4:47:00 AM
*sighs*
Why is it always hard for me to make a new layout? It always takes ages; let me break down and explain the process. First, the searching of a right image. Believe me, it takes me hours -even days- just to find a decent image to edit. If I have found some candidate images, I will spend some more time choosing for which image to use... -_- A lot of factors come to mind: color scheme, mood of the moment, theme (wording, title, -sometimes- song, etc), placement of image on the layout, rough draft of the design, etc. After I've finally chosen an image, the editing begins. Usually it takes a lot of trials & errors (meaning I have to start over again & again cause I'm not satisfied although it's finished ^^;;;), before I can come up with a nice edited image with the layout's done as well. Of course, this editing & design alone take another hours or days -_- Moreover, it's not finished yet, I still have to choose the font, write the html, write content for the updates, fix the links, make the splash page, change the CSS file, fix the contents or add more contents, think of something else to update before issuing the new layout,... the list goes on and on. I'll add more when it comes to mind ^^;; So, given my level of creativity & difficulty to seek for inspiration, it's going to be days or weeks before one decent layout is done. I'm so pathetic, aren't I? ;_; Now I'm thinking of a layout for this blog. I'm still in the first stage: finding a decent image ._. I've been in this stage for 4 hours already. I even scanned some images but I'm not really satisfied. Arghhhhh *is frustrated* O_O
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music of the mind : lea salonga - journey
I've been satisfying my eyes with great fansubs for the last 3 days XD Karekano eps. 10-26 (that sure is a lot ^^) and Kodomo no Omocha eps. 5-9 *yum* I love the storyline of Karekano, the characterization and the plot. However, I feel that the anime has too many unnecessary pictures/scenes (like the road, etc). They took too much amount of time of each single episode that became more annoying the more episodes I watched. When I reached the end of the anime, I was torn: I loved the story so much.. it flows nicely and is very deep in psychological reasonings (I love psychology ^^;;;), but then again I was fed up with the abstract scenes ;_; I believe if they weren't too much of them, the anime would've been better. Who wants to see too much abstract scenes anyway? >_< Maybe it's supposed to be "different" in a way, but it still irks me until now -_- Just not my style of anime presentation, I guess ^^ My style would be something like Card Captor Sakura, which is very rich & full of colors. It gives a sense of "alive" (obviously contains way a LOT of cels in the first place, so that the anime "moves" nicely), nothing cheap & very well done. Kodomo no Omocha is also my style of anime presentation. Karekano is somewhat too still. It doesn't move very well. I hope I'm making sense ._. That's why I hate language barrier *sighs* I wish I could explain better than this >_<
I wonder why I haven't seen anyone lately, although I've been online much more than before... The only people I often see are: Mary, Pattie, Suz, Shampoo, Lanma. I've been talking to
Pattie a lot lately. She is such a nice girl, sweet and cheerful ^^ And
Mary.. I'm glad I meet Mary... she's such an interesting girl. I can talk about random things with her and have fun ^^
Mmmm... *pouts* I miss talking to these people:
Alexa, you didn't change your screen name, did you? ^^;;; I was on a couple of times but I didn't see you on ._.
Yoshe, sorry I had to go last weekend. My friends didn't want to wait for me, they dragged me home right away and by the time I connected to the net at home, you had gone ;_; And we were such in a nice conversation, above all ._.
Kate, I haven't seen you in ages >_< Where are you, Kate? Lili misses you so much XD *laughs* God, I'm so corny ^_^;;;;
Brian, wherefore art thou, the alcoholic man? XD Maybe we were online on different times.. gomen nasai >_<
Vern, you're always in N/A mode, I feel bad disturbing you ._. I hope I get the chance to talk to you again ^^
Suz, I'm sorry I've been in N/A mode a lot for the last 2 weeks ._.
Felicia, sibuk yah belakangan? ^^ Setiap online di ICQ pasti away ato ga bisa diganggu. Layout kamu yang baru udah jadi? Pengen buru2 liat... ----> yes this is Indonesian ^^;;;
Garion, really, I think I should close my domain for a while or set it on hiatus. This Maison Ikkoku site is taking me ages with my current schedule, I hardly have time to work on weekdays ;_;
Hikaru, poor you for being able to connect to the net on weekends only -_- Hope I can catch you this weekend =)
Last but not the least,
Shampoo and
Lanma.. I hope to see you guys soon! Hang in there, ne, Shampoo? You'll be fine =) And Lanma, I can't wait to see your new domain with the wonderful flash presentation.
I hope I've mentioned everyone...
I really wish I lived in
New York to be able to taste so many wonderful things: namely
NY Anime Film Festival,
Broadway musicals *drools*, iceskating in front of the
Rockefeller Center, dining in
fine restaurants, experiencing NY's
night life,
free internet access without banner.... the list goes on and on.
Toblerone is one of my favourite chocolate *is munching the milk chocolate with a white honey & almond nougat filling* =9
Lindt is also another one of my favourites. I want
caviar so bad at this time of the year. I wonder why... last year I also had caviar ^^;; And
goose foie gras, too *drools* =9 *nyum*
I also want to shop at
A|X. I haven't been shopping at all for the last 6 months -_- I guess I'll shop online :D *is happy of the thought* Uh wait... I'm broke ~_~
Curious of what your name would be in Chinese character?
Translate it here ^^
I really should sleep now... I have yet to memorize the 15 lines skit for Japanese class >_< Good night!
"What a journey it has been... and the end is not in sight. But the stars are out tonight, and they're bound to guide my way.
When they're shining on my life, I can see a better day. I won't let the darkness in... What a journey... it has been....."
