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Phear his 5 Meters!

Hooohooo Axis Powers Hetalia episode 24 has... PRUSSIA!!! XD
Finally Prussia gets a little more than the one-liner he had at episode 10 (I think) where he says something to Spain whilst in his pirate gear.
This time he not only shows up, we also see his chibi, he does his signature laugh and he bullies Roderich around! OH YEAH GILBO DO YER THANG.
You don't know how happy seeing Prussia and Austria together in one frame has made me.
Lolol yeah, this girl's a Prussia x Austria fan all the way!!! Gilbo and Roderich just look so cute together ne?
A flustered Roderich is so adorable too. And what's with that silly noise Prussia makes at the end of the episode?! XDD

Aside from that, I was also greatly pleased that they included the part about China's villa in the middle of a deserted island. That was such a cute strip! Although why...?! Why wasn't China wearing his sleeveless kung-fu shirt?! Observe...
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In the anime version China is wearing that same outfit he sported at the past ep where Alfred was asking him for dieting advice. But in the manga he was clearly wearing a sleeveless kung-fu shirt. LOLZ I even colored it so you can see it properly! XDD
Haha it might be trivial but I dunno... 80% of that strip's cuteness lies in China's outfit IMHO. Is this a simple case of budgeting problems where they had to recycle cells? Or was China's biceps so unplausible that they had to edit it out?! HAHAHA~! Yao-kun! They are undermining your manriness! Aiya~! I needed me some biceps!
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It's near to impossible, but I hope for more Yao-Ivan interaction in the anime y'know? Since there aren't much strips where they're together in the first place. But at least show them in one frame, next to each other. I'd be happy even if it was just that. Even for just one second.

This is desperation! EGAD I do not wish to resort to this! I shall remedy this disgrace of a behavior at once by producing fanworks. 8D

Tsundere wuv

I watched this adorable Spain/Romano MAD video on Youtube sometime back...

And ever since I saw that, Perfume's Puppy Love song has been ringing in my head.
The lyrics really suit Romano's 'tsunderation'. LOLZ.

The video is so cute too... the drawing and animation are so nice! *eyes sparkle*
I wanna make a MAD of RussiaChina too!!! I actually have one planned. But it'll take a freakin' long time some time since I have to draw the frames traditionally then scan 'em, then time them then do edits...
Plus the song I wanna use is pretty long. And if I were to be ambitious, it's gonna use a helluva lot of frames! O_O; Haha, suddenly I don't wanna be ambitious anymore... I just wanna see it done! But at the same time I want it to be purrdy. Gweh.

This is me at 3 AM...

So far, aside from Italy's, my favorite Maru Kaite Chikyuu is England's. (+you can DL it here. )
Lol. I really like his version.

Me and my pals have said this plenty of times but... WE CANNOT WAIT FOR RUSSIA AND CHINA'S CHARACTER CDs!!! XDD

HOMG If they don't get a cover together, I will MURDER----- lots of chocolate bars out of disappointment. LOL. (Chocolate bar massacre~!)

UK/Japan fans had a real grand time with the cover featuring our two bishies together, amirite? :D
Since the Axis and Allies are technically the 'protagonists' of the show, then they would be placed on covers first. And so far, everyone from the Allies and Axis already made an appearance EXCEPT FOR RUSSIA AND CHINA SO WTH, I mean, how can it not happen?! HOW?!
I doubt they'd pull off something as strange as put Russia or China together with Austria or Switzerland or something... someone not from the Allies of Axis.

Oh well... WE SHALL SEEEE. @_@

Allow me to end this entry with a cute quiz thingy.


Boy shorts ftw. Whee~!

Funny Meme Gen is Funny

Hey... I am alive again. Lol

Well, for now I'll settle for a very slightly-tweaked provided layout. I'm not really in the mood to be tinkering around on how to make it look flashier or anything right now.

I'll start with some funny APH meme generators.

Your Hetalia Family by juniormint
Name
Age
Favorite Character
Country you live in
Father
(Why hallo thar China!dad!
My Dad is MANRY desu yo!)
Mother
(Another one of your lovers China?!
Wait... it should be Russia in this box. Lol.)
Sibling #1
(Spain-niichan can be my 'niichan anyday!)
Sibling #2
(He would like, totally make a perfect lil sis!)
Pet
(Hoohoo YES. Austria pet nomnom.)
Best Friend
(Hehe, I can imagine it already... Turkey
looks like he'd make a great pal.)
Lover
(I've got a really grumpy lover. LOL.)
Stalker
(Toris?! A stalker?! Nawhh I can't see it.)

It doesn't end there either... dadadaduuunnn!

Hetalia - WTF moment by undame
Name
Age
Country
Ate your last nectarine
(I didn't even know I had nectarine.)
Crushed your car into wall
(He like, so totally did it on purpose!)
Will marry you
(She doesn't look too happy 'bout it tho. XD)
Killed all your friends
(HOMG FELICIANO HUWAI?!! Is it coz they ate your pasta?!
And doesn't the picture match the caption so well? ROFL.)
Used bazooka to destroy your computer
(OH HELL He can bazooka my PC ANY DAY. <3)
Wants to have sex with you
(REALLY?! >D Hwehehehehe. I'll be seme of course)
Wants to rape you
(HOSHIT Scary. Stay away Cuba! XD)
Will give you money, if you marry him or her
(Lol. Don't worry Kiku I won't. XD)
Your father
(I thought he was my niichan?)
The person who killed your father
(Haha, if he's not the mom then that makes a lotta
sense!)
Your childhood friend who is in love with you
(Hoho then let's get marriedmarriedmarried daze!)
Caused your death
(My lover caused my death. It's a soap opera.)
Will give you ice cream after this quiz
(He'll probably do it in consolation for the WTFness.)
Hides under your bed
(THE GUY WHO KILLED ALL MY PALS IS UNDER THE BED O_O!!!)
Will read bedtime story for you
(Is that before or after he kills me?)
Died while you were reading this quiz
(Poor Ukraine!)
Now wasn't that just so much fun and space consuming?! Hehe. This is Blogspot anyway so I don't have to worry about flooding your friends page or anything...

Oh noes

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Looks like I'm having some commenting problems. Won't be posting until I get the layout fixed.
I'll probably just tweak with a basic layout myself instead of copy-paste-ing free layouts. Lol. I'm such a lazy-ass.

See ya peeps.

When they said there were cookies in the dark side, they probably meant Yamaoka.

The Last Opportunity from Silent Hill 4 is awesome.
I read that it wasn't included in the SH4 soundtrack... I don't know for sure since I've only heard the OSTs of SH2 and 3.
I don't remember much about SH4's BGM but I did get copies of all the songs from SH4 with vocals before. I mean Room of Angel isn't exactly what I'd call 'easy listening', more like hell creepy, but I still think it's a great song and I like to listen to it when I want to remember Silent Hill (the place).
It invokes a different, deeper and more eerie sort of feeling that is a mix between relaxation, depression, excitement and fear. And probably a whole other range of emotions I failed to mention.
It's so difficult to describe it in words really. But I find only a few can appreciate such a fine genre of music. Well, they're the ones missing out!

Here's another, more tame version of the Silent Hill theme from the 1st game. What? Amazing you say? Why of course it is, what did you expect?! It was composed by Yamaoka-sama! If you're an SH fan and you have no idea who Akira Yamaoka is, well shame on you. Go forth and throw yourself in Lake Toluca! (lol)

I (obviously) worship Akira Yamaoka. He's probably one of the most genius composers of our time. Speaking of which, I joined his fanlisting today. You're supposed to see the code/banner up on the sidebar somewhere among the mess.
How I'd love to play some of his pieces on the violin someday. Namely Dance with Night Wind since the violin there is simply majestic.
Did you hear how they used the song in the SH Movie? It was in that part where Christabella takes Rose and Cybil to the 'devil's lair'. Damn if that wasn't perfect for the scene then I don't know what is.
Naturally the entire song wasn't featured in the movie, but if you listen to its entirety in the SH3 OST, you'll get to hear the creepy narration/prose at the end which goes something like:

"The world is teeming with unecessary people. It's God's decision that I fight; as a knight of honor, as a protector of the seal, I sacrifice myself, to the blood of criminals..."

Friggin' sadistic... but it can't get any cooler than that. I love how the voice (which I think belongs to Claudia Wolf) uses the word 'God' but she really means the devil and/or Valtiel's master.
I love how beyond all the twisted visuals and words lies a sick sense of truth and justice which, albeit otherworldly and hellish, reflects so much of the real world we all live in.

I'd put up DL links for some of my favorite SH songs if only my hard drive was here with me today. Too bad my PC's hard drive is currently in purgatory; between life and death... somewhat.
I hope you survive lil' buddy...!

For now, I'm off to read more of that corny fanfic I should be finishing...

Interview w/ Carrie Keagan

They are all so cute and funny. ^_^

Liev, Ryan and Taylor especially. Hugh Jackman ass?! XDD
Man... much ROFL at Taylor patting himself on the back!! Who does that, honestly?!

I thought it was extremely hilarious.

The Spine

This week I finally got to listen to the Black Jack OST (Sound Karte 01)!
The BGM was composed by Akihiko Matsumoto.

I love almost all the tracks in Sound Karte 01. ^_^
My favorites are Born into the New World and Miracle. Incidents is creepy but I like it a lot too. 7th Heaven and Everyday & Everynight made me laugh a bit at first but they quickly grew on me. The violin in Delightful Days is beautiful.
Janne da Arc's Gekkou Hana (Moonlight Flower) Black Jack Mix was also included. Someday I'd like to play the violin piece in Gekkou Hana...
JDA has been my longtime favorite band and Gekkou Hana is one of their coolest songs, in my opinion.
It’s funny ‘cause Janne da Arc is actually the first reason I noticed Black Jack. Then the bonus episode also had Ami Suzuki’s Fantastic as an opening. Both are very awesome songs.

Sound Karte sample mp3s:
+ Born into a New World (MF /MU)
+ Miracle (MF / MU)

Speaking of beautiful instrumentals, Tanoshii Moomin Ikka has a splendid collection. I've yet to find out who composed the BGM for the series though... I wonder who it is.
Like Sound Karte, I love almost all the tracks I've heard in the Moomin OST.

Moomin sample mp3s:
+ Snuffkin no Tabidachi (MF / MU)
+ And the Day Was Coming to an End (MF / MU)

The Moomin OST reminds me so much of Legend of Legaia's OST and also of the old fantasy RPGs I used to play...
And I'm a sucker for good RPG soundtracks, or just good soundtracks in general. I think the BGM is VERY IMPORTANT in a show or videogame.
I remember when I used to play Chrono Cross or Legend of Legaia, you could really feel the game because of the music and it makes playing that much more enjoyable.
But with Suikoden… blegh! I think it was Suikoden II? Gah! The OST was goddawful. There was this one town where the music was so terrible; I couldn’t play it if I didn’t MUTE the goddamn sound.
Actually I never even got past that village. I lost interest in it altogether. Haha…!

Ever notice how the BGM in local TV shows (here in the Philippines) suck?
Well I think it’s because the directors/producers take its importance for granted and just play whatever or just use recycled BGM from their past productions. (Which also majorly suck.)
It’s disappointing since I believe there are a lot of local composers who could’ve composed awesome music for them; they just don’t bother to look.

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Behold! A log of mine with G-rated entries that may possibly even be randomly useful...! Maybe.

This'll probably be an extension of my fandom journal.

Actually... I don't really know. Whatever goes! :D