So.. I'm at work right now, and very depressed about the fact that I never update. And that I never read any of my real-life friends' journals. BUT I DO POST! Just not in this journal! I've posted a few private entries over at so_gelukkig (entries that I have now made public)! So to make myself post, I plan to write a little bit about my real-life in each of my art posts! So if you care at all friend me at my other journal!

This will be my last entry in this journal. It is the end of an era.

RIP augur_cursed

You were a fine journal. I hardly knew ye'.
--Ben

Winter break has been/is being nice. I'm kinda getting back to myself, you know? Not that I don't feel myself at college.

I reread Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord and it was amazing.

I reread Where the Wild Things Are as well.

I rewatched all 54 episodes of the first season of Digimon (because I always loved it so much more than Pokemon).

And my most incredible feat as of yet: I just finished watching 70 episodes and both movies of Cardcaptors.

I remember when I LOVED Cardcaptors. Except I had only watched like 15 episodes, so during this winter break I decided to watch them all. And as I was browsing through some English audio episodes on Youtube, the general consensus of fans was that the English episodes were incredibly censored. And that the story didn't come through the way the writers intended-- the way it comes through in the Japanese versions. I usually don't care about things like this. The English version is just fine for me. I mean, really--it's just the same thing in a different language. But I really wanted to experience this series the way it was meant to be experienced, so I watched it all in Japanese. And the story was beautiful. Like. I can't stop thinking about it. At first I found the voice-actors annoying (HOW many girls can have that freakin' high of a voice), but the voice acting was not as annoying as the crazy idealized proportions of Anime-style animation (LEGS ARE NOT THAT LONG. OR SKINNY). But I got used to it. And The third season was lacking plot-wise, but I didn't mind because character-development-wise it was amazing. And a lot of the general development across the entire series was really slow (as I feel is usual for Manga/Anime). But- I.. I- it was beautiful. So fucking beautiful.

I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY stupid_free!

LIKE... BEYOND MEASURE!!!




So. Yea. I haven't updated in a while. Months ago I had a really busy week so I didn't update. And then I decided that because I hadn't updated for two weeks that I wouldn't update again until I finished/started working on so_gelukkig. But... I've been so damnnn busy. I, like, have to MAKE TIME for fun and naps. Because if I don't schedule them I'll just be constantly doing something. Right now I'm supposed to be writing my final paper for WR100, but no! I'm here, updating my LJ!

So yea, my recent life!

Visiting Amy in the city was.. err.. adventurous? It was amazing to see the movie with her, really--I would not have wanted to see the movie with any other person. But I was NOT feeling well. Siiigh, I wish I could have stayed longer and not been in such a rush. Still, the movie was spectacular and Amy's floor, pillows, and blankets quite comfortable.

Once I got back to Boston I slept for 12.5 hours and was back to normal!

AND THEN I WENT TO THE YULE BALL!!! IT WAS FANTASTICCC!!! Well... the Harry Potter-themed parts of it. I mean, I just don't understand why some people would go to the Yule Ball for the non-wizard rock bands because they are just as musically-untalented as wizard rock but without the whole 'wizard' aspect. So, instead, they just suck.

BUT POTTER PUPPET PALS WERE THERE LIVE WITH REAL PUPPETS AND IT WAS AMAZING!

AS WERE THE WHOMPING WILLOWS!

AND DRACO AND THE MALFOYS!

AND HARRY AND THE POTTERS!!! :DDDD

IT WAS SO HARDCORE THAT ONE GIRL EVEN PASSED OUT. BECAUSE OF THE HARDCORE ROCK. AND THE MOSH. AND THE DEHYDRATION. Don't worry, she was fine. We all backed up ten feet away from her and got her some water. She stood right back up and went outside for some fresh air.

But yea. It was awesomeee.

I now am the proud owner of a 'Save Ginny' Harry and the Potters T-shirt. :DDDD

Siigh. I must really get back to that paper. It is due on Wednesday and it is expected to be our best yet.

--Ben

Sooo I know all of you saw this movie a week ago. But I've been busy. Busy like whoa.

I thought the beginning and end were amazing. The beginning moreso. When that mother collapsed against the door frame I got chills. And the dead boy and that black woman. It killed me.

The middle of the movie sucked and completely ruined it. Like. WTF. I understand they're all high and on acid and blah but panorama after panorama of crappy photoshop filters is stupid and tasteless. And the songs sung within said panoramas weren't even that good. I loved the scene in the beginning where they all got drunk AND HIGH and were just crazy. It was sooo effective at letting the audience know the characters were in an altered mindset, why couldn't the director chose to do something similar for all the other times that illicit drugs were involved?

I didn't mind the crazy-ass army songs, though. I actually really enjoyed those.

I would've loved the end of the movie more if it hadn't come after the middle. Like. Really. The middle pissed me off.

WTF Prudence? Why even have her in the movie? I mean, I understand why. But give her more of a role. I mean, really. REALLY!

But yea. I'm downloading the soundtrack right now.

I'm so tired. I got three hours of sleep. Yea, so I think I'm going to go sleep. Night!

--Ben