Sweet Dreams

Inspired by The Mike Toole Show column at Anime News Network, I thought it would be fun to make my own "Anime Alphabet", listing the titles of my favorite series I've watched for each letter of the alphabet. Feel free to make your own list if you'd like!

So, Mom handed me one of her credit cards today and told me to use it to order about $70 worth of Christmas presents for myself. I was hoping I would be able to order the last volume of Le Chevalier D'Eon that I needed from Right Stuf, but not only were they sold out of it again, it's apparently no longer available for purchase from them. That meant I had to try to find a copy somewhere else. (There was no way I was going to buy the upcoming boxset when I only needed one DVD to finish my collection.)

I tried all the usual places. Barnes & Noble wasn't selling it. Overstock.com wasn't selling it. Best Buy is still selling it, but it's currently on backorder and selling for about $25, more than I really wanted to pay when I had bought the rest of the DVDs for the same price at Right Stuf. Finally, I got lucky at Amazon.com. Amazon.com itself didn't have any for sale, but there were some copies available through the Marketplace, and one of the sellers was actually the head of Right Stuf (shawnek). I've never ordered anything from the Marketplace before, but I figured "what the heck?" and ordered a new copy from the aforementioned shawnek for about $11.

Not only that, but since catalina_bella was nice enough to give me her copy of Vol. 2 of SuperS that she no longer needed -- came in yesterday, thanks again! -- I decided to finish up my DVD collection of SuperS by ordering Vols. 1 & 3 through the Marketplace as well. Can you believe somebody was actually selling a new copy of Vol. 3 for $53?!  Man, if I had known back then how valuable they would become, I would have stocked up! *laughs* Needless to say, I ended up ordering a used copy of that volume that still cost about twenty dollars, but I think it'll be worth it to finally have the whole season on DVD. ^_^

Can it be Christmas yet? Please?

Okay, so tonight, my family and I went to Sam Houston to watch the (horse) races. While waiting for the seventh race to start, I happened to mention that I liked a horse called Angels Accomplice. I didn't say anything about betting, because I wasn't planning to, but when I got back from the restroom, I discovered that Dad had already placed a two dollar bet on my choice horse to win for me.

To be honest, I didn't think the horse really had a prayer of winning. It wasn't among the favorites, and I basically picked it for the same reason why I always pick the horses I choose: I just liked the name. *laughs* If Dad had asked me before placing the bet, I probably would have went the safe route and told him to bet the horse to show (meaning third or better) instead of win, but since he didn't, I figured it was a wasted two dollars and pulled out my GBA to play Pac-Man. I didn't even look up when the race began.

Then...

MOM: Meg (my nickname), your horse won!
ME: *briefly looks up from the game* Oh, really? That's cool. *goes back to playing the game, figuring that I probably won about ten dollars or so*

A few minutes later when the results are made official:

MOM: Meg, look, your horse is paying $47.40!
ME: *cue jaw dropping to the floor*

$47.40!!!

Of course, I paid Dad back the two dollars, but I have never won that much on a single race in my life! I still can't quite believe it! Actually, we all did pretty well this outing. Mom won sixteen dollars in the eighth race, and Dad won thirteen in the ninth. It seemed the night for surprise winners, since in my experience, most winning tickets pay less than ten.

Hmm, I wonder what I should do with this unexpected windfall. Save it? Or blow it all at Right Stuf? I have had my eye on the Le Chevalier D'Savings DVD Bargain Bundle ($80) ever since I finished watching Le Chevalier D'eon -- fantastic show, btw -- from Netflix... Must ponder this.
  

Rereading last night's entry, it occured to me that I don't think I've ever really posted an official list of who is in my hallowed Harem of Bishies. May have done so in my MJ once, but it certainly isn't current.

Sooo...

I present to you, Yumeko's Harem of Bishies!

• Helios (from Sailor Moon)
• Nephrite (from Sailor Moon)
• Hawkseye (from Sailor Moon)
• Tigerseye (from Sailor Moon)
• Fisheye (from Sailor Moon) - Honorary Member (He does prefer guys after all; I just keep him around for the prettiness ^_^)
• Kinomoto Touya (from Card Captor Sakura)
• Tooya (from Ayashi no Ceres)
• Sohma Shigure (from Fruits Basket)
• Sohma Hatori (from Fruits Basket)
• Sohma Ayame (from Fruits Basket)
• Sohma Kyo (from Fruits Basket
• Sohma Hatsuharu (from Fruits Basket)
• Hotohori (from Fushigi Yugi)
• Yuuki Keisuke (from Fushigi Yugi)
• Oyamada Masami (from Someday's Dreamers)
• Sasame (from Pretear)
• Allen (from Vision of Escaflowne)
• Coach Kido (from Princess Nine)
• Natsume Seishiro (from Princess Nine)
• Hanabishi Kaoru (from Ai Yori Aoshi)
• Amawa Hibiki (from I My Me! Strawberry Eggs)
• Kamina Ayato (from RahXephon)
• Kisaragi Itsuki (from RahXephon)
• Yagumo Souichi (from RahXephon)
• Fuuma Yousuke (from Wedding Peach)
• Night (from Absolute Boyfriend)
• Asou Yuya (from Super GALS)
• Kotobuki Yamato (from Super GALS)
• Yuri Killian (from Kaleido Star)
• Leon Oswald (from Kaleido Star)
• Lantis (from Magic Knight Rayearth)
• George (from Paradise Kiss)
• Katakura Kippei (from Aishiteruze Baby)
• Mr. Shirakawa (from Piano)
• Vash the Stampede (from Trigun)
• Nicholas D. Wolfwood (from Trigun)
• Tsujiai Hiroki (from Ultramaniac)
• Roy Mustang (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Maes Hughes (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Russell Tringum (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Arisugawa Sorata (from X)
• Aoki Seiichirô(from X)
• Kigai Yuto (from X)
• Kuzuki Kakyo (from X)
• Saiki Daisuke (from X)
• Dr. Wakaoji (from Full Moon wo Sagashite)
• Harima Kenji (from School Rumble)
• Ichinose Takumi (from NANA)
• Takagi Yasushi (from NANA)
• D'eon du Beaumont (from Le Chevalier D'eon)
• Durand (from Le Chevalier D'eon)
• William Jones(from Emma)
• Prince Hakim (from Emma)
• Chiba (from Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad)
• Minami Ryousuke (from Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad)
• Mido Seiji (from Moonphase)
• Sagara Sousuke (from Full Metal Panic)
• Kurz Weber (from Full Metal Panic)
• Raimon (from Tsubasa: Those With Wings)
• Yagami Light (from Death Note)
• Matsuda Touta (from Death Note)
• Suoh Tamaki (from Ouran High School Host Club)
• Otori Kyoya (from Ouran High School Host Club)
• Pete Pumps (from Ginban Kaleidoscope)
• Yuichi Aizawa (from Kanon)

Almost twenty guys... I'm such a slut. ^_^

Maybe that quiz that claimed I was into polyamory was right... >.<