Just call me the Flame Swordsgirl

( So I read Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist: Volume 3... )

Hmm, I know I have to make one more Japan post, plus catch up on some recent events...
For starters, Scott and I got into a sort of tiff again. We never really have fights, per se, except for that one time just before he left for Thailand... anyway, this time it was because the "thrill" was gone. I asked him what I could do to bring it back, and he had no answer.

It seemed to be another case of FIMS-- Foot in Mouth Syndrome. Ranma Saotome's got it, I have sporadic outbursts of it, and Scott's got it, too. Sometimes we both just say things without thinking them over, or realizing the consequences. Like today, Scott was going to Brett's house to drop off a birthday present and hang out for a while, and somehow our brief conversation turned into an "I don't have a sense of humor, and how can I possibly tell when people are trying to be funny" thing. I take things too personally, and when I try to be funny, it's not funny, and when other people try to be funny, it tends to piss me off.

Let me ask you this: is there any humor in someone saying (more like threatening) to cut your hair off? My Grandpa said that the other day, and I didn't find it the least bit funny. It really hurt my feelings, and I thought I said as much, but maybe not-- once again I got chastised for "not having a sense of humor." Same goes with Scott, who at least KNOWS he says things without thinking, but he doesn't seem to bother and try to stop himself. And I can't always say for sure that I will 100% be able to say "Hey, that hurt my feelings, because _____ and could you not do that again?" because sometimes, what people say is so hurtful I just react to it without thinking. It's the same thing we're both dealing with, really.

Dad says I've always been a serious sort of girl, and no one's ever seemed to outright dislike or have a problem with me due to my supposed lack of humor. I still have great friends, family I get along with, and so on. Yet Grandpa insists I won't make it in "the real world" without a sense of humor. -_-; What am I supposed to do, grow a Chia Humor? S-S-Sense of humor, cha cha cha!

It just bums me out, is all. Words are a very tricky thing.

Well, there is a bright side to this cloud-- yesterday Eva came here from UCLA, and we spent the day hanging out together and shopping-- now there's something I haven't done in ages! It felt great! -_-; Maybe that's also because I ended up being the one spending the most money, too... X_X I kind of went crazy despite the fact that I'm so limited on funds (then again, it's almost my birthday, so I do feel somewhat justified). I got away with:
* Amy Brown's Art book of faeries
* A new skirt by Bisou Bisou
* Some Star Wars pillowcases for Scott (I'm such a nice girl...)
* A huge burrito that unexpectedly had melted cheese and sour cream drizzled all over it
* Hana Yori Dango/Boys Over Flowers #10 (I still need Vols. 8 and 9!)
* The Tarot Cafe, Volume #1 (I love it!)
* A smoothie I split with Eva that made me all giggly-high
...and I think that's it, but wow! Successful shopping! It was teh fun. We later met Scott outside the Apple Store, and then after hunting for some pics with me as Anzu at Cosplay.com (booyah! I gotta go save those...), Erin who, as usual, stopped by to do her laundry, was nice enough to drive Eva back to UCLA.

So that's it for right now-- I'm partially done scanlating "Priest Seto Saves The Day" from WHITE KINGDOM, and if anyone else is good at translating furigana-less kanji, let me know-- because I can't translate the last few bubbles to save my life, and it sucks royally. There's also another funny one at the end when everyone's getting measured for their height, and Yugi makes a vain attempt to beat Jounouchi's height... *grin* I wonder how...?

Back to uploading pics to my Pics Gallery. YAY. (Oh yeah, what do you think of my new icon? I'm teh MAIKO!)