Does This Straightjacket Make My Butt Look Big?

Here is my kind-of-official review of Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver:

Wow. That's my word for this book.

The basic premise is that there is a girl, Sam, who dies in a car accident with her friends after leaving a party. After she dies she wakes up, in her bed, that morning- the morning of the day she died. She relives this day 7 times. She changes things every day, trying to change her fate and, eventually, trying to change the fate of others. I thought this was a great idea for a book and thought it would be wonderful.

At the start, I was disappointed. Sam is a popular girl. She goes to parties, gets very drunk, has a boyfriend who, in my opinion (and eventually hers) is a douchebag. Her friends are popular, drink and smoke and are generally, not very nice people. Now, I am so used to reading books where the main character isn't popular. She is a "freak", ridiculed by the popular girls; at the bottom of the social ladder. This was different, reading from the perspective of someone at the top. I didn't like Sam for the first half-ish of the book. She was selfish, kinda mean and just shallow. I wondered how I would get through the book with such an annoying main character.

Thankfully, it got a whole lot better. Now, I don't want to give away any spoilers or anything, because if you are reading this, you should read the book, but each day that she relives, is totally different from the previous and the book shows how the little things can add up and end up changing something huge. I liked that. It also put a twist on "living everyday like it's your last" but that is rambled about in my last post.

Along the way, Sam realises things about the people she has been friends with for years, especially her best friend. She learns that, although she seems strong and totally in control, she isn't and she has many secrets. I didn't like this best friend character very much either, but I think the realisations really gave her some depth, making her more likeable, or relatable.

Of course, as in most young adult fiction for girls, there was romance. Not with her idiot of a boyfriend either. She finally, after knowing the guy for over 7 years, falls in love with a guy she used to (7 years ago) be good friends with. This only really happens in the last three "days" of her "life" and he can't remember anything the next day, of course, as she is the only one that is really reliving the day. I, for one, loved this guy. He was awesome. And adorable. And I would hug him if he were real. In the end, I felt the most sorry for him, and the previously mentioned best friend. He had a thing for her for over 7 years and the day (or.. three days...) that she finally returns his feelings, she dies. I didn't feel sorry for Sam in that respect because she had control over what she was doing, she knew that she was going to die. He had no idea and my heart metaphorically broke for him.

Now, this is hard to write about without giving away the best and biggest spoilers but, if you are a girl of the young adult age bracket, read this book. It is good. For me, the start was only barely tolerable, but it gets a whole lot better. Character development galore.

I rate it 8 out of 10. Two points off because the book portrayed the whole drinking side of their social life as so normal and just the way the popularity was depicted. Recommended, definitely. 

If I turned the book on its side, looking at the chick's face would always kinda freak me out...

[title of post]

Here is a quote from the book I am currently reading, Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver:

"You see, I was still looking for answers then. I still wanted to know why. As though somebody was going to answer that for me, as though any answer would be satisfying. Not then, but afterward, I started to think about time, and how it keeps moving and draining and flowing forever forwards, seconds into minutes into days into years, all of it leading to the same place, a current running forever in one direction. And we're all going and swimming as fast as we can, helping it along. My point is: maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around in it, let it slide like coins through your fingers. So much time you can waste it. But for some of us there's only today, And the truth is, you never really know."


This whole thing has really got me thinking. That makes me think of Wicked when Glinda says, referring to Fiyero, "He's been thinking, which really worries me." Yeah, thinking is a worrying thing I must say. But I shall not go into that. This passage above made me think of those phrases like, "Live every day like it's your last" etc. All those people telling you that you don't know when and how you're going to die so you should live every day to the fullest. I realised today that that kind of thing is a load of crap, to put in nicely. I mean, yes, it would be great if we could live every day as if it were our last. But, come on, you can wake up in the morning and think, "Today's going to be a great day! I'm going to be happy and nothing's going to get me down!" That doesn't mean it will happen. You can't control whether or not something awful happens to you that day. You may end up having a wonderful day, like you intended, being happy and content, but you could just as easily have an awful day.

I was thinking that maybe the point is, not to go out and have lots of fun and be crazy and tell everyone you love them, just in case it's your last day, but to do what you want. It got me thinking about why we do things. I am a self-confessed Goody-Two-Shoes, if you will. I really don't like breaking rules and throughout the entirety of primary school and, I have to admit it, early high school, I would be terrified if I got told off by a teacher. My face would go red, my hands would shake and I wouldn't dare talk (when I got in trouble, IF I got in trouble (rarely), it would usually be for talking) for the rest of the lesson. Now, not so much. I talk and don't want to get in trouble but, if a teacher tells me off, I laugh a bit and shut up for like, a minute and then keep talking, just a bit more quietly. I still am a Goody-Two-Shoes though. I always do homework and assignments on time. I read all the books we are told to read, by the date they are assigned. Lately, the quality of my work, especially homework, has declined massively, but I still do it. If it's not done, even if it's only half done, I freak out that this will be the one day my teachers will properly check homework. I often wonder, "Why do I care?" So many of my classmates don't do work, get in trouble and don't care. They honestly don't care and keep not doing the work. I often wonder why I don't just give up and stop being so good. I kinda realised why today. I guess it all comes down to happiness. That is the ultimate goal, isn't it? Everyone's idea of what brings happiness is different. Happiness is different for everyone. For me, at the moment, it's getting the heck out of school, dying my hair red, having an old bomb of a car and living alone in a small, old, quirky house surrounded by lots of overgrown plants in one of my dream inner-city suburbs. I drove through those suburbs today with my family and my whole insides just lit up, like they always do through there. Then I got upset because I knew it would be so hard to live that dream. It's such a simple dream, it's just a house in a particular suburb with an old car. I have no career aspirations. At all. I have no aspirations to start a family. I jut want to live independently, be able to go out with my friends when I want to. I guess I want to just start a fresh and all of that dream represents who I want to be then.

To me, the idea of getting in trouble with a teacher and not doing the work, doesn't make me feel good. I guess they way I've grown up and the people I've hung out with, and definitely my family, have taught me that if someone says, "Do this work by tomorrow" you do the work by tomorrow and the consequences are not something you want. For other people, it's not even slightly important. Their budding social life is more important. Now, I'm not saying that schoolwork is more important to me than my friends, that couldn't be more wrong, it's just that I guess I have such a different lifestyle to many other people my age.

Now, if someone said, "Live every day like it's your last," some people may go out and part, get drunk or high or hook up with people and then feel like they'd lived a fulfilled life. I'm not here to judge that because, if that's what is going to actually bring them happiness, then good, that's what they should do. Other people may go to everyone and tell them they love them and help people and spend time with family and friends. Other people, may actually just sit at home, eat some food and watch some anime, for example, or read a book or listen to music. From the outside that may seem sad and pathetic but maybe, honestly, that's what makes them happy and then, doesn't that mean they are living their live to the full? I guess I've realised that everyone tries to tell you that getting out and partying with friends is living life to the full, but everyone's life is different, everyone's tastes are different and everyone's ideas of happiness are different, so their idea of a "full life" is different. No one can really judge if you're living your life the best way possible except yourself, I guess.

I guess that at the start I was aiming to prove something, maybe about how my life of sitting at home and not doing much and then stressing over schoolwork isn't as sad as it sounds. It's not, as I said in the last paragraph, if it's what's making me happy. I can say, however, with honesty that, whatever I'm doing in my life at the moment isn't making me happy and I need to find some way to fulfill it more. That definitely won't be by partying and getting drunk and I can't move to my dream house yet. I know I need to figure out what's going to make me happy soon, so I'm not living in this rut.

Now, I am hoping to finish the book that inspired this post soon and, when I do, I am going to write a review on here because, I think it needs a review.

Also, I must thank the wonderful musical [title of show] for inspiring the post title :)

This post was just crying out for a picture. So there. 

That's All There Is, There Isn't Anymore...

Just watched the "finale" of La Corda D'Oro, my latest anime obsession. The reason for the inverted commas, or whatever you call them, is that it's the final episode... Followed by a special episode... Followed by two other episodes in a sort-of-second-season-thing. Whatever, it was the final. Now, in this episode, it was time for the final selection, the members of the concours' final performance to see who wins the concours. It was cheesiest thing I've seen since, I don't know, the Fruits Basket manga finale, probably. But the thing is, it didn't make me gag. It made me cry. At least three times. Now, I am, for some unknown reason, feeling extremely emotionally unstable right now. Emotional instability+finale of an addictive anime+insane cheesiness+good music+character development of like, every character= not a good combination. The tears were flowing.

This made me think about my dislike of anime finales. Or just finales of any show. I mean, everyone hates it when your favourite TV show ends, but there's something else about it. When Fruits Basket, more especially the manga, ended, I felt so strange inside. It's completely stupid, because it's a manga, but I felt like I'd lived with those guys. I'd been through their good times and their bad times and seen them change and develop into better characters. Now everyone was reflecting on that and I could reflect too, because I'd been with them. Of course they were just drawings, but still.

It was like that for La Corda D'Oro. Everyone has some character development. While playing their final pieces, all impressive and cool pieces, each person reflect on how the central character, Hino Kahoko, had changed them and changed their music and made them, and their music, grow and improve. It was nice, but cheesy. And tearjerking, for me anyway. Hino herself was reflecting on how she had changed when listening to their performances (even though she was rehearsing in some classroom....) and how they had taught her so much. There were flashbacks and montages galore. I cried because, I felt I knew her. I guess I'd seen her start playing her violin, have issues, have good times, break her magic violin, quit the violin, go through a very depressing time and then realise how much she loved the violin, start playing again, albeit not very well, and just stand up again and not let herself be defeated. She is an anime character, but when I think about what I just typed, she's kinda inspirational. Of course, she did manage to make at least 4 boys fall in love with her in the process. I mean, at the end of the episode she got to have a performance from a cute trumpet-player (who has a self-confessed, obvious crush on her), an attractive pianist (who has a thing for her, but hasn't admitted it, even though it's OBVIOUS), an adorable (in a "n'aww, isn't that boy cute" kinda way) cellist (who kinda has a thing for her, but not quite as strong), an apparently (according to the female population of their school) attractive flautist (whose feelings are... questionable) and a flipping HOT violinist (who is SO in love with her, just hasn't totally realised/admitted it yet) play her a piece of music. I mean, what kinda girl gets 5 attractive guys to play her a piece of music because they all like her? Dude. Seriously. Anyway, this anime has kind of inspired me too, so I'm sad it's over. Even though tomorrow I'll watch the other 3 episodes...

It's been like this for all my favourite anime/cartoons (gotta throw a shout out to Total Drama, yo). The last couple of episodes of a series seem to feel so nostalgic to me. Even now, after seeing it like, 50 times, whenever I watch the alst couple of episodes (excluding the last one, as it is a travesty) of Total Drama World Tour, one of my favourite shows ever, I feel so nostalgic. I could recite the entire second-last episode to you while it was playing, but I still feel so nostalgic inside, and kinda get butterflies. It's so weird, the feeling that everything that you have delved into with you whole life, something you've invested SO much time and emotions and thought into is ending. I guess that's it. It's not really just watching a show. I, for one, get SO involved. I find favourite characters and read about them, look up pictures, create collages, talk about them to friends and family, whether they care (and they usually don't) or not. I rant about how much I hate my least favourite characters. I choose at least one attractive male character and fangirl like crazy, reading all about him, looking up a million pictures, ranting all the time and grinning whenever he's in a scene. I invest so many emotions into favourite characters and SO much emotions into my ships that it just feels... strange... to have it end, so suddenly.


Now, you might read this and say to your computer, "Oh, for goodness sake. It's just a freaking anime! Get a life and find some REAL people to invest your time and emotions into..." To you, I say, "Shut up." Yeah. This is how it feels for me, watching a show and, consequently, ending a show and I both hate it.. and love it.. 


The one thing I was disappointed in with this final episode was the lack of ROMANCE. With 4 guys in love with her, she didn't get with any of them! Especially not the guy I want her with. *sigh*
But, of all the montages she thought of, hers with Tsukimori, the aforementioned hot violinist, was the most romantic and shippy... Apparently they get together in the manga, so I need to read this manga, haha. 


I guess this is my post's finale then. N'aww. Don't be sad. Don't cry. I know you've gotten attached to this post and invested time and emotions into it, but it's OK :)

Tsukimori Len. Well, heellooo  ;)

我玩长笛

That apparently, according to my good friend, Google Translate, means, "I play the flute," and drawing back on my Chinese-learning history, I think that is correct. Anyway, yes, I do play the flute. It would be pretty pointless to put that as the title if it were a lie. And, to lie in Chinese too! I would not go that far...

When I started attending my current school, back in grade 3, you had to learn violin. You were allowed to choose a different instrument, or quit instrumental altogether (I think...) in grade 4. So, yes, I only had to learn violin for one year. Thank goodness! Now, when played well, the violin really can be a beautiful instrument, but truly, I hated it. I practiced approximately 5 minutes a week, never got better and never wanted to. Truly hated it. I don't really know what compelled me to choose the flute when the time came in grade 4; it was probably because it was girly and pretty. If I hadn't chosen it then, and were starting a brand new instrument now, based on my current personality, I would not choose flute. I'd be all, "Ew. Girly, pretty and high. Um, no" and I'd choose something like Bass Clarinet, maybe saxophone (though I never had an interest in playing sax until about a year and a half ago, but we'll get to that later) or something a little more unusual. But who cares what I'd choose now? I chose flute then and I am so glad I did. I may not like the fact that the mot common flute pieces are pretty and make you picture birds and the fact that a lot of girls like to play flute, but I really do love it.

I've been watching this new anime over the past 2 weeks or so. It is called La Corda D'Oro. It is about a school where the students are divided into being either General-Ed Students, or Music Students. There is a yearly competition called the concours where about 6 Music Students are chosen to be a part of a competition. They have 4 Selections, where they must perform a piece, in front of a large crowd and judges,  fitting into the chosen theme. In this anime, one girl was chosen from the Gen-Ed department and everyone (including her, no- especially her) was all, "LOLWHAT." She didn't even play an instrument. Then, a fairy turned up in front of her and was all, "Hey. This dude saved my life a LONG time ago and I promised I'd bless his school with the gift of music. So, like, here's this magic violin. Anyone can play it. Take and play it and be a part of the concours." She's all, " 0_0", but eventually, she gets into it and gets pretty dang good and learns to really love the violin. Now sure, she encounters issues along the way, like breaking the strings of the violin because of her impatient feelings (Oh, did I neglect to mention that you only really make a good sound with this magic violin if you have warm, positive, music-loving feelings in your heart? Yeah, cheesy, but kinda nice at times) and stuff. Oh, and every guy in the concours-except maybe one, but I can't tell- falls in love with her. You really would think none of them had ever met girls before, but whatever. Anyway, this anime is really good and has been the only thing inspiring me to practice my instruments at all these holidays.

I became pretty serious about my music a few years ago. I considered quitting flute because they had made it a rule that, if you played an instrument, you had to be in the band, and I did NOT want to be in the band. My fun-loving, laid-back, completely un-strict flute teacher left and was replaced with a still fun-loving but less laid-back teacher. She pushed me to actually try and get better, which none of my teachers really had before (especially not the one before, who'd just laugh if I hardly practiced and would smile if I stuffed up). My teacher now does not laugh if you stuff up and would want to kill me if I practiced as little as I used to. But it's good, because she made me actually love my instrument and like playing it. This was year 9, when I became a muso :)
In year 10, I was definitely a muso and towards the end of the year, auditioned for the Flute Ensemble at the local Conservatorium (calling it my "local conservatorium" makes it sound as common as a convenience store, haha) and got in. I also came to really like band. And, in Term 4 that year, I started playing the Tenor Sax. Mainly because I wanted to play something else because a lot of my friends were. Stupid reason, but I'm glad I made that choice.

My love for my music has most certainly dwindled over the past year. Doing 3 exams last year gave me so much pressure, especially the last one- my grade 5 flute exam. I just wanted to be good and not have to put in so much work. I still do. But it doesn't work that way, unfortunately. At the end of last year, I would DREAD going to my flute lessons because I would get yelled at if it wasn't good enough and compared to the other flautist in my group. Actually, she always has compared the two of us because we both play flute and saxophone and are at similar levels. I don't want to be her competition though, because we get along quite well, but whatever.

This year, I just have had no motivation. My lessons worry me and somewhat, scare me, because I feel I'm never as good as my teacher wants me to be. Band has become less fun because, as section leader of the flute section, and one of the oldest, and therefore leaders, of the band, there is a lot of pressure to get it right and I don't, most of the time. I go home and never want to practice. If I do practice, I'll stuff up and get depressed because it's not good enough. It's never good enough. Even if my teacher says it's good, it's not always good enough for me.

I've learnt something though, over the past few months or so. I don't want my music to become a hassle and a chore. Sometimes I just go, "You know what? I really feel like playing my flute," and I'll get it out and play for half-an-hour and feel good. If I don't feel like it, however, I won't play for long, I'll get frustrated, angry, pull my hair out and cry, because it's not good enough. Then I won't practice. Then I'll get worse. So I won't practice. It's a vicious cycle. I don't want it to become like that at all. I want to love playing the flute.

I like tenor saxophone too, but I don't love it. I don't know why, but it doesn't give me as much joy. It also doesn't give me as much stress, since it's my second instrument. I like it and I want to be better, but I don't have the wish to get better as much as I do with flute.

Watching La Corda D'Oro has made me want to be so good at flute but again, I still don't want to practice. I want to just be able to pick it up and play it and play really beautiful music. But I can't yet. Maybe someday, after I've finished school, after I've finished the pressure of exams with school, when I am able to play without any pressure at all, I will be able to pick up my flute and just play and do this beautiful instrument justice. I hope so.

Isn't it pretty?  :)

That's Shiptastic!

Ah, shipping. I was introduced to the wonderful world of shipping late last year by Gojo. I am now addicted. For those of you who do not know what shipping is, here is a definition, again from my friend Wikipedia:


Shipping, derived from the word relationship, is the belief that two fictional characters, typically from the same series, are in a relationship, or have romantic feelings that could potentially lead to a relationship. It is considered a general term for fans' emotional and/or intellectual involvement with the ongoing development of romance in a work of fiction. Though technically applicable to any such involvement, it refers chiefly to various related social dynamics observable on the Internet, and is seldom used outside of that context.


TVTropes has this to say about Shipping and Shippers:


Characters may be shipped despite being still in grade school, of the wrong sexuality, siblings or twins, Just Friends, mortal enemies or just generally the bane of each other's existence, separated by an age gap of decades or centuries, not of the same narrative continuum, part of a story where romance just isn't an issue, inanimate objects, nigh total strangers, considered as a possible couple at all only because they're both left single after you're done pairing everybody else, extremely implausible as a couple by design or even outright denied to ever possibly get together by Word Of God.


Here in this post, I shall outline my various shipping... techniques. Yes, I shall call them techniques. These are the several strange ways that I ship.


Oops, I Shipped It Again aka Accidental Shipping:
 I have recently become pretty good at this, which isn't really a great thing. You see, when I start watching an anime, I take quite a few episodes to remember the names of every character. I mean, they all have Japanese names and are hard to remember. Also, when I start an anime, I like to read the Wikipedia page and TVTropes page for it.. I like to check up on the characters' names, see if I've heard their voice actors in other animes and read the vague plot, to make sure I'm keeping up. I TRY not to read too many spoilers, but I'm not doing well at that. Here is how my first Accidental Ship occurred:
I had just started watching Special A and didn't really know half of the main characters' names. I read about the show on TVTropes. It gave away one of the romances and, not knowing the name of the guy that was written, I assumed it was somebody else. Therefore, I shipped the girl mentioned and another guy, not the one mentioned, for the entire series... Even now that I know they are just friends and never get together, I still ship them. I did a similar thing with the Fruits Basket manga.
To prevent from Accidental Shipping:
1. Do not read spoilers!
2. If you read anything about the show, make sure you are 100% of each characters name.


Lightning Shipping:
This is something I do A LOT. This is where you ship almost as soon as seeing characters. I've begun shipping very, very, very quickly. I'll see two characters just say "hi" to each other and go, "You know, they look like they'd be a cute couple... I SHIP THEM!" I did this in episode 1 or 2 of Honey and Clover, where it turns out that the two I shipped are in love with other people and I kinda shippied two people in episode 1 of Kanon and it turns out they are cousins. Now, this wouldn't stop a lot of people, but I don't do incestuous ships, haha. This shipping technique definitely goes hand-in-hand with the next one.

BST Ship:

BST, how I love thee. BST is the abbreciation for Belligerent Sexual Tension, one of my all-time favourite tropes. LOVE IT. TVTropes' definition:

This trope revolves around a couple, usually a sweet but quickly angered female paired with a secretly-kind jerk, who are not able to admit their feelings. At the top of their lungs.

Despite the conflict, there is an attraction. This is obvious to everyone around except the couple. Confront them with the obvious, they'll deny deny deny. Sometimes they will progress to admitting their friendship but insist they are Just Friends.

Basically, the fight like crazy but are actually in love. N'aw. Serious, I could not love this trope more.. 

Now, this goes with Lightning Shipping because, as soon as I see two characters, of the opposite sex, have an argument I ship them assuming they have BST. In the animes I have watched, they generally do have BST, but not always. This can also lead to the next technique...

Launcher of a Thousand Ships: (Actual TVTrope)

Alright, a Launcher of a Thousand Ships is someone who gets shipping with everyone. Or at least, a lot of people. Now, if I incorporate Lightning Shipping and BST Ship together, I find myself launching a thousand ships. This happened with Kyo from Fruits Basket. I immediately shipped him with Tohru, because I like him (and he likes her) and I hate Yuki (who likes her too). Then Kagura came along. She's in love with him and insanely violent. I shipped them. If he didn't love Tohru, they'd be a cute as couple and they have some BST, I guess. More so in the manga. Then, I saw him with Tohru's friend Uo. Whenever they are around each other they just argue and insult. BST, much? So I ship them too. 

Same with Kanon. I haven't finished this series, far from it actually, but I already ship the main character, Yuichi, with 3 girls, mainly to do with a whole lot of BST. 

Die For Our Ship: (another TVTrope)

Now, I don't do this a lot, but I have been known to. Die For Our Ship is basically where you completely detest a particular character because they have the potential, or actually do, get in the way of your ship. I have done this in Fruits Basket'; it's probably a large proportion of the reason that I hate Yuki, because he was in love with Tohru. 


Secondary Shipping:
OK, say, there are three characters A, B & C. You totally ship A & B. But then you stop and think, "Hm. You know, if B weren't there (like, never existed or died), I would SO ship A & C..."
This would be your secondary ship. Now, you could add D into the equation and think, "If B AND C weren't there, I'd ship A & D." This would be a tertiary ship, and so on...
I've been known to do this. It kinds goes along with Launcher of a Thousand Ships. You see, with Kyo Sohma, my primary ship is KyoxTohru, my secondary ship is KyoxKagura and my tertiary ship is KyoxUo. In La Corda D'Oro my primary ship is HinoxTsukimori and my secondary ship is HinoxTshiuchura (I don't think I spelt his name right, but whatever). 

I cannot think of anymore but I had a light-bulb moment! In another post, hopefully coming soon, I shall outline my favourite TVTropes character traits. So, watch this space. 

Here's a little picture demonstration of BST for y'all. 

I've never watched this anime, but hey, BST :D

Stealing YAY

I'm bored and stole this from both Phantomess and Gojo. Double stealage!

Name as it appears on your birth certificate? That is for me to know and for you not to find out by somehow stalking me.. 

Nicknames? Many. Strangr things like Joan and Bon Jovi...

Siblings? Two younger brothers

Number of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake? Sixteen

Date that you regularly blow them out? On my birthday
Pets? 1 goldfish :D
Height? I think my license says like, 164cm. Or something.. 
Eye color? Blue
Hair color? Brown, but getting increasingly lighter, much to my horror.
Piercings? None at all. I was a wuss but now I just don't want any. 
Tattoos? LOL no. 
How much do you love your job? Unemployed. I do love not doing work, but I wants moneys
Birthplace? Australia
Hometown? Australia
Current residence? You guessed it, Australia.
College attended, degree? Still in that evil institution they call high school.
What kind of car do you drive? Well, the car I have driven the most is actually my driving instructor's Suzuki Swift. 

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PREFERENCES
Croutons or bacon bits? Depends on the context, but probably bacon
Coke or Pepsi? Coke ftw.
Sprite or 7UP? Sprite
Coffee or ice cream? Icecream!
Coffee, tea, or decaf? Coffee, even though I don't REALLY like it
Milk chocolate or dark? Milk, om nom nom 
Buttered, plain, or salted popcorn? Buttered
Red or white wine? Like, neither. Underage, y'all
Gold or silver? Silver definitely
Two or four doors? Four...?
Bridges or tunnels? Tunnels
Beach, city, or country? City. I LOVE the city. 
Summer or winter? Winter! Love Winter
Storms: Cool or scary? Bit of both
Roller coaster: Scary or exciting? Freaking terrifying. I am a wuss
Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn? Audrey Hepburn, most definitely, love her :)
Beatles or Stones? Beatles, cause we all live in a yellow submarine
Blanket or stuffed animal? ... Yeah, both... 
One pillow or two? Two. Or more
Adidas, Nike, or Reebok? Never worn any of those. I wear volleys. A lot.
Mac, PC, or Unix? Mac :D

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WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE...
Salad dressing? I dunno. I do like Italian.
Salad? Greek
Pizza topping? Vegetarian
Foods? Chocolate, sushi, tacos/burritos
Sandwich filling? Egg & lettuce
Dessert? Ice cream :)
Type of ice cream? Mango or cookies n' cream.. Or sorbet. 
Restaurant? Sushi train :)
Fast food place? Mmm Subway
Drink, non-alcoholic? At the moment, coke
Drink, alcoholic? Beer LOL Jk I don't drink
Color of socks? White. I have a million white socks
Shampoo or conditioner? Shampoo, I suppose
Place to be kissed? I really do not know
Holiday? Europe... Most specifically Spain :P
Color? I don't know.. Black or dark red. 
Car? I would die for a 1950s chevy. Except, if I died for it, I wouldn't get it, cause I'd be dead... 
Day of the week? Friday and sometimes Saturday
Band/Artist? At the moment, Relient K
Book? I don't know. It sounds lame, but I've always loved the Princess Diaries series. And the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy- the one's I've read.. 
Magazine? Totes don't read magazines
Movie? Again, I don't know. I love many movies. 
TV show? Don't know again. Here's a list of my favourites- Fruits Basket, Death Note, Friends, That 70s Show, Doctor Who, The Big Bang Theory, Daria
TV character? Hmm. Not sure. I has many. I can say that Kyo from Fruits Basket would be one of them :P
Disney character? Gotta steal from Phantomess here and say Flynn/Eugene from Tangled
Warner Bros. character? None, they all kinda bug me...
Sesame Street character? The old Oscar the Grouch
Word or phrase? Huh. There are SO many words to choose from.... 
Flower? I do like Frangipanis.. And roses. But I'm not a huge fan of flowers
Sport to watch? LOL, sport. Ew. Probably tennis though. Oh, and I have been known to watch a bit of State of Origin... But tennis. 
Board game? Um... Uh... 
Website? At the moment animefreak.tv is one of the best for me :)
Least favorite thing? Your face? Yo mama? Ok, no, I don't know. I dislike a lot of things, as horrible as that sounds... 
Least favorite subject? Maths. Oh, wait... PE. Then Maths...


Well, that bought me some time while my anime episode is loading :)