So, the holic opening theme (download it now!!!) is excellent. Seriously, it should be in Guitar Hero. Also, I feel kinda guilty for direct-linking to that site, so why don't you head over to their music page and... download more holic songs? :D

Celebrated Jill's birthday with the usual suspects. 'twas a sleepover in Jill's fabulous gilded mansion on a cloud. We played some Guitar Hero and Brawl and then we talked all night. Ah, if only summer would last forever. :'(

Hey guys, it's Tanabata! Thanks to the Haruhi light novels, I have a rough idea of what it's all about, but for those who don't know, it's a Japanese festival based on the Chinese festival Qi Xi. There are many different versions of the story, but in general they all feature a cowherd and a weaver girl who love each other but can't be together, and they can only meet once a year, on the 7th day of the 7th month. In Japan it's usually celebrated by writing something you wish for on a piece of paper and hanging it on bamboo. Now, I don't have any bamboo nearby to hang my tanzaku on, so I'm going to blog it. ^^; I know, it doesn't really have the same feeling, but it's the best I can do. You guys should do it too so I don't feel crazy and alone.

My tanzaku for this year! Pretend you can't read it, because it's totally a secret.

いい人になりたい

In other news, THIRD EYE BLIND (AWOEIULSJFAKJSL!!!!!) is playing in Novato, CA, on the 27th of September. I'm trying to sound calm, but you have no idea how important it is that I see them. They were the first band that I ever fell in love with, and even if I don't like them as much now, it doesn't mean that I don't still know how to sing all their songs. It's about 30 miles off from Berkeley, maybe more, and I won't be able to get there without a car, but things like that are 100% NOT IMPORTANT right now. Does anyone want to go with me?

In other, other news, I've totally forgotten how to write fiction with original characters. I'm supposed to be working on this piece but it's only got 900 words so far, and I'm stuck. Trying to characterise without canon or fandom to rely on is turning out to be an impossible task for one such as I who possesses a fatally stunted imagination. I've got other stuff to work on, too, but I am probably going to merge smokexscribbles's request with my secret project, which has the advantage of lightening my workload, but the disadvantage of taking at least a month to complete... :'(

So there was some kinda event yesterday where we had to go and talk to the incoming freshmen about how living at Berkeley is awful and hellishly boring and they should just hang themselves now to save the trouble of having to do it later. Except we all had to lie through our teeth and say how wonderful it is and how much we're enjoying ourselves. HA!

Also, I met someone in Fong's group of friends (see, I'm being diplomatic) who's going to Berkeley in the fall, he's a real piece of work. Just like all the rest. I tried to have a friendly conversation with him about games, and he goes, So how do the Americans dota? And I said well, what do you mean? And he says this very fast, in one breath: "You know, how is their creeping, farming, denying, calling, lane control, teamwork, ganking, support, itemisation...?"

HUH?! Ya, OK, I get it, you're trying to show me up because I'm a girl and you don't think I can dota. Could you be more obvious? Could you be more obviously rude and arrogant? Sure, I understand these terms, as anyone who's actually played with me can attest, but I'm not about to give you a verbal treatise on each and every specific deficiency in the average American's style of play. If I just say they're a bunch of fucking noobs, why shouldn't that suffice? It's a blanket term which means they're bad at EVERYTHING. But no, you have to try and make yourself look bigger than the girl. Well, at least you succeeded in making yourself look like the bigger asshole.

And now I have to find my way to Jerrine's place so I can visit the invalid, pay my respects and play Guitar Hero. Life is exciting.

Youtube just called me a pedophile.



Want to watch that video? Yeah, I know you do, it's Pedobear in Spore. It comes highly recommended from me because Pedobear dances in a circle and sings "all day long I dream about sex".

Once in a while, when I'm bored, I go back to Chapter 28 and look at all of the hilarious stuff we wrote when we were in secondary school. Some of it is absolutely brilliant. For example, here is softplaces being Narcissa -

What are you going to do? Bludgeon Evans on the head and drag her off? You could always talk to her, thereby turning her brain into mush.

This I have to watch. I almost wish you'd succeed just to see this. If only I didn't hate you and wish you were dead.

And here's Aysuria as Lily and yours truly as Sirius -

Again, unfortunately for you, Sirius, I'm not planning on a lobotomy anytime soon.

And to Potter:
I WILL NEVER EVER, EVER GO OUT WITH YOU.
EVEN IF YOU WERE THE LAST BOY ON THE PLANET AND THERE WERE NO MONKEYS.

oh go on then evans. hes really taken with you, he wants you to be his bit of fluff, his breadknife, his luv a duck and so on, and hes not really like a monkey in some ways

Fluff, duck? What nonsense are spouting Sirius?

And oh yeah, you're right about the Monkey bit. So yeah,

I WILL NEVER EVER, EVER GO OUT WITH YOU.
EVEN IF YOU WERE THE LAST BOY ON THE PLANET AND THERE WERE NO AMOEBAS.

now now, you might puncture his gigantic ego and then we would all be killed by the explosion

And Kim-Mei as Severus -

Played chess with Rosier. It was a draw.

It has been four days and the four drunks have not tried to do anything to me yet. For some reason I do not think this at all a good sign.

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I love you guys, you kill me.