Lo, and behold!
listening to: Morning Musume - Iroppoi Jiretai
wishes for: Herald Mage trilogy by Mercedes lackey
mood:

Lo and behold, my 400th post!

Yes, after two and a half years of blogging, I have finally reached my 400th post marker. My counter lies. I sort of restarted it to 0 by accident on the anniversary, so it's supposed to be reaching 20-30 thousand already. Yeah. Cool, ne?

So what's up with this post? First up, a faggotry commited on Star Wars! Second, a review of Howl's Moving Castle(A copy of which will be put up at Yorokonde!). Third, just some rambles. ^^

Let's begin!

The Star Wars Faggotry
It's hilarious. Really. I couldn't stop laughing my ass off, and that was just the first three pictures! XD you have GOT to see this! Really. No offense though. I know there are a lot of fans that might be, but please bear in mind that not all Chinese know English that well. Now go look at that link! >w<

Howl's Moving Castle
This movie has got to be Hayao Miyazaki's best. At least, in my opinion it is. The story is about a Hat-maker, Sophie, who is rescued by a mysterious handsome wizard. At first glance, she falls in love with him, but her feelings for the mysterious wizard led to her being turned into an old woman by the Wicked Witch of the Waste. Afraid that her family and friends would see her in such form, she ran away and ends up as a cleaning lady in a walking castle owned by a famous wizard: Howl. As it turns out, Howl is the handsome wizard who had rescued her earlier. But Howl has secrets, including one that involves an evil spirit that powers the moving castle, Caluficer. Sophie's determination and love brings about a change in the atmosphere of Howl's moving castle, and ultimately leads to the end of the war. The movie was based off a Diana Wynne Jones book of the same title. This book was first published in 1986. I did a little search on Amazon.com and there are still copies available from a recent publisher(HarperTrophy, 2001). As I have not read the book, I will not compare the book to the film.

As can expected from any Miyazaki film, the animation is most wonderful. The colors and themes fit the magical and mysterious feel of the story. The scenes-- especially the valley with the lake and the small house where Howl used to stay in when he was young-- were spectacular. Joe Hisaishi's great talent was again displayed in the film. I loved the background music! It was absolutely amazing! It went oh-so well with the film ^^ I would love to have a copy of the OST~

All in all, this is a must see film! ^^ Now go look for a copy! ;)

Rants
I have a friend who likes someone, to the point of...err.. obsessing? Not sure... Let's call her A and call the person we like B. A really really likes B, but B doesn't feel the same way about her. So A gets all depressed and sulky, and B feels bad about it because she's feeling that way. What I don't understand is why A(and a lot of other girls) can't just accept the fact that "hey, the guy doesn't like me, oh well, there's a lot of other guys there anyway." I mean, move on! He's not the only person who would be able to care about you! And you're still young. There's a lot of world out there that you haven't seen yet, and a lot of people you haven't met. So stop frowning and put on a smile! Frowns make you look old and wrinkly and ugly, and you don't want that, do you?

And.... um... Artoo? Sorry about last night.. ^^;

OH! And I had a dream about that person who won't talk to me. In that dream, we were talking to each other, we were happy, and we were singing. I forgot which song it was, but it was a happy song, and we were smiling and he even had his arm over my shoulder. ;o; I miss him.