Now, this is an interesting situation. First: I like anime. Second: so do my male friends/boyfriend. Third: They really, really enjoyed AMV Hell 3, because it's over an hour long and extremely amusing. I burned it to DVD and showed it to them not long ago.

Now, earlier I was watching AMV Hell 4, which is even longer, and just as entertaining. As I laughed I thought to myself, you know, they'd probably enjoy this.

Until I got about 3/4 of the way through, and hit the maleXmale sex scene.

Now, I have no issue with yaoi. It's just, whatever. But my male friends would slaughter me for showing them that, being the somewhat insecure lot of "manly men" that they are.

So the question I now pose to myself, and anyone reading this, is: Is it ok if I edit that scene out? They'd never know, and i'd only be removing a 30 second clip from the thing. But then it's like lying to them. Also, i'm basically censoring the movie so that it's ok to show them. And messing with the file.

As it stands, I have both copies. The edited, and the non-edited. I edited it for me at first, because that particular scene was kinda gross. I just don't like watching people french kiss. Ick. So, which do I show my friends?

And I want to show them one of the movies. I like sitting around laughing with my friends. I have so few friends who enjoy anime the way I do, that is, the watch it and then make fun of it later kind.

Not that I have to decide RIGHT NOW. Assuming I can even go visit, it'll be a couple months before I see them again. Still, it's something to think about. I'm so strongly against censorship, but that would be what I would be doing. Hmm.

Right now, the songs stuck in my head:

The Black Socks song I learned at camp.
Bumblebee Tuna
Banana Phone
No Air, even though I hate this song SO MUCH.
Code Monkey, which is an awesome song.
Title of the Song, which is also awesome.

Bla~ck socks, they never get dirty
The longer you wear them the cleaner they get
So~metimes I think I should wash them
But something inside me says no no not yet
Not yet
Not yet.
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On a more emo note, I CANNOT SLEEP. I haven't had to sleep by myself in like, eight months. I don't know how to go to sleep without cuddling with another person anymore.

I miss my boyfriend damnit. And it's only been not even a day.

I have most of four months to go.

_Crap.

Inappropriately.

Nah, kidding. I soon must leave this place that I love so much, the apartment that I live in with the man I love the most in the world that is beside the apartment of the guys who are good friends of mine. I leave saturday afternoon in fact, for four months. Until the next school year.

It's because I can't afford rent, but if I go back to my parents, I live rent free for the summer and can raise money for school next year.

Anyways, my lover has informed me that they are having a little going away party for me on friday. I'm so touched. Nobody has ever done something like that for me. To be fair, they might have at some point, but still. There will be cake and booze, so i'll get thoroughly drunk and hopefully not be so sad while everyone is partying.

Well, maybe just tipsy. Drunk is bad.

I'm happy that they're doing this, but at the same time, it makes it even sadder that I have to leave such good friends behind. Not to mention my lover. Every night I go to sleep at his side, and wake up to a big hug. How will I sleep without that now, all by myself?

Well, it's not forever. I guess. I'll try and keep my spirits up so we can all have fun on friday. And I know my parents, and my puppy, miss me. I guess it's good to see them again too.

WARNING: Minor Spoilers. Don't read if you don't wanna know!




So, I went to see Forbidden Kingdom today, you know, the one with Jackie Chan and Jet Li. The plot was very, very predictable. It was almost Disney in how predictable and used it was. The same plot that's been in basically every time travelling, parallel world jumping type movie since the first one. Lame, weak ass kid travels to other time with sacred item, is taught how to fight, beats bad guy and goes back to his own time and beats up the bullies that were picking on him.

That said, the point of the movie wasn't plot. It was to see Jackie Chan face off against Jet Li, and the later on, the two of them face off against hordes of angry warrior types. (And some chick with medusa hair, but that's beside the point.) And for that reason alone, it was worth it.

Jackie Chan plays a drunk scholar who rescues the kid from certain death and explains to him what he has to do to get home. He plays a drunk really, really well. And the one liners and other jokes out of him are just... hilarious. I was in giggles through most of the movie.

Jet Li plays a monk who has been searching for the person who will return the sacred item, in this case, a magic staff, to its rightful owner. At first he seems kind of stiff, but he matches Jackie Chan joke for joke as well as kick for kick and there's great chemistry between the two. I imagine they had a lot of fun filming this.

The fight scenes are epic. Seriously. And that being the whole point of the movie, I give it a eight out of ten. Minus points for the lame ass kid making googly eyes at the obligatory "girl out for revenge for the death of her family." It just got to be a bit... much.

So, yeah. If you like martial arts movies and epic fight scenes, as well as silly drunken humour, I highly recommend it. Just don't go in expecting much of a plot.

So, just for fun, here's a look inside my head. This was what I dreamed about last night. Nothing is made up or embellished, it's all exactly as I understood it while sleeping.

As the dream came into focus, so did the memories of the person I was in the dream. My three friends (two female, one male) and I were staying in an old house that was being used as an inn. I was in a huge bedroom with a giant wooden wardrobe across the room from the bed. There was a black cat that I think was mine, the details were fuzzy.

One of my friends, a short girl with long, dark hair, along with the cat, stepped into the wardrobe and shut the door behind them. I yelled out, I think. I knew then that the wardrobe was a portal to another dimension, and that I probably wouldn't see them again. I wept. Then I left the room and found the male friend, and explained that they were gone.

At that point, I saw the girl appear, transparent like a ghost, and heard myself explaining that she had become one of the ancient ones, that she wasn't human anymore. I ran to her and grabbed her shoulders as she became more solid. I asked her some questions, I can't remember what. She just looked at me like she was about to cry. I knew then that she couldn't speak anymore and I let her go.

As she turned and walked away, the cat appeared, walking behind her. It look back at me and was suddenly very scary. It had a black aura, that sucked all the light out of the room except for its eyes, which glowed green. Beside it, green light spelled out "BEWARE THE MARBLES" and there was a flash like lightning. (Yeah, I know, what the hell right.) I was really scared, and I screamed.

The light returned to normal. They were gone. Male friend, other female friend and I decided to go into the closet too and see if we could save the vanished friend, and find out what the marbles message was about.

We jumped in, I fell a long way and was separated from my friends. I was on a roulette board type thing, I think. The floor was all patterned with colors. A man there asked what I wanted, and I said I needed training to save my friends. He told me I could fight the sandwich, if I wanted. Though I would probably lose. But if I won, I would have enough power to do what I wanted.

I chose to fight the sandwich. I did my best, but it was too fast, I couldn't hit it with my arrows. It killed me and ate me alive.

Then I woke up. Feeling confused. What was that about marbles? Why was I fighting a sandwich? A sandwich, of all things. Honestly. My brain is weird.