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I watched the Jackie Chan Adventures episode with Springheel Jack. LOL. Oh the crackiness. I also read some stuff on the actual reports of Springheel Jack from the Victorian era. I think I wanna go partially with the JCA version for my

paranormal25 fic; i.e., a troll-like thing, constantly rhyming. I may or may not do the weakness to salt and his determination for revenge on the Maggus family. (Though I might make it a different family.) That is going to be one silly fic. LOL.

I keep liking the thought of Autor as a detective, probably because of his line in episode #22 "Only I can solve this mystery!" I liked him describing the state of the town as a mystery.

And in pondering over him further, and rewatching his episodes for the umpteenth time, I think that in spite of all his show of confidence (which is widely believed by the fans to be a facade for his insecurities) and fascination with Drosselmeyer, he's really quite an innocent boy. There's no telling exactly how much he knows about the details of what Drosselmeyer is actually capable of; he did not know that Drosselmeyer made Fakir write Ahiru into the Lake of Despair. He's entranced with the thought of the power and hero-worships Drosselmeyer because of being able to make stories into reality. He does know the darker side of things, that all mankind could be manipulated and that people can die if the power is misused, but does he know Drosselmeyer actually does misuse it that drastically? Could he really turn a blind eye to that fact and continue to idolize Drosselmeyer if he actually knew?

It's possible that's one of the reasons why Fakir opts not to slug Autor when Autor exclaims "That's magnificent!" after Fakir says Drossselmeyer was there and made him write something (not telling what). Of course, it's also equally possible that Fakir just knew it would not solve anything and that he needed to hurry to Ahiru. And punching Autor with a badly wounded hand would be very stupid. XD;

Of course, after Fakir left Autor probably went over and read the story. And I wonder what he thought. Possible ficlit idea?

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Waltz of the Flowers---The Nutcracker

Notes: I don't really consider anime to be the same as cartoons, so I'm not sure whether I'll include it in this. XD; I'm thinking No. Let this be a trip down memory lane for old American 'toons. As well as extolling the recent ones I'm watching.

**Edited with a little bit more.**

( Yay cartoons! )

Current Mood: thirsty

I've been having a long and fascinating conversation with Stacey about Jackie Chan Adventures and how it's gone downhill of late. I just love talking to people who have the same mindset as I do about the shows. JCA was one of KidsWB's best shows, but starting in the third season, it started to feel like it was deliberately being stretched out. I did love Daolon Wong, though. He was a great villain. It's a pity that JCA ruined him just like they ruined Valmont. -.- I wish I felt the drive to write those JCA stories I wanted to. Some decent stories need to be put out, especially since the actual show is drowning.

And I've started a journal for Alister. XD I thought it would be a fun way to get into his thoughts more and to fine-tone his character (and Alexander's, as he will be mentioned frequently) for RPs and stories. The somewhat scary thing is, I feel like I've tapped into another part of my personality. ^^; I really do feel drawn to Alister. He's such an awesome, complex character. And I feel like my Default icon really describes both him and me. "Nobody knows who I really am." I'm not sure even I know entirely who I am.

The song the line came from, Life is Like a Boat, really seems like Alister's song. At least the English parts do. ^^ **wishes she could find a translation for the rest.** It follows him from during Doom, to realizing that Raphael and Valon care about him, to realizing that he cares about them.

Current Mood: amused

Yesterday we finally got to take my aunt down to Salem with us to look around and have a picnic. We've been trying to do that for months and stuff just kept coming up. >___>;;; So we browsed around, saw some nice houses, and some kitties. X3 I even think one of them was a Ragdoll. It walked across the street and into a yard we were parked in front of. It was cute! Then we also saw a Calico, and a gray cat curled up in a "cat ball" on someone's porch.

Afterward we went to the Taylorsville Wal-Mart. They bought the building where Home Base used to be, and they're making a humungeous Super Wal-Mart there. They're going to tear down the original one soon, and use that space for parking. ><; That's really annoying. In some ways, I prefer the original Wal-Mart to the Super ones. The Taylorsville one almost always has had better selections of stuff than the Super ones. If that changes when it goes Super, I'll be really ticked off. XD;

And here is a quiz thingie.

1. Favourite scent: Hmmm. Food cooking. XD

2. Favourite way to relax: Saturday mornings watching TV, role-playing/writing/drawing hurt/comfort stuffs, shopping for things I like.

3. Favourite movie you own: Just one movie? -___-; **thinks.** I really don't own any movies unless I love them. I'll pick the extended Return of the King.

4. Favourite movie you don't already own: Star Wars Episode III, The Cat Returns

5. Favourite male movie stars: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin

6. Favourite female movie stars: Carrie Fisher, Liv Tyler.... Anyone noticing a pattern here? XD; Really, I don't watch very many movies any more, hence, my fave live-action stars are mostly from Star Wars and LOTR. I also like certain voice actors.

7. Favourite book genre: Manga (especially magical girls stuff and some action/shounen series), Mystery, Star Wars (that's a genre all its own!). I don't like Sci-Fi in general, so I didn't want to put that.

8. Favourite clothing store: Ehhh.... Not into fashion. Down with fashion!

9. Favourite non-clothing store: Borders, Barnes & Noble, Media Play, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart

10. Favourite cartoon character: I don't like American cartoons much anymore either. **thinks.** I like Starfire, Raven, and Robin on Teen Titans. And I like The Joker on The Batman. Really, he seems to offer the show's most intriguing insights. For a nutcase, he's really philosophical sometimes. I also like Flora and Bloom on Winx Club.

11. Favourite CD you own: ... My Japanese anime soundtracks. And the Star Wars and LOTR soundtracks.

12. Favourite CD you don't already own: How I do know if it'll be a favorite CD if I don't own it? Well, actually, there are a couple. -.-; I want the first American Sailor Moon soundtrack. **has the music from the other two.** I checked the first one out from the library, but I can't find it to buy anymore. ;__; Every time it turned up at Media Play, I didn't have the money.

13. Pass the torch and tag five of your LJ friends!:

amanechan

roene

kit_black

hatori_sama

dai_atlas

It's interesting.... There was a stretch of time when I wasn't watching anything on Saturday mornings. That was because there was nothing on that I was much interested in. XD; I think that went from about 1996 or 7 to 2002. There was a slump in Saturday morning TV show quality during that time. Also, if this makes sense, for a while I felt like, in the realm of entertainment/media, that I was wandering about, confused and lost. XD; That started to change in 2001, when I rediscovered my love of certain Disney shows (such as Darkwing Duck, Talespin, and DuckTales), and it really changed completely the following year when I found YGO and anime. I feel as though I've graduated from American cartoons and that now I need something bigger and better to whet my appetite. Anime does that for me.

There's only a few non-Japanese cartoons that are mature enough to occupy my attention and interest. I think the reason is this: I'm more serious now, and I need stuff that's more serious/intelligent to watch. A lot of American shows don't meet this criteria for me, because they're too light-hearted and ridiculous. There's also some Japanese shows that are often dumb too (Ultimate Muscle and the recent seasons of Pokémon come to mind), but the majority of Japanese shows seem to be good, while the majority of American cartoons seem to be stupid. Or maybe I'm just not exposed to very many of the really good ones. ^^;

I'm just getting really tired of the American cartoon clichés (which, admittedly, are occasionally present in Japanese shows too). Even the best American cartoons have such clichés. Jackie Chan has them, in the ways that Valmont and Daolon Wong have been dealt with in their later appearances. In one episode, it ended with Valmont being wrapped up in a package and shipped off to Mexico. That is STUPID. It doesn't serve as a real-life solution to the problem he was causing. That's just a typical cartoon resolution of the type that's been overdone for years. **mushrooom sigh.** The problems caused by Team Rocket on Pokémon are solved in a similar manner. There's no reason why, even though the shows are aimed at children, the shows have to be so annoyingly dumbed down like that.

And speaking of Team Rocket.... What has happened to such wonderful characters? They're being shredded to pieces by the writers. The Team Rocket I used to know doesn't even seem to exist anymore. They're brainless wimps! Someone I know called them The Three Stooges recently, and I have to agree. The writers took characters that had awesome potential and have ruined them. I eventually stopped watching Pokémon because I couldn't bear to see such idiocy from the characters who brought me into the show in the first place. The last time they showed any backbone or brains was when they were trying to protect their Pokémon near the start of season 6! And I was very surprised by that episode, since they'd already been going downhill before that. **shakes head.** Team Rocket got killed and they were replaced by brainless clones! XD;

Current Mood: alright

Look at my Alister icon! Isn't it purty? Awww, poor Alister. **cuddles him.**

I loved the Jackie Chan episodes today. ^^ It really did seem like a series finale, the way they brought back all the old villains the way they did. It was really awesome! They had to revive Shendu to come fight his son. XD And Section 13 collapsed and they thought Tohru had died at one point, because he had been inside. ;__; And there was this cute part where Hak Fu was holding Jade. XD I loved that. And the Enforcers were around, helping Uncle briefly, but then went to get hot dogs during the big fight at a ballpark. Valmont even made a cameo appearance. He was on a bus that nearly went over the bridge. Jackie recognized him, but he hurriedly pulled his hat down and his collar up and fled. It made me wanna write a Valmont fic, but I doubt I'd ever get around to that. XD;

... Is it my imagination, or were Ice and his gang a lot cooler/smarter than the original Enforcers ever were? ^^; At least Drago (is it Drago or Draco? I can't ever remember which) got wise and kicked the Enforcers out after only one episode. XD; That's when he found Ice-tachi, instead. All of the other villains kept the Enforcers around, in spite of their idiocy.

I also got an idea for a new plot twist to use in Life After the Tears. I opened the chapter with that scene. Kudos to anyone who figures out who it's about! **includes a quick segment.**

( Haunted )

Now I've gone on to writing the scene where Alister brings Valon home. That's gonna be interesting. . . .

I don't like Netscape version 8. ><; It's not nearly as good as version 7.2. It makes Hotmail work all weird and won't take me to the correct page when I hit the Back button. That's only on Hotmail. Everything else works okay. But I'm actually considering reinstalling the older version of Netscape. It was so much better. . . . It's odd when they try to improve something, only to find that the new version is worse than the old one. That's how it is with WordPerfect, too. The only good version of it is 6.1. Everything beyond that is irritating.

Lisa and I did a cool RP tonight. ^^ Hopefully we'll get to talk/RP a lot over the next week. The main people I RP with are all away. I like RPing with Lisa and I wish we could do it more often. ^^ She plays a great, cute Valon.

Current Mood: ponderful

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The telephone lines in the whole neighborhood got knocked out because of a harsh wind that ripped through. Blaaah. It took ages for them to fix all that, but luckily, it seems that they finally have. ^^;

Luckily, I was able to get some writing done in the meantime. I finally finished chapter 7 of Phantom of the Theatre, which Aubrie helped me write, and also got a big chunk of chapter 3 of Life After the Tears finished.

I wonder what today's Jackie Chan episodes will be like.... I forgot to mention that last week I liked both of the episodes. It was a miracle! XD

It figures. We get the cover off the air conditioner and it turns out to be a chilly night. XD; Oh well.... I'm sure it'll be boiling again in the morning.

Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Star Wars Episode III soundtrack

Hmmm. . . . I don't think I posted my opinions of last Saturday's Jackie Chan Adventures episodes, did I? I was musing that maybe I'd like one out of the two episodes. And that was exactly what happened. XD;

I thought the first one was interesting and fun. They were in Australia at the beginning, and Tohru drove up with the car, and Uncle goes, "Tohru! Put steering wheel back where it belongs!" LOL. I got a giggle out of that, even though it doesn't seem logical to me that Uncle wouldn't realize that in many places outside of the U.S., the steering wheel is on the opposite side.

The second episode was dumb. ><; I imagine there were good points in there somewhere, but it had so many things that I hate (weird mutations, gender changing, people turning into animals) that I couldn't even bear to watch. XD; I wanted to see things get resolved, though, so I ended up flipping back and forth between it and the Winx Club. -___-; That should be an indication of how bad it was.

Though . . . I am a closet Winx Club watcher. -.- I wouldn't call myself a fan, but I actually have broke down and started watching it religiously on Saturdays. I like it better than Mucha Lucha or Xiaolin Showdown, which is what Kids WB usually has on during those slots. Winx would be really great, if it wasn't for those major flaws I ranted about a few entries back. XD; For good or bad, I'm a sucker for magical girls shows. . . .

And I was thinking earlier about one of the shows I used to watch on PAX TV. It was called Twice in a Lifetime. It was kinda like Quantum Leap in some ways. . . . It was a second chance show. When the people died, they had the chance to go back and try to unravel their biggest regret and see that it didn't come to pass. They would have three days, and they would be accompanied by either Mr. Jones (season 1) or Mr. Smith (season 2). I was really into that show at one time, but you know what? I don't know that I was ever crazy about the premise, and I know I don't like it now. What happens in our lives happens, for whatever reason, and no matter how much we dislike some things, those events helped shape who we are. We can't just go change them, because that would change us, and not necessarily for the better, even if we think it would.

I think I liked the show mainly because of Mr. Smith. XD; He was a great character, and I think he was a lot better than Mr. Jones. Smith actually seemed to genuinely care about the people he was helping. With Jones, it was all business. He acted like he just wanted to get his monthly quota filled up. Once he said as much to one of the people he was helping. I guess he could have been joking, but I dunno . . . I think he probably meant it. XD; Mr. Smith just seemed more real, more human, and more lovable.

I've been working on chapter 3 of Life After the Tears. I can already see that this fic is gonna be a lot different than the RP I did with Lisa, but that's okay. XD I really like RPing story ideas, because that helps me see what will work and what won't. I'm lost on how to use the cemetery scene in this fic and have it be just as poignant, though. Maybe I'll have to make that into a one-shot by itself, using elements from that RP with Lisa. XD; When I did that RP, I saw ways to make the conversation a lot longer and more poignant.

**randomly.** Does anyone think Alister would ever wear a fedora hat? The image just popped into my mind now and it won't go away.

Current Mood: ponderful
Current Music: Yu-Gi-Oh Duel I

We watched the original trilogy in a screwed-up order. XD; Near the beginning of the week we saw Return of the Jedi, then on Thursday we saw A New Hope, and now we recently finished with The Empire Strikes Back. The latter is my favorite of the original movies. =^__^= I'm not sure why. . . . I love the whole plot, the intensity, and the Han/Leia scenes. X3 Oh and of course, ESB is when Boba gets the most screentime (other than Attack of the Clones, of course). When I was a child, we only had the latter two Star Wars movies recorded and I would stay up late almost every night watching them, usually with Mom. Ahhh . . . those were good times. I think maybe I liked ROTJ a bit less because it was the last one. **laughs.** At that time, I didn't know there would be any more.

... You know, I don't think I saw the very first Star Wars movie until I was about eleven. And then it was the Special Edition version. XD I've actually never seen the *very* original version. And I've never been able to find the extended parts of ESB. o.o Fox showed it once, but I didn't see anything different. I'm sure they were showing the extended one, because they showed the extended ROTJ.

I think I will at least try the Jackie Chan episodes later this morning and see if they're any good. Out of the four episodes they showed last fall, I only liked two. -.-; Not great odds. XD Maybe that means I'll like one of the episodes today?

I really wish YGO would move to the Fox Box. They're not quite so "kiddy" as Kids WB. I think YGO would have a better home there. Though . . . The Batman, as I said before, isn't really your typical Kids WB show, either.

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: The Battle of Hoth --- The Empire Strikes Back soundtrack

**hits head on desk.** I accidentally typed "Kokoro no Naka" as my website instead of "Kyodai no Kokoro"! I started doing it here and then realized, but I found I'd really done it at my profile on the Rockman.EXE forum! Ugh.

I love the new YGO season so far. I remember that as I was dozing afterward as I went back to bed, I was thinking of doing a fic about the Ishtars' part in the Orichalcos saga. In my stories, they were in Domino at the time, just not associating much with Yugi-tachi. XD But even if they weren't in Domino, I bet they would have been involved with the Dartz stuff. After I watch a few more episodes, maybe I can piece together a plot.

Rebecca's entrance was great. XD They should really say that she's twelve, like in the original, instead of making her be eight. I guess when they first dubbed the original episodes with her, they figured a twelve-year-old would be less likely to run around with a teddy bear.

I did not like Jackie Chan Adventures today. o.o; They were on a Survivor-type reality show! It was really bad. And last week's episode, though better, wasn't so great either. I don't know, I really think the show has worn out its welcome. It started going downhill with some of the dumb episodes in the last part of the second season, like the one with the cliché mad scientist and the James Bondish agent. But it's worse now. I really liked season 3 with Daolon Wong as the villain, but even then there were signs that they were stretching to find good plots. And I hate what they did to Valmont. He was such a great villain and they turned him into a snivelling wimp! Please, people, recognize you're beating a dead horse. If you can't do better than this, then admit the show should end. They should do a really good, somewhat angsty final episode at the end of this season.

Current Mood: embarrassed

Well, to start Friday off with . . . we had more mega plumbing trouble. XD Dang, I swear, the tree roots are getting into the pipes. So yeah. We all slept in quite late. XD Then it was a mad dash to get everything done!

My brother was having a birthday party in the evening, but Dad still needed to get a present for the new baby, and for my brother's wife, who also will be having a birthday right away. XD And he needed to get a computer program so he can recover his wandering files. Plus, we needed to buy the second fan for the car (which we still didn't get).

We went to CompUSA to get the computer program and I got to play Pokémon Leaf Green for about fifteen minutes or so! Wow, it was fun. It makes me wanna get a GameBoy Advance SP and buy that game for it. As well as certain other games, of course. Like Megaman and Bass, which I also saw there. X3 And probably some of the YGO games that are Battle City related. I still wish that they'd make a PC game where Marik is your opponent. With my luck it'd be the Yami instead, though. XD Oh yeah! And they had the PC version of the LOTR: ROTK game for only $9.99! O__O And yet I've seen it at other places recently for $49.99!

So after hopping all around like that, we got to the party almost two hours after it was scheduled to start. XD; Usually their activities start later than planned, though, and they go on for quite some time. So we hadn't really missed much. We hung out there and then went to look at my brother's house.

DANG! It's so awesome! ^O^! There's technically three floors, 'cause they have a walk-in attic that they're remodeling into a family room. ^___^ And in the basement they have a jacuzzi tub! ^O^ And their closet in the master bedroom actually has a light. =3 I can hardly wait to see their house again when it's all fixed up completely.

Then we went on to Wal-Mart, where we hung around for an hour. XD; My fault, mostly. I had too many things I needed to check. Turning me loose in Wal-Mart is a bad idea. ^__~ But! It paid off today. I found the Hot Wheels cars with Marik! ^O^! **IS HAPPY.** I also got a random pack of Labyrinth of Nightmare they had kicking around, because that series is supposed to have a lot of Marik's cards in it. **smile.** And I got some black face-paint stuff for when I make the marks under my eyes at Halloween. I wasn't able to do those last year, but I shall this time! I also found the ideal fabric: lavender fleece! SO SOFT! **huggles it.** I just need to see if I can get it for a cheaper price at a genuine fabric store.

Oh yeah, and I think I've determined that maybe Solitude isn't gonna be a possible song after all. XD; The chorus is good, but the verses don't seem to apply. **is listening to Exodus now.** This one might work. . . . I need two songs, because I'm writing a trilogy. ^___^

I submitted Breathe No More to the webmistress of Rockman-EXE.com. I do hope she likes it. . . . **clasps hands.**

And I'm so anxious for the Saturday morning stuff in a few hours! I hope the new season of Jackie Chan is good. >.> I dunno. That show's been going downhill a lot lately. I'm kinda iffy about the new season. I was surprised when they renewed it last year. There've been more plotholes and more stupid episodes lately.

**decides to post how she feels about each show on later on the WB.**

Mucha Lucha I couldn't care less about. XD; It's too full of bathroom humor and other things like that for my taste. --.--;;;

I'm looking forward to the new Teen Titans. ^___^

Xiao Lin Showdown I normally wouldn't care about, only I'm curious to know if the one kid ever rejoins the team and if he really did betray them for sure.

Pokémon Advanced Challenge should be kewl! And I'm anxious to see the two-parter with Misty. ^^

The Batman is eh... **shrugs.** Never been that into Batman. XD I'll probably try the show, though. I wonder if Robin will be in it?

Of course the big excitement is YGO! ^O^!! If not for YGO, I wouldn't even be up on Saturday mornings. XD The new season looks great! I've been really looking forward to the Dartz arc.

And finally, Da Boom Crew I also could care less about. XD And since I feel that way, plus I go back to bed when YGO is over, I won't be watching it or trying to record it to watch for later. ^__~

Current Mood: satisfied
Current Music: Exodus by Evanescence

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Entries tagged with jackie chan adventures

Hmm.

Cartoon quiz from rose_of_pollux

XD!

Ragdoll! =3

Ah, Saturday....

Gone with the wind. XD;

Various Musings

Ahhh.. That felt good...

Oh dear. . . .

My day XD