Mood: Cold (but what else is new?)

It's official, Harry Potter book six is set to be released in Canada July 16th! This is uber exciting, I'm pumped, lookit, I'm dancing~ *Grooves in her chair* Chelle and I are going to pre-order it off Chapters again and we can only hope that it will be delivered to our door by the same little boy as last year. Chelle and I were waiting in the living room, a van pulled up in the driveway, a ten-year-old kid lept out clutching two packages and streaked up to our door waving his hands and screaming "HARRY POTTER! HARRY POTTER! HARRY POTTER!" and we met him at the door and we were all like "HARRY POTTER!!!" and he threw us our books and raced back to his van. It was awesome.

I finished my assorted gift exchanges this week. Jenny-chan gave me CHOCOLATE XD and the first two mangas of the series, Tramps Like Us, which is a splendid heaping of cute shoujo and gorgeous art, and I love Momo, and I have to admit I think I'm already addicted to it and I most definately want to buy the next volume. Gya ha haaaaHAAAAhaaaa~ For the Secret Santa, Chris-a-toe-pher (I don't know where this spelling came from all of a sudden but you know that now I've written it once, it's sticking for the rest of eternity) ordered me the FREAKING GARGOYLES SEASON 1 DVD! *Rolls around on the ground* It hasn't arrived yet but rest assured when it does we're all emmassing in my basement and having a Gargoyles-a-thon.

I want Sims2 for Macintosh, not especially for the actual game playing aspect of it but to toy around with the movie maker thing that it comes with, like in The Strangerhood. I don't care what you say, that's cool. I also found a whole mess of awesome Naruto skins, so now I totally want to play Sims with Kakashi and Gaara and Orochimaru. OMG, they need to make a Rock Lee skin. . . @_@

People, remind me once it's not so very cold to go down to Whyte Ave for the day. Despite the arctic temperatures Dad and Chelle just spent today walking around down in all the stores without me and I've become bitter and jealous because I've never taken the time to do that. BITTERNESS.

Things. . .

. . .you would do if you changed genders for one day.

Mood: Tired

Muh ha ha ha, guess who we went and saw today at Grant MacEwan? That's right, SUE JOHANSON! (Host of The Sunday Night Sex Show for any of your who don't know who that is and have obviously been chriogenically frozen in a lab and completely missed out on the teenage and young adult years of your cold, deprived little life in a metal tube.) There's something endearing about a shriviled, little seventy-something year old woman standing in front of an audience of harmone-crazed youth talking about sex, masturbation, and showing off her wide collection of sex toys and having a good time doing it. Or wait, maybe that's just creepy. . . BUT FUNNY.

Tonight we also went and saw Bridget Jones 2: the Edge of Reason. Not as awesome as the first but still hilarious and full of lots of squealy, giggly bits concerning Colin Firth sweetness and/or Hugh Grant cat fights and sopping wet fountain lovings. It was very exciting.

My sister is watching Alias in the family room and I can hear exciting things happening, and I keep wanting to go up and watch but I've only seen the first four episodes and my sister is all the way near the end of the first season and CHAOS will ensue if I attempt watching things out of order. God damnit, this is why I didn't want to start watching this show because I knew I'd get hooked on it and want to watch it when I'm trying to finish work on the computer.

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I don't know if I feel good or let down over these results. . .

And AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! XD Naruto chapter 239 just came out and has -- (WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS EMMENSE SPOILERS. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT YET AND DO NOT WISH TO KNOW BEFORE HAND, STOP READING NOW, I REPEAT, SKIP THE REST OF THIS POST, I MEAN IT, I'M GIVING YOU THE HEADS UP, AS SOON AS THIS BRACKET ENDS THERE WILL BE PIVOTOL INFORMATION AND CLUES ABOUT CH.239, LOOK HERE COMES THE END BRACKET, GET READY, STOP READING NOW)

(HA HA HA, GOT YOU THERE, DIDN'T I, TRICKED YOU GOOD, BUT NO SERIOUSLY, HERE WE GO, COMMENSE IMMEDIATE AVOIDENCE MANEUVERS. . .NOW) -- young Kakashi, team mates (one who is Obito and he's a freaking Uchiha and I so totally guessed that because I'm so awesome,) alive and healthy pre-Hokage Yondaime, Stone ninjas, and big freaking mushrooms. *Head explodes*

Mood: Awake

And Jesus.

Oh, and Gillette Right Guard Sport deodorant. Man, he's such a sellout.

And I realize another thing, as I sit here next to this life-size number 99 cardboard cutout who is shamelessly promoting all manner of anime, religion, and sweat-sucking body hygiene products -- and that is that Mr. Gretzky has very funny eyebrows. You probably can't see it in the picture but his right eyebrow is like some terrifying fuzzy caterpillar that's grown a dorsal fin. He needs some tweezers and he needs someone to show him proper plucking skills, asap.

Aieeee, Naruto episode 108 was awesome~ They kicked the animation back up a notch, like the Gaara-Lee fight, which can make even the worst episodes that much better. They also included a bunch of little bits that weren't in the manga -- even a short new exchange between Oro and Kabuto XD -- but it was good filler, not silly filler.

I saw The Incredibles on Thursday. Anyone who likes any of Pixar's other works should definitely see this one, it was great -- but it's horribly distracting while you're watching when you can't stop thinking how much the villain's head looks like an onion.

On Friday night I went out to the bar with Jenny-chan and her sister and bunch of their friends. That was totally fun since I haven't been since Europe, and ever since the Halloween festivities I've been totally itching for some more good dancing times. The plan originally was to go to Cowboys, (the place right beside them has Ladies Night with full-throttle male strippers! But not on Fridays. . .it was very disappointing. . . ;__;) however we conveniently forgot that it was Rodeo Night and when we got there it was dead and the only people on the dance floor were forty-year-old line-dancing married couples.

So we abandoned that not-so-brilliant plan and fled to Rum Jungle. Wow. Has it changed since I've last been there. o_O But it was awesome, tons o' people on the dance floor and most importantly they were not grooving to country tunes and doing the Honkytonk Stomp, as much as a favorite I know everyone thinks that one is. I passed around some kind of wild berry cooler with a bunch of people in our circle, which was yummy and made me just happy enough that I could ignore how sore my feet were, and we danced non-stop until we finally left at 1:30. Totally fun. (Except for the guy that was circling around us like a vulture for most of the night. . .I think three or four of us including me all did one number with him and then spent the rest of the night trying to tell him to fuck off after he tried to grope one of the girls. That was the not-so-fun part. That and my legs hurt like a bitch the next day.)

Next time we go, the rest of you need to come with us~ All of you! Amanda, and Lance, and Brock, and Chris (you can't say you don't like bars now that you've willingly gone to one, mister, muh HA!) *Chibi eyes* Come and daaaaaance! OMG! And did I mentioned that they had half-naked grass-skirt wearing men doing crazy fire dancing stunts for one of the entertainment bits on stage now?! That sure as hell didn't happen last time I was there. You all must cooooooome!

All right, and as of yesterday I officially began watching Alias, after much pleading and threatening on my sister's part. And okay, I admit, it's pretty good. I like Will, he's like an adorable mix of Oz and Xander. *^^* So I've watched the first four episodes, and now I'm just taking a break, eating a cookie, hangin' and chillin' with my homie, Wayne (who will be shipped off to his new home as soon as his eBay auction is over. Gaara and Jesus are going to be very sad.)

Hmm. Nothing else. I open tomorrow at work which I do not enjoy and means I have to go to bed soon. *Pathetic flailing*

Mood: Happy~

"DYNAMIC ENTRY!!!"

*Rushes in and delivers a flying kick straight in Amanda's face. She falls over and twitches on the floor.*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! *Thumbs up, "nice guy pose", grin, teeth sparkle sparkle*

Some wise birthday wisdom on this proud day, in the midst of this SHIMMERING SPRING OF YOUR YOUTH! (No, really.) You're alive, you're healthy; you've got a roof over your head and have people you love and who love you back. Never forget it. Even if some things are becoming hard to deal with, remember it doesn't do anything to sweat the small stuff, and in time all things will get better. Love who you are, and be happy. ♥

*Gives you a big present* OMG! A SEXY GREEN LEOTARD BODYSUIT! *More sparkle* NOW YOU TOO CAN KICK AS MUCH ASS AS KONOHA'S BEAUTIFUL GREEN BEAST! YOSH!!! *Waves, hills, sunsets*

Mood: Full of manga love.

Damn it, the segment where he was supposed to sing was a different one. Poo. In any case, Kujira has the scariest voice I've ever heard out of the mouth of a woman. And it's her regular voice. Poor, poor woman. . .

And ooh, YAY! The Naruto filler episodes are finally over. I give them two whopping thumbs down and a big ol' toe snubbing in their general direction for pulling such a cheap stunt by crippling Sasuke again in order to wedge that silly made-up plot into the actual story. Boo. Hiss.

I shamelessly admit that I jumped the gun and downloaded the temporary release of chapter 238 of the manga because I just couldn't wait for Inane to release their version. And OH MY GOD, the brain is overloading with Naruto love! So much happens in this chapter!

(The following is just me raving fangirlishly over 238, because it's my blog and I can if I want. If you haven't read it yet and don't want to know, then skip the rest of this post.)

Alright, so three months have past in the timeline since the last chapter. Sasuke's finally arrived all nicely wrapped at Orochimaru's doorstep and Oro's all joygasm-ing, but he only just arrived, so what the hell has he been doing for the three months since we last saw him after the fight? o_O And Orochimaru's still sporting his face bandages, while however fashionable, leads to the obvious question of how long he need to keep those bloody thing on for. What the hell did switching bodies do? Melt his skin off? Give the fangirls back their Oro smex~

Gaara and his fellow Sand brigade are all leaving again already. That makes me sad. They go through all the trouble of bringing them back to Konoha and then ship them right back off to the desert. The last we saw of Gaara, he was talking to Rock Lee -- we never got to see his return to the village, what he's been doing in the last three months in Konoha since then, they didn't even show anything about Naruto or the other's reactions to Gaara's return -- I mean, come on! I can't believe they didn't show a scene between Gaara and Naruto at least! All they did was shower us with hints of possible Shikamaru/Temari lovings, but not an ounce of Gaara love! What the hell happened during all that time?! ARGH! LAME!

And dun dun DUUUUU. Return of the Akatsuki! New revelations made! Badness is officially afoot! Cool scene, especially since it hints to more backstory for Orochimaru's time in the big ol' organization of evil doings before he went freelance. Turns out he left seven years ago, which comes as a surprise since Jiraiya made it sound like his departure was very recent. . .this messes up the timeline that I've pieced together in my head for him. Akatsuki also obviously knows all about Orochimaru's fancy little immortality jutsu; they also seem some what concerned about his recent aquisition of Sasuke and the Sharingan. Orochimaru himself has already implied that he expects trouble from them, and I suppose the fact they're out to kill him is justifiable considering he supposedly severed an arm off one of them and currently has it displayed as a wrinkled and shriveled centerpiece on his table.

(I have marvelous theories about that damn arm -- mostly that it was Itachi's. . .maybe the most he got away after trying to subdue Itachi as a vessel or something. It's become almost trademark for him holding his left arm in his robes like a sling, even though it's not a fake limb like I theorized at first since he uses it when he beats Sasuke around, but I haven't ruled the possibility out. I'm probably reading way too much into a pose that he takes only one time in the entire manga, and it's probably not true, but if it is then I'm going to frolic and declare myself god and brag shamelessly about how I was the first one to figure it out.)

Poor Orochi-chan, he has enemies left, right, and center. Everyone hates him except Kimimaro, and he went and got himself all dead. *Pets Oro-chan* But this is cool, because Akatsuki are after both him and the Nine-Tails, and that's simply doing more to confirm another one of my huge scary theories for the future story and where this whole Akatsuki thing is leading to, and if it happens I'm going to explode because it will be SO FUCKING AWESOME.

So does this mean after the upcoming Kakashi Gaiden which I'm looking so forward to, the manga will pick up three years later? Cool~ So that makes all the kids sixteen and over. (And now Sasuke is of legal age for Orochimaru to fondle. . .the dirty OroxSasu shippers will descend with terrifying force, just wait and see.) I can't wait till next week. Oh man, this manga is finally getting GOOD again. . .

I don't care if you like the character or not -- I demand every last one of you go here right now and listen to Kujira, the voice actor for Orochimaru, as she makes him freak out and giggle so very un-characteristically on Naruto Nippon.

Do it.

Now.

Hurry before they take down the mp3 link! I haven't even listened to anything more than his intro and I already know how much it's going to completely blow my mind. He SINGS.

*Head explodes*