we are only made of air and dust

today....today? Today can be obliterated off the face of the earth, thanks.

I've just sort of belatedly realized that I'm going to be in New York Wednesday evening on a whirlwind holiday, so this weekend is going to be jam packed with packing, boring domestic stuff, and whatever I can come up with at 2 in the morning, inevitably pacing around the room as I've forgotten SOMETHING, OH MY GOD, WHAT.

Right, I'll be spending most of the week in Schenectady with my BFF, but I will be in the city on the 31st, and the 4th, via train. I haven't planned anything, other than I'm going to go to MOMA, Muji, Kinokuniya (it has LEVELS, the ones at home are all one floor) and whereever my friends drag me.

Suggestions for things to do in NYC are appreciated - I'm meeting up with cynicalism and tinyangl and...anyone else, I suppose. I'll be flying solo those two days in the city, so all help and directions are much appreciated, as I have been known to wander off into bookstores, record stores and toy shops and get lost.

One thing about the digital tv mandatory switch over that I appreciated - so many more varieties of Asian programming available, and for free! (Well, if you live in Southern California, where there is obviously a sizeable Asian and Pacific Islander presence.) Brilliant Legacy is airing on Channel 18, with english subtitles.

I don't think it's going to be my thing, after watching about 15 minutes (this is very early in the series - I think it's episode 1 or 2?) but it could just be the thought of having to watch 28 episodes (KOREA, NOTHING NEEDS TO BE 28 EPISODES LONG) of it. I'm sure there's character progression and such but right now, I'm not in the mood.

eta: best headline ever, OH YES, I THINK SO: Goat's crowning as King of Ireland in doubt.

I love the Irish - not as much as I love the Scots, but the Irish...man. That is a magical, magical place, and I'm not even being sarcastic.

GOOD NIGHT.

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NOW WHERE IS THE FIC, PEOPLE. I can't do everything myself.

or my issues with Marvin lately, but I honestly feel that if I read another fan griping on a forum somewhere about how Maki doesn't fit the role of Mizuki in Hana-Kimi, I will have to TRACK THEM DOWN AND PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE,(and then KICK THEM) because CLEARLY they have never read the manga where it states practically every other line/page about how GIRLY Mizuki looks despite being an OBVIOUS boy in an all boy's school, because no girl in her right mind would ever try to infiltrate an all boy's school, right?

It is called SHOUJO MANGA LOGIC, PEOPLE. Learn it, occasionally flee from it, grudgingly love it (but on your own terms!), but do not, actually take it to resemble anything like EARTH LOGIC.

At least two characters who are not Dr. Umeda and Sano have said point blank to Mizuki that she has a girl's face. So STFU about Maki having too girly a face to play Mizuki because SURPRISE, SHE'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE A GIRLY FACE. (Have we learned nothing from my handy Tegoshi Yuya is to Maki Horikita as Perceptions of What Defines Girliness so Fuck You, Bitchy Fangirls chart?)

Ths is not Boys Don't Cry, this is a fluffy, summer time shoujo wacky hijinks in an all boys school, with a liberal serving of fanservice, gaiety and gayness comedy drama! And it hasn't even aired yet. So please, for your safety and mine, just wait until July 3rd before your bitter recriminations and pointless sniping start, yeah?