So, I haven't updated on this thing in FOREVER! Bleh. I obviously fail as  a Prussia RPer because I don't play with my blog enough. I need to work on that...

Blah... Not much to say, honestly. The second semester has just started, and honestly I'm not eager about it at all. I mean, I doubt I'll do poorly, but... meh. School. Don' like it.

I doubt I'll be able to do it, but SakuraCon looks so awesome this year. So many cool things are going on and the guest-list is EPIC. There are soooo many people I'd love to meet who are gonna be there. Not to mention I want to show off my Seven Weeks War Prussia uniform.  But I doubt my parents would ever allow it. 

The con is all the way in Seattle and I'd probably have to get there via train or something. I mean, I love trains, so I'd have no agruements with it, but... Yeah.

http://www.sakuracon.org/programming/guests.php <--The guest-list, by the way.

It'd be so awesome to go, but... yeah. *sighs* It'd never work. Bleh...

I have to say, for a meet that was sort of hap-hazardly thrown together, it turned out pretty good. We had a lot of people in cosplay, and a few non-cosplayers, but all in all, we had a lot of fun. More people showed up than expected, and we needed more than enough food for everyone (so I ended up sending extra cake home with Italia and Greece. XD)

And now, of course... PICTURES!
( Look at all the pretty pictures~ )

I was so awesome today! >D  I made a two cakes and cookies and took them to school. I received much love for this~ People even said my cooking tasted like Jesus--though I'm a little worried they'd know what Jesus tastes like (I thought it best not to question this, in the end.)

Anyway, people were happy, my cakes were holy (ahahaha, Holy Cake. If anyone knows that fanfic, you win the Internet for a day.) Um... what else... The cake went pretty fast, but I still have a little bit left. I'm kinda disappointed I didn't take the time to actually write out "Happy Holidays" in all the languages of the respective Hetalia characters for whom had nicknames in our club, but the frosting stuff I used wasn't exactly the best for writing letters. I did manage to make some pretty awesome star-flower thingies, though.

Anyway.... Uh... I don't really have much else to say, honestly. I baked a lot, and people think my cooking is fuckin' awesome. That's the moral of this story really. *sighs* Just one more day of my ridiculous detention before I'm finally on break. Fun times.

Maa... I should be getting a hair-cut today, though. That should be fun. I've got an awesome Prussia-ish haircut in mind. :3

I can't even begin to explain just how much today sucked.

Let me start at the beginning of mine...

An important friend of mine was supposed to come to Youmacon, but in the end he wasn't able to because he had to get surgery. Because of this, obviously, he was unable to come to the con. Sure, this was disappointing, but I knew for the better good of his health he should stay where he was rather then travel. That was all well and good, I care much more about his health than cosplaying with him at some con, so I got over it.

So he got the surgery and he was offline for a few days, as one would imagine.

Later, when he came home (early because he's a stubborn idiot) he talked to me for about two days, the disappeared for almost a week. When he disappeared that time, it turns out he was taken to the ICU and no one told me (although it seems his sister was supposed to tell me.)

I was finally able to get in contact with a friend of his, found out he was in the ICU, panicked for a few minutes, and then finally calmed down. All was well and good, he stayed in the hospital like a good boy and recovered.

He was finally able to come home about a week or so later, and we walked for about a day and he said that he'd talk to be the next day, and I heard nothing. No big deal. A few days later, I still hadn't heard anything and I sent him an e-mail. A day later, nothing, and I tried to contact his friend... nothing.

It's been two weeks and I've sent them each two e-mails and I have still heard nothing. Unfortunately, because of long distance, that makes calling impossible (not to mention he lacks a phone and I don't know his friend's phone number.)

So that part of the story is done...

I had been trying to push this problem to the back of my mind so I wouldn't think about it, but this morning it came flying back at me full swing and I had something of a panic attack--and I mean the whole nine-yards. My hands were shaking, I had trouble breathing, my legs were shaking... and I just couldn't calm down.

So I went to the school nurse, thinking, you know, he's the nurse and he'd help me, right?

Wrong.

Instead, I get told, "Don't worry about something you can't control." and then told to go back to class.

Nice, huh?

So I'm STILL freaking out, no one seems to give a damn other than my friend Greece, and finally I just sort of snap and decide to go off-campus for lunch (which we're allowed to do, I might add.)

So we do that, I get some fries from BWW, and we head back to the bus stop. Fun thing is, we miss the bus. Wonderful.

We're not missing fourth hour, still waiting for the bus, and I'm starting to panic again. We're late, and that, obviously, isn't a good thing.

So my mom calls and says that she is bringing something to the school for me and I tell her everything that happened.

She is furious with me, comes to pick us up, goes into the office, and demands my off-campus permission be taken away. If THAT isn't enough, she asks the principal to talk to me... and that... that is where it really got crappy.

He starts getting all in my face about, "No, I don't want excuses, you were skipping." And now I have to eat in his office for a week, and I don't get to go to the surprise Christmas party that I planned for my own anime cub. (And Vietnam, I'd be ever grateful if you, you know, didn't say anything about this to them.)

So... yeah. That's about the summary of what happened today, and I was treated like a criminal for the first ever time I made a mistake in the three and a half years I've been going to my high school... And now I feel like even more of a loser for having freaked out.

It kinda sucks you know? The first time I finally reach out for help, I end up being cast aside, told to suck it up, and when I try to calm myself down... it back-fires. Fun.

Somehow, I was dragged into the Twitter community for Hetalia. I'm Prussia. No complaints there, but... here is my ridiculous profile. Which I seriously need to edit. I think I went overboard. The stuff crossed

CONTACT
Nick/Name: Prussia [Seriously, people call me Prussia.]
Personal LJ: awesomeprussian
E-mail/Messenger: AIM- AwesomePrussian
MSN: IronyxOfxFate@hotmail
Yahoo: AwesomePrussian
[Almost always willing to RP via IM, btw~]

APPLICATION
Character you are applying for: Kingdom of Awesome Prussia [Gilbert Weillschmidt Beilschdmit]

Occupation of your character: [Do I have to use the one on the character list?] Pimp President of all thing Awesome Master of the Earth Secret Agent of Awesome Private Detective [You know, he WOULD do that... He's good at sneaking around] but if that's not acceptable, Journalist? [Prussia would stalk you until he got his story] Or Rock Star

What do you know about your character? (e.g. personality): Prussia has an ego big enough to choke a horse, but you can't help but love him. He's awesome, and he knows it, and he isn't afraid to flaunt his awesome off. He'll stop at nothing to get what he wants, and once his sights are set, you're better off not fighting him on it, because you're going to lose. He's loud, obnoxious, but lovable at the same time, and he's easy to trick when it comes to all things cute. He is rarely seen without his sidekick pet Gilbird on his head, who seems to pop up out of nowhere most of the time. He loves pancakes, maple syrup, beer, and cake as long as it's made by Austria and if he could get paid for annoying people, he'd be the best in the business. He also has a bit of a brother complex, but let's not take advantage of that, hm? He has a bizarre fear of frying pans, but only Austria [and Germany] seem to know why...

What are your favourite pairings?: PrussiaxAustria [OTP~<3], USxUK, GerIta, CanadaFrance

Sample journal post: [Okay, so I broke the 140 character limit, I'll be careful from now on.]
I was so awesome today! Roddy never suspected a thing~ I bet he didn't even notice that I slipped into his house (I don't know how he didn't sense the sudden increase in awesome aura), but that makes things easier for me~ Kesesesesesse~ I can't wait until he gets into the music room and sees the piano. Ahaha~ Ah, that's right, I'm drinking with West today. Heh, free beer~

What do you want to say to the mod?: Hello there, Mr./Ms. Mod. It has come to my attention that you have not submitted your Vital Regions to Prussia. I believe that you should fix this problem as soon as possible and send them to Herr Weillschmidt immediately via the post. *nod* Also; my love to Norway for liking PruAus. :3 You're already in my awesome book. I had too much fun with this profile, I'm sorry! DX

Maa... allow me to take a moment, completely off-topic, to express my annoyance with fanfiction.net for not working and leaving me unable to review to stories at the current time. It is very annoying... and I currently have my reviews waiting to be posted in a text document.

I'm not sure if that's sad, or to be admired.

Anywhooo...

So, anyone who was at Con ja Nai knows it was no Youmacon, but it was still fun. A lot more fun than the last time I went, which I suspect has to do with the fact that I went with friends rather than my parents (I think that's how things always work, though.)

I ended up being the first person there, and, in turn, the first cosplayer who wasn't part of the club. I was kind of disappointed to find out that they'd canceled the cosplay contest because not enough cosplayers ever showed up, but I was equally pleased to know that they were willing to resume the contest once I assured them that I had more people coming in cosplay (be it that I promised more cosplayers or some other outside power that made them pick up the contest again, I don't know, point is, we had it.)

The morning was actually fairly calm, and most of it was spent with Greece and I wondering around and entertaining ourselves, watching the anime playing in the main lecture room from the hallway while wrestling with my contacts that refused to go in. We also talked to Canada on the phone. That was fun. We made her giggle, a lot... and miss her exit with out ridiculous antics. But that's another story.

Eventually, we got on contact in, but the other was being ridiculously stubborn. We got fed-up and went out looking for gauze, which we found, and I spent the next hour or so, stumbling around with a bandage over my eye, claiming that I'd, "just come back from the Berlin Wall" which ended up working fairly well... save for the fact that I couldn't wear my glasses because of the bandage. Which sort of sucked, because I can't see jack without my glasses. Which also lead me to missing Canada when we went to meet her in the bookstore (I'm sorry, Canada! I couldn't see! *sob* and I only had one bad eye!)

Happily, after we went back to the con together, we attempted the contact again and eventually got it in (yahoo) and I tucked the gauze away for a later time when we I could get some fake blood and make a much better "Berlin Wall" play on Prussia (...after I finish his Gakuen Hetalia, his Seven-years-war uniform [or was it Austrian-sucession? ...The one with the awesome had...] his uniform with the t-shirt and shorts that I don't even know the name of... and his character CD outfit.)

I feel like I'm ranting...

After Canada came, we ate some of the pancakes that I had made that morning, as Canada brought maple syrup, we... just sort of hung-out, really. More anime-watching from the hallway, and then later we went to meet up with Fai. Who is awesome. And his staff was awesome. Seriously awesome. And I'm mad I forgot my camera and didn't get a good picture of it. Because it ROCKED.

After Fai came, we all sat down in the hallway, bored, and I ended up popping out my laptop and we watched all four episodes of HetaliaHell which ended up being much more amusing than I thought. They all seemed to enjoy it, and for the rest of the night the jokes from it were randomly thrown in... (Hurhurhur, It's Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusan.)

Maa~ Later that night Spain-sama and Puma-chan [ahahah, she is CURSED with that nickname now... Because Canada and I said so] and we spent a good hour looking for them. (Because we couldn't fine the right room.) However, when we DID find the right room, we discovered it smelled funny and were a little nervous about going in because we couldn't see them (but it was dark, so...) After about the third peek, I said that Spain-sama [...I think I've cursed her with that nickname, too. I really should ask before doing that] had long brown hair and that she was probably with another girl [but I wasn't sure who at the time... *hits herself for being a bad person*] and there were really only two girls in the room... but neither Canada or I wanted to go up and say,

"Spain?" And have it be the wrong person. Thaaaat would have been awkward.

So instead, we got the brilliant idea to get my laptop and play the first episode to of Hetalia to see if the "Pastaaaaaaaaaa" pulled them out of the room.

Turns out we didn't need to because I said, "Pasta" a little too loudly and they ended up coming out anyway as Canada and I were walking away. Gooooo figure.

After what.... we were all just sort of hung out, really.

Canada and Greece left to get Sarah [hurhur~ I should start calling her China... or Panda-chan! >D] and we lazed about in the hallway doodling, looking at strange pictures, and watching YouTube videos.

...God, I'm getting lazy. XD Sooo... I'm just going to summarize the rest of the night.

Got dinner with Fai. Lost retainer. Found retainer. Happiness followed. (Oh God, don't ask about the retainer. That sucked.)
Came back, did cosplay contest, somehow managed to win said cosplay contest, and cheered happily for friends who won the raffle. Huzzah.
Um... Went back into hallway, talked with peoples, Spain-sama and Puma-chan left aaaand... shortly after Canada, Sarah [Panada!], Fai, Greece and I left.

HOWEVER... I must take the time to say this...

...I'm really not sure I deserved to win that contest. Honestly. My costume wasn't that impressive... It was basic at most, and still missing important parts. I probably would have left the contest had Spain-sama not ended up in the top three with me, because I was pretty upset that Fai didn't make it in. His costume was REALLY cool, and his staff was EPIC (as I mentioned before.)

But somehow the CHEESE-KUN beat him.

....And I just didn't get it. At all. D<

Blah... I'm bored now. (I swear, I don't have an attention span anymore...)

So like, I'm still trying to post about Youmacon. XD I don't know how to summarize Saturday and Sunday properly. Soooo much happened.

Note to self:  Post daily at next con.

MOVING ON!

So, I went outside tonight to take pictures for my photography class, which ended up working as a big flop. It was too dark to take pictures of anything decent, and the lens I was using which was supposed to be for night-time use sucked. Yay technology. Thank you for your loyal support and helping me... whatever. Moving on.

So, I go out into the woods near where I live, and I'm just sort of... you know, looking around, trying to take pictures... Anyway, the woods lead into the park, and there is a long gravel path there that you can walk on which will eventually lead back to the townhouses where I live.

Now, as I am walking down this path, I see a car pull into the park up ahead, and I don't take this as a bad sign at first, you know, I figure it's some stupid college student out for a late-night disk-golfing game. However, their headlights never go off. Still, I don't think much of it and I keep following the path. It isn't my business what the person is doing, and I don't much care.

Now until I realize that they haven't moved. 

I stop walking down the path and watch them for a bit, and I see the person get out of their car. That was my first hint that something was up. They are dressed in dark clothing, and moving slowly. Not a good sign. To top that off, they start pacing in front of their car. Back and forth, back and forth in front of his headlights.

At this point, I'm looking back at the woods and thinking that I need to get out of there. I look back at the person and they've stopped pacing, and they are looking in my direction. Now, I will admit it was dark and I could have been wrong, but I didn't think it was a good idea to find out. After all, better to wonder if I was going to be kidnapped and murdered than actually let it happen, right?

The moment the person takes a step forward (toward me, I might add) I dart back down the path, holding the camera to my chest, and I dart back into the thinner part of the woods. 

I swear to God, it's like a horror film. I'm not scared so I have that advantage, but I manage to get tangled in some plants, and the moment I untangle myself and get down into the ditch that'll lead me back up into the area that I live, I freaking trip. TRIP and manage to both twist my ankle (which is throbbing and I haven't told my parents about yet) and land on my wrist funny (also hurting, and it's the one I just got out of the temp-cast, too.)

So I scramble back up to my feet, and realize that there is a two-inch thorn sticking out of my leg. Fun stuff. So I pull that out and try to move again, but I'm once again tangled in ANOTHER plant.

It is at this point that the idiot in the horror film would start screaming.

Instead, I get annoyed and curse the plant, manage to untangle myself, and make it out of the ditch (and tripped AGAIN on the way up.) I didn't bother to check and see if I was still being followed, it seemed kinda pointless at that point.

Then I went back home.

And after all that happened... the only thing that pisses me off is the lack of good pictures, and the fact that my ankle is killing me. >_>

Stupid frickin' creepers in the woods.

And if you were at Youmacon, you'll get that joke.

But seriously, I hate the chair. I hope it burns. Burns in hell... and dies. PAINFULLY.

So, yeah... YOUMACON EFFING ROCKED!

GOD, it was even more hectic than Hetalia day, and I don't even know WHERE to begin. I'd do the same thing I did for Hetalia day, but there is just so much to talk about, I wouldn't know where to start or what events to say. I'd have people here for hours (if anyone stuck around long enough to read the entire thing.) So... yeah. I'll try to sum things up again.

Friday (Cosplay: Arthur Kirkland, Military uniform, AKA England)

( Long summary is long... )

 

Saturday Cosplay: Prussia, Post WW2 uniform, Gilbert Weilshcmidt

STILL EDITING POST, MORE TO COME

Mother feck ton of pictures here
http://s934.photobucket.com/albums/ad186/AwesomePrussian/Youmacon%202009/?start=0

Videos will appear here at some point...
http://www.youtube.com/user/IronyxOfxFate

...and claimed soooo many Vital Regions. How do you like me now, Austria!?


So, as many of you know, today was world-wide Hetalia Day. And. It. Was. Awesome. 

Seriously... awesome.

A lot of people showed up at the meet spot early, so we ended up wasting a looooot of time screwing around on the second floor of Borders (while getting weird stares from just about everyone there.) I felt a bit bad that I'd shown up late when I was the one who tried to organize everything, but no one really seemed to care. Which was good. Because I didn't feel guilty anymore~

So! The only other cosplayers there when Greece and I (Prussia) arrived were Canada and Brazil, but people started to show up fairly steadily after that.

Honestly, a lot happened in the time-frame of just barely an hour, so it's hard to summarize everything without going on a rant about one five minute moment, so let's do this the easy way~

SUMMARIZING!
 

( EPIC DAY IS EPIC )

I really need to get into a better habit of updating this thing. Seriously... I don't do it enough, and I should try to get into a habit of posting something daily. Even if it's something short. Like, "I was awesome today. 'nuff said."

...Haha, I should post that some day, just to see what happens. It could be interesting.

Moving on...

So, Hetalia day is next weekend, and I'm looking forward to that. If my wig gets here in time, I'll be attending as Prussia (no red eyes, I don't have contacts yet.) Otherwise I'll be going as Prussia. The meet I'm going to is the one I organized, so if you want information go here otherwise, try the Hetalia Day website and see if there is a meeting in your local area. It proves to be a lot of fun, so be sure to stop in and check it out, hm?

Today my dad and I will be making an America-hoodie... provided we actually leave the house at some point. *sigh* He promised we'd make it this weekend, but something tells me I'm going to end up being let down. Again. Hopefully my mother will hurry up and make my dad go.
 We only have until four and then the shop that we need to pick supplies up from closes for the day.

Ah, well... Point being, should we finish the jacket tonight, I'll post pictures. And wear it tomorrow. e

Yeah. That title is effing genius and you know it.

Moving on...

So, the Prussia plushie I ordered from DA has finally come~ Currently, he is sitting on my bed and being generally cute and adorable. The clothes he came in are made of a felt-like material, but whatever the hell it is, it's SUPER soft, and I love hugging him. He goes rather nicely with the Prussian flag now hanging in my window (Union Jack has been moved to hang over my closet) and just this afternoon I walked into my room, saw the flag, and had completely forgotten that it had come in the mail and I had a quick flash of, "What the hell?"

Still, I can't help but wonder what the neighbors think of of my Prussian flag. I wonder if I scare anyone. Ahaha, that's be great. Happily, since it's Prussian, no one will think I'm a nazi or anything. They'll probably think I'm just crazy or something. Which I am, figuratively and literally (I have A.D.D and A.D.H.D, happily, I've grown out of them for the most part, but they still surface from time to time.) ...But I'd really like to know what they think. Or if any of theme even know what flag it is.

Well, off the Hetalia topic... Oh, no wait. It's sort of still on Hetalia but...

My friend ordered me these AWESOME Hetalia posters, but because he used his paypal to order them and sent it to my address... they won't let me pick it up, because I'M not him. Normally, we'd just send him there, right? ONLY HE LIVES SEVERAL STATES AWAY! And the post office is all, "Well, if he faxed you something, then we could allow it because we'd have the PROOF.

PROOF MY ARSE! GIVE ME MY POSTERS!!! Geez... Honestly, I think the Post Office is completely paranoid. Why would someone want to steal a package? I brought proof that I lived at the address, and I've been able to pick things up under my dads name before... so why can't I do it now? What am I going to do, sell the posters on the black market?

It's ridiculous... but I guess I'm just complaining. Hopefully it will all get sorted out.

In other news, I've gotten a lot of work on on My Heart's Musician the Hetalia fanfic I've been writing (PrussiaxAustria AU.) Personally, I thought the prologue was complete crap, but people seemed to like that AND the other chapters. I'm really happy, because I thought I was completely destroying Prussia by writing it, but I've been told I'm very good at his personality. I can only hope they're serious and not humouring me, but I can't see why they would. People on fanfiction.net are normally ruthless.

I've also (finally) updated Fortune no Hikari, the Persona 4 fanfic I'm writing. I'm throwing the  summaries into this entry for anyone who is curious.

Title: My Heart's Musician
Genre: Romance/humour/hurt/comfort
Character(s): Prussia, Austria, Germany (and mentions of Japan, China, America, England, France, Hungary, Italy, and a few others.)
Pairing(s): Mainly PrussiaxAustria [semi-implied GermanyxItaly, mentioned USxUK (possibly more on that), ChinaxJapan and one-sided HungaryxAustria]
Rating: PG-15
Warnings: Fluff, Prussia's mouth, bad sex jokes, and... typos. [Because I'm lame and tend to miss a few...]
Summary:  [Hetalia AU Universe, assuming Hetalia Academy is a college-level school]
It was supposed to be a simple favour; Ludwig had asked him to walk his dogs while he was out with Feliciano. Upon arriving at the German’s supposedly empty house, Roderich stumbles upon Gilbert on the roof playing a violin he’d given to him years ago. The domino effect starts there, and soon, the musician finds himself looking for answers to questions he’s avoided for years.

Title: Fortune no Hikari
Genre: Mystery/Romance/Hurt/Comfort/Humour/ActionAdventure
Character(s): The entire Persona 4 cast
Pairing(s): SoujixNaoto, ChiexYosuke, and more to come
Rating: PG-15
Warnings: None, really... the same ones that go for Persona 4. Only it has more fluff.
Summary:  Life is full of second chances, but not all mistakes can be corrected. If you were given the opportunity to go back in time and save the one you loved most from dying, would you take it? Even if it meant that person lost their memories of who you are and couldn't return the love that only your heart remembers?

~AwesomePrussian

So, yesterday, I came home to find this (rather large) letter in my mailbox from Norther Michigan. At first, I think, "Why are they sending me things?" And I think it's a bit weird because I'd only applied to them a few weeks ago and the school hadn't sent them my records yet. At least, that's what I thought. I open the letter knowing that it's gonna suck... but it doesn't.

I'VE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO NORTHER MICHIGAN COLLEGE!!!
(Large link is large.... Ignore the annoying dots. Photobucket lame editor is lame and kept adding random ones...)

And I am so happy! It was my FIRST CHOICE for a college, and like, not more than a few weeks after I apply, they LET ME IN! As it is, I'm set and ready to join the school for the 2010 year, but I'm still trying to figure out what to do. I may have to deffer for a year because of cost (as of right now, I doubt I could afford much as colleges go...)

Anyway, I am so so so happy. Thrilled. I ACTUALLY did a happy dance and started calling people in the car as we were driving. It was a bit sad, but was like... just... wow. I really don't know what to say about it, other than I'm super, super happy. So, yeah... I'll leave that as it is.

IN OTHER NEWS...

My friend Greece came over for a sleepover (Friday night until today) and we ended up going downtown. That was a lot of fun, even if we ended up with limited time since we were relying on the bus to get back home (my parents were busy.)

Anyway... we spent most of the time downtown walking around and being generally... Well, strange. We talked about the possible plots of Persona 5, Hetalia, and giggled about other such things. I took a lot of nice pictures of the local wildlife (if it can be called that) and we stopped at Bubble Island for drinks (I for the Hot Chocolate Chai with colourful bubbles.)

On the way back to the bus-stop, we stopped at Pinpall Pete's, and I guess the DDR machine there had gotten rigged, or something, because we got about five games (3-songs per game) each for free of DDR. 

I learned a very important lessons that day.

Never play DDR in knee-high  England boots with 3-inch heels. I didn't fall or fail any of the songs... but it was somewhat painful. My feet were really sore when I finally got home.

So, I'm now convinced that Hiller's Market is the one of the best locations for a Hetalia photoshoot ever. Honestly, they've got food from all over the place there, and they've got it separated by country (with their respective flags above the aisle.)

It's a nice place to, open aisles just waiting for strange teenagers in costume to burst in through the automatic doors (for we all know, automatic doors run on Prussia's awesome) and take pictures of themselves doing weird things.

I spent a good fourty minutes there today with my parents, and I kept running between the Asian and British aisles, looking at all the different foods and stuffs. I ended up getting an armful of melon pan (Best. Food. Ever.), some dongo (when you eat dongos, you must either quote Allen Walker, or hum this song, I did both), mochi (oumnom), miso soup (YUM!!!), strawberry tea (imported from England!), chocolate tea cakes (also imported from England), supplies to make scones (good scones), and a few other things.

And all for less than twenty bucks. I mean, seriously, how much better can you get than that? I got a lot of junk, and it was all so nicely priced. More people should shop at Hiller's. Honestly. It's like, a mini-heaven on earth. As far as food imports and such go, anyway.

Yeah... that's how I spent my day. Out with my parents. Shopping.

Good news is, while I STILL haven't found decently priced boots for my Prussia cosplay, my England boots [not really England boots, just decent black ones that'll work], and I was able to grab a toy revolver for Naoto. it's blue with a white handle. Not exactly a replica of hers, but hey, I thought it'd fit.

It also makes loud clicking noises when you pull the trigger, which, amusingly enough, makes my cats jump.

Other than that, I got some pocky, a yaoi manga, black hair-spray for when I cosplay Lion Magnus, and The Silence of the Lambs, because it was $5 for the special edition, and I've heard it's creepy as hell.

I like creepy things.

Anyway, all in all, I spent less than $50 the entire day, and got quite a lot of things (bargain shopping, woo!)

I tend not to spend my money (seriously... I don't. I'm paranoid about it) and today I finally did. 

Uh, that's all. Really.

Pointless entry is pointless.

Oh, but for those who like cute things...

Would anyone do a Hetalia photoshoot with me?

I know, right!? The ever beloved, "Axis Powers: Hetalia" will be ending after only 52 episodes (at least, that is the current plan). That sucks, right? I mean, this show is absolutely amazing, and a wonderful rendition of the online webcomic...

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
BUT NOW AND YOU GET A SECOND SET

Hetalia fans, rejoice, because it isn't over yet. Take a look at this~

Gentosha Comics has announced on its website that a theatrical anime film adaptation of Hidekaz Himaruya’s Hetalia - Axis Powers manga has been green-lit for 2010. More details will be provided in the November issue of Monthly Comic Birz magazine on September 30 and on the anime’s official website, Hetalia.com. The November issue will also have a special feature to mark the green-lighting of the film.

So, yeah, I need to get this magazine to see what this is all about... although, as they said, more information on the 30th on the website (and that's free!) Hopefully, this isn't just a well-done fan-gag and I'll be sniffing around for as much information as I can find to post it on my journal.

*will be editing alter*

So, I've had just about the worst day that I've had in a very long time. And when I say bad I mean very bad.

It all started with my last post, when I mentioned that I was sick. It all started there. 

On Monday night, I had a slight fever and I was feeling utterly horrible. I spent most of the day curled up in a chair on the computer talking to a friend, reading fanfiction, and the other things I mentioned I did. In any case, that isn't the point. Tuesday I was feeling a bit better, and by today, I was feeling well enough to go back to school.

Unfortunately, the school system didn't seem to agree with me in the slightest. I was sent down to the school nurse three times by various teachers who seemed to thin I still looked ill, and were worried that I might "spread something". I don't know what the bloody hell was wrong with them all. It didn't help that all three times I was sent down I was in the classes that were either on the third floor of the school or in the furthest possible portable building on the grounds. That just made the entire situation worse.

The nurse seemed clueless as I was as to why I kept getting sent down, and he assured me that I hadn't yet passed the send-home limit (which he said was 100.4 and I was ranging from 99.2-4 when I visited him... and I really don't feel like converting that at the moment.) He told me I needed to watch my temperature for the rest of the night and make sure it didn't go above 100.4 or get close to it, because after that, I have to stay home until I've gone 24-hours below that stupid cut-off of 100.4.

I seriously want to PUNCH SOMETHING!

As if that wasn't enough, the third teacher I went down from (my computer teacher) sanatized my ENTIRE workstation after I'd left, and she felt the need to TELL ME when I'd return. As if the looks of scorn and distrust I'd been getting all day for ruddy coughing at one point or another... *sighs* I couldn't say that to her, though. She's such a nice woman and one of my favourite teachers already. I'd feel awful if I ended up needlessly guilting her over something silly.

Then I almost missed the bus to work. Thank God I didn't because that would have made my day even worse. Work was alright I suppose. I was rather pleased to find out that You Can't Take the Sky From Me (and it's still the best Hetalia fanfic I've ever read) had been updated and I literally did a happy dace because it was the first good thing to happen to me all day. From there, I listened to a British Comedian soundtrack with my father and my mood did perk up a bit. And, to top it all off, my wonderful big brother (not real big brother, I'm an only child, I just call him that because he's like one) was online when I got home.

In fact, I'm speaking to him now, while drinking a cup of delicious strawberry tea.

And my good mood is slowly coming back... I love the British. They've given my faith in the human race again.

... *sigh* This is why I need to move to England.

In any case, I've ranted now, and I'm feeling better than I did a few minutes ago.

So, this is the second day I've been home sick... and it really sucks. I don't know what it is I have, but I can't go to school until I'm 100% better because everyone is paranoid about Swine flu and a kid can't so much as sneeze these days without getting quarantined in the nurses office and sent home. Which is pointless, when you think about it. If that student does have swine, then a fat lot of good it goes to lock them up now. They've already been to some or most of their classes, and they'd have already infected whoever was there with them, and in turn those students would have taken it to their next class.

Honestly, quarantining the kids won't do any good... Just send them home or get over it.

Anyway... 

On with my utterly boring day this far.

I woke up around ten, which is very late for me, given my record is normally around eight at the latest. I get around on few hours of sleep, unless I'm sick, in which I suddenly lose my normal insomnia-like lifestyle and get the sleep I need. It's somewhat annoying, but I suppose my body needs the extra rest. I spent most of my morning replying to forum related things over at Marukaite Chikyuu and then I read a few fanfics.

...Then I got really, really bored and started watching Nabari no Ou again over at the FUNinmation website (switching between the dubbed and subbed episodes.) Which eventually got boring because I'd seen the anime so many times and I'd yet to see Miharu and Yoite kiss (which is disappointing) and thus, I moved on to watching Fruits Basket in English because it is one of the best dubs I've seen. Even the opening and closing in English are wonderful... and sung by some of the voice actors in the anime (the opening by Kagura Sohma [Meredith McCoy] and the closing by Tohru Honda [Laura Bailey].)

After that, moved to YouTube and started watching these Hetalia WTF!? videos, which are absolutely hysterical. 

If you can't tell, I really don't have anything to rant about today. Ah well~

My friend and I are working on an FST for Hetalia couples, so I hope to upload that soon.

So, the first week of school is finally finished, and I feel... oh-so-happy that it's done. I've no issues with my classes, and my teachers all seem very kind, but as a senior, I suppose the classical "senioristis" is proding at the corners of my mind and I just want to get away from it all. I've gotten homework already, but it has all been fairly simple and I was able to finish it without much trouble (which reminds me, I need to finish that photography assignment.)

I no longer have a first hour in favour of taking online Japanese instead. I must admit, it's a tad bit difficult seeing as I've no way of getting any means of help when I hit a lesson I don't understand. I've managed thus far, but I doubt year 2 will be as easy as year one. I'll just have to do my best, ne?

Anyway, on to other news...

Just recently I was final able to nab myself a copy of Fatal Frame. The game is pretty awesome, and as far as the horror genre goes, I have to say this is the best I've seen. It's great, and even as I was playing this morning in broad daylight I felt the shivers going down my spine. I was really surprised, I don't scare easily... Rather, it wasn't that I was scared, but it had me going, "...Whoa. That's just creepy." The audio and visual just... Wow.

Anyway, you start the game as Mafuyu Hinasaki, the elder brother of the main character (who I'll explain later), when you go into this mansion, looking for your mentor (I'm staying vague here, because I'll end up relaying the entire game to you people and spoiling it.) It's all in black and white, at first, but that's really only the intro. Still, the back and white bit was a bit more creepy, as it's much harder to see things that pop up at you when they blend into the background.

The brother goes missing and now enters Miku Hisnasaki, Mafuyu's little sister. You (Miku) are looking for your brother who went missing. You go to the mansion that the game takes place in and find a camera that belong to your mother, that was given to you brother and... now, well. You have it.

The point of the game is to go around taking pictures of spirits and such, and suck them up into the camera. Yes, I know, it doesn't make much sense but it is all based on this amazing true story that is freakish, but I love it...

...So yeah, I rambled a bit...
That's really all I have to talk about today...

Other than the fact that I have TEN Hetalia posters coming in the mail soon. Woo!

Well, today was the first day of school, and it was... both suckish and nice. For (almost) every bad thing that happened, something good or, at the very least, interesting happened in turn. All in all... it was a very long day and I'm glad to be home, and now you get to read about it. Aren't you people lucky?

Anyway, I woke up this morning around 6:25 and... somehow, I actually wasn't tired. At all. Which is somewhat odd, given I was up till almost 2am trying (and failing) to fall asleep. (A thank you to Senpai for saying up and talking to me during this time to keep me from going stir-crazy. *ahem* Back on topic... As I said, I woke up a little late this morning, but I wasn't really tired at all, so getting ready for the day was fairly easy. I skipped breakfast (please don't kill me, Emily) because I wasn't really hungry, but I took a travel-cup of tea with me. Because tea is good.

The wait at the bus stop was fairly quiet... Desha showed up a little earlier than usually, so it was nice to see here again. She handed me a bag and said, "Happy Birthday!" Which was pretty awesome. It was in this cute little blue bag with 3-D smiling flowers and she seemed rather embarrassed about it, but I loved it. Inside was Naruto volume 45, and $10. Which totally made up for the mornings crappy weather (which I later found out it was the first rainy first day of school in years. Lovely way to start off my senior year, ne?)

When we finally got to school, it was raining even harder, which sort of sucked, given my hands were full with bags and such and I couldn't hold an umbrella. Happily, Desha's was pretty big and we were able to share one while we walked to Portable O to deliver the incense sticks I'd gotten for my old Philosophy teacher.  After that was delivered, we went back into the building to way for classes to start and nothing much really happened until my second hour.

My second hour is psychology and it actually seems like it'll be a fun class. I thought it would be freaky mind-voodoo's for the most part, but it really seems like I'll learn something worth while there. I look forward to it. Third hour is photography and I can't wait for that class to get started. It really looks like it'll be a lot of fun and I'm SO looking forward to the projects that we'll be having. I plan to take in my nice canon XL something digital camera and that should prove to be useful for the class. Whee~

As for the rest of the day, my afternoon classes are pretty lax and the teachers seem wonderful. I end the day with film which is, for the most part, watching and studying movies, so I can't really think of an easier way to end the day...

I did end up forgetting my lunch, but happily, I was able to buy one and easily solve that issue (yeah, I was actually hungry today. I think someone is gonna die soon...)

Moving on to after school...

It was raining again, but happily I made it to the bus without getting very wet, it was just a light drizzle. I had to stop by the post office to get my Persona stuff that finally came in the mail (well, all of it but the mugs, anyway) and that took forever for only god-knows-why, but I did get the package and ran to the bus that would take me home.

So, that was fine... Until I got off the bus. Honestly the MOMENT it pulled away... it started POURING. So I was left to walk the last half-mile or so home in the POURING rain without anything to cover me, and it was cold.

Blah... I've rambled enough for today, so here are the pictures of my stuff~( PERSONA! )

So... yes. My England cosplay is (officially) finished. All the minior adjustments that needed adjusting have been adjusted and it is ready for me to wear... Whenever it is I'll be able to wear it (likely Saturday at Youmacon unless a friend of mine demands we do a photoshoot over the weekend at some earlier time.) My father and I are ordering a pair of boots tonight (real army boots~) and those shouldn't take too long to arrive (beause Amazon is pretty good about their shipping.)

In other news...

I'm ordering a Prussia plush-doll. It's cute, adorable, and, at least I think, in his 'pirate-like' outfit. It's handmade by someone on DeviantART, but she's really good. Here are a few examples. The Prussia isn't seen there, but I can safely assume he's probably as good as the others (I'd buy them all if I could, seriously... Or at least an America, England, Japan, China, and Prussia) They are $20 a piece (for fast-shipping) and, in the end, I doubt my father would be very happy if I spend that much money on some dolls. So I opted for Prussia. Because he's Prussia, there were two left, and... well, it's PRUSSIA.

Let's see... What else to ramble about today~

Oh! I KNOW!

So, when I get the chance to run to a fabric store after I get my next paycheck, I plan on making this...