*digs out icon with Harry Potter/Lost joke* You know what's awesome? This icon was made WEEKS before this episode. The maker WINS. ♥

( LOST (3.20 - the man behind the curtain) rant. Cut for spoilers! )

And to thank you guys for dealing with my emo (even though I haven't been THAT emo, compared to some, amirite? I try to keep my emotions hidden best I can, I really do. XD;; ), here is my collection of what I've uploaded for people. Take, take! ^_^

Music:
english-
30 Seconds to Mars - Oblivion
30 Seconds to Mars - Echelon
30 Seconds to Mars - The Battle of One
DJ Sammy - Heaven
The Killers - When You Were Young
Meg & Dia - Setting Up Sunday
Gwen Stefani - Rich Girl
Vienna Teng - Mission Street
E.S. Posthumus - Extremoz
Within Temptation - Stand My Ground
Within Temptation - Perfect Harmony
Within Temptation - It's the Fear
Nightmare Before Christmas - Sally's Song
Imogen Heap - Daylight Robbery
Evanescence - My Immortal (Karaoke)
japanese-
Abingdon Boys School - Howling (radio rip)
Abingdon Boys School - Innocent Sorrow
Ayumi Hamasaki - Beautiful Day
Maaya Sakamoto - Bokura no Rekishi
Yuuki Aira - Koishi Kanakatta (instrumental)
anime-
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Character CD Vol. 2 (megaupload)
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Thanks/You OST - Kuon
AIR TV (OST) - Tori no Uta
AIR TV (OST) - Hane Mizu
Inuyasha - Taijioku

Manga:
Fire Tripper (Rumic World v01 c03) by Takahashi Rumiko

I BRIBE MY FLIST WITH GOODIES SO THEY WILL DO MY EVIL BIDDING. XD Enjoy. :)

It looks like the fansubs are finally dropping in! I've already downloaded episode 1 of Darker than BLACK, Kamichama Karin, and Sola...however, no sign of Kono Aozora or Romeo x Juliet. :( What's with the fansubbers? I understand Kono Aozora, but RxJ? Which such a highly anticipated series, there should be TONS of fansubbers waiting to grab it and release it as fast as they can. *sigh* I'll try to scrape off some of these this weekend, but my mother doesn't work late anymore, so that doesn't give me much time for anime during the weekend. >.>; I can't watch anime while she's in the house, she always makes weird comments that make me feel self-concious like "Why are they talking so fast and stupid like that?", because she's a baggot. :[

I've also been downloading some manga (mostly shoujo and one-shots), some of which I read last night that include Asa mo, Hiru mo, Yoru mo, which is a story about a girl who got raped in Junior High, and then in High School a guy that looks just like her rapist admits he's in love with her. D: I actually feel really bad for the guy...he really likes her, and he can't help he looks like a rapist. I keep wondering why he doesn't just cut his hair though. XDD;;

Another is the one-shot Hotel, which is actually REALLY good, I recommend this one! A quick, but good read. The style of the manga is very American Comic-ish in my opinion, but it's a story set in the future where it's confirmed that the world is going to turn into a place much like Venus because of Al Gore Global Warming and such. In a few years all man-kind will be destroyed, so they create a type of tower (as well as an ark to send to space, but that's not important) to house the DNA of living creatures so that one day when the planet is back to it's normal settings, they might be able to rely on technology to re-create life on planet earth. The story then focuses on Louis, the "manager" of the hotel, which is a little robot guy that has a very human-like personality. It chronicles his managing of the "Hotel" (the tower), and how hard he tries to keep the Hotel standing, trying to keep the important contents safe for millions of years against the rough conditions of earth. :)

Also read I Won't Let You Become a Star (by Watase Yuu ♥), which is a one-shot, and it's cute. It's not AMAZING, but really cute. :P

Started also reading Love Celeb, which I also HIGHLY recommend, it's very good. :D The characters have great personalities, there's yummy smut, and it's just really fun. I love Gin! ♥ It's about a girl that wants to become an actress but is having a lot of trouble getting her "big break", so her weird manager drops her off at a place so she can sleep with someone important and get plugged into the business. However, she is a virgin, and of course doesn't want to do that! >:3 As she's about to get raped, a guy with silver hair saves her, but then displays that he obviously has some type of interest in her and says that he's going to "buy her". She escapes with her virginity in tact, but the next day she's mobbed by cameras, and realizes that she's become a star overnight somehow with the help of the silver-haired guy. It's kinda predictable where it goes from there, eh? I look forward to seeing how the relationship between girl-I-cannot-remember/Gin goes. ^_^ Did I mention that I LOVE GIN~? ♥ Silver-haired guys FTW! The heroine is also pretty spunky too. Her reactions to advances are hilarious, and she isn't so feeble like that girl that I can't stand from Desire Climax. >_>;;

*cough* Speaking of Desire Climax! I managed to scrape off a bit more of it. XD The manga has a lot more plot now, but it's just so weird...I'm starting to get SD+ vibes from it. EVERYONE HAS SECRETS! EVERYONE IS SLEEPING WITH EVERYONE ELSE! SOAPOPERAMOLESTIONBLAHBLAH! And the girl (forgot her name again) keeps getting molested over & over...the guy is so forward. So is the gardener. Her brother is pretty friendly too (NOTTOMENTIONOMGVOL3 WTFGAY? Dx). HAY~ why don't we just throw in a horny Grandpa while we're at it, eh? >_o;;

Like I said last time, I'm all for smut, but she acts like nothing even happened...I thought manga was supposed to be somewhat realistic, with complex human emotions and such? WHERE IS HER PLOTTED LAWSUIT, EH? ...wait, why am I reading this anyway? XD; 'Cause I'm waiting for it not to be so weird. *sigh* I'm too patient, even with manga. I do like it though, it just frustrates me a bit.

( In conclusion to this long post, a list of things I need to catch-up on anime/manga-wise... )

...*wibble* I download too much. ;o;

OKAY. WUT.

First of all, it doesn't matter if you used to love her when you were little kids, and then she got kidnapped by some weirdo because of you, and then got amnesia after that, and now you're all angsty because you're 17 now and she doesn't remember you and shit...

YOU DO NOT PULL HER INTO YOUR BATH AND MOLEST HER, KAY? DDDDx

THAT IS WRONG. IT IS VERY, VERY WRONG.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE IN A SMUT MANGA, MISTER 46JBJ9B905JLAWSUITMFIDFJS9!!11

IM IN UR LIVEJOURNAL.
SPAMMIN' UR FLIST.

WHY YES THAR MISTER, I can go from pissed to decent in less then 2 minutes. :9

I just learned that Koukou Debut has been licensed! :DDD YES! Another favorite manga that I can start collecting now. ♥ However, it's by Viz (*whimpers* ;__;), and they've already displayed their lousy cuts and edits of DOOOOM.

They've changed the name to "High School Debut". D8

*sigh* Why, JEEZUS, WHYYYYY?

O...omigawd...omigawd...omigaaaawd...

HIGURASHI HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY GENEON.
proof 1, proof 2

That was insanely quick. D8 Then again, us Americans love seeing teenage girls go insane and cut people into pieces, so it was bound to happen someday. *lawl* I hope the manga comes soon, preferrably picked up by Tokyopop...I just always imagined it that way...I can see it now! The lovely un-viz-framed covers with that stupid "100% Authetic Manga" stamp on the back. 8D Plus Viz is probably too wimpy to pick up such a horrific manga like Higurashi. XD They even let go of KKJ because of it's "religious theme", pfft.

I have mixed feelings at the moment. On one hand, now I can buy the products without hassle. On the other hand, I'm worried about the dubbing. Higurashi is a very hard anime to pull off, especially Satsuki Yukino, Mai Nakahara, and Yukari Tamura gave amazing performances, if not their BEST seiyuu work ever, on Higurashi. PLUS! There's a lot of screaming, much much screaming, and you have to make that CONVINCING you know! [/sarcasm]

I'm hoping Vic Mignogna will be cast as Keiichi. XD It would be PERFECT! Does Vic even do work for Bang Zoom! Entertainment and/or Geneon? These voice actors kinda stay in a certain arena, don't they? I know that all the series that were picked up by Viz had the similar voice actors to their anime, so I'm not totally sure how it works.

If Monica Stori gets cast as Shmion, I'm going to have to break out teh emotears...she's talented and all, but she actually SMASHED a character's image with her girly-girl voice, and she is not a good match for Satsuki Yukino nor Shmion. ;__; *clings to Satsuki Yukino-san ♥♥*

I must save money! JUNEJUNEJUNE!! @___@ That Onikakushi-hen DVD w/ Slipcase Cover box shall be MIIIIIINE.