Quizzes Yay

I know I've already got two of these in the 'About Me' page, but whatever.
Totes stole this from Phantomess

Name as it appears on your birth certificate? I'll give you a hint. It's not Gojo.

Nicknames? Well, Gojo is what I call myself... One of my close friends calls me 'Cl' but other than that, I don't really have a nickname.

Siblings? I do has a younger sister

Number of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake? Seventeen.

Date that you regularly blow them out? 20th of January
Pets? 3 goldfish and 2 budgies. The birds don't like me much, though. We have two bush turkeys that live in the backyard, among other things, but they aren't really 'pets'.
Height? Um... the last height I put into the Wii Fit was 162cm. Dunno if that's correct or not.
Eye color? Brown. What shade they are depends entirely on the lighting, it seems.
Hair color? Also brown. Tends to change between dark and light brown rather frequently. In another 5 years it'll be different to what it is now.
Piercings? Just ears. I'm wanting a nose piercing at the end of this year =)
Tattoos? Haha, no.
How much do you love your job? I kind of want a job. Don't have one, though.
Birthplace? Australia
Hometown? Australia
Current residence? Believe it or not, Australia.
College attended, degree? Currently in high school.
What kind of car do you drive? 2-door Mitsubishi Lancer. It's not technically mine, but everyone calls it my car anyway.

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PREFERENCES
Croutons or bacon bits? Depends.
Coke or Pepsi? Coke, definitely
Sprite or 7UP? Sprite
Coffee or ice cream? Icecream, though I dislike both.
Coffee, tea, or decaf? Neither
Milk chocolate or dark? Um, neither. I prefer milk to dark though.
Buttered, plain, or salted popcorn? Buttered and salted ^^
Red or white wine? Er, neither
Gold or silver? Silver
Two or four doors? Um... two.
Bridges or tunnels? Tunnels
Beach, city, or country? City.
Summer or winter? Winter ftw
Storms: Cool or scary? Cool.
Roller coaster: Scary or exciting? Exciting
Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn? Erm, the former, because I don't really know who the latter is. Is that sad?
Beatles or Stones? Beatles <3 Paul McCartney is amazing
Blanket or stuffed animal? Both. Lol.
One pillow or two? Two. Currently there's four on my bed, but you know.
Adidas, Nike, or Reebok? Er, volleys. Yeah. xD
Mac, PC, or Unix? PC. I've used Unix many times though.

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WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE...
Salad dressing? None.
Salad? Er... a good one? I dunno.
Pizza topping? Meat. Lots of meat
Foods? Seafood~
Sandwich filling? Vegemite.
Dessert? Er, none? =3
Type of ice cream? Any sorbet is good
Restaurant? Japanese or Italian.
Fast food place? Hm... Subway...
Drink, non-alcoholic? Coca Cola
Drink, alcoholic? None.
Color of socks? Eh, my usual socks (other than school ones) are all blacks and grays, mostly
Shampoo or conditioner? Um, both?
Place to be kissed? Does it really matter where?
Holiday? Japan, Italy, the UK... those three places would be best.
Color? Green was always my favourite colour as a kid. These days... most of my stuff is black, so... I guess that's my favourite colour then... How depressing.
Car? I... don't really have a preference. They're all the same to me.
Day of the week? Eh. Thursday and Friday.
Band/Artist? Radiohead.
Book? I don't really have a favourite. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is always epic. I'm currently into Catch 22 which is the funniest thing I've ever read. And perhaps the weirdest.
Magazine? Eh.
Movie? None, I find movies to be kinda... dull... Well, I'll always have a soft spot for The Lion King.
TV show? Hm. Inuyasha, perhaps? The Big Bang Theory would be my favourite non-anime. Everything after that... yeah, it's all anime... sometimes cartoons.
TV character? Well, currently Arthur Kirkland/England from Hetalia. I do adore Matt from Death Note as well, though... And who can go past the tenth Doctor in Doctor Who? What about Sheldon from TBBT? Mmm, I love them all.
Disney character? Er... Simba? Yeah, let's go with that. (Wasn't Simba ripped off of Kimba, anyway? So perhaps Simba shouldn't be considered a Disney character... Now I'm thinking too much into this)
Warner Bros. character? Taz ^^
Sesame Street character? Grover!
Word or phrase? Right now I keep saying bollocks. Eheheh. I don't know if I have a favourite word or phrase.
Flower? None.
Sport to watch? Haha none.
Board game? Eh...
Website? Dunno. TVTropes, probably. I often lurk around Livejournal, though.
Least favorite thing? Thing.. um... tch, I don't know.
Least favorite subject? In school? Maths is pretty boring. I'm finding Drama to be dull as well.

My Newfound Love For Drama CD's

Well, drama CD's and image songs, really. I never bothered with them in the past, no matter how much I liked an anime. My current obsession with Hetalia has kind of driven me to this, though. There aren't nearly enough episodes or webcomics to satiate my thirst for this series, unfortunately, and while some of the fanfiction is great, it's just not the same.
So I decided to go look up any official media I could. Turns out there's quite a few extras for Hetalia, which is good. Extra stuff is always good. Most of the image songs are just fun to listen to, though they can give you some epic alternate interpretations of the characters. Germany's song Einsamkeit is depressing and very different from Germany's actual personality, and China's image song... well, I never liked China. But his song Aiyaa, Yonsennen is so, so sad. I hadn't looked up the lyrics when I first heard it... all I knew was that the vocals were extremely emotional and that the melody itself almost brought me to tears. The second half of the track is heart-wrenching.
And then you look up the lyrics.
Oh God, the lyrics. It doesn't go into depth about Japan's betrayal. It just explains the love and adoration China still has for Japan, despite the hurt that he left behind. And the spoken paragraph at the end is so heartbreaking, regardless of whether you've read the English translation or not. As I said, this is a song about a character I don't even like, yet I was driven to tears. Maybe I'm just overly emotional, but trust me when I say that it's been a long time since I last felt that way over a song.

...anyway, that wasn't the point I was trying to make. Back on topic!
I kind of maybe downloaded the drama CD's because I can't get enough of Arthur's/England's voice. In the dub he has an overly attractive British accent (naturally) which automatically endears him to me (Have I ever mentioned how much I love British slang? Because I really, really love British slang). However, after listening to his image songs, I realised that the original Japanese voice actor was just as amazing if not more so. I mean, I don't think he has an accent or anything cool like that (and if he did, I'm certainly unable to detect it), but the VA doesn't need one. He's just... amazing. Noriaki Sugiyama voices him, and seriously, he's epic. I can't believe I'd never noticed before. I mean, he voiced Rivalz in Code Geass, and I certainly didn't notice then...
Anyway, I downloaded the drama CD's so I could fangirl over his voice. And I was not disappointed. Being a drama CD, you need to put a lot of emotion into your acting to get the point across, seeing as there's no images to go with it. Noriaki does an amazing job. A seriously amazing job. His voice is like... there are no words to describe how easily he can portray a character's emotions. I'm in love with his voice~

Wait, wait, bollocks, that wasn't supposed to be the point of this post, either. Ahem.

I'm very into drama CD's, and not just because of the hot VA's that may or may not be voicing them. A drama CD is exactly what it sounds like; a CD (well, a track. On a CD. You get the idea) that features a ~dramatic~ scene depicted entirely with vocals alone. There's no image, obviously. There are sound effects though. It's like the shows that used to air on radio's before the television was created. They aren't usually a part of the main plot (though they can be), instead they're mostly just side stories for those who are bothered to look them up. And, at least in the case of Hetalia, they can be better than the show itself. As I said earlier, you need to overdo everything to get your point across, and that's where the VA's truly shine. That's kinda why I love them at the moment. It's all very raw sounding and has the ability to draw you in even without a visual aid. Hell, not having the visual aid makes it better as you're able to let your imagination run wild.

I'm rather enjoying them, actually. I wish western television companies would create things like this.

Random: I find it very amusing that listening to England's drama thing took up as much time as three episodes of the anime would have. x)

More random: England is now my favourite character. Like, ever. Screw all my previous loves (yes, including Hinata from Angel Beats! and Inuyasha from Inuyasha (obviously) and... yes, even Matt, bloody Matt from Death Note), this guy is where it's at.

So. Damn. Tired.

I have been telling myself I'll go to bed for the last three hours. But I just can't. Fanfiction and the internet in general is consuming any semblance of rationality, and staying awake until tomorrow (well, today) suddenly seems like a really good idea.
I'll regret this later. For the moment, though, I just can't bring myself to care.

Discovering my new OTP (it's been awhile, so it's nice to get into the 'shipping side of things once again) so late at night was not in my best interests. Oh well. I'll go to bed in a few hours time (hopefully before five so I don't have to explain myself to Dad when he wakes up).

See you all in the morning. Or quite possibly the afternoon. I don't think I'll rise until after midday tomorrow, that's for sure.

Ah, the holidays. How I missed you.

Yet Another Hetalia Post

Phantomess just wrote about CLANNAD which reminded me to write about Angel Beats! but... well, I've been obsessing over Hetalia Axis Powers for quite a bit and am in the mood to write about that instead.
Well, not just Axis Powers. I'm sure, once I get my hands on it, the dub version of Hetalia World Series will be just as good, if not better. The show improves dramatically over the first season and continues to get better throughout the second, so I've no doubts that the third and fourth seasons will be amazing.
The sub seems to be epic as well, actually. I'm more into the dub, which is amazing. I've always been a sub fanatic; Inuyasha and Hetalia are the only exceptions to this, thus far.

The comics are very entertaining (I haven't read the manga though, but I will one day), but it's not quite the same. I'm so used to the voices in the dub (funnily enough, I'm also used to the sub voices. I like both, I guess) that it seems strange reading what they say rather than hearing it. Even so, the comics were the originals (and they handle some parts better, such as when America declared independence against Britain/England. It was very emotional in the anime, but I still prefer the comic version. Not to mention that it was dragged out forever in the anime, and in a rather stupid way...) and they have their own quirks that just weren't used in the anime.

If you asked me to give you a plot synopsis, I wouldn't be able to. It's like a series of shorts based on world events. It starts off being based around World War II, mostly (from the perspective of the Axis, though the Allies get a lot of screeentime as well) but it branches off into all sorts of other things later on. And it's all over the place. There's too much to talk about really. And that's without bringing up the shipping.

It's full of HoYay (due to the cast being mostly male, though not entirely) between many bishonen characters, which naturally causes many fangirls to flock towards it.
And most of the dialogue can be interpreted in many different ways... so every character could be seen as the launcher of a thousand ships.

The characters are countries. That sounds weird. They're anthropomorphic countries, sort of. Really, really cute countries. The show has the potential to be really offensive at times, but it's nothing like, say, South Park. The jokes are played for laughs and aren't meant to be insulting.
I'll write up another post later about my favourite characters. Here's my list, in no particular order... except from most favourite to least favourite, of course.
- Japan (not just because I love the country. He's a brilliant character. You can't blame me for liking him though, as he's supposed to represent my favourite place/culture, so...)
- Switzerland
- Britain
- Germany
- Russia
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Sealand (hehehe)

That's not very many characters, considering how many there are in the show. It's based off of countries around the world, of course there's going to be plenty of characters...

Random fact: The word Hetalia is a portmanteau of hetare and Italia (Itaria), which means 'hopeless Italy' in Japanese. I didn't steal that from TVTropes. Of course not.

Blogspot Has Been Partially Blocked At School

I can still access the dashboard and I can make posts, but I can no longer read any blogs nor can I check my comments. Phantomess is profoundly outraged by this, and I most certainly agree with her.
We've been using Blogspot for... I don't know, a few weeks.
I've been using TVTropes for almost an entire year. It hasn't been blocked even though I am often avoiding school work by reading about my favourite shows during class... I'm not complaining, obviously, I just think it's odd that Blogspot was blocked first.

I'm listening to the Hetalia Axis Powers OST. Germany's theme is playing. It's very war-esque and doesn't really match with shool.
Oh nevermind, Japan's theme is on now. It suits a little better than Germany's theme does. Very relaxing, which is always good when you're doing very little (much like I am now).

I'm going to go do random reasearch on Japan because that's what all cool kids do during class.

I Think I've Said This Before, But...

Some people don't know how to be good friends.
I like to think the people I'm close to won't talk about me behind my back. I also like to think that I'll be accepted by them, no matter what.

That's not always the case, obviously. But, despite how cynical I can be, I'm a bit of an idealist when it comes to relationships. I don't think a person will intentionally hurt another. Not without good reason.

But people can be cruel, of course, and it's naive to think otherwise.

Thankfully, while I have been on the receiving end of much drama, most of it isn't enough to affect me. I'm able to laugh at myself, and I don't let hurtful words get to me. That said, I react pretty strongly when someone else is insulted, especially if they were slighted because they're associated with me. That hurts, more than any insult directed at me could.
It's pretty low to bring up my friends, just because I'm close to them (in this case due to what is apparently some form of jealousy, though I'm not quite sure why any of us have deserved these insults). But then again, this entire situation was pretty low to begin with. We've both stooped to ridiculous levels to get ahead of the other, so this post is about as hypocritical as they come. So I don't have any right to bitch here.

But, I digress. I've gone off on a tangent again. This tends to happen when I rant, and I lose sight of what my original point was. Oh well.

The group of people I had considered to be my friends has grown a lot smaller over the last few months, hence why a lot of these posts have been about friendship. Bare with me guys, I'll blog about something more interesting soon. =P

Totes Working

I am sitting in class, bored out of my mind. We are supposed to be working, but who wants to do that during the last week? Anything we do now will not count to our grades anyway. So I'm watching Hetalia Axis Powers while pretending to work. I haven't been caught yet ^^
I'm extremely bored.
There's something about being forced to work that drains any energy I may have had. If I choose to do something, I'll be very productive. If I'm forced to work, I become a very, very bad (good?) procrastinator.

There's no spell check on here. Here's hoping my spelling is alright, then.

Alright, I'm going to be somewhat productive. I've loaded up TextFugu and am going to study Japanese. I mean, it's not school work, but it's still work, right?