Grey · Havens

The weather is appalling. Cold and wet and sleep-inducing. I've decided to spend the day lazing about at home. The evening, however, is bound to be more upbeat, since we're having a farewell party for Yandex who's leaving for Japan at the end of this week. His father got a job there and Yandex is going with him. It's for an indefinite period of time, so I'm not sure when we're going to see him next, but I certainly hope we'll keep in touch. This party looks promising, if only because it is somewhat a gathering of the members from all of my gangs: the uni mates (such as Yandex himself, V and a couple of blokes from a parallel faculty that Yandex is friends with), the Carcrash mates (Andy if he's in town, Arnie, and Cass with her new sweetheart - yes, again!), old classmates (in the form of Vadim only, fortunately) and old groupies (in the form of Greg). I pity the city tonight. XPP It's bound to be a smashing get-together.
Thanks to Erin, I've seriously overdosed on Fry and Laurie today. These guys are a-fucking-mazing!
Erin found a way to shock me yet again (and here I thought nothing could anymore). She said she could never really tell the difference between British and Australian accents. That's scary. XPP And I know I'll be dead for having mentioned this, darling. ;)

As a true fan, I got up early in the morning and rushed to watch Heroes that premiered with their 4th season yesterday. As with the previous season, we got a huge, 1h 25min, episode and plenty of things to snort, giggle and headdesk about.

( Pros )

( Cons )

I've been having trouble sleeping again. Well, first of all, I located V and it turned out he wasn't going to run out on me, he was just living back home while I was gone 'cause his parents finally decided to sort their shit out away from home to avoid traumatizing their daughter, so V was there looking out for his sister. We had a long talk about everything, 'cause we actually had out own personal shit to sort out - and I suddenly had this Big Shocking Personal Revelation: I don't mind it if he goes with me. This summer in France was amazing. I can't say I missed him or anything, but now that I saw him again I thought: why not? There comes a time of change for everything in life and maybe it's time I changed my selfishly oriented habits. There are a lot of things in my life that I used to consider impossible. Falling in love (hi, Stan!), being in a relationship, not cheating (at least not cheating every day; okay I'm still guilty, but monogamy sucks!!! Shoot me.), living with someone (voluntarily; Kenny doesn't count). Yet so far I've survived all of that. XPP It depends heavily on the financial situation of course (and on V's personal opinion on the matter) but I'm not that opposed to having him by my side anymore. I must be getting old and sentimental. XPP
In spite of this decision that should have relieved me, I couldn't sleep for more nights either. So far thriving on coffee and dumb things. Like watching Shippuuden and discussing it with Erin. My Pain/Konan fanboying scared her, I think. XPP I can't help it. They did a good job on Pain, I think, but his eyes look a bit odd. I think they were supposed to be a different colour in the manga. Konan hair looks more lilac than blue, but they fucked up with Karin's hair too, so I'm not surprised. But the voices fit very well. And I like Madara's voice. When he is Tobi his voice annoys me, but he does a good job as Madara.
I was going to meet Vadim today, but because of some unexpected problems he is unavailable. So I think I'll just stay home and do nothing. Maybe try and get more sleep. Or watch some stupid anime or movies. The summer was so active that I should still be sleeping.

What is it with all the carcrashes, explosions and murders all over the world every day? It's a boring way to end the world. I say: let it rain! Water preferably, not fire and brimstone. And I'll build an Ark!
Translation: Alex has read the news.
In the light of fanfiction discussions with Erin, I've been thinking that it'd be nice if someone wrote something I'd like to read. *stares expressively at one particular person because he knows no one else will write anything for him* Unfortunately, my demans are next to impossible to satisfy. Me wants:

PB:
- A Gretchen-centric fic. Preferably, Michael/Gretchen. IC and all. You catch my drift.
- Michael/Mahone.

Naruto:
- Pain/Konan. Could be the Akatsuki times, could be before, while there were still Yahiko and Nagato. Idk.
- Orochimaru-centric something. Pairing, no pairing, gen, slash, het, whatever. IC and all. Could be crack. Could be serious.

Equilibrium:
- Jurgen-centric or Jurgen/Preston. The former - anytime, the latter only seems IC post-Prozium, though.

Dune:
- Paul/Chani. Any timeframe works.
- Paul and Duncan gen. Could be pre-Arrakis, could be when Duncan was Hayt.

You see my dilemma? Finding fics like that is impossible. If you need me, I'll be right there, moping.

P.S. LMAO, I'm listening to the same song as last time, it seems!

Yes, I'm talking about the ridiculous phenomenon of all times a.k.a. Harry Potter and whatever else Rowling comes up with for the next title. So, to keep my fingers from bleeding mercilessly all over the keyboard, we shall call it Harry Potter Wants Sex (because certainly that takes less time to type than HBP. :))) I know I'm weird, save your breath.
( Beware of idiocy! )

I'm being harrassed by Alexander Rybak. His stupid song is stalking me! Firstly, Arnie's got himself a girl who's a fan and she coerced her violinist of a brother to learn it. Then, I started hearing it everywhere. S.O.S.!
Prison Break finale wasn't exactly the last episode to date. I watched The Final Break. It was... uhm... AWESOME! Finally they brought Gretchen back whom I'd missed since The Sunshine State. Even if her role wasn't as fulfilling as I'd hoped it mught be, she still brought a lot into this episode. It was a relief to see her completely turn her back on Krantz and even help Sara. To see Michael go down was sad but he got to die for something that he cared about. It's a rare priviledge anyway. And Mahone was, well, Mahone. XPP A synonim for 'cool' as always. I'd say it's a decent farewell to one of my favourite tv-shows (which happens to me really rarely; I mostly watch tv-shows for the lolz of it or if I'm bored).
That's overall just a quick notice to show I still am on this plane of existence. I'll be back to my regular stalking-you-without-you-knowing in a few hours.
Your Most Awesome,
Alex in Wonderland.
P.S. No, I haven't smoked Kishimoto's pot, if that's what you want to imply.

I'm alive! *grins*
No, seriously, I didn't realise it was such a long time... Where the hell have I been? All over the place(s), I'd say. Mostly balancing between another crazy family shit, unwanted visitors, work and patching things up between a few of my friends who suddenly decided they hated each other. I did say I was from Krypton, right? XPP
Fandom stuff scared me half to death. Here's when I'm happy I'm not really in any fandom. It's bad enough when your favourite shows/books/movies get screwed up; no need to chew it all up. In a nutshell:

~ Heroes: Huh?
~ Prison Break: O_O ???
~ Lost: WTF!?
~ Naruto: ...

Also, I see everyone's talking about the new Star Trek film. Seen it. XP Liked it. Scratch that: loved it. I was never particularly interested in it (I'm more of a Star Wars guy), but I watched quite a lot of that show with Picard and the Klingon bloke. And Mum was/is (probably revisited now anyway) a Trekkie. So I did see some of the very first series as well. This film is different but quite entertaining. And it has Quinto in it. AND Nimoy. But screw all that: I LOVE SCOTTY! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
And now I'll try to be a nice LJ-friend and comment on something. People, I did read most of what I'd missed. I just had little time (and brain-power) to drop comments.

What, no Sylar this week? I'm frustrated! XDDD Instead we get Kishimoto-sensei on a killing spree. But Heroes were creeping up my chart steadily this season because of so much Sylar, and I was expecting... Oh well, I have nothing against Noah Bennet anyway. But Parkman should tone down. Seriously. Very-very seriously.
As for Kishimoto, for once I'm glad I'm not in any fandom whatsoever. I hear there is a lot of bashing and shipping wank going on on account of the silly little girl's feat. What can I say? Everybody deserves their 15 minutes of fame.
And now I'm gonna watch the stupid film about another crazy girl a.k.a. The Ring 2. I think now that she's out of Naruto's world, Hinata should apply for a job in the local well. Making videotapes of doom and haunting people like no tomorrow.

I can hear music. The sound of silence. As you can guess, I threw away my eternal enemy... PHONE! XDDDD
Not exactly through away. More like brutally ripped the plug out of the socket. Turned off the cell phone. I would have barricaded the door but then the guests would have crept in through the sewer or any other way 'cos I don't make friend with normal people, but with strange gollum-like creepy-crawlies. I'm sure they would have found a way.
I'm not drunk yet. But I am drinking.
We started off this morning watching the latest Prison Break and Heroes. My impressions are:
~ PB: T-Bag, whyyyyy???? WHYYYY????? Never trust a Bible salesman! Bibles are evil!! Also, Self disappoints me on and on. What's with the crazy shooting? Finally: Michael! Is it the time to mourn yet? Mahone! WTF? If Lang is a traitor, who else can we trust? Well, fuck.
~ Heroes: SYLAR! I can't help it, I love the guy even when he's being stupid. His Mummy and Daddy issues are annoying, but today he was awesome. It's just that I'm not sure Arthur is actually dead. Too easy. But damn, Sylar! "It does kind of tingle." Hehehe. Peter was annoying as always. Hiro was... heartbreaking. The scene with him and his kaa-san was sad. But the catalyst thing is... kind of ridiculous. I thought it was something in the blood, not some heavenly light thing! They should show it to Nathan seeing as he's so faithful now.

Well, that's what we did in the morning. Then we went out, bought some shit, and now we're celebrating. I don't know what exactly 'cos the boys are way too drunk to talk to and Cass has ocupied the bathroom with her new bloke (like we don't have enough rooms!).
shaitanah, love, thank you once again for the remarkable present! And thanks to everyone who... well, you know. Yeah.

So, shaitanah and I have been discussing fandoms and such and she whined me into doing this pairing meme. I'm not a huge fan of memes, but I do love compiling various lists of likes/dislikes. I'm not really active in any fandom, I only read fanfiction sometimes (mostly the one written by people I know), watch vids (mostly by recs as well), stuff like that. And my preferences are subject to change very quickly. So far the list would look like this:

[1] List your top 10 character ships.
[2] Put all of them IN ORDER of your love for them. (10 to 1, 1 being my main fixation)
[3] Say which movie/show/thing it was that they're in.
[4] Supply photos for said people.
[*]Extra, share recs to your favorite fanfics about these pairings.

( Pairings meme )

I have basically 1 exam left before holidays and this last shit makes me feel all jittery. Dunno why, but it's a really unpleasant feeling. Usually I'm on the frontline when it comes to brainwashing ppl that exams are a stupid reason to waste your nerves. Gee, in like4 or 5 months I'll be a free man! Hoorah! Cos I'm honestly sick "doing time for being young".
In spite of the fact that I should probably be studying, I've been wasting my time reading and watching some weird stuff. Recently finished Mishima's Confessions of a Mask, and it's definitely one of his best works I've read by far despite having been written while the author was still pretty young. But that novel had made him a celebrity, so I'm not really surprized)))
Actually I've become a little obsessed with Mishima these days. He's a kind of a cultural phenomenon for me, not only his works, but his life and death, especially death, as well. I guess Wikipedia gives a nice insight into his biography His attitude towards monarchy made me muse a lot about my own ideas. I've never been much of a monarchist, but I guess I like idea of an emperor being more of an abstract power than an actual living person. It's not that I prefer to live under some divine rule, but the ideology of one person as the embodiment of everything the country needs seems kind of scary. On the other hand, it's a nice counterargument for every mistake the emeperor makes. It's a will of God, dude!
Isn't it somewhat symbolic that I'm prone to like characters blessed with Godlike destiny (like Muad'Dib) or in the very least God-complex (like Kira)? =D
On a less serious note, I rewatched the entire Wave Country arc in Naruto and damn, now I feel sorry for Zabuza. He's underappreciated)))
I also finally read the LJ FAQ and decided to use some HTML codes when posting links and stuff. I'm too lazy to memorize things like that, ne...

Okay, yesterday was the most bizarre day in my life. Well, maybe not the most... but definitely one of the top most bizarre days. 
First of all, Kenny didn't let me sleep. No, this isn't what you think. We simply talked. The kid was kind of majorly depressed and I undertook to make him feel better. He went to bed at 5 a.m. I thought it was pointless to sleep  1 goddamn hour if I had to go out at 7, and I absolutely could not miss uni that day. At 11 Andy suddenly called me and said smth like: "Eh... It's Muse today." I was like: "WTF!? I know!" I had every reason to be pissed because I don't like to be reminded of the concerts I am about to miss. Andy asked: "Are you... uhm... coming?" - "Does it look like I am!?" - "Well, I got a ticket here if you like..." In a nutshell, he was supposed to go with smn who died fell ill the last instant. 
I was stuck at uni till god knows when, pretty nervous too. We met then and went to the concert. The seats were not so great but then again they could have been worse. Whereas the concert itself was...
FUCKING BRILLIANT!
Fuck the lack of sleep and that odd 'warm wind' in my head. I was so excited. I can't even choose the words to describe it. Muad'Dib bless that person who couldn't come. =D
I came home, feeling so indescribably cool that even Kenny couldn't screw it up. Actually I didn't even see him. I crashed on the bed and died slept. (Gee, I'm fixated on the subject of death!) 
I still have a silly smile on my face. XDDD
P.S. just read a Death Note fic by  shaitanah. Damn, hon, I thought nothing can make me love this thing even more)))

I met Vadim today and we went shopping for my school-year =D It was kind of fun because we raided Gorbushka, several bookshops and Sbarro. Pizza kicks ass! Any pizza. Don't know when I've become such a pizza-addict. 
Vadim's seeing someone now, btw. Well, that's nice. I do hope his unrequited feelings for Angel are gone. That was maddening. I don't say she doesn't deserve it, but he sure as hell doesn't deserve unrequited love. The new girl's name's Olga (if I'm not mistaken). He showed me a pic. She's nice. As long as he doesn't marry her and have 5 kids. I must be too overprotective, or I'm just too used to judging people by my own standards. It is I who always wants smth unpredictable and superb. But he really shouldn't. I mean, he's a shrink, she's a shrink... Their kids would be the kids of 2 shrinks! Isn't that horrible? They would lecture each other all the time and try to get into each other's heads. And they would experiment of the kids as well. Yikes!
I've practically finished reading Naruto. It got me hooked, I must admit.
Now I have this ridiculous desire to watch something melodramatic. Maybe Titanic. Or smth like that. Or even Brokeback Mountain. 
My new goal is Tunisia. Not only it's a huge conspiracy centre in X-Files, but it's also (and above all else) a sacred place for a Star Wars fan. Several SW films were filmed in Tunisia. The funniest thing is that the design of those places remains in fact unchanged. It looks pretty much like Anchorhead or Mos Eisley. So maybe I could go there in winter... Tunisia doesn't seem really expensive. Besides, I could ask Chloe for a Christmas present.
Btw, looks like I haven't been to Star Wars official site for a long time. It's changed the design --> http://www.starwars.com
And finally, to the fans of anime and Hayao Miazaki: this is a cool mini-film called "On Your Mark" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3BATU4v0yA - and believe me, it really rocks. It's just music and video, nothing much of the plot, but it's one of my fav Miyazaki's works. Looks like the version they have on YouTube is the full one.

Almost... almost... almost quit smoking! I mean, damn it, how much willpower does it take one to flush the last pack of cigarettes down the toilet and forget about their existence? I thought I could do better. But every time smth pisses me off (and that happens pretty often, unfortunately) I run to the nearest store to buy the whole block of those stupid cigarettes. Smoking sticks, yeah...
Finally got shaitanahto watch 'Hannibal Rising'. Not that it's my 'fault' but at least I happened to be right about it: not that gory. Me, I don't mind gore. Don't really like it but don't mind it. 
Back to being a huge fan of LotR. God, I love that movie! Rewatched it recently, now I'm planning to reread it. I kind of like war scenes, especially the Helm's Deep battle though most of the people I know happen to think it's too long and boring. But the details... so much work! It's really amazing how real it looks on screen. 
The best thing is that it's probably the first movie adaptation where the characters fit my imagination. Come to think about it, it's probably the best adaptation ever.
Probably not the best pic ever but damn, I like this guy! Too bad Eomer has a small role. The fighters there: Eomer, Faramir, even Boromir (the guy *everybody* probably hates) are terrific!
1 Ring to Rule Them All, 1 Ring to Find Them, 1 Ring to bring them all, & in the Darkness bind them
Okay, I'd better shut up, otherwise 'shut Yoda up nobody can!' ;)