Quiz

You're Yaone, the beautiful quiet chemist and medic
of the Kou-tachi.


Which of the Sanzo-ikkou or Kou-tachi are you? (Saiyuki)
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Since I'm now starting to actually read and watch Saiyuki, I decided to try the quiz. I was surprised by the result, but not so much when I read about her. ^^

The Saiyuki movie came earlier. I was surprised that the mail person didn't knock. It said on the Best Buy website that someone needed to be home to sign for it. XD; Anyway, I wish I could leave them a comment or something, like I can on eBay. That was really quick service. Anyway, I'll probably get off soon to watch the movie, since I am tired. ^^; And today is Dad's birthday, so I'm not sure what we'll be doing for it. He usually just likes to watch movies, though. XD; He was hanging around at the library for about thirty minutes trying to pick stuff out, while I got done what I needed to within five minutes!

We had to get some stuff done before six, when we had an appointment with the home teachers (though that probably doesn't make much sense to anyone here except Darcy and Kim). Dad had to get some ink for the printer and he had to go to a specific place to get it wholesale, because he uses a big fancy printer and the ink is way too expensive getting it retail. And I needed to go to the libraries and get something for Dad at Media Play. (While I was at Media Play, I ended up buying another volume of Gundam W, because after watching the first volume, I craved to see more of it again. I bought 7, because I haven't seen those episodes yet. Since I bought so much stuff last month, I'd better try hard to refrain from buying anything more for a while.) And we ended up not being able to get to the city library before we had to go home. By the time we got out again, it was pouring rain like mad. Seriously, I haven't seen the rain come down that heavily for a while. And it stayed that way for close to a half hour instead of the usual five minutes. The umbrella actually turned inside out. XD;

We didn't get back until around nine, and Dad wanted to see a movie (surprise surprise). I decided I'd rather wait to go down till latenight, since if I went at nine I'd only be there for an hour or so. I busied myself with drawing a picture where Valon looks like he's going to ride off on his motorcycle without a helmet, Raphael looks frustrated, and Alister is deadpanning, not even seeming to notice that Alexander is kneeling on the ground hugging Alister's legs. XD I still have to draw the motorcycle and most of Raphael. ^^;

Another quiz. ^^

Cho Hakkai

You're calm and polite, and always wear a smile,
despite how you may actually feel. You're the
one keeping things sane and taking care of
everyone else. However, when things upset you,
you can get pretty insane, yourself.


Which Saiyuki Character Can You Best Identify With?
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The Saiyuki movie was awesome. X3 And it was really dark, too. I can understand why it carried a warning about mature content. ^^; I used to think that the phrase usually meant something to do with sexual situations, but I knew that Saiyuki didn't have that, so I figured that for it to have that warning meant that it was for violence and thematic elements. Dougan mutating near the end of the movie was really freaky. That is not something I'd want a kid to see. But I can understand the reason for it. The movie was very deep and taught some very good principles, such as what can happen if one becomes too overly obsessed with something. My dad thinks that in Star Wars, it's wrong for Yoda to say that having attachments is bad and such. But what I really think Yoda meant is that one should never become so attached that they become obsessed, because that will lead to tragedy. The Saiyuki movie depicts this hauntingly. And in whatever small ways, I think all of us are like Dougan. Surely there's been times in all of our lives when we've idolized someone so much and wanted nothing more than to be with them and to please them and to be good enough for them. The lesson in the movie really hit home for me.

And I was really surprised at how much I liked Gojyo. I really thought I wouldn't care as much for him because of his womanizing and his incessant swearing. ^^; But actually he didn't swear too badly in the movie, and his womanizing didn't really bother me. It wasn't any worse that what's on M*A*S*H sometimes. Gojyo really is a good person too, and it shows in the movie. Plus, I adore his quarrels with Goku. The manga describes Gojyo as an older brother figure, and I can definitely see that in the way he treats Goku. XD It's obvious that their arguing is a form of showing affection for each other. That's why Hakkai stayed so calm, I imagine. And I love at the end of the movie, where Gojyo puts his arm around Goku and asks him why he's so gloomy. The flashback scene where Goku glomps Hakkai and then Gojyo puts his arms around their shoulders is also really cute. X3 I must find screengrabs of that, and of Gojyo's "WTH?!" expression. XD I wanna make an icon of that.

Oh yeah, and Kougaiji and the others were great! They weren't around too much, but I loved their scenes. Kougaiji is really a cool guy. And Lirin is really cute, especially with her Japanese voice. **was watching it in Japanese.**

I just hope that my interest in Saiyuki won't completely take over and push aside my interest in YGO and the bikers. ^^; I guess I kinda doubt it will, though, since YGO has remained #1 ever since I first got into it and anime. **looks over Life After the Tears in an attempt to figure out the next chapter.**

The Saiyuki movie definitely made a good impression, though, as I dreamed vague Saiyuki dreams when I went to sleep. o.o; Mixed in with that was a really creepy dream involving angel statues being possessed by evil spirits and coming to life torturing us and the neighbors. O__o; I think I dreamed about that because of Elora's description of the Constantine movie. **laugh.**