darks_wings

I wouldn't fear back luck if I broke a mirror, but I would be annoyed that I broke something... :( I hate it when things get broken! I probably wouldn't walk under a ladder if I could avoid it, but I don't really believe it's bad luck. Black cats don't bother me, either. I don't really believe in luck of any kind.

Sakura-con was wonderful, but unfortunately I got sick... -_-;

Anyway, this was my second year going to Sakura-con and I think it went a lot more smoothly than the first. There weren't any annoying schedule changes this time around. Sakura-con is definitely one of my favorite out-of-state cons and I'd love to go again next year. We'll see how things turn out... ~.^

( It wasn't on Easter weekend, but it was certainly very happy! )

Anyway, that's Sakura-Con in a nutshell! I would've like to look around the city more, but it was very rainy/cold and I just starting to get sick. I got really sick when I came home. This just has not been my year for staying well. *sighs* I've slowly gotten better this week and now I'm feeling almost as good as normal. I've been sleeping a lot and resting so I hope that helps. Today was the exception, though. I woke early unexpectedly and I couldn't go back to sleep. The good news is that in spite of that I don't feel too bad today.

I would've posted earlier, but I've been working on something secret. I could say right now, but I want to keep it a surprise until it's all finished. I'm very happy and grateful, though! You'll see what I'm talking about in due time. I was so excited when I first found out, but I've calmed down since then.

BTW, here's the link to my photos: http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l133/Fullmetalfangirl89/Sakura-Con%202008

Now I have to get ready for Kawaii-Kon. I wasn't sure if I could go for awhile, but now everything's set! I can't wait! ^_^

I have no business being up, but I couldn't help posting! I had so much fun and I'll go into more detial later if I don't forget. ^^;

It's kinda sad, because I post here so little that I never even mentioned I was going to Sakura-con. Oh well, you know now.... so much has gone on in these first three months of 2008 that I've been dreading writing it all down.

I have a horrible sore throat so I really should go to bed now.... 

I feel sooo tired and sick right now, but I'm sure why. *sighs* I'll post about my birthday tomorrow... I hope I'll feel better then.

Well, it's already 2008! Happy new year to anyone who may be reading this. The new year kinda snuck up on me this time and I realize how much I've neglected updating this blog. I guess now's as good a time as any, huh? I actually made it to a couple cons in 2007 so it's not like I haven't had anything to post about...

In January I started off the year by going to ( Phoenix Cactus Comicon! )

Next up was ( Sakura-con )

This brings us to summer and ( AX '07. )

Anime Vegas just sort of... ( happened. )

Ani-Magic was ( my last con of the year )

That's all I really feel like saying right now. There's lots of other little details I could throw in, but the cons are probably the most interesting part of the year. Hopefully they'll be many more in 2008! There were some problems, but looking back now only makes me think of the good times.

Here's to another fun year! ^_^

Tagged by shania_nowhere (Thanks for giving me an excuse to post! :3)

1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
2. Tag seven people to do the same.
3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do it.

( Not so quirky... darn )

I really don't have anything to say... well, actually I do, but not right now. XD I'm too sleep deprived to think and I've got a headache that's preventing me from sleeping. -_- I'm mainly posting, because I don't want to look at the previous post anymore. Ugh! I don't want to see it at the top anymore... it certainly doesn't help me think positive and it doesn't make me want to post either. Things are better now, that's what I should think about.

I just saw him on Jay Leno tonight and my excitement for the OotP movie has really kicked in! I haven't been keeping up with HP stuff much lately, because I've been distracted by other things. I didn't even know Daniel Radcliffe was gonna be on Jay Leno until my grandma told me! -_- I'm gonna see the movie at midnight like I did for GoF and I honestly can't wait~!

I also just got an email reply from Vic today and that made me REALLY happy! I realized that I'd known him for a year, but not yet sent him a email of my own with my own heartfelt words... so I HAD to write something and I'm so glad I did. I did send one for the 'Questions to Ask Vic' thread, but that doesn't really count. His reply was really sweet... ^-^ I want to hug him now!

Now I'm listening to music and Craig Ferguson is on in the background. It's been a very nice evening~!

I should go to bed soon, but I'm feeling too bouncy and happy... >.>

Yep it's that time of year again!

Wow, I can't believe that I haven't posted about it already... I gues I've had a lot on my mind lately. Well, it's gonna be a very busy weekend for me, because of all the Ranger stuff going on. ^^; I'll be there all four days, but I'll be coming home each day since I don't have a hotel to stay at and it's not that far away. Hopefully, I'll write and actually post a con report for all the days! *determined pose*

Also, I can't sleep. -_-;; How am I going to survive tomorrow?

You Are An Attention Seeker

You're only human, so you can't help but want a little attention every now and then. You love the spotlight, but only when it's well deserved. You'd hate to be known for the wrong thing. And you also don't mind sharing the spotlight. You can easily give someone else credit or a complement. You know there's enough attention to go around, and it makes you happy when your friends shine. You come across as: Friendly and interesting People may wrongly think you're: A little more modest than you actually are!

Okay, I'll stop wasting time now. XD

I'm pretty tired today and usually when I'm tired I have trouble finding the right words to say what I want to say, but... not now. What's even stranger is why I'm tired in the first place, because last night I slept more than I normally do.

Also, I keep having dreams where voice actors are my teachers. Before it was only Vic, but last night I dreamt my teacher was... Travis! XD Now Vic makes sense, because I admire him and view him as a role model I can learn from. Not to mention that people call him "sensei" and even I did that for awhile. Travis is cool and all, but I haven't even joined the MSA yet (although, that may change soon) so it seems outta nowhere. Maybe Travis was substituting for Vic and, of course, why not substitute a voice actor-sensei with another random voice actor? It makes sense!

So, I'm finally writing about Sakura-con! ^_^

I flew out to Seattle the Thursday before the con with my mom and the flight was rather uneventful. Well, we did have to catch a connecting flight in San Fransico, but that all went smoothly. My aunt (who drove us to the airport) was kinda freaking me out by telling stories about almost missing one once. >_< I had hoped to get to the hotel that night in time for pre-registration, but that didn't happen. I hadn't eaten much that day so we DID get there in time to order ridiculously overpriced room service pizza... fun! Did I also mention I had my hair cut earlier that day? No? Why is that important, you ask? I have no idea.

Despite not being able to get our badges on Thursday, we were able to be there bright and early on Friday to get them. Well, not sooo early, but it did work out! ^^;; I kept worrying about missing opening ceremonies... turns out that they weren't that great. They were just different from what I'm used to at say... Anime Expo. They also had a Shinto blessing thing at opening ceremonies and that kinda freaked my mom out, I think... not exactly her idea of how to spend Good Friday.

After that it was off to Monica Rial's Panel, but apparently it was moved or rescheduled or something. I don't know if/when it actually happened and I've loved Monica Rial even before I really knew who Vic was so I was pretty sad about missing it. But I still had Vic's panel to look forward to, right? WRONG! It was also rescheduled--to an earlier time! I don't know why it was changed, but I don't think panels should ever be moved to earlier times instead of moving them to later times. I did catch the end of the panel, but I had to stand in the crowded doorway of the room and I could barely hear at times. I know I've seen Vic a couple times before and maybe it shouldn't have upset me so much, but I had just missed the two voice actors I had come to Sakura-con to see so it put me in a bad mood for awhile. I was getting worried the rest of the weekend would be exactly the same.

Fortunately, someone recorded the panel and I was able to watch it on YouTube when I got home. ( Here are the links to the videos.... )

I decided to stick around the room that Vic's panel was in, because the Tsubasa premiere was supposed to be in the room next door. I didn't know if that would be changed, either. I did get to see Edo again and she noticed that I had changed my hair! ^-^ Anyway, I was lucky and the Tsubasa premiere DID take place in the room it was supposed to. Seeing that really brightened my spirits and things were (for the most part) better from that time on. Okay, now I'm going take some time to ramble about the Tsubasa premiere like I did over at the Ranger forum! ~.^

( Tsubasa dub ramblings ahead... )

Overall, it seemed like a pretty good dub! ^_^ I'll have more to say once I get my hands on the first DVD, but this is everything for now. If you haven't seen the Tsubasa trailer on FUNimation's Myspace, go~ check it out now!

They were originally supposed to show episodes 1-4, but there were some problems with the DVD so we didn't get to see a chunk of episode 2 and had no time for episode 4 at all. We did get some nice and amusing Q & A with the voice actors. It was really awesome and I wish I had a recording of it. Vic Mignogna, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Monica Rial and Carrie Savage were all there, but I can't remember if Jason Liebrecht ever showed up. At the end everyone who was there was given nice Tsubasa posters that had that date on them and said "Tsubasa North American Premiere". Since the main Tsubasa voice actors (except for Chris Sabat) were gathered at Sakura-con I was really happy to get it, because then I had something for all of them to sign. ^_^

I don't know what happened after that... dinner, perhaps? I wanted to go to the guest reception dinner, but with the amount my mom had already spent on the trip I just couldn't ask for more. We ended up eating at the restuarant in our hotel. I think that also may have been the night we went to watch the karaoke contest, but that wasn't too memorable. I think this was the night I had some trouble sleeping, because there were some, uh... "interesting" noises coming from the hotel room next to ours. I'm not sure if it was what I think it was or if it was just my mind playing tricks on me.... o_O

That was Friday... lots of good parts and bad parts. In the end I was happy so I don't have too much to complain about. ^^;;

It's not really a big deal, but while I was on that long hiatus of not posting I changed my username from "_phoenixtears_" to darks_wings. Apparently, the underscores at the end and beginning were messing something up on LJ and I was able to change it... I was kinda getting sick of the underscores anyway and needed a little change. ^^ Just thought I'd mention it.

OMG, I just realized that I'll be leaving for Sakura-con later today... it's finally here! *excited* NOW I REALLY NEED TO GO TO BED. *goes to bed*

Whoo, I haven't updated in awhile... I havent been doing so well emotionally so I just haven't felt motivated to do so. Not to say that everything that's happened since my last entry has been bad, but it's been somewhat difficult at times. Some really cool stuff has happened... I went to New York for Christmas and Phoenix Cactuc Comicon for my birthday. ^^ Now I can look forward to Sakura-con to help lift my spirits...

I didn't sleep well last night and I'm feeling a bit PMS-y so I've felt weird today. I've alternated between positive and cheerful to downright irritible and unhappy. Of course, I'd feel this way just before a big trip! Hopefully, I'll feel like myself again when it's time for the con.

Speaking of the con, I'm leaving for Seattle tomorrow. o_o Something tells me tomorrow will be hectic, because there's still some stuff I need to do before I go. As it is, there been some stuff I just haven't been able to do for the con, but I'll try to not think about that too much. Whether things go exactly as I hoped they would or not, it still looks like Sakura-con will be another wonderful con. ^_^ I can't wait~~

Okay, turns out I have a little more time than I thought so I'm posting this, too. The year's not quite over yet, but why not get a head start on end of the year memes?

Once again, nabbed from shania_nowhere!

( End of Year Meme )

Now I shall listen to some music and try to relax a bit. Yay for Metafiction! *hugs her CD*

I'll be leaving for New York in a very, very short amount of time and so naturally I decided to do this. :P Great use of time, eh? Oh well, I need something to distract me and help calm me down a bit. ^^

From shania_nowhere, who gave me the letter "B".

Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. After, post this in your journal, and give out some letters of your own. Let me know if you want a letter.

( Hmmm... what starts with the letter B? )

Wow... that was kinda hard. I had to look at the interests on my user info page to help out, but I still had to figure out a few more on my own. Now I *really* have to go soon so I should just post this already. *clicks*

Ugh, yes it is true. >.< I can't believe after wanting a livejournal for so long I'm neglecting it like this... For anyone who may be reading this, my con reports will be up shortl. ^^ Until then you can check out my MySpace!