couple thoughts for Monday morning

[moonwise]

I got to watch some of my Rurouni Kenshin DVD over the weekend, over husband's grumbly protests. And...

Kenshin is a cutie pie! :D He seems to want to be an ordinary lovable schlub, but he's got this reputation and the backbone to go with it. Hee hee, I can't wait to see where this is going and I must needs search Ebay and Half.com for more DVDs on the cheap.

In my head he has an Irish accent kinda sorta, because he says "oro" and has this speech pattern I associate with this Irish guy a friend of mine dated. She picked up the speech pattern (i.e. saying "I'm going to do something, I am") and it was quite silly, esp since she was Jewish.

I don't even want to think about the chaos that will ensue with the cat lady house when Vash the Stampede arrives, b/c the description of him is "nimrod" and "dork" and I have this feeling that he's really going to get along with Laguna.

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We went to the Q's over the weekend for Ginger's shower. There were far too many people there for the small house in which it was held, so I spent as much time as I could hiding in the back room watching Contact. It was uncomfortable and hot.

Funny how a crowd at a place I don't want to be bothers me, but the zillions of people at Otakon didn't?

Spent some nice time with Mom Q on Sunday and then we visited Paul and Ginger's new condo. They've done a nice job w/it but damn damn damn I was jealous as hell, it was really terrible, the worst kind of green-eyed jealousy. I'd love to get out of our little cramped apt. and into somewhere with closet space; never intended on living there, what, almost 2 years now? But I know why we're living where we are and I try to remember to be grateful that we have a low rent and the ability to live beneath our means.

Most of the time it's okay, but sometimes... god it sucks.

Forgot to log on last night to bid on that Zetsuai VCD. Bleagh. Maybe next time, with the car payments I really shouldn'd be buying all this stuff. :P

Comments

[hidetomatsumoto.livejournal.com]

Arafel is on the verge of becoming an anime junkie!

Good luck on getting the Zetsuai VCD. I imagine hubby can watch James Bond, and Arafel can be off watching her VCD on the PC. ;)

[fireceremony.livejournal.com]

I spotted a Vash yaoi dj on eBay on Friday and had to check out the cover, didn't buy it but the guy doing the crazy Vash dance on Sat at Otakon made me like the character. How old is the character supposed to be ? I can imagine him, Laguna, Reno and Christian really making the house chaotic... and doing shooting matches in the garden and Sat night improvised parties in the kitchen fun heh heh.

Hmmm.... I'm sure Zetsuai would be downloadable from sources on the net but they'd probably be low quality DivX videos... they should come up on eBay occasionally though.... *grin* I assume no PAL versions have been made so I don't even look for it.

I think your place was decent, you had some amount of space and a kitchen that was separate from the living room which is always great. Heck it was more room than a lot of ppl I know had when they started out. Some ppl pay a lot of money to buy smaller living space than what you have, to live in permanently... but you'll get out of there when you and hubby are done with school, getting jobs have a tendency to do that, it always does. :)

Zetsuai

[fourish.livejournal.com]

Hey Arafel, I could make you a copy of my Zetsuai/Bronze/Carthexis if you want (although it wouldn't be great quality, 'cause I think it's a 3rd-gen fansub already)...

[ssilverfish.livejournal.com]

> But I know why we're living where we are and I try to remember to be grateful that we have a low rent and the ability to live beneath our means.

When I first moved into my little efficiency in Michigan, I thought, Wow, I am so happy and decided that I could live that way forever. One room in a rooming house, private bathroom, but no kitchen... but it was all MY space. (I lived at home throughout college). When I went home to visit once, I stopped in and talked with my ex-boy's parents. I told his mom that I thought I would live that way as long as possible, and then just save all the money I made as my salary increased. His mom said, "Oh just wait, when you get older you'll want nicer things." It's so true.

Anyway, I feel the same way when I go visit a friend my age and they have a house or a new car or or or... I want all those things, too! But I don't think that appreciating what you have and wanting something nicer have to be separate things. I wouldn't feel too guilty about it. It sounds like you appreciate what you have more than most of the grad students I know.