that I added even more new stuff during this edit. And there I thought that I had shortened parts...

Anyway, plans for tomorrow - seeing that work ends one hour earlier Fridays, I will take my text, just ignore the stupid tiredness and sit down in a cafe and then work over the stupid edit until it is finally done! Yay!

Work - seeing that I was mostly alone in the office today, it went surprisingly well. I managed to kill two phone calls while trying to get them on a different phone, but otherwise everything was all right. I even got a chance to practice my English and managed to explain a guy –who spoke neither German nor English – that no, we don't let our halls for monthly meetings (I mean - WTF? The signs that he claimed to have read say very clearly what we do). Er, yes. Got a lot done, still too many things that I don't know, but it was a good day, even if I'm absolutely tired again and in danger to fall asleep right away.

Can't do that, though, since I'm still waiting for my laundry to finish, so that I can do some highly annoying ironing.

Anyway, found this card in my local only-somehow-gay-store and thought it was cute. ( cuteness here )

Now maybe a short bath and then I will have to decide what to watch this evening. Apart from Sailor Moon, I also feel a strong craving for some Utena, but there's the next Hellsing OVA, too...

Anyway, this weekend I will answer all your comments and maybe even mails. I promise. I'm just too groggy at the moment and fear that I won't make much sense anymore. Half of the time I'm not even sure if I understand what I'm trying to say here (at least during the evenings :)).

...or in English: "Great, Someone Else Is Doing The Work".

Which is why I don't like the kind of work you're supposed to do as a team, especially not if your final mark depends exclusively on your common effort. And you're stuck with a team member that you have to remind multiple times in two weeks that he shouldn't forget about the translation we have to turn in next week on tuesday at the latest! Which is an awful lot of work because this translation is in the first place a transcription of a short video, where the guy who is talking not only uses a broad variety of honorific language (yes, in Japanese of course), which is always difficult to understand per se, but also speaks like it were a speed contest. And my wonderful partner hasn't even begun yet while I'm waiting for weeks to compare my transcription with his so that I can finally begin with the translation.

And for another translation we have done several months ago and we have to improve and correct before handing it in, I realize that not only hasn't he corrected that many former mistakes, but that his style, grammar and spelling are simply horrifying, and I'm saying this as a person who isn't exactly perfect in French either! Huzzah for correcting both of our versions to create a final common translation!

Why, yes, I am frustrated, why do you ask?

And no, this entry doesn't have any other purpose than to vent a little of my anger because I don't have the time to go outside and kick some innocent tree trunks today.~_~