acts 2: 42-47...

42They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

What is my focus? Where is my heart? Is it not in You, Lord, the maker and perfecter of my faith? In You I have purpose, I have life, I have love. A broken sinner, I fall down before the God of the universe, humbled and in awe of my heavenly Father. Thank you, God, for Your promises. Thank you, my refuge and strength.

Forgive me for my shortcomings. Forgive me for my weaknesses. Forgive me for my doubts.

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And now for some randomness ~!

• 9 months already?? ahahahaa... =P~
• in 11 months and one week, I will be overseas with my love, Tracy !!! *flails in excitement*
• WHY WAS ONE OF MY CLASSES CANCELED??~ I cannot only have 12 credits this semester >.<
• Speaking of which...I can`t believe the break is practically over O.o D:
• Rewatching Ouran High School Host Club is so fun xDD~

I LOVE TAMAHARU~ !!

homg offishulz !!

Maybe I`m a little slow and this post is L O N G overdue , but no matter ! THE AWESOMENESS CANNOT BE CONTAINED !! =DDD

New Fullmetal Alchemist Anime = T RU E STOR Y!


From August, 2008:

“The wraparound jacket band on the 20th volume of Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist manga will confirm on Friday that a new television anime series is in the works. A new anime series was a topic of much fan discussion for several months, but it was thrust into a more public spotlight last month when a management document was purportedly leaked from the BONES anime studio. The document listed Fullmetal Alchemist animator Yasuhiro Irie as “Hagane 2 kantoku” (Iron/Fullmetal 2 director)“.

–Source: Anime News Network

. . .*earsplitting fangirl scream*

xDDD I am so happy !! This is an FMA revival, the glorious return of this amazing series ! I`ve always loved the anime, of course, but the manga is just beyond a n y t h i n g . I`ve already had my manga-rave post so I`ll stop now =P . Omigosh. This wonderful storyline is now being a n i m a t e d . Seriously. ♥WOo~w♥ .

Production is still underway, and I hear the brand-spankin` new series will premiere in April of 2009 . *EXCITEMENT =D*

Here`s to Arakawa-sensei and her crew of characters ! A few new ones will be joining us on the tube soon as well, won`t they ~? ;D

fade to black: i call your name

The new Bleach movie is being released in Japan on December 13, 2008 !

"Fade to Black: I Call Your Name"
a.k.a.
"The Kubo-sensei-Approved Movie of Epic Proportions Featuring the Undeniable and Passionate Bond Between Ichigo and Rukia" !!!!!!

[I mean COME ON...even the real title sounds rather romantic xDD]

Here's everything you would ever want to know about it, including commercial spots, Kubo-sensei's involvement in the production, and other miscellaneous [semi-spoilerish] infos: Click me if you want to live ! >D

And for all you IchiRuki doubters, haters, and what-have-yous *cough*really dense and blind people who can`t see what most Japanese fans have understood from the beginning*ahem* ^.^, check out the first post on that forum thread. Take this chance to remedy your ignorance by feasting on the plethora of CANON proofs and evidence from Kubo-sensei himself!! =O


Behold ! Feast your eyes on this lovely OFFICIAL MANGA FRAME with its modified dialogue =P. But no matter . Can`t you just feel the intensity of the moment in the textless art itself ?? Yeys =] And I LOVE this picture for several reasons . . .some ppl have lovely taste in color coordination ;D P.S. This image is not mine. I got it from yuuk1's signature in the bleachasylum IchiRuki FC ~

ICHIRUKI IS LOVE~

reblossoming !

It`s growing inside me again. . . that crazy fuzzy bubbly feeling in my tummy regions that can only mean one thing:

O B S E S S I O N ! ! !

xD YAY~ And once again, it is my dear love , the cosplay bug. Wheeeeeeeee [ with "eee"s that go on forever and ever and ever !! *cackle* ]

Cosplay is truly delicious fun . It`s the physical embodiment of a related obsession , but has appeal and flavor all its own . Choosing a character . Planning with friends . Construction . Dress up . Showing off . Sharing the love . Mass fangirling . Photography , on both sides of the lens . TONS more . Yum~yuum !

New F O C U S ! This time around , I would really like to improve my skills in cosplay photography ! In a few sentences, with everything completely in my personal opinion and unfortunately limited scope of understanding , cosplay photography is highly characterized by the personality and mood/feel of the character[s] and the portrayed series . It bears some semblance to glamour and fashion photography. A common desired effect is the achievement of a two-dimensional look , although this is not a requirement on any level . Other features may include saturation/desaturation of colors for that comic book feel , experimental lighting , or "atypical" shoot locations . Along with improving my skills in photography [ nowhere else for me to go but up , then , since i`m a total n00b =D ] , I also want to learn better posing and presentation when acting as the subject of a potential photograph .

As usual , since I should be sleeping at this time *cough =P* I`m going to hafta cut this short . So here is just a TINY, tiny, REALLY MICROSCOPICALLY TINY sampling of my favorite , A M A Z I N G cosplay photos ! Please enjoy !

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Character: Haruno Sakura; Uchiha Sasuke
Series: Naruto
Cosplayers: Nejin; Miguel

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Character: Nel Tu
Series: Bleach
Cosplayer: zerometric

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Character: Lahoo; Shall
Series: Dream of Doll D.O.T.Collection
Cosplayers: Jin; Alodia

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Character: Sephiroth; Kadaj; Yazoo
Series: Final Fantasy: Advent Children
Cosplayers: yukilefay; yolker; Fay_Zenryu

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♥ One day, I want to be both a cosplayer and photographer of ^^that^^ quality ~! ♥

orgo . it slays me

Yes, it sure does . But that`s just about all i have to say about that =P ~ i had my first exam today [ yesterday ]. Uhm . It sucked butt LOL >.>

So what`s been going on recently ? Nwee ~ not really sure ahaha . Lotsa days off from school, but that`s over now so no more breaks until thanksgiving =T . Lotsa random stuff . Lotsa distracting things for me to waste my time on on the internet teehee xPP ~ Master procrastinator is not a title that comes easy, y`know =O .

Here, have some random pictures and accompanying semi-rambley stories ! =]:

Exhibit A - Water . And rocks . Outside the st. george ferry terminal, ballpark side . it was gorgeous out and i had my spiffy new camera and i was bored waiting for my ride lOL so i decided to snap a few pics . There was so much garbage ROFL ~ Oooh and i saw a cat =] Urrkk . . . but then there was this creepy mta worker dude who randomly came up to me and was all like, "want me to take a picture of you by the water?" And i`m just like, "err. . . *uneasy smile* no thank you" lOL . Then he goes, "aww but you look so gorgeous ! let me take a picture with your camera for you." Me : O.o; "no really, it`s okay . . . i live here anyway lOL i`m always around here. . . " Him : "are you sure ? it would be my pleasure." So it was getting reeally uncomfortable ahaha sooo I decided to play the boyfriend card LOLL and said, "no it`s fine . my bf is coming to pick me up soon anyway , he should be here any second." And then he was all like, "oh alright . . . have a good day," and finally left xDD;;

Exhibit B - crAb AttAck !! =PP *shrug* that`s all . no story . use your imaginations ahaha xD ~






Exhibit C - My dorm wall piccy collage ~! = ] ♥ Yup , finally put it up . . .during the time i was supposed to have been studying for orgo LOL =XX . It`s right above my desk where dearie laptop neji-kun sits ~~ It`s very distracting xD but gives me warm happy fuzzies ^x^ . There`s pics from the end of senior year at high school thru this past summer . plus a postcard my tracy dear sent me from her italy trip =D ~

Exhibit D - OBSESSION I ~!! ♡ It`s Bleach Vol. 1 !! ^.^ This series is truly amazing . Sure it`s mainstream and sure people may think it`s overhyped , but I disagree . Bleach earned its popularity , even if those people who made it popular themselves may not fully realize its true worth ~ Kubo tite-sensei is pure genius . The plot is beautifully evolved , each stroke of art and every panel is purposefully and gorgeously drawn , the action is wonderfully rendered , and the heart of the story -- the [many] characters, but especially the main ones: Ichigo , Rukia , Orihime , etc . . -- are amazingly developed . It`s complex and deep and very relational , even if it`s a shounen manga geared towards boys . I love this series so much . The bleachness community on livejournal really showed me how to appreciate the manga in particular . The moderator in this comm wrote several essays , this one for example , that made me reconsider the artistic distinction between manga and anime . and there sure is a HUGE one . The paneling , the lines, the detailed facial expressions , and so much more is integral to fully grasping the whole, true story , the way the creator meant for it to be understood . Just to cut this short [lOL =P] , there`s something more to reading the manga than just breezing through the pages in 2 minutes . take your time and really look at what kubo-sensei has presented to us . it`s one phenomenal show .

p s ~ i c h i g o a n d r u k i a f o r e v e r = P P P

Exhibit E - OBSESSION II ~!! ♡ It`s FMA Vol. 17 !! I`ve waited SOOOO long for this xDD ! FMA chapters take an entire month to come out, unfortunately D: which makes for super slow volume releases . in fact , vol. 18 doesn`t come out until may 2009 !! MAY 2009 !!! @.@ Well. . . good things come to those who wait lOL . and it`ll be my birthday ? ahaha =P . Ahh . . . what to say about FMA [teehee that rhymed =P ] . Storytelling genius , once again . A vastly different story than most others of this genre , I believe . Arakawa-sensei has a different sort of brilliance , and I continue to believe that FMA stands on a slightly different level than the rest =O . Just off the top of my head ~ the action`s more subtle , less in-your-face . Not that in-your-face is bad, lOL . But FMA action is not so much about the big fight sequences as it is about the context, circumstances , reason behind it all . . . anyway LOL . The series isn`t as popular now that the anime`s ended . . . actually the manga itself appears to be nearing an end as well DDD: I is sad !! But hey . . . word on the street is they`re planning to remake the anime so that it actually follows the manga !! =DDD ! I is happy ! lOL =P Okie i stop now =]

ps ~ r o y a n d r i z a f o r e v e r = P P P

Exhibit F - TWILIGHT ! xDDD ~ Yesh, i`m one of those =P . don`t hate ~~ It`s a lovely series [but OMIGOSH i still need to read breaking dawn !!! =.=] . It`s an easy read , a simple concept . But i don`t know . . . stephanie meyer just did something to make it new again . sweet . suspenseful . romantic . thrilling . doesn`t try to be anything it`s not . it`s just a wonderful story that takes you away from reality . I like it that way =] It doesn`t hurt that it`s oh so tasty and squee-worthy, either xDD ~~


ARGH the time =.= lOL . . .