OH MY GOD GUYS

THERE IS A FUCKING MOUSE IN MY ROOM I AM TERRIFIED OUT OF MY WITS. *cry*

See? I make the effort and get to bed before midnight, and am promptly awoken at nearly 2:00 by scurrying noises in my closet. I poked around with a flashlight several times, never finding anything and turning the light back off until I heard more noises, and then I spotted a brown furry thing inside one of the empty cardboard boxes in the closet. TERRIFIED, I left the door open (practically no one is in my dorm yet so it was fine) and went upstairs and stood in front of the door of the RA guy who I'd met for like two minutes earlier in the day. But it was two in the morning so I didn't want to just wake him up, though maybe I could have...

But then the guy in the room right next to him came out of his room with his towel and stuff, and saw me and I said there was a mouse in my room and he blinked and was like woah, and then his door closed behind him and he realized he'd locked himself out. So!

We traveled together up to the main building and presented each of our problems, and the guy at the desk was like, woah, and I was busy trembling with my veins pumping TERRIFIED AFRENALINE straight through me. So he let the guy into his room (I can't remember his name, but he was from the middle east somewhere) and then came to help me... and we found the box that I had found the mouse in... but the box was empty except for a bunch of droppings. So the guy took the box and said he'd file a report, and I am left here HOPING TO GOD that the rat is not still in here, otherwise I'm terrified that it is going to chew my toes off or some other ridiculous thing. If I hear more noises, I am going to take my blanket and camp out on the couch outside, I swear.

This is really awful! D: I guess dorms really do suck. I always thought people were exaggerating, but here: day one faulty beeping smoke detector, day two MOUSE.

*shivershiver* I'm scared. T____T

I could totally get really depressed about how crappy my luck has been so far--smoke detector, cellphone, mouse--but I don't really feel like it would do any good and I don't have the urge to.

But DAMN THAT MOUSE for interrupting my sleep cycle. >(((( I was TOTALLY going to go back to being diurnal. Now I only have four hours until my alarm goes off again, and I'm meeting my parents for breakfast to talk about health insurance. I would go straight to sleep, but I'm totally awake. I kind of want to take a shower or watch Maou. Uhh.

And what, sore throat? Dammit!

Omg, I think I am done arranging my room, knicknacks and all. \o/ *collapse* I was going to watch Maou, but I am rather pleased with myself at the moment. I am still missing a few things, like shoelaces for new pair of shoes, laundry soap, and a screwdriver to take off the casing so that I can plug my alarm clock into the wall (who thought of that brilliant idea?) but mostly I am all set.

I think I'm going to die of starvation. The food is a ten-fifteen minute walk away and there is pretty much no dinner food to speak of atm. By the time I got back, I must have burned almost all the calories. I want the residence dining hall to open. :(

Have met and talked with people from Korea, Michigan, and Malaysia. Still have no friends, and am still the only one on my floor at the moment, but things are not too bad. I was feeling rather miserable and lonely this morning but things got a little better. Apparently my HL Calculus sweatshirt really draws in people who took IB! 8D Two people called me out because of it, of a total of maybe five who I talked to today.

The dresser is kind of small. I can't buy any clothes now because they won't fit. Or maybe I could try to hang some of them, if I have to. Atm all of my hangars are being used. 8D

My door is evil. It's really hard to open from the outside.

Cellphone is totally messed up! \o/ Apparently the people who sold it to me activated one cellphone number, and programmed my phone with a different one. So basically I am stranded from my parents until I can get it working and by then I really will be stranded 8D

Whenever I get depressed I just have to remind myself that there will be class starting soon! I have to hold out for learning!

I am excited my learning, but not by work. Uhh. 8Db

I have not listened to any Arashi music since I arrived! This must be rectified. I just get so nervous listening to things out loud when there are people around, even though there actually... isn't anyone around. :|

IT IS DONE!! I just went and handed the beast in, haha. I took a photo but my phone is playing silly buggers and won't let me see it from my computer. I was comforted when the woman in the office said that several had been submitted already, lol, so some other people didn't take full advantage of those extra three days either, haha. I was reading through it last night and I'd describe it as... patchy, lol, but not particularly worse than anything else I've ever done - and I've got on the PhD already, so it's all going to be OK! XD

Now I have to go buy last minute supplies (like books!! I haven't read anything for fun that wasn't on the internet for ages! XD) and finish packing. Once the initial madness of getting to Japan is over, I'm going to go to an onsen resort and just spend a couple of days completely relaxing. :3

Okay! I am at my aunt's house atm, waiting for dinner to be ready because I was too impatient to wait and make my LJ post after I get back to the dorm. Forgive random typos and use of not-much capitalization because her keyboard is really weird and strange.

The room is pretty cute! It's small, but I am growing a little warmer to it absence makes the heart grow fonder. some really bad things though:

1) the room number is 005. I presumed this meant ground floor, and I was right! but more literally than I thought! because I am actually in the basement, and have to go DOWN stairs to get in.
2) the door handle sticks so I am unsure when I have unlocked it or not
3) the furniture is arranged in such a way that I'm I'm going to break a hip on the bedpost when entering, and there is no other way to rearrange it without blocking the heating vent
4) because I am underground, I get neither cellphone nor wireless internet connection! :( it's amazing the things you take for granted when at home.

Yeah, but I'm pretty cool with everything so far. Except there is no dorm food until Saturday, so I will have to walk a ways. But it's okay, unless you know I'm dying of hunger which I'm sure will happen occasionally.

Oh! The way you get into the dorm is to use a card and a pin number to get inside the building, and then a key to get inside your room. So I met my first human being while I was stuck outside, trying to get the sticky buttons to work for at least five minutes. It was kind of horribly embarrassing.

Um, what else? I got a cellphone. I'm pretty sad it's not a flip phone, but wow, it's this darling little black two-faced beauty. *__* Samsung? It's kind of all matte and pretty. The front is the phone and hte back is an mp3 player, and I'm determined to put Truth as my ringtone. DETERMINED! I will be one of those fans who finds other fans by luring them in with a JE ringtone. YES.

Um, is dinner now. May edit more! Oh, I didn't tell you all about my internet mishap. For the longest time the internet in the room wouldn't work and I was terrified! But it's okay now. And dinner. Bye!!! D:

Originally published at Chrasy. Please leave any comments there.

Like learning how to use a diabolo, catching a diabolo more than three times in a row, eating a piece of really nice dark mocha chocolate, explosions in chemistry, failed explosions in chemistry, caesar salad tossing, pretty aiba icons, concerned emails, MSN messages, chicken and sweet chilli and sour cream wraps, and holes in walls and jackie chan looking like a loser in closing ceremonies.

All little steps. Slowly moved forward today.

Originally published at Chrasy. Please leave any comments there.

So I have this thing where I sail through things on ability alone. It kind of… gets me into trouble when I assume that I have more than others. It’s not right for little kids to think that they’re way smarter than everyone else. The “stupid” kids hold grudges.

My dad always told me something like “There will always be a mountain higher than you.” I didn’t believe him. He was right. I figured it out ages ago, and it still didn’t sink in properly. That only reinforces the fact that just because I have the knowledge doesn’t mean I know what to do with it.

Does anyone like me enough to meme? D:

Go to my userpics (or simply click here if you're lazy) and then pick:

1. Your favorite.
2. Your least favorite.
3. One that makes you automatically think of me.
4. One that you think I should TOTALLY use more often.
5. One that you don't get/needs more explanation/you have no idea why the hell I have it.

...Actually, I just rotated nearly a quarter of my icons (and by that I mean: three of them) so this may not be the best time.

I'm pretty obsessed with ONE OK ROCK's album, BEAM OF LIGHT! It's freaking awesome. (Brother voiced his approval by saying this or that song should be in the next Guitar Hero.) Unfortunately I cannot read all the kanji that Ohchan iPod displays, and iTunes just shows boxes. So I don't know what Melody Line (box)(box)(box)(box) is. But I'm in love with Crazy Botch? :( Taka's voice is seriously awesome. I'm glad he's not in NEWS, because their poppy-whatever stuff would kill his awesome. Srsly. 100%? BEST EVAR. Needs less Engrish, but Taka's voice!! I listened and it really made me sit up and go "WORD!" Not literally, that would just be lame.

I'm really sad, guys! I don't want to get in the bed because it will be the second to last time! MY ROOM IS STUFFED WITH BOXES *WEEP*

Like, I was fine earlier, joking and ignoring it, but I want to cry right now.

...I want more icons.

MY PACIFIC NORTHWEST S.A.D. IS SETTING IN HALP *cry cry crryyyy*



3:00 am edit: Tegoshi is supposed to be the cute one, right? Is it okay if Nino turns him into a rabbit? Or is there some kind of other adorable animal that fandom would relate him to? Like Sho and his chipmunkishness. :(


3:20 am edit: omfg, if nino is turning anyone into a rabbit, it is freaking going to be chinen. and then the rabbit will follow ohno everywhere. and nino will repeatedly try to kill it "on accident" but ohno will just stare at him and wonder why he's trying to do such a horrible thing and pet the rabbit, and chinen will bask in the fact that he is being petted, and nino will stare at him with jealous eyes of death and try to feed him a poisoned apple. but then ohno will eat the apple instead and think it's super tasty.

it's perfect.

Or should I stick with Tegoshi? D:

After a long slump, I have made icons! They are pretty basic, but I'm satisfied with them.

[6] JOHNNY'S
- Nakajima Yuto
- Kato Shigeaki
- Yasuda Shota
- Nozawa Yuki
- Hashimoto Ryosuke
[16] Hello!Project
- Ishikawa Rika
- Kamei Eri
- Niigaki Risa
- Tanaka Reina
- Takahashi Ai
- Suzuki Airi
[2] Lee Hyori (U-Go-Girl MV)

★ comments are nice.
☆ credit miyukiss.
★ for every image you HOTLINK, MatsuJun attempts another high note.

( ICONS UNDER HERE )

I know I've done this meme before, but it's always fun to talk about yourself, lol.

RULES:
- Pick your birth month.
- Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you.
- Bold the things that best apply to you.
- Copy to your own journal, with all twelve months under a lj-cut.

SEPTEMBER: Suave and compromising. Careful, cautious and organized. Likes to point out people's mistakes. Likes to criticize. Stubborn. Quiet but able to talk well. Calm and cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal but not always honest. Does work well. Very confident. Sensitive. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves to look for information. Must control oneself when criticizing. Able to motivate oneself. Understanding. Fun to be around. Secretive. Loves leisure and traveling. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings. Very choosy, especially in relationships. Systematic.

( the rest )

I think the months that actually fit me best are February and October. LOL also how can your birth month make you 'sexy'? XD That said astrology is one of my pet hates, so... why did I do this again? ^^'

I'm addicted to this song - it's the disco strings!! (And here's a slightly more exciting remix for anyone who prefers a bit more electronica.)

Wow, I'm in a really weird mood today. Weird for August, at least. That's probably because it looks like October outside, ahaha. D: The acronym that I think suits today best is TGFM: Thank God For Midol. Because really, thank God for Midol.

It's all rainy and gray and pretty much the entire day has been lazing or sleeping for everyone. We got up at 5:00 to get back across the border so I could get to church, and Sam and Candace weren't even there. I liked some of the songs, but wished we could have sung more of my favorites 8D; The sermon was really nice, though. Just what I needed to hear, because I think there will be some hard times ahead.

Every single television in the house is playing the LOTR marathon on some channel at the moment; it is the very end right now and Frodo and Sam are on their sad island of lava having a Moment and I want to get all weepy. 8D;; I dunno, I'm in a really hormonal mood! I want to cry. I'm not sad, I just think it'd be nice. I like emotional movies. LOTR is like, the best thing in the world. I kind of am sad now that I'm not watching it. Maybe I'll have a marathon of my own right now! But that would be a waste of home-time.

I'm also in the mood to just lay on my bed and be comfortable. I'm in a winter mood. I'm wearing one of my frumpy winter shirts because I was feeling so cramptastical earlier. I'm saaad. :'( And hearing all the sad LOTR music is making me sadder. I want to watch a ridiculously weepy movie. I'm depressing myself! This is horrible! D8

But guys, I'm two seconds away from first mastering a deck at 5x5! 8D 8D I just need to get the last card from my token exchange and I will have DONE it: first mastered two Nino solo decks. \o/ I rly want more people to join. Except we're going on a two week hiatus starting next Monday, so errrr. But the cards are so pretty and happy! My deck is here, it's awesome. Right? 8D

Sigghhh. That is about as much enthusiasm as I can muster. I was practicing kanji online today... uh. I have totally forgotten the last billion kanji that we learned. I think the only thing from the hospital chapter I remember is the 'ki' in 'genki' or 'byouki', but that's easy so it's not an accomplishment. But I was practicing today and was looking at getsuyoubi and started off thinking 'tsuki... waaait no'. It was ttly lame. Also ttly lame is the fact that I am unable to type in Japanese on this ridiculous computer. (Sorry, Gen-chan, I don't really think you're lame. A little beat-up, but not lame.)

And we're having stew for dinner. *bawls* Stew! That is a winter meal! ;o;

...Still listening to the LOTR music in the background, and omfg I want to watch it so bad *weep* I am a hormonal wreck, which is ridiculous! But at least I am getting it out of the way now, and not a week from now. Uhh. And I have even been looking at exchange programs in Japan in preparation for next year/the year after! My two favorite schools atm are Ritsumeikan and Keio. 8D No, not because of Sho maybe only a little bit. And I definitely want to do the JET program when I get out of college. Maybe I should not talk about this when I'm feeling so weird. 8(

Anyhow. Uhh... I was watching Shukudaikun today! I was going to watch Maou because I am a bad fan and am still on episode 3 but I saw that 6 and 7 were up for download so I decided I would not watch until I had them, so I could safely marathon them. I think this is a good plan, but I'm sad that I still cannot read these flaily posts because I hate spoilers.

Apparently I cannot log in the the UBC Food Plan website, which is concerning because they are the ones that feed me? We paid for my food plan deposit, and yet when I went to check today they said my login was invalid... which may mean that they don't think I did. I have to call IT about it tomorrow. :(

I am full of sad nostalgia and 'I want to stay here' feeling. It feels like winter. Winter is the worst month ever, it makes me sad. When I get really depressed, it is usually in the winter. I hate being cold. Also, my lips chap even more than they already do, I have no warm clothes to make me look nice, it's gross and dark, etc. The only good thing about winter is Christmas and the happy feelings, but when you get into January/February it kind of makes me want to leap out of a high window. It's like, WHY DOES OUTSIDE EVEN EXIST IF IT IT GOING TO BE SO CRAPPY. wtf am I talking about, it's August.

Hugs plz? D:

Biggest spider I have ever ever seen in corner of bedroom. D: Not far enough from bed - I am not sleeping in there tonight. XD

Plz click! ^^'

The blue hatchling is called Mikio. XD I am so hoping it's a boy! I have no boys so far! [Edit] Woo it is a boy! :D Finally! XD Also one more:


[/pointless]

I'm getting pretty lazy, nee? Not that I can really help it, I still don't feel like blogging lately. No idea why. <.<
On the other hand, there isn't that much new. I'm still fangirling about Arashi and found out my very own Arashi member ranking. With Sho at #1 (of course) and at #2... the other four. XD Stupid, nee? But after watching even more shows during the past weeks and some dramas/movies I just figured that I adore each of them for their very own individuality and talents thus I cannot make a Top 5 ranking. I guess 'Kiiro no Namida' did its part. I'm still so grateful for this movie to officially exist with english subtitles. ^o^ And then there's the drama 'Yamada Tarou Monogatari'. I only started watching it two days ago and now I'm obsessed. As obsessed as I was with '1 Pound no Fukuin' earlier this year. Such an adorable drama to watch. Nino is just too adorable in this one. And Sho-kun is handsome beyond words... *^^*
Before I start drooling on my precious laptop, let's change the subject. To my new hairstyle, maybe? XD I was bold enough to give in to the ideas of the new hair stylist at my favorite salon yesterday. Though I was pretty sceptical at first. Well, ones hair is very important to any woman on the world so, as much as we love to change it suddenly, we're still pretty sensitive when it comes to this subject. And to have long hair cut short is a special case. The last time I had short hair was like over ten years ago. Even though deep inside I had the wish to cut it I always hestitated when the time came. But yesterday I did agree after some thinking. Simply because my stylist was very anxious about it. She had so many ideas for my hair that I just had to give in. Along with slightly changing the mixture of the hair coloring and agreeing to let silver blonde hightlights being dyed. Well, the result was better than I had imagined. Though, I still have to get used to the fact that I can no longer twirl my hair around my fingers once I get nervous. ^^;

Gems from the BBC's live Olympic text:

Re: controversy over the GB vs China women's taekwondo quarter-final: "That head kick from Stevenson should have scored two points and won the fight. I said beforehand that the Brit might have to decapitate her opponent to go through to the semi-finals - and she very nearly did! Maybe they required her to spit down her neck afterwards."

Re: reaction to overturning of the result of the taekwondo match in favour of GB: "The Chinese lady sat behind the officials knows about the reversal - she's got her hands over her face and looks like she's just discovered her husband in bed with Usain Bolt - but there hasn't been an announcement in Mandarin yet, and I'd imagine the news will go down like Jim Davidson at the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras."

Lunchtime in the wake of controversy over use of "to medal" as a verb (hey, I'm a variationist, I have no problem with it XD): "It's time to sandwich... "

Close finish in the men's kayaking: "You could have thrown a doily over the medallists."

LOL. Everyone who writes the live text updates is pretty much a genius. XD

[Edit] Hatchling! :)

Who is this genius that invented pre-mixed margarita? I didn't know there was such a thing.

Granted my recipe is far superior... not quite enough tequila in this for my taste.... but in a pinch!

I sense an impending work week tradition!

Off to die many many times in Fiesta.

How I got to lvl 22.. it's miracle. I am still totally clueless.

Well, the dissertation feels almost under control today - note I say 'almost' - but the issue of Japan is also looming large in my mind. I want to go to Subaru's show - hell, I'm still holding out to race to Nagano - but everything else seems like such a massive hassle, on top of my dissertation.

- I have no concert tickets
- I have no yen
- I have no suitcase
- I have no plane ticket
- I have no rail pass
- I don't know what I really want to see I'm thinking of Hokkaido... though it'll be cold. Well, as cold as home. XD
- It's a huge journey

I just don't know what to do. I daredn't book anything in case it falls through altogether; I don't have time to plan anything. I know if it gets to my birthday and I'm here, I'll kick myself for not going and just trying, even if it means holding up a sign very hopelessly, but... it's so huge. Plus, I still have the association of last time, and feeling bad, because when I look back to January I wasn't completely well. But I was visiting friends, which was great fun, and this time a lot of my friends are back home. I do want to go, but... I just don't want to end up wandering aimlessly, like I felt like I did some of the time at New Year, when I was left to my own devices. :| I just wish I could trust myself to finish my dissertation in time, haha. That's the main thing in my mind right now anyway. It's rocky, but it's getting there.

Okay, so I got a whole awesome outline worked out for Arashi-fairytale fic. It's a little weird because though it is a crackfic, it could under different circumstances have ended up as the most tragic Sho/Ohno fic of all time. Err. I'm fairly sure that it will be sufficiently hilarious, though.

I've started writing, and I forgot how hard it is to make something funny. Looking back on the PoT fic, I can see where I tried too hard and things fell flat in some places, and I don't want it to do that here. But I can also tell that what I've done so far in the Arashi fic is a little more mature than the PoT fic, so it's a little harder... I'm writing for a different audience now. But I'm still afraid that I'm trying too hard and my jokes aren't all fitting in where I need them to. D:

Sasha, I'm already using you as a writing guinea pig, and that is what you will remain. Prepare for me to feed you bits of story. (I'm imagining you as a guinea pig at the moment, and you are really cute.) Does anyone else want to be a guinea pig as I work my way through this story? I really want to finish it, and I think it works better if I have pressure. I really do like writing funny stuff, but I always really want it to be funny. I'm a crowd-pleaser. :D;;

Oh, also, the PoT fic worked really well because there were a ton of characters to draw on, and it was easy to add in hilarious details. With Arashi I'm only going to focus on five, but I'm going to need to draw on other JE peoples as side characters. I know most names, but I don't know always how close people are to the Arashi members so I can't fit people up very well with roles. Also, knowing fandom stereotypes is great. 8D

(For example: I know Jin is that Pretty but Rly Stupid one, so I gave him the part of the nice fairy who keeps randomly blessing people with the gift/curse of Beauty Beyond Compare. Er, that sounds lame, but in the fic it's funny.)

So far, I've placed Kame, Jin, Toma (because I was running out of names, not because he particularly fits his part), and potentially Johnny. 8D;;

Oh. And I am going to have to find some place for Nakai. But looking at the outline, I don't think there is one! D:

( surprise ficbit! )

Comment, srsly. I need halp. >O

edit: crap. *sweats* It's been 1,789 words, and I'm finished with about half of the first of ten fairytales. x___x This looks bad! Also, maybe I'm just not in as cracky of a mood today, but this is not quite as hilarious as I'd planned. It's pretty funny, but it's also kind of sappy sweet and semi-serious.

to put it simply, it's been nearly 2k and I just put Sleeping Ohno/Beauty to sleep. AHAHA D:

This goes to show that patrons everywhere are a pain in the ass, granted I do feel our library tends to get more "quality" ones than your average library.

This in from ANN:

Oregon Man Says Son Borrowed Mature Manga from Library (Updated)

KPTV, the Fox television affiliate in Portland, Oregon, reported on Tuesday on a man who says his 12-year-old son was able to borrow mature manga titles from a Multnomah County Library, even though they were shelved in the adult section. Rozz Rezabek said he discovered the manga in his son's room, and he noted the books were listed on the covers as "Mature: Ages 18+." KPTV showed Yuji Shiozaki's Battle Club and Battle Vixens manga in its video report. A library spokeswoman told the station that it does not restrict access to the adult section and that it is up to the parents to monitor their children's reading. While patrons can file a statement of concern at the library, Rezabek said he may discuss the matter with an attorney.

A CBS affiliate in South Carolina reported last year on a parent who complained that her son found a volume of Yuu Watase's Absolute Boyfriend manga in a bookstore's children's section.

Source: MangaBlog

Update: The American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights says that the group "opposes all attempts to restrict access to library services, materials, and facilities based on the age of library users." The Multnomah County Library's own mission and philosophy statement affirms this principle by stating that the library "will neither deny nor abridge a person's right to use a library because of his/her age, economic levels, beliefs, race, personal or physical characteristics." Thanks, Faceman.

As a former patron of the Multnomah County Library... I challenge you to find a better library. They are just awesome. They stock a little bit of anything and everything... what other library would stock everything Carlton Mellick III writes and scads of other Bizarro fiction?

And if they don't have what you need .. they'll go out of their way to get it for you. Rockstars, the lot of them.

Actually most librarians are rockstars... minus the majority of the ones I work with, but that's a different post.

Contrary to popular belief we are not tax accountants or most importantly babysitters.

When you sign your kids card you give them free reign to anything in the building or anything in the buildings of our hundreds of affiliate libraries.

I cannot begin to imagine the kind of shit we'd have to take if we started restricting items... like we don't have enough problems getting people to pay 10 cent fines or getting them off the computer when their time is up.

Get a grip parents... if you wanna play censor... hop to it. That's you job not mine.

Most of the discussion on the board regarding this article is idiotic... but penguintruth had something very wise to say, "I've always said that if you're on one side of an issue and librarians are on the other side, you're wrong."

I couldn't of said it better myself.

/o\

At least there's some quality face-pulling in Janiben this week.

Snaps Cup Meme

MORNING

Andrew: Where did the spider go? It's not in the jar.
Me: (other room) I told Mom to get rid of it before going to work.
Andrew: It looks like it escaped.
Me: ........
Andrew: But I'm sure it didn't!
Me: OH GOD NOOOOOOO D: D: D:

It turns out Mom had taken the spider outside, but dad put the jar back together with a crack in the lid to make it LOOK like it had escaped, just to freak me out.

:((((

I am in a reallllly flamboyant mood today! I must be having a mood upswing for no particular reason.

( meme from wolfram003! )

Whoo! I would have added more commentary but I update LJ in the html style, not rich text, and that would be far too time-consuming. I'm feeling lazy! \o/

...I also am in the mood to pimp Arashi. I've been planning things in my head: like the best order of PVs to show, and other stuff. Peeps who know Arashi: what do YOU think the best order to show PVs is, to the uninitiated?? Peeps who don't know Arashi: LET ME PIMP TO YOU! 8DDD

Why no, I have not been downloading and watching Shukudai-kun all day...

I kind of really want to write something. And the thing that I kind of really want to write is that Prince of Tennis fairytale jumble. That fic was GOLD. I stopped because I got to the part that was Kaidou and the Beanstalk and it was just so hard to figure out something or other. Oh right, I couldn't figure out how to get him inside the giant's castle at the top of the beanstalk because, and I quote:

Unlike in stories, where the clouds were large and puffy with a castle built upon them, where the beanstalk-climbing hero could simply walk across their solid, pillow-like surface to the front door, these clouds were rather like thick bits of fog. Like clouds were supposed to be, actually.

...so if he CAN'T walk across their solid, pillow-like surface, wtf is he SUPPOSED to walk on? I defeat myself with my own genius, you see. Then I got bored and just left it, and now I've been out of the fandom for a year and a half and the manga is over and I haven't even read it, and ahaha. I feel kind of bad. But not enough to go do it right now.

Actually, I just thought of a solution to Kaidou's dilemma, but that doesn't solve the problem that I'd originally meant for the giant's castle to be inhabited by Jousei Shounan because I couldn't think of anything better. I could replace them with Niou and Yagyuu, who never really got decent parts in the original because I hadn't read the manga at that time and hadn't really gotten how awesome they were, but I'm still lacking a gag for them. With Jousei Shounan, it worked because Kaidou had faced Wakato, and there would be some lame gag with the Fee Fi Fo Fum being replaced by CHANGE OVER, and the supposedly male twins would be extra heads or something... wait a second, what was I on when I thought of this??? Sigh.

Really, what is it in me that is so bizarrely attracted to copious amounts of sparkly gay?

At the moment, I kind of either want to take this up again (I never got to Inui, and I'd liked Inui a lot) or adapt it and make some ginormous Arashi fairytale cross. Sho would be the prince on the sparkly white horse and Ohno would be the princess who kept getting molested by in trouble with Nino the Nasty Witch. Matsujun would be the Fairy Godfather. Or huh, maybe he would be the bad witch whose dress Ohno spilled something all over, so Matsujun had to lock him in a tower/put him to sleep/have his evil way with him/all sorts of crazy things, whatever, and Aiba could be the Fairy Godfather. But wouldn't Matsujun be the best Fairy Godfather ever? Just imagine:

"I'm your fairy godfather," the floating Matsujun told Ohno.

Ohno accepted this with nary a blink, until his brain kicked in and he started thinking about it. His nose scrunched up adorably as he thought. "But," he said after a moment, "I thought fairies were supposed to be godMOTHERS."

Matsujun put his hands on his hips flamboyantly and said, "Men can be fairies too."


...Of course, I would have to do some outlining, but this idea is starting to look more and more attractive. 8D