Sweet Dreams

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! It's been a tough year for everyone, but I hope you were able to find a little joy in the holiday at least.



My tree this year! I was able to do something I've been wanting to do for a few years -- decorate the tree with (mainly) skate ornaments. There are a few filler ornaments and sentimental favorites, but the vast majority of it is covered in skates.

As for gifts, my sister gave me an adorable pair of Luna slipper socks, a Sailor Moon umbrella, and a Fruits Basket Tohru Funko Pop that's on pre-order, so I'll have to wait for it to come out. I also got a couple more skate ornaments for my tree (except they're actually boots; Mom didn't notice they don't have blades on them), a really pretty skate pendant necklace, a couple of pieces of wall decor, a new bedding set, the live-action Mulan Blu-Ray, the animated Mulan/Mulan II DVD set (to make up for the one Mom got rid of years ago without my permission), new CDs from Josh Groban and Andrea Bocelli, new masks (of course!), a tumbler, and slippers, along with the usual clothes, candy, and money. 

01. Pick five of your favorite singers/groups.
02. Go to Last.fm or Wikipedia and look up their biographies.
03. Post at least one interesting fact for each singer/group.
04. Tag five people on your f-list to do the same thing.


As for tagging...do it if you want.

Now, to the squeeing!

First off, my Emma manga volumes came in on Tuesday, and I finished reading them yesterday. Blue, thank you for recommending it to me! ^_^ I loved it, loved it, loved it! The ending was a little weak, in my opinion, but the rest was near perfection. I do believe I'll give it the number three spot on my favorite manga list, just behind Chobits and Fruits Basket.  

This week, I also finished watching the Peach Girl anime, which I've been renting from Netflix. I've heard a lot of bad reviews for it, especially compared to the manga, but I actually really loved it, in a guilty pleasure kind of way. *laughs* It kind of makes me want to check out the "superior" manga, but considering that it's eighteen volumes long and I already have a "to read" list that's a mile long, I think it's probably better on my wallet if I just stick to getting the boxset, which just came out a couple of weeks ago. (Good timing!) Just need to scrounge up the money...

The biggest squee of all, though, is...

World Championships on ABC! Tomorrow!

*jumps up and down like a crazy person*

Whoo! You have no idea how excited I am! Three hours of figure skating goodness! Of course, being the fanatic I am, I already know the final results (except for the men's competition, which isn't over yet), but... 

Can it be two o'clock tomorrow already?

Part the first: List 10 musical artists you like, in no specific order (do this before reading the questions below).

1. Hayley Westenra
2. Charlotte Church
3. Celine Dion
4. Il Divo
5. Sarah Brightman
6. Andrea Bocelli
7. Ace of Base
8. Mariah Carey
9. The Corrs
10. Josh Groban

Make a list of everything you would like to receive for Christmas. Yes, Christmas is supposed to be a time of giving and thinking of others, but we’re all guilty of experiencing those greedy gimmies. So why not give in to it, if just for a moment? The list can be short or long. It can be as simple or as outrageous as you want it to be. You can list what you actually asked for, create an ultimate wish list, or a mixture of both. It’s all up to you! 


I guess that's about it. Makes me wonder what is under the tree since I never got the chance to give Mom my list before she announced she had finished her shopping and I doubt she knew I wanted most of the stuff on the list. Guess that means she spent a lot of money on stuff I don't want. *sigh*

Samuraiter convinced me to start a C2 community over at FF.net, so here it is:

http://www.fanfiction.net/c2/31118/3/0/1/

It's called Eclipse, and as you've probably guessed if you know me at all, it's devoted to stories based on SuperS and the Dream Arc, with a focus on Chibi-Usa/Helios fics. ^_^ So far, there are about thirty stories archived, but I'm having a lot of fun finding fics to add to it.

I might as well, considering that Helios-muse is being uncooperative at the moment. Grr. I just want to finish Ch. 4 of ATR; is that too much to ask?

In other news, Andrea Bocelli will be on American Idol next week. Can we say "WAHOO!"? ^_^ I don't think the contestants will have to sing his songs, which is a bit of a shame -- I think they said the theme was going to be love songs -- but he is performing on the results show.

I'm so there.

(Not that I wouldn't be anyway, but you know what I mean.)  

 

First off, I gotta wish a "Happy Birthday" to the coolest of all the senshi -- Sailor Pluto. Wonder how old she is this year... ^_^ I almost forgot about it, but last night I was looking over reviews for my old stories, trying to pump myself up, and I came across Tick Tock, the story I wrote in honor of her special day a couple of years ago, which reminded me of the fact.

So, what did I do on this special day? Oh, nothing much. I got the fourth DVD of RahXephon in the mail today, which was really good. I've already watched it twice -- once in Japanese and the other time in English. It actually has a pretty decent dub. (Don't go having another heart attack, Samuraiter. I still prefer the original. :P) The episode with Helena, Itsuki, and Makoto as children was interesting, and kinda cute. ^_^ I've also taken a real shining to Yagumo Soichi. He's mostly been in the background for most of the show, but he had some really nice moments in the episodes I watched today. I think he, Ayato, and Itsuki might make it into my little Harem of Bishies by the end of the show.

I also bought a new CD, Hayley Westenra's Odyssey. If you've never heard of her, she's this New Zealand teenager with the absolute most beautiful voice I've ever heard in my life. Next to Josh Groban's Closer, her Pure CD is my most listened to album. I'm not sure if the new CD is quite as good as the first, but it's definitely a worthy companion. She even makes What You Never Know (Won't Hurt You), a rather boring number from Sarah Brightman's otherwise stellar Harem album, something worth listening to.

I find it somewhat amusing, though, that it seems like all my favorite singers like to duet with my other favorite singers. (Not that I'm complaining. ^_^) On this CD, Westenra does a beautiful duet version of Dell' Amore Non Si Sa with the original singer of the piece, Andrea Bocelli. He, of course, has also dueted with Sarah Brightman (on Time to Say Goodbye) and Celine Dion, on The Prayer, which was then covered by Charlotte Church and Josh Groban, the latter who has also sung with the Corrs on Canta Alla Vita. It's like the Six Degrees of Andrea Bocelli in the world of classical crossover and Europop! (I tend to think of Dion as Europop because of her French albums, which definitely have a Europop feel.) *laughs*

Anyway, I guess that's about it for today.