azurite | Tired, sore, and... creative!? (Reply)

Standing there alone,
the ship is waiting.
All systems are go.
"Are you sure?"
Control is not convinced,
but the computer
has the evidence.
No need to abort.
The countdown starts.

Watching in a trance,
the crew is certain.
Nothing left to chance,
all is working.
Trying to relax
up in the capsule
"Send me up a drink."
jokes Major Tom.
The count goes on...

4, 3, 2, 1
Earth below us
drifting, falling.
Floating weightless
calling, calling home...

Second stage is cut.
We're now in orbit.
Stabilizers up,
runnning perfect.
Starting to collect
requested data.
"What will it affect
when all is done?"
thinks Major Tom.

Back at ground control,
there is a problem.
"Go to rockets full."
Not responding.
"Hello Major Tom.
Are you receiving?
Turn the thrusters on.
We're standing by."
There's no reply.

4, 3, 2, 1
Earth below us
drifting, falling.
Floating weightless
calling, calling home...

Across the stratosphere,
a final message:
"Give my wife my love."
Then nothing more.

Far beneath the ship,
the world is mourning.
They don't realize
he's alive.
No one understands,
but Major Tom sees.
"Now the light commands
this is my home,
I'm coming home."

Earth below us
drifting, falling.
Floating weightless
coming home...
Earth below us
drifting, falling.
Floating weightless
coming, coming
home...
home.....

Now tell me that isn't a spooky song. Sad, too.

Today's Japanese class was SO boring. I mean... augh. Whatshername made her appearance again-- the girl that knew my sister because she went to Wash with her, and the only other girl (only other person period, actually) in the class as advanced as me. She was surprised about all the work we missed, and copied some stuff from me (augh, she still has one of my papers! ;_;) but in general, we were bored out of our minds the whole period.

It wasn't that it was going too slow for us (well, when it came to reading, it did) but the teacher was just nuts. No wonder why so many people chose to be absent today. They figured Wright-sensei would be moving waaay too fast for them, asking people to things more appropriate to 10A-- Conversational Japanese than Elementary Japanese. But it wasn't anything complicated for me, it was just I got stuck working with a girl that barely spoke English, and so learning Japanese made things worse. -.-;

I was never so relieved to get the hell out of there. It sucked that it was so foggy (you could literally see the fog ROLLING by the classroom window) but I had my warm jacket and such, so no worries. I hate waiting for the bus though... ended up taking the K back to Ocean Ave/Junipero Serra and catching the 28 over on Ocean in front of my dentist's office.

Came home, saw mom was working on organizing stuff for Sung's garage sale thingy tomorrow. It benefits the theater company he's in, and my mom and I have always been enthusiastic supporters of Sung and his artistic endeavors-- he's such an incredible actor, and if we can get rid of some junk in the process, all the better! So I went through some of my stuff, got some stuff from the closet, and he'll pick it up tomorrow between 10am-12pm. Mom's still a major packrat, and finds sentimentality in everything- I honestly think that if a freak fire struck the house and burned everything in it, she'd go ballistic. Me? I'd be upset, but I think I'd get over it. After all, teddy bears and artbooks are only material possessions. But that doesn't mean I'm going to turn arson on anyone. =P

Stupid Yahoo! is being a bitch now, when I'm trying to check my mail and see if there's any word from my dad about tomorrow. I might end up taking Golden Gate Transit, which means asking mom for $. -.- Not something I look forward to. I hope Dad doesn't plan on making me pay for all my food, the fireworks, AND the movie. I can probably swing food and movie, but the fireworks are usually upwards of $40 for a good set. =P It just sucks that he's always in a financial bind, what with my greedy mom always garnishing his wages and stuff. -.- Adults are the ones that never grow up, you know?

I'm just happy I'm feeling creative (if a little tired and sore-- my back hurts!) right now-- I've got some great ideas for "Dream a Dream," but I really need to get some answers back regarding the series. After all, I haven't seen many (if any at all!) episodes past 73, and aside from the movie and the occasional summary I read at the wot-club site, I don't read the manga, except when it's in English. Gee, Viz and Tokyopop are sure moving fast these days! (I was wondering, has Ranma been re-released the same way Inuyasha has, in the "proper" right-to-left way?)

I think I need a beta or someone to bounce ideas off of for "Dream a Dream." It would require someone who's familiar with the Inuyasha fandom and recent episodes/manga, as well as Clara's original version (as mine is merely a doujinfic of hers... still, an orignal story considering I make it non-AU) "School Daze." And of course, someone who knows the niches of fanfiction would help. Someone who could format fics, correct grammar, etc... =D Anyone interested?
(I'll have to post this on the Inuyasha and Fanfiction communities for wider-spread response)

Blah, Internet in general is being a bitch. But on the plus side, downloading a lot of AMVs. If I stay awake till at least 2am, I might actually get to see them!