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Charshy Shar-shee, n. f, slang - nickname given by little sister.
Describes less-than-average gamer-girl-geek with an obsessive streak
and passion for writing.
Alt - Weirdo. |
08/07/2003 - 9:35 pm
~ Yaoi, and Mum? It's not right! ~
... I learnt something horrible today.
More horrible than how D of E went, when there were stones thrown, the f-word repeated 8 times per sentence, kids expelled and someone threatened to beat my face in.
No, in the car, I learnt... my mother has either read or knows about my yaoi fanfiction.
... Here is the conversation transcript. We were talking about my lil sissy's scholl report.
Mum: Now you see, Erin's teachers were saying how she is very good at writing, and likes to go off and write stories for ages and ages, and I thought, "oh no, not two of you." It's funny how she's like you.
Me: I can help her write her stories! :D
Mum (dryly): Yes, you can help her write gay stories too.
Me: Er, what? O.O;;
Mum: ... "And then the gay bunny met the other gay bunny... and it went, squeak squeak squeak!"
Me: ...
Mum: They do when there's another gay bunny on top of them.
...
... I think I want to die.
07/07/2003 - 7:47 pm
~ Currently playing ~
... Okay.
You know when you hear about a "classic" a lot, you know vaguely what it's about, but you've never actually seen it or heard anything from it, and then just one day stumble on it properly?
... I've found OC ReMix. XD
Can you smell the CD burning?
| Mood: Musical |  |
04/07/2003 - 1:52 pm
~ GAY BAR! ^^ ~
Countdown to leaving... eep!
I've really only just realized what I need to achieve and how little time I have to achieve it in. Destra's coming down for a week hopefully, then two days after that it's my holiday with Dad, Debs, Tabs, and Ells in Estapona (Spain, and I'm damn looking forward to it ^-^). Then I get back on the 2nd August, the 5th is my birthday, and then I fly on the 20th.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
So, what do I need to do? Buy lots of clothes. Jumpers. Thick jeans. I hear it's cold in winter, and I'm out in the countryside. ^_^ Sadly I'm very very far away from Tokyo... I wanna go to the Tokyo Games Show! YES! I DO! @.o Graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagheh!
Geez. I've been doing nothing with myself, waking up late. I got to get presents and actually get off my arse and do stuff. I'd get a job like my family keeps nagging me to, but I'm not going to be around long enough to be even offered any work. I went around with my CV, but no replies. :P And my family told me to be less fussy about where I work... goddammit, I refuse to work for £3.50 an hour again. It's not even worth it, considering how few hours I'd work being part-time! That, and I strongly believe no one deserves to be exploited. £3.50. Urrrrgh. Nanoo was like, "look, here's a job, you'd be good at this!" it was £2 an hour. DUDE. I could beg in the STREETS and earn more than TWO POUNDS.
I'm ranting? Yes, I am. *shuts up* :x
Okay, so I got a lot of Japanese homework to do... and I need to call up the camcorder place to see if they've fixed it. I'm gonna do that now. So I'm doing at least something. *goes and tries to get over fear of telephone* >.<
Oh. And I downloaded Electric Six - Gay Bar. It's so hilariously bad. XD
- Valentine Angel
| Mood: So much to do, so little time! |  |
03/07/2003 - 6:56 pm
~ Izzy bizzy, lots more quizzy ~
How British are you?
this quiz was made by alanna
... Yeah, I wonder how long someone would live here if they spoke like that. XD And uh, I'm not English! I'm just American-impaired!
BAAAAAAA!
IT'S ME! BUT BETTER! I'll be damned if I know a single kanji. Oh wait, I know three. Two being the male/female symbols on public toilets. ^^;;
So random I had to add it.
I got so much to do right now, ai yai yai. <_> I need multivitamins or something, I keep feeling tired all the time, and I'm sleeping from 12:00am - 1:00pm O_O;
- Valentine Angel
29/06/2003 - 12:01 am
Living up to my diary theme
Charshy had her first Japanese lesson today. :D Except I didn't learn too much... my teacher Hannah and I talked about what sort of things I should learn, how much I know already (next to nothing), and generally wasted my hour's tutelage. ^_^;; Still. I'm not paying for it, my praises go to the PCSP on this one...!
Yeah. She's really nice, so I don't feel so bad about sounding crap in attempting to speak Japanese... I got this language-phobia on my crappy experiences in France where no one understood my French that I'd been studying for 5 years. But I'm confident in my half-arsed Japanese? Weird. O_o She said she might introduce me to a Japanese student staying at her house in a few weeks time so I can ask questions. Poor girl's gonna get interrogated by Charsh... mwahahaha!
Arranged some stuff with Nanoo so Destra can come stay. Hopefully I can talk to her about this stuff online. I lost your mobile number, Destra! ;_; But yeah... need date fixed ASAP >_<
Tension's running high as usual on the home front. I really need someone to talk to other than Rheen, my diary-diary. ^^; Diaries don't tend to give advice. And of course, I'm too afraid of telephones to call anyone. Not that I'd get any privacy to make such a call in the first place.
Been playing the original Metal Gear on a NES emulator (cheers Scott). It's so wonderfully Engrishy. Big Boss is so stupid it hurts: "Your mission is to infiltrate!" I've said it once. I'll say it again: DUH. Expect screens in the next MGSlash update...
... talking of which, I wonder how the site will fare with 5 months of no updates @_@ I hope Topcities don't send an e-mail saying "pay up!" whilst I'm away... that could cause a world of problems.
Oh, and for those who've asked: have no fear, your names are on the mailing list. I'm just trying to pick up some of my college friend's e-mail addresses, and then I can deem the list complete. I feel quite scared, actually... I have more friends than I thought. Shame none of you guys live near me (goddamned ocean! XD). I'm feeling quite lonely at the moment, what with no college and all. -.- I have no one on the same wavelength as me except Spayley!
Oh, and I finally took advantage of the 1 thing I'm legal to do at 16 that isn't slutty. I got a lottery ticket. I felt like wasting a pound, and there's a £15 million jackpot going. Why the hell not, methinks. £15 million might just be enough to buy all the manga I want. ^_~ [Edit] The lottery went, and I got no matching numbers. Prize money: £0! Aaah well.
I think a Japan burble-post might be in order next time. ^^
- Valentine Angel
| Mood: Learning? | |
22/06/2003 - 9:40 pm
~ GRAAAH! ~
Okay. I'm fed up. Please, peeps. Just lemme know if this goddamn IE (or other browser)-type error pops up on this diary. The tracker is so fucked it's unreal... it doesn't track at all, and I've been fiddling with the HTML for too long, and that is the sole cause of the error message for me (I'm using IE 6). So... I'm giving it a week, then it dies. <_<
Order of the Phoenix rocked. Not as plot twisty as the Prisoner of Azkaban, but a good read nonetheless. ^__^ I got my copy at 1am after queueing at midnight, and finished reading it at 7am. Then I slept. And read it again. ^_~
I have a favourite quote already from that book. Highlight to view. It's not a spoiler (although I do have another favourite, it's a spoiler quote, and I've edited out a single-word spoiler in this one).
Blink at me if you must, it cracked me up. ^^;
And goddamn you Xel, you've corrupted my thoughts towards Harry Potter books. Don't ask me how I managed it, but I managed to read "Harry looked at the leg of Snape's desk" as, "Harry looked at the length of Snape's dick".
But I'm talking too much. For pity's sakes, friends, get the book, read it, SO I DON'T EXPLODE FROM URGE TO TELL PLOT TO PEOPLE.
Thank you! ^___^;;
- Valentine Angel
| Mood: Harry Potter Hyper! ^^ |  |
20/06/2003 - 5:21 pm
~ Order of the Phoenix ~
Oooooooooooooooooooh. I feel better now.
I get my copy of Order of the Phoenix tonight!
Midnight opening and everything for it. Can't wait to grab my book and be reading it at 1am. There's free hot chocolate provided for the queue, too. Awesome.
Although, shh... Scott just sent me the leaked version in a .pdf file. I have used all the self-restraint I have not to read it. I MUST READ IT OFF ITS VIRGIN PAGES.
My precioussssss...
Whoops, literary mix-up there. XD
But anyway - this is one of the highlights of my year. The other one, sadly, I will be missing out on. The DVD release of The Two Towers won't be until August 22nd or so now, so I won't get to have it in wonderful surround sound at home... ;_;
But anyway. Now to see if my Harry Potter speculation is all true. I still say that:
* Arabella Figg is mad Mrs Figg. Okay, so everyone guessed that one, but I still say this, even if it turns out not to be true. ^^;
* Two characters will die, but will be really minor "who gives a toss" characters, but will act as catalysts for the story.
* Sorry all HP slash fans - Ron and Hermione are undeniably attracted to each other. I say their friendship will be much stronger by the end.
* Harry is gonna lose his invisibility cloak. Why? I dunno. It just makes things too easy. XD
* Fawkes turns out to be the king of phoenixes or some such over-dramatization. ^^;
* Dumbledore's brother Aberforth works for Lord Voldemort.
* I'm making up crap now. XD
*scampers off to pack clothes and see Daddy and whatnot* <3
- Valentine Angel
| Mood: Impatiently bouncing |  |
18/06/2003 - 10:56 pm
~ ... Oh my god, I did something as rebellious as breathe. ~
Mother's on her "THE COMPUTER IS EVIL" mode again, so I won't be online for sometime. Grrr.
I think I might just stay out really late to make a point: she's always telling me how I'm not "normal", so let's see how she likes it when I am "normal"... T_T
Or maybe I'll just sit in my bedroom and be frustrated and bored like I usually do. I wish I had the courage to stand up for my human rights to be treated as part of the family.
And I'm being yelled at for doing nothing wrong at this very moment in time. Off I go.
- Valentine Angel
Mood: angry (no time allowed to make a table) -_-
17/06/2003 - 1:24 pm
~ PINK BURRITO! ~
I'm going out gamehunting properly today. Trouble is, there's so much stuff I wanna buy, my birthday is in August (so if I don't buy it now, I won't get to use it for five months :P), I need to save my cash for Japan, I need to mail Faye $60 (still trying to prise the info from my bank on how to do this securely), and I need to buy a DVD boxset for my grandad, which will cost about £30 (i.e. a lot more than I thought!!!)
But on a good note. THERE IS SOMEONE UP THERE SMILING ON ME. Yes, friends, I present: the pink burrito.
... I am so happy. XD
- Valentine Angel
| Mood: Weird | |
16/06/2003 - 8:05 pm
~ E-mails of Fangirlish doom! ROAR! ~
Attention, please!
Oh, please, just for a second.
Okay. It's heading to crunch time, and obviously when I'm in Japan I'm not going to have the joyous time to answer individual e-mails anymore. -.-
Obviously I'll update my life in Japan here as often as possible (with things like, "Guess what????? I WAS ABLE TO ASK FOR MISO FOR BREAKFAST TODAY!!!!!111!!!!1!!"), but I also figured the best way to answer personal e-mails would be a mailing list.
So, if you want me to carry on e-mailing you in Japan, gimme an e-mail, sign the guestbook and inform me so, yell at me on AIM, etc etc. I'll put the list together and then send a test e-mail. Anyone who doesn't want to be spammed with it every so often can then e-mail me and politely tell me to get lost.
Right, that be all. ^^;;
- Valentine Angel
| Mood: Moody | |
14/06/2003 - 6:09 pm
~ *waves around a sword madly* ~
I reinstalled Baldurs Gate on my PC. It takes up all the disk space I have, but gods I forgot how much it's worth it. ^_^ Graaaah. I love the music.
Listening to the Final Fantasy X PS2 psfs. CD quality FFX for under 100MB? Yum. Happy Val.
I have writer's block, which sucks. Other than that... I'm pretty good. Just wish I could figure out how to get past this paragraph or two I'm stuck on so I can wrap up part one of "Philanthropy" - yes, at long last I got unstuck. Yay!
Oh, and because I'm still a raving MGS fangirl, I demand everyone look at The Metal Gear Solid 3 website... got some more Big Boss hints, there...
I can't find my notes I wrote for my Vincent x Cid fic... which really sucks. I need those before I can write anything to it. ;_; And I keep telling myself I will write my Seifer x Zell fic properly someday... I think they're a good pairing.
I am so bored. I spent all day indoors today. I can't go out tomorrow; it's Lee's birthday. >_< So Monday I think I will see what my cousins are doing and go annoy them. Or something.
I really miss Dad. I won't have seen him for three weeks now. -.-
I think, to save me from this mind-numbing boredom, I will overcome my writer's block. Yes. <.< Off I go.
- Valentine Angel
| Mood: Bored | |
13/06/2003 - 11:45 am
~ A-KON! And stuff ~
Okay, now for the long-awaited A-Kon post. Which actually I'm gonna keep fairly short. I had a great time, but I swear I fighting not to be bouncing off the walls when we got to the hotel. It was amazing. There is absolutely no anime community where I live, and suddenly I see a sea of costumes and anime t-shirts.
I bought a lot of stuff. "Stuff" is really not a good way to describe what I saw, but it was all I could manage at the time. The dealer's room sold STUFF. Lots of STUFF. I got a couple of things I'll upload/link to later. I found a - gasp - Snake x Raiden humour fancomic for $3. Yup. I had to have it. XD I got Sniper Wolf to lend her ID so I could get it. Thankyoooou.
Otacon is sitting on my bedroom shelf. Amusingly, my other Snake figurine has fallen over behind the chains of the Girl Dragon, and it looks like he's groping dear Hal's arse. ^^ I swear I can't stop the madness on my shelves...!
In other news in Charshy's life, I got a letter from YFU. You know I said I fly to Japan in September? Holy shit. It's earlier. I fly 20th August and we only get a one day orientation before going to our host families. The 10-month crew in March got a week's orientation. I am so screwed!
At least my host sister seems really nice... I hope she'll look after me! I hope to get to the Tokyo Games Show, but somehow I doubt it... -.-;;
The panic's definitely taking hold now. Suddenly I've realized how little time I've got. I'm waiting for confirmation of my Japanese lessons I should be getting soon, but really its too little, too late... at least I've been practising my hiragana again recently. ^__^ It's all going good.
Mother has nosied over my shoulder on the previous paragraph and is now naturally convinced I'm doomed, it's all my fault etc. :P Actually I'm still waiting for a phone call from Andy so I can arrange to meet the teacher. I might call him if he doesn't hurry up.
I'm feeling a bit off, still. I keep eating and eating and eating... I think its boredom more than anything. There's so little I can do now. I go out shopping, or I stay indoors and do nothing. Because there's nothing else for a teenager like me to do.
I'm going to the bank today. I need to find out how to make a cash postal order overseas, and pay in a lot of money I withdrew the day before. Nanoo refused to take the £120 ($150) I owed her from the holiday. O_O; I'm really getting annoyed at my grandparent's generosity... it makes me feel so heartless. >_<
I keep going to bed late and getting up faaaaar too late. Like, 1pm. O_O;; I got up at 11am today, which is a bit better, but still. I need to force myself out of bed and do some exercise.
Maybe I'll scout around for some friends to come to the Harry Potter book release night. The bookshop opening is at midnight, and I want someone to go with me when I wear my wizard's cloak and hat and generally make a fool of myself getting my copy of Order of the Phoenix. XD
Oh, and I wrote about curry at long-last. *snigger*
Mum is being stupid again. God, doesn't she EVER listen to me? I just told her I'm going out this afternoon and she's yelling at me that "you're addicted to the computer, you're ill because you use it too much, you have no social life because of it, go out, rah rah rah..."
... if you actually listened to the way she's going on and talking OVER me, you'd understand how frustrating it is. There is no arguing or negotiating with her at all. -.-
And I hate her constant interference in my "social life". I don't have one, I'm quite aware, and that's my choice. Spayley is the nearest friend to me, but that's all.
Anyway, this is supposed to be a cheerful post, I'm not about to ruin it. Time I went out, the afternoon has come. Bye bye.
- Valentine Angel
| Mood: Cheerful |  |
