...If You Haven't Got a Penny A Hay Penny Will Do...

Mortgage Crisis Hitting Hard

...Please to Put a Penny In the Old Man's Hat...

(Notice from the editor: I forgot to post this last week, so Winter Break has actually already started. Oops.)

It snowed a bit yesterday, but it didn't stick. We also decorated the interior of out house yesterday. Today was Dad's first day off work (gets off a week before me...grrrrrrrr) and he put lights up on our balcony. It looks awesome. {jazz hands} Only one more week of school, then I go on Winter Break. I'm so happy! (I don't have much to talk about so this is really short.)

...The Goose is Getting Fat...

Heidi gets her cone off at the end of this weekend. She is going to be soooooooo happy! I'm glad it's Friday. Only one more week of school, then Winter Break. Dad gets break starting the 14. He's so lucky, I wish I was getting off that soon.

Also, have you heard? Charlie's retiring and Diane Sawyer is taking over evening news, but leaving GMA! It's so sad! ::::::( Oh well, we still have Robin and the two guys.

Don't wear Santa hats around Heidi. She does special transformation insane-o dog on crack. Mayhap she thinks it's a rabbit?

Well, I have videos to finalize and one to work on and everyone knows iMovie won't do it for me. To my family- je taime. And to everyone else (though I doubt anyone else reads this) Good Whatever Time of the Day it is.

Christmas is Coming...

Isn't it just? However, we're only at the beginning of the month. Sigh... a month away. Oh well, I think I'll manage... maybe. :D

Heidi's been neutered. Finally. When she came home from the vet's it was the funniest thing. I laugh thinking about it. I will never forget the funny. XD I even got a picture of when her tongue was sticking out.

ATTENTION PLEASE

May I have your attention please? Thank you. Now, please don't just skip over this. Okay, to begin now:

We all know the Rain Forest is being destroyed and that it's a bad thing. However, do you know how bad it is? You know we get oxygen from trees, right? You know that right now, AT THIS VERY MOMENT, a tree was just cut down. Yep, and when you were eating that ice-cream yesterday another species was just wiped off the planet. Did you know that? Just checking. Also, has no one bothered to notice that there are medicines that come from plants, LOCATED ONLY IN THE RAIN FOREST? No, yes?

This has been Ren in a caring yet angry mood. :p

Wishing you a...

(I don't actually have this kind of lipstick. We picnik.com'ed this. A lot.)

Life may give you lemons...

But without water and sugar don't offer me your lemonade. Okay so, I know I haven't posted in a while. That's why I'm posting now. I don't think I really have anything to talk about. It's raining outside. Mom's at class. Our mountains of homework are keeping me off the computer. So, yeah. Um, Mom says I don't leave any exclamation marks for anyone else when I do posts so exclamation marks will now be taken over by the number one, 'kay. Will that make you happy Mom?1 So I hope none of you need the number one, if you do you can spell it, right?

I just finished this really good book called the Magicians Guild. It had me hooked from the moment I started it.

Halloween is near. Is anyone who reads this dressing up? Does anyone have costume suggestions for a friend or cousin? I'm not dressing up this year. I might post later or on Halloween, I'm not sure. Oh1 Also, I recommend watching Coraline on Halloween. It's really a great movie. I liked the cat.

I uploaded another Heidi video for those of you who haven't checked out my YouTube channel.

I wish you all a Happy Halloween. Enjoy yourselves, eat lots of candy.

~Ren

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Lord of Stuff

O.M.G. We ordered the book Lord of the Flies off of Amazon and received it yesterday. I finished it today. Yesterday, Mom had to drag me away from the book and she had to tell me to put it away so I would go to bed. Isn't she lucky? Instead of a kid she has to drag away from video games and TV, she has to drag me away from books.

Anyway, I finished it today and cried twice. I read both death scenes today. Yeah. So, basically Lord of the Flies is William Golding's thesis on human nature. After finishing the book I thought, I can't disagree with this. I do believe it's correct. Also, for those people who are going "Eww, flies," like so many of my classmates, I have only one thing to say. READ THE BOOK!!!!! IT'S NOT ABOUT FLIES!!!!!

So, yeah. It's a great book. I want to kill Jack and Roger, but it really is an excellent book. Very well written, the characters are very believable, the descriptions are perfect. So, go read it!

The thing that got me to read the book was all the references I'd heard about it and this.

Also, this is really, really good.

I finally beat my Mario gameboy game. It took me so long. About two years, but I did it. Now I'm playing the extra unlocked bit. It's fun so far.

I think that's enough for now. All, I really wanted to talk about was Lord of the flies, but Mario sneaked in because it took me a long time to beat it.

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Zzzzzzzzzz

*Due to a combination of forgetfulness and procrastination on the part of the editor (me, the mom) the actual publishing date is rather far from the intended publishing date. The editor (me, the mom) apologizes.

Konnichiwa minna-san! Finally! My first week is over! Well, it was over on Friday, but I didn't feel like blogging until today. The first week always tires me out. So much information to remember and process. Not to forget I had major locker problems. First locker, combination didn't work and they couldn't figure out how to fix it. Second locker, the door fell off, but I was able to use it for a couple of days. Third locker was actually a classmates, so I had it for about 5 minutes. Fourth locker, is the one I have now. Finally, I have a locker! It took the first week of school to get it for me, but we eventually got it. So, that's good. I like my teachers and classes. My classmates are pretty cool. It's better this year because I know more people.

That's all I really wanted to say. Hope you have a good day.

Back to School

It is now back to school. Well, tomorrow it is. Tomorrow is the first day of 7th grade for me. This is very strange to me. I guess I figured that I'd do 6th grade and, well, I didn't actually think of school at all beyond 6th grade and college courses I might need to take in college. Yes, I am strange. However, I'm in Ms. Maka's advisory so that's good. Also, a few of the kids from my old advisory are in it with me. However, a few kids I don't like are in it too.

There's some other good news too. I only need two weeks worth of allowance before I can buy the Tsubasa Chronicle CD I want. I got another raise in my allowance. If I cook dinner on Thursdays I get 3 extra dollars on my allowance. Yay!

Happiness, School, and Allowance

~Ren

Race to Witch Mountain

This movie was awesome in more ways than one. If it looked funny and action-filled and cool in the trailer, than the movie will not disappoint you. If it looked so-so or not interesting in the trailer, than the trailer will disappoint you, but the movie won't. I think it is great and not a waste of time. There are a lot of "embrasing the cliche" moments. You really should see it. It's on iTunes, heck it's in stores here so in the states it must be out in all movie places. I reccomend it with 5 stars.

Well, bye.

WATCH IT! I give you cookie.

So, this is going to be really short. First, have any of you seen the YouTube video I put up? Mom "shared" it on Facebook. If you haven't seen it it's here. I'm Sachukia. I think it's good since it's my first time using iMovie '08.

This is my new desktop. It's Tsubasa Chronicle. My old one was Ouran High School Host Club.

I like it. My first desktop was Fruits Basket:

Yes, I love anime and manga, I thought we already established that. I promise my next desktop will not have anything to do with manga or anime.

~ Bye:)

This Title is Simple

Hi. School starts soon. August 31. Can you tell how I'm not that enthusiastic? Oh well, only 6 more years, then college, then teacher training, then, FREEDO-Chukung. (Jeff Dunham fans will get that.) Wanting to become a teacher, I will never escape school. But neither will you people who want to be in the medical profession, so HA.

If you follow mom's Facebook or Flickr you will know we dyed the tips of my hair purple and you can see pictures. About two inches on the bottom, it looks really good in my opinion. Mom did a good job.

As for the AMV awards: almost everything tied and if I type any more than that mom will kill me. So, no AMV awards: HA! (I feel like saying HA! to everything.)

We have apples and I think this is the longest peanut butter pretzels have ever been known to last in my presence.

Wolves are my favorite animal. This one reminds me of Heidi when she's bored.

This has been Ren. (Wow, that was a really pathetic sign off, but today has been a blah sort of day.

Why does it smell like wet dog in here?

That would be the wet dog. Mom and Heidi came back from their very wet walk. It's pouring down rain right now. When they came in Heidi, being a dog, started running around the apartment. Stop, spin in a circle, run to her bed, run between the couches, (thanks so much) crash into a wall. Now she's trying to stop mom from fixing her bed. So mom throws the blanket on Heidi's head and we have blue striped ghost dog. Mom and I are laughing so hard it hurts. A lot. I assure you this is all much funnier in person.

That's all for that. I have an announcement. Next blog post will be AMV and anime trailers and mixes awards. (Sorry mom, it's a hobby.) Anyway, either look forward to that or dread it.

Don't you think this was really short? I do. I guess it's good for me to have a short post once in a while. This has been Ren (in case you've forgotten) and bye-bye.

Winning isn't everything... but losing SUCKS!

Sorry for not blogging, but the highlights of our days are now the walks we go on with Heidi. So- not much to blog about. However, I really, really, really wanna to blog. So, I'm going to find something to blog about. Please bear with me.

First, I know this is fake and this person put it up as a joke, but it still made me go: O_O ... AHHHHHHHHHHHH! So watch and tell me your reactions. (Only if you've seen Ouran High School Host Club please.) Funimation has lost Ouran to 4kids! Also, please understand that if this ever did happen it would mean the world was ending. I mean, we lost Tokyo Mew Mew to 4kids and all reports say: BAD. Funimation keeps it as much like the original Japanese version as possible, 4kids changes it so much it seems nothing like the Japanese original.

So, have how you people been? I haven't gotten many e-mails from my friends... or a certain cousin! But it's actually okay I guess because now I have more time to read manga. I'm currently waiting for updates on four manga series and I'm reading another manga that I'm only on chapter 48 so I don't have to worry about waiting on updates for that yet.

Have you guys seen Bones season four? Well, if you're in the states (or have Itunes) you have, but I don't think I can wait for season five. Booth is missing part of his memory?! Oh no! Also, don't you miss Gordon, Gordon?

On YouTube yuukichan11's account has been suspended and her videos deleted. My response: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! She had all the Vampire Knight episodes for both seasons subbed and all the openings and trailers for the show she was working on with Violetbunny and everyone! But most importantly: my Vampire Knight is GONE! ::(::: I think my world is close to ending.

My friends e-mail is still down and my other friend isn't e-mailing me. Yep, my world is ending.

On a much happier note I'm about half way to having enough money (52 dollars to be exact) to buy the Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Soundtrack Volume 1. Happy, happy, happy.

School starts soon. We already bought supplies and school clothes. My world has ended.

This is my current desktop:

I don't know where I got the picture!

Well, bye-bye. (Only a sliver of my world remains.)

Crayons and Peanut Butter Don't Mix

   I like a lot of stuff. Including random blog posts. 

ATTENTION: this is a random blog post that will consist mostly of manga and anime and music talk. Three of my favorite things. Also, a small section will be devoted to randomness. Four of my favorite things. 

  First: Music. I really like the band Evanescence. Amy Lee sounds awesome. The instrumental part of the music is awesome. The songs are awesome. What does all this equal? I buy some of their songs on iTunes with the iTunes card I will get for Christmas and listen to them 7 billion times. I also like A Thousand Miles and Ordinary Day by Vanessa Carlton.  Also on my to buy list. Have I mentioned Simple Plan is really cool? Well they are. Have I also mentioned I LOVE the band Nightcore? I do. Have I mentioned they don't exist ANY-FREAKING-WHERE except YouTube? It's true and it annoys me to the point of no return. Also, Dad's computer is with him and he is gone for a bit. So sad :(    Anyway, I can't work on my paint project so I can't listen to the Nightcore songs while working on that. ~End music discussion~

  Manga and anime: Well, I have watched the entire Ouran High School Host Club anime. Partly in English Dub and part in Japanese with English Sub. I only watched the English because I couldn't find the other Japanese episodes. I finished the manga CardCaptor Sakura Master of the Clow today. It was really, really good. I really liked it. I like Clamp's work. My favorite manga authors are: (not in a specific order)

 Natsuki Takaya

 CLAMP 

  Matsuri Hino

  Arina Tanemura 

 The manga Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle is really hard to read on the computer, but since I've already read it on the computer I guess it's a little late to realize that. 

 Some random disorganized thoughts (I warned ya): I bit the inside of my cheek today and now it's all swollen so I keep biting it. I hate that, don't you? I'm writing/drawing a manga only this time I'm serious about it. I also have to rewrite most of a story I'm working on. Grrrr, I hate that.  Also, also (I'm really excited about this) I'm translating some instructions from German to English so I can dye the ends of my hair purple! Just about an inch or so from the bottom. I can't wait until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie gets over here. Unfortunately it's the only Harry Potter book I don't have, but it's one of the books I really like. Well, actually I love all the Harry Potter books. I won't part with them unless you give me one million dollars for each book.  

 

   Well, I guess I should get off. This has been Ren and remember: crayons and peanut butter don't mix (not that I would know).    

   

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

  Wow. Wow. Wow. We just got back from watching Transformers 2 and there are no words to describe it. Maybe this will help: it was about 3 hrs long and it felt like 30 min. Adrenaline was seeping through my veins. It cost about tens of millions of dollars in special effects. That thing was just awesome. You've got more robots, more explosions, more everything. 

  When we last left everyone Sam and Mikaela were together, Megatron was finished, Starscream left Earth, and Optumus sent a message to the AutoBots that were still in space. Now, Sam is going to college. But before he leaves he gives Mikaela a small shard of the All Spark that got stuck in his sweater. Before that though he touches it and accidentally creates some small robots. Now he's seeing those crazy symbols like his grandfather. Remember him?The government wants to finish working with the AutoBots assuming the Decepticons are coming after them. There are new Decepticons as well as new AutoBots. Remember the shard that Prime picked up from Megatron's chest? Well, the new Decepticons use it to bring him back and boy, is he unhappy. The Decepticons find out Sam sees the symbols that mean- what? Something important. Then prime dies to protect Sam. Sam finds out something will save him. Will they save Prime? Will the government shut down the AutoBots and make them leave? Will Sam or Mikaela say "I love you" first? Will the symbols help the gang? Who's that giving Megatron orders? And the biggest question: Will any of them, Sam, Mikaela, the AutoBots, Major Lennox, Agent Simmons, Leo, Ron, Judy make it out of this alive? Will any of the decepticons?

   The movie is action packed and the ending fight is AWESOME!!!!! Tons of explosions and robots getting blown up/torn apart.  My favorite new aliens are the old plane and the toy car. This is a must see movie. Watch the first Transformers movie first (it'll help) then watch this. In a movie theater if possible. Just watch it on a REALLY big screen. This movie has action, tons of humor, and is for 13 and up or mature peoples.  

 Watch it and your life will be complete.  

System... Failing- Must Reboot

    Two topics tonight.

      First: I suffered internal combustion today. I was playing with the dog and I was trowing the ball down the hall and she chased it. Anyway I started the under hand swing to toss the ball and she bolted down the hallway before the ball left my hand- so I held onto the ball ('cause I'm evil like that). She got to the hall door, then stopped and spun around as if surprised that the ball wasn't at her feet. I laughed. I always laugh when I play with Heidi. However, I wanted to share this one for some reason.

 

    Second: AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!  So, I'm saving up $52 to buy the Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Soundtrack Volume 1 from Amazon. (I love you Amazon!!). However, I also have a REALLY BIG need for an iTunes card because I have alot of songs I want. However, I only have $5 dollars. I still have to wait two months, a week, and two days before I have enough to buy the CD. Then I have to wait another month because my deal with mom was: I pay for CD, but then I have to put an entire month's worth of allowance into my savings account. So, yeah.  

 Those are my topics for today. So- bye. (My endings are really boring aren't they?)

A Possible LOL for Ya

    Some funny things I've said lately. Yes, I said these- I can have excellent timing and say funny things. Sometimes both.   

 1) When we saw the movie Earth the comentator was saying how a polar bear doesn't usually go after prey this large. Me: "Or that stinky once someone starts a game of pull my flipper." XD 

2) Today on Heidi's walk she was eating the grass as she walked.

Mom: "She's trying to get into the mind of her prey. By eating her prey, rabbit's, food."

My: "Hmm. So if my prey eats cake?"

 There was one time when I was dancing, then I said something funny in response to something mom said and made her spit out perfectly good wine. It was funny. 

    Isn't this the cutest? I don't own it.  I haven't put up a picture in a while. 

Breathing, Becoming an Issue

I was going to keep this to myself, but I can't do it anymore. Every time I think about it I begin to laugh. Oh, there I go- laughing. You're probably thinking what the heck is she talking about? Is she nuts? Well, I am, but it has nothing to do with this post.

Okay explanation: I was watching Ouran High School Host Club the English dub. I know, English dub, it must suck. Actually, from the few episodes I've watched in Japanese the English dub is very close. The only bad thing, they made someone sing the opening Sakura Kiss in English. Bad idea. The ending isn't horrible in English. Well, I don't cover my ears and screech, but I don't listen to the end. However, I digress.

I was watching episode 22. In part 2/3 Tamaki and the Host Club make reference to Mori-senpai not being much without Hunny-senpai. Hunny asks Mori if he's using him and Mori starts shaking his head frantically. Then Tamaki says Hunny is being leased to Mori. Here's the funny part:
Hunny: Is Tama-chan telling the truth? Are you renting me?
Mori: *standing. Jaw drops to table (a common exageration in anime) and his whole body shakes like he's in "epilepsy rehab" as one commentor stated.*
It was hilarious!!! Well, the whole episode was hilarious, but if I even think of that scene I have to have a laugh break.

Well, that's all for that.

We also just saw the movie Earth. Funny, funny- ahh! Did you see how high that Great White Shark jumped? And that walrus just stabbed the polar bear with his tusk, we don't feel sorry for the bear. It was funny, cool, and a bit cute. Only a bit.

I've also read a few of books. The library is running out of material. Either I've read the books already, have checked them out already, or they aren't the kind of books I like.

Also, this is an apology to Mom. I know you have to proof read this post and I apologize if the anime part bores you to death and makes you want to throw dishes at me. If you must, please only throw a strainer or a rubber spatula. Thank you. (But we haven't really done much, so there's not much to blog about.)

Well, until next time bye-bye.

The Title of this Post Ran Away

O. M. G. I really, really, really want to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I mean I've always wanted to see it. It has to do with Harry Potter, but now I've watched the trailer and I REALLY WANNA SEE IT. It looks like it has some stuff that's different from the book, but it still looks AWESOME. Rupert Grint and the Swine Flu fear (he had it, he's all better) + Harry 6 trailer by the way, there's one trailer, an add, then another trailer, then the end. So stay through the add. ~End Harry Potter Talk~

Also, I'm a fangirl. Yes, I must finally admit it. I've been fighting that definition, but now I must surrender and say it's true ('cause it is.)
I am a:
Fai fangirl
Aido fangirl
Hitachiin twins fangirl (not Tamaki)
And yes, I'm a Kissu fan (not fangirl, there's a difference.)

So, there's the truth.
I just wanted to say that, and I really wanted to tell you about the Harry Potter 6 right after watching the trailer.

Bye-bye.

Happy Fourth of July!!!!

Not that it's that important- oh wait. It is! I mean fireworks, sparklers, food, who doesn't love it? Also, there's that whole freedom of our country thing. So, I wasn't really planning on writing anything, but now I think I will.

Fourth of July
Our founding fathers wrote a letter
To King George the Third
If I had been there, we wouldn't have needed it,
I would give him my mom's home made banana bread with lemon curd (seriously, that stuff good:P)

He would have said, "Yes, yes
Do as you please, just keep this food coming each day, no less"
I would have kept it coming with an
Extra, free fan! (I'm sure England was hot, although why he would need a fan...?)

Fourth of July 2
Now the fireworks go off,
My dog barks and gets scared
If we hadn't gotten a Beagle mix,
Better my ears would've fared.

I really think that,
While I wish I was home,
German fireworks are fat (fat? Oh well, it rhymes.)
And explode with color and design better.

I guess their pretty good for coming up with them on the spot. I don't really like the second one, though it's completely true.

A note: The weather has been miserably hot. See mom's blog for detail and about last night.
A second note: We have guests this evening.
A third note: I hope you enjoy these pictures. I don't know where I got them and I don't own them. This includes the one at the top.

About Me 2

I'm bored and have, for some reason, the need to blog. I'm not sure why. Anyway I thought I'd do another about me post only with better detail. I'm fashioning it like the ones you see in manga on the side bars to make it easier to read and understand (not that you should be able to understand me).

Age: 12 years
Height: About 5' 1"
Weight: I dunno (seriously I don't)
Birthday: May 28
Star Sign: Gemini
Chinese Zodiac: Ox

Hobbies: Reading, listening to music, watching anime, watching movies, making cookies, blogging, drawing, writing, collecting pictures, day dreaming, using large + complicated words to get my way with classmates,etc.
Favorite Class: Math
Least Favorite Class: Science
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Flower: Sakura (cherry blossom)
Favorite Candy: Sour stuff
Least Favorite Candy: Now and Later
Favorite Author: Tamora Pierce
Only Book that can make me cry every time I read it: Bridge to Terabithia (no matter how much I read it I still cry when Leslie dies)
Future Occupation: Social Studies (or history depending on grade) teacher/author
Number of Best Friends: 4
Number of Cousins: 8
Number of Cousins who e-mail me: 1 (you rock!! :D)

So yeah, that's all I can think of. Have a good day. Bye.

I May Never Be The Same

SPOILER WARNING

Oh. My. God. I just finished watching Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Tokyo Revelations OVA and my hands are still shaking. It was freaking AWESOME!!!!!! I mean wow. At one point mom asked what I was watching and laughed because I was treating it so intensely. I mean I had to go to my room and wait for her to stop laughing. After I yelled at her, "It's not funny!!!!" That made her laugh harder. I was very, very, very annoyed.

Again, oh my god! That thing was so intense. When you find out about the Syaoran/clone/heart thing. It was as intense as when I was reading the chapters in the TRC manga about Fai/Yuui/Asura. Oh, my hands were shaking then too. I think while watching Tokyo Revelations I started crying at one point- or several points. When Sakura has to kill the mutants to get the glowing orb to pay Yuuko and she got hurt and was talking about selfish desires- so sad.

What really got me was when the S Clone (that's his abreviation for me) took Fai's eye, I was clutching the chair so hard it hurt. Yes, I'm a Fai fangirl, so sue me. I really liked the vampire mix as well. And when Fai was dying and was telling them to let him die so the power of his eye that's in S Clone's head would die too. I just about burst into tears, but I kept them quiet. Then Kurogane desides he will become Fai's E to save Fai's life I was ready to dive into the screen and kiss everyone there.

There were some funny parts too. Such as when they kill the mutants and say they're good for eating, Mokona freaks out because one of the younger teens called him a mutant. "Ahh, Mokona was called a mutant earlier, will you eat Mokona too?" Or something like that. Actually, that was the only funny part.

I was suprised by the seriousness Fai let himself fall to. However, the voice actor played it well and CLAMP (the creators) when they wrote this did an excellent job of making sure the seriousness still fit Fai's character. You could tell, expecially when he's explaining it to Yuuko, that Fai is not an originally happy person. Of course I already knew this from the manga.
In the comment box a lot of people did not like the fact that the Syaoran that we all know and love was a clone.

Well, I just wanted to share this with you and I guess, bye for now.

P.S. I love Tsubasa Chronicle!!!!!!!!

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I thought this picture really encompasses the end of Tokyo Revelations. The Syaoran in the front is the real one. You can tell because both his eyes are brown.

Fan art for Dummies

Hi, I'm pretty sure that by now you know who's posting on this blog, but I'll say it any way. It's me Ren- again.

Today is a special day because yesterday I realized something important. I have A Lot of Fanart to do. So yeah. I have already done some FB fan art and I have done 1 good MR fan art and one bad MR fan art. I have done no TRC fan art, no SC fan art, no MM fan art. How I got away with that I know not. I have done no TMM fan art either! So today, I'm trying to catch up on that. Although I really don't think I'm going to do KuroFai fan art. Although I like some of the stuff people come up with. Some of it is weird, but some of it is HILARIOUS! I mean seriously. Like this one:

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The translation is this:
1) Sakura: Fai-san...
Fai: Yes, Sakura-chan?
Sakura: Why do u like chocolate so much?
Syaoran: !
Kurowanko: ...
2) Fai: Because... It's sweeeeeet!
3) Fai: Because it's veeeeeeery good!
And I'm not putting the translation for the last box. Click on the credit link and you'll see the translation. And yes, I did happen look the definition up. (Note: Kurowanko is Kurogane.)

You may think that (after clicking the link) this would be in my category of weird. You're wrong. This is in my category of HILARIOUS! For it to be truly hilarious you must see the KuroFai relationship in the first half of the anime and know the characters, but even if you don't, it still should be funny.
I don't usually go for yaoi and at first was not liking KuroFai, but now I'm looking at that fan art more and finding a mixture of stuff. There are some weird ones, some funny ones, and some really sweet ones. And then there are some that make me go "WHAT! What the?" and I skip to a new page.
Well, I think this is long enough, bye and good luck on whatever you may need good luck on.

Key to acronyms:
FB= Fruits Basket
MR= Maximum Ride
TRC= Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
SC= Shugo Chara
MM= Mermaid Melody (in general, not specifying and season)
TMM= Tokyo Mew Mew

More Credit: The picture in this post belongs to: FrenezaDeziri. The translation also belongs to FrenezaDeziri. I got this picture at DeviantArt.com.
FrenezaDeziri- if you find this and want me to take your picture down tell me in a comment. I will take it down.

Movie Reviews

Hi. Today has not been a good day. I hurt my toe. I've had a headache off and on all afternoon. Oh, there it is, back again. Anyway, lets ignore my troubles and get to the reason for this post.

First, I watched Bolt a couple of days ago. It was very funny! The hamster was energetic, clueless, and funny. The cat was trying to convince Bolt that he was a movie character and his super powers weren't real. Also, since they weren't real they were unaffected by Styrofoam. Bolt is your typical superhero dog. Almost all the powers of Superman, just no flying. The girl is voiced by Miley Cyrus who does an excellent job of voicing Penny. It is a funny, family friendly movie. I guarantee laughter and you won't be disappointed by this animated movie.

Also a few days ago I watched Ultraviolet. I have been wanting to see this movie ever since it came out. So I was very excited about seeing it. I had heard that the fight scenes were the only good parts, but I still wanted to watch it. I had seen the two major fight scenes in a video on You Tube. I was not disappointed. It is action packed, fast paced, and exciting. Not very funny and pretty serious, but it has a bit of a shock in a few parts. It's an excellent movie and depending on what your looking for, you probably won't be disappointed.

Hope this helps if your planing to watch the movies. I highly recommend Bolt.
~Ren
P.S. My last post was like, my longest post ever!
P.P.S. My headache is gone- oh spoke too soon, but it is less hurtful.

News Cast On My Life

Hellooooooo and good morning this is Ren with today's weather forecast. In Schwienfurt you can expect still more rain, possibly one sunny day, then... more rain. Today we also had a spot of whining dog when the mom left and a mirror finally out of Ren's room. Now for the traffic report. 

        It's a bit slow today. Not much going on. This morning the mom and dad took some things to the thrift store. Including the mirror in Ren's room. Ren was awake resonably early and was starting her day before everyone else for a change. Later while her parents were away she dusted the all of the living room shelves. There were no accidents and, like I said, it's a pretty slow day. 

       Now for other random somewhat important news. 

      Well, there's not much to report. Summer has started. I'm playing tennis (sort of) again. I'm reading lots of books and raising another weeks worth of allowance + $1 so I can buy an iTunes card. I has many songs I'd like to buy. I still love Avril Lavigne, but am, again, in conflict about my favorite song. We all know my favorite song is We Are by Ana Johnsson, but I think I may change it. 

    I just like so many songs. It's hard to choose one and stick with it. I'm also thinking about not having a favorite song. It would be simpler, but I would have to explain it to people who ask.

           And now  for entertainment.

          I have decided not to talk about manga/anime, so I will speak of the awesome movies I watched. Yesterday I watched Ultraviolet which I have wanted to see for a long time. I loved it and was very pleased with how it turned out.

      The day before yesterday I watched Bolt and loved that too. I found it predictable, but incredibly funny. I hope to own that movie. Not only because I love it, but also so my mom will hopefully stop quoting the line 'spicey eyes, spicey eyes!' from one of the funniest scenes in the movie.

  That's the news. 

  ~Ren

P.S. I had to do alot of editing becouse at first I had my alter egos writing this, but mom made me change it. Maybe that's best since not everyone should know. Hmmm. I will think on this.

I'm so happy no amount of gloating can do it justice

       

       For real this time. I'm getting soooo much manga. Here- let me clarify.

       Thursday, May 28 I bought/ordered 3 manga from Amazon (I love you Amazon *says in fangirl voice*). Thursday a week later they came. Yesterday I ordered 2 more manga from Barnes and Noble with a present gift card. They will come in "3-8 business days".

      I have found out that while I swear to never watch the movie Twilight (it can never be as good as the book) I do like the soundtrack. Except they messed up Bella's lullaby. It's only piano- hello. Edward wasn't playing 5 other instruments- just piano! Sheesh.

    I have found from the soundtrack I might like Paramore- or just the 2 songs on the soundtrack.

    I'm obsessed with Fruits Basket. That's the manga i've been buying. I have other manga, but only one in the other series. However, I hope to own Vampire Knight, too. 

   Also, my Thumb Drive is full. I only use it for manga/anime pics and it's full! Wow. Now I have to buy another one! *Sigh*

   

    I like school, but now school is coming to a close..... YAY!!!!!  No more homework! No more Greek and Latin roots! No more book projects! (Yes, in Schwienfurt middle school 6th grade, they still do book projects.) 

    Also, I'm in National Junior Honor Society (NJHS). I'm also going to run for Vice President of NJHS.

     Okay, that's my update. I'll try to blog more- maybe. (Did I use too many of these ()?)

     ~Ren

As I've mentioned- all pictures put on here do not belong to me. Thx. 

 

    

 

Birthday Post

Okay, yesterday was my birthday, but I was a baka and while I was on the computer- didn't blog! So this is my b-day post. I can put whatever on here. Okay! It's my right!
So, that's out.
First, presents.
I got a watch. Then, I got... A Super Cool Video Camera! It can do vids underwater, be dropped from a height of 4ft. and live to tell the tale! From Grandma I got pictures and a card. I also got 20 bucks which I used to buy manga. It's my b-day gift to ME!
This is my b-day video, I love this vid. Happy Furuba Birthday! I love Fruits Basket and this song!
My cake was soooooooooooooooo yummy! Peppermint and chocolate basically. Ah, heaven.
So, okay, um. *Thinking of other stuff to say* *Coming up with nothing*
Happy late b-day to me. Oh, my b-day was on a school b-day. LOL! (If you don't get it that's okay. I don't expect you to.)
~Ren

Dog's can not hold their poo, dat's what it eez.

The dog is sick- again. Just when we thought we were free *sigh*.
Ahhhh! Dog is going psycho again. Running around, bouncing off of furniture, dad, walls. Seriously she does that. So much for being that sick. Oh no, she can't eat all her food, but she can run around the house and play with dad *sigh (again)*. Must be nice to be a puppy.
Speaking of puppies, my best friend got a dog! She's been waiting for one like me, but I got mine quicker. Hers is an Australian Shepard. It is also a puppy. I Google-imaged the breed- sooooooo cute!
Speaking of animals (don't ask how I actually made the jump) I have to wonder something. Where is Momiji? Has he come back to Germany? There are sooo many rabbits around! We can't let Heidi off leash. Being mostly Beagle she will chase rabbits to the ends of the Earth. Birds to the end of the leash. Crazy dog. I'm NOT complaining about Heidi! I think she's wonderful! (Mom was telling me to knock off the dog complaining earlier. *sigh*)
Have a good evening and watch out for dog poo.
~Ren (lover of a lot of stuff- not dog poo)

Heidi is a funny dog

       OMG, so much to say! 

       We just got back from Wildpark Schwienfurt. There Heidi wanted to meet with every person and animal. We saw some people and she wanted to see them. Mom had her in her harness so we (dad, he should count as two people) pulled her back, so she stood on her hind legs, and then proceeded to walk - still on her hind legs- backwards. It was the funniest thing ever. I laughed so hard. 

       We skipped the rabbit and bird pens- if you know Heidi you'd know she'd rip the wire to get to the rabbits and birds. Though not the HUGE raven in one of the cages. 

       She was very interested in the deer. Though there was a HUGE one in a fenced area, that tried to get her away. Like- this deer came to the fence and tried to step on the dog- through the fence! Then as we walked away the deer followed us. The deer was stalking my dog! OMG. 

       Other stuff happened, but that was funniest. Now the dog is DEAD TIRED! Dad got lunch, she didn't even blink an eye (she usually begs for a bit when you first bring out the food). 

Also, I need to say something. You'll notice that I put pictures on this blog. I just need to say these pictures are NOT mine. I get them off of deviantart, photobucket, and other random sources when I look on google images. I will try to put the makers name if I have it. However remember, these pictures are not mine. If they are I will tell you. Okay? Good.

~ Ren

OMG How could I not blog?!

         Wow, I can't believe I didn't blog!  Okay, if you need glasses for the computer- go get them.

        First- We, the sixth grade, went on a field trip to Bamberg yesterday. We saw a portion of the tunnels beneath the city. I say portion because if we saw all of it we'd still be down there. They're made of sandstone and usually wet. There was some flooring that looked like movie-castle flooring and it was wet. It immediately reminded me of Harry Potter II when Moaning Myrtle floods the bathroom and the gang find Mrs. Norris. It was cool.

    

         Also, my parents and I have seen some cool ruins.

1.  A tower and base of rooms. 
   
2. A whole castle and a cathedral. It even had a moat and it was mostly intact. Super, super cool.

      Also, I've pretty much given up on the whole song of the month. However, I really, really, really, REALLY love this song and video.

 Dam dadi do anime mix    I LOVE IT! So watch it already!

Ah, curse your sudden, but inevitable betrayal

     You know that one post where I said it got warmer? Well- forget all about it! It is cold again today and it "rained". Bah, what they call rain here is little more than drizzle (in my opinion). 

     Ahhh mother nature is evil! She goes from sunny, warm, good  weather to chilly, wet weather (see title). 

    Also, I don't think anybody looks at the titles because in another post I made reference to Germany being the title when the title was weather- I changed it and forgot to edit that comment, I'm not going crazy, yet. Also, I don't think anyone reads this blog. Oh well, it's not like I care, I just think that a title and six sentences is long enough. Though some people who will remain nameless since I have a self preservation idea, only put a title, a picture, and a sentence. Anyway internet failing- must go.

Bye ~ Ren 

Weather

      Hello, hello, helloooooo. So Germany. Well, that's just an eye catching title. I have much to say.

      First, I'm walking home from school now. With a friend. She showed me a shortcut that takes you by a stable. I get to see beautiful horses every (week) day! 

        Second, this sort of goes with the first. The weather is getting nicer here. It's warm in the afternoons. I like it. In the morning it is still chilly. A few days ago I was talking with some people at recess. I said, "I thought April was a spring month. So why is it so freaking cold?" They agreed. Now it is warmer so I guess Mother Nature took my comment to heart. 

       Third, the stories I'm writing are really coming along. The manga I'm drawing is going kind of slowly. I don't want to rush it too fast, but I don't have many fillers. 

        Fourth, there is an abundance of bunnies here. Every morning on my way to school I see rabbits. I always wonder, is Momiji here or something? 

         Fifth, I will be starting something called song of the month. Where at the end of every month I will put a good song and video on a post. I have this month's song picked out, but you have to wait. Mwa ha ha ha ha! 

       That's all, so, um, bye.

       ~Ren                   :P

Life, Lemons, and Anime

       Hello again! It's me, Ms. Dorky mc dork dork. Not my evil twin who is supposedly living in Aspen according to a personality book I have. 

       Okay, so, if you haven't heard/seen/read Twilight you might not get this.  I read somewhere (can't remember where) If life gives you lemons throw them back and yell I want Edward Cullen! 

My response to that is, if you do that, life will pity you (this part I came up with). 

   My life and lemons is:  When life gives you lemons (yes eventually you're sure to get some) throw them back and yell I want Aido! Life will answer in some way. 

    If you don't know Vampire Knight then you won't get that either.  But those are if you only want to stick with vampires. I have plenty of others. 

Picture credit for aido

   Also, Yuukichan11 is making a movie type thing that is a mix of Twilight and Vampire Knight. She's serious about it, she's having people do voice auditions and e-mailing the people who get the parts their script. She has a lot of people. I can't wait! I'm soooo excited! Okay well this has been another post by Ren who is now signing off so she can eat ice-cream. Goodbye and good (whatever time of the day it is for you). 

~Ren 

    This post has mentioned a book, an anime, and a new video thing. All credit goes to them.

         Twilight (c) to Stephanie Meyer

          Vampire Knight (c) to Hino Matsuri

           Movie thing (not giving you real name because didn't get permission) (c) to Yuukichan11 and affiliates 

Happiness to obligations

I feel so awesome no amount of gloating can do it justice. I got a Shojo Beat magazine. Right now I'm like the happiest person in Europe. I love manga and anime, I think I've mentioned this. I also love the music videos people make with them.
I know this says I'll talk about Germany. Here's some good news. In fact it's better than good, but I don't know what else to call it. *Drum roll* *Trumpets you hear that announce royalty in movies* Our stuff is coming tomorrow! *silence* *single cheer* *crowd cheers like crazy people* (well they probably are)
Yay!!!! I get my stuff !
See ya ;P

Wonderful things

1) My friend got an e-mail so now I can e-mail her! Yay!! She didn't have one before so I didn't know how I was going to contact her. I'm so happy!

2) I called my other friend last night. We chatted for a while. It was so wonderful to hear her voice. 

3) The third wonderful thing is Caramelldansen. The song. Both the english and Swedish versions.

4) Music in general.

5)Manga and anime.

6)Amazon.com

7)Books

8) Oh whatever:) If I continue we'll be here for the rest of our lives. ;p

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High-Tech school and useless people

          I really don't want to get older. This may sound odd so let me explain. I was on the bus today, just a normal day. On my bus there is the bus driver, but there is also a lady who walks up and down the isle and tells us to quiet down and sit down.

                The lady today (they change every so often) was telling some kids to quiet down. There was a seventh of eighth grader, while she was talking or after she made a comment, would cough/talk something to do with it. Then, when her back was turned a sixth grader flipped her off! I thought Oh my gosh! That's when I realized I really didn't want to become an older kid.

             They say you get smarter when you get older, but they're wrong! I don't want to become a brainless, useless, immature bulk of hormones!! Grrrr Argh! (err, sorry inside joke)

           Now to the high tech. At my school they must really love computers. The students get a log in account. It allows them to get on any computer. On here they can use word document, go to the internet, etc. 

           They also get a student e-mail with which they can e-mail teachers and other students and get school updates. Now we get a blog?! I was familiar with a blog since I have my own personal one, but a school one? Anyway, it's not really a blog so much as a place to answer questions the teacher gives you and let the teachers and other students see. I mean you write down what you think. They're think about it questions not correct answer question. Also, it's required we had to set it up.

          Although I'm not writing on it on my own time.

          Well, bye! ;p   ~Ren

Pause to think a moment

             My cousin e-mailed me just now and asked me, are there any German kids in your school? A simple enough question(no I go to school on base so no German kids). There are kids who speak German fluently, but no Germans. Which got me thinking, what defines a German? What makes a German a German? Is it fabulous cooking skills? Their up-bringing? The culture they live in? How they act? Where they live, how they live? Where they were born? What language they speak?  How do we label someone as an "American" or a "German" or any other place? What do we base it on and is it different for some than for others? 

      

              Should we always label someone as "German" or any other place? Why do we label them? Does it make us feel better about ourselves? Does it give us a sense of patriotism? 

             These are things to think about. When even the smallest of things gets you pondering big questions like these, don't ignore them. Pause to think, then share your questions (and sometimes thoughts) with others. Who knows, they could change the world (although I don't think these questions will).

        

                                            Pondering, Happiness, and Hope,

                                                  Ren

       

Yes, many many things have happened

          Guten Abend! We have not had internet so I couldn't blog (also when we got internet again I was on my e-mail and youtube). Anyway, lots of things have happened. We have a house! Yay!! We got to see some of downtown Schweinfurt. I had my first bratwurst. So delicious! I've also had lots of German chocolate and a kinder egg. Honestly, whoever put a German in a kitchen and said "Cook" was really smart. German+Food=Genius. Yummy! =D 

                     I have started school. Today was my first day so can't say much. I have fallen in love with the song Perfect Enemy by t.A.T.u . I don't know what that has to do with school, but I thought I'd mention it. Well I have to go before a certain person kills me to watch Doctor Who. 

                                      School, chocolate, and hope,

                                          Ren 

Somebody fix my computer!

Please!!!!!!! I can't read or speak German fluently! All the websites I've gone to have been in German! I can't find the buttons to change it back to English on some of them.
So okay and added thought: my dad is a dork. Bye.

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intro to me and my blog

      Hi, I'm Ren. This is my blog, but it's attached to my mom's. About me: I love manga and anime, I love to read and write, I love books, and I'm really good in school. Straight A's all the time. My favorite subject is math. I love history too. We had to move in the middle of the school year so it's a little confusing, but it's cool. I've always wanted a blog so having one now is awesome. I love movies and music.

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You can usually find me reading a book, listening to my iPod, and/or on youtube. I can be found watching movies and TV shows often too. I'm a greak (geek and freak). Since we moved to Germany writing this blog will be pretty easy. I'll talk about what we do and about Germany and all the places we go in Europe. I'll also talk about other stuff. 

Well, this is a pretty long intro so I'll stop now and I hope you enjoy my blog.