All art is at once surface and symbol

Black Swan and Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure have a demented baby together.



I've uploaded fanvids to YouTube before, but they all got deleted due to copyright complaints and I had to make a new account. Let's see if this one's any luckier.

( Additional Notes, nomnomnom. )

Speaking of Cobbler, I'm far more amused by this video than I should be. Better than the actual movie! XD As an added bonus:



Which song suits Frollo? I choose Option 4! :D

So I think May is as exciting as watching paint dry. So I think the whole May & Manaphy business is annoying and makes me gag.

So why do I have this plotworm wanting to make an AMV about them with Imogen Heap's "The Walk"?

NO. No. No no no.

Maybe it'll help me finally understand May and make her seem interesting. NO.

At least I never believed May & Manaphy were fluffy and it was always about May uneasily forcing herself to push Manaphy away. BUT AUUUUUUUUUUUGH. Someone else make the AMV before I start hitting my head on the wall. I already feel shitty enough.

I've been in a dark mood. If you want to make me feel better, send Patrick Wolf CDs.

So, Chrono Trigger. It's one of those "backside fandoms". It's not something I actively explore, but if I'm with friends who also like the game, I'd be more than happy to discuss it with them. :) I kept meaning to write a short Cyrus/Glenn fic but I never really had the time or inspiration. Darn though. Someday. That'd be fun. Frog/Glenn is my favorite character from the get-go, though Robo/Prometheus also makes me wibble. He's like Sonic's E-102 Gamma if he had the chance to develop and live and make friends, and him getting beaten up by his siblings and later seeing what happened to Atropos makes me DDD: inside. I'm not sure if I ship Robo and Lucca as a pair (says the girl who ships Gamma/Amy, Shadow/Omega, Metal Sonic/Amy, etc.), but I definitely love their friendship and I like it when Sarah or Jamie talks about them. :) The biggest thing I've contributed to the fandom was an AMV about the rivalry of Magus and Frog and the hatesex that inevitably followed. I didn't think I'd EVER like Magus/Frog at all, let alone care enough to make a video about them. But there you have it. oO;;; DAMN YOU FANFICTION.

Geez. Proves that the campus video game store is made of all kinds of amazing. Not only does it still has a cartridge of Earthbound, Super Mario All-Stars, Secret of Mana, Super Metroid, Super Mario RPG, and all the classics, but the store has a copy of Chrono Trigger too. Oh my fucking god. You know how rare that is? Chances are it can be bought for cheap here too. You should see the prices SOAR on Ebay! @.@;;; Oh well. Puri turned in Pokemon Ranger (Manaphy intact. I never beat it! XD) and got Platinum in its place. Buwahaha~ ♥

I'm starting Toni Morrison's Jazz for my Banned Books class, which is beginning a postmodernism kick. I'm hoping it wouldn't be as disappointing as Giovanni's Room was, though Catcher in the Rye I liked. Those and studies aside (and all those Greek Tragedies I gotta catch up on! :o), I fetched Coraline by Neil Gaiman from Barnes N' Noble before coming back to Austin. I absolutely ADORED the movie to bits and pieces. Of course I must read the book! I read a few of Gaiman's stuff before, so hey, I can trust him. I'm half-way in the book already. :) Maybe the style is a bit sparse for my liking, but this is a children's book. I've been reading complicated material for quite some time. XDDD;;; Plus I don't really see it as a minus, as it leaves a lot of room for the imagination, which definitely owed to Henry Selick's creativity for the movie. *__________* Also the cat is like every cat I know in the real world, haha. XD It kind of reads like Roald Dahl only spookier. Which is more than good enough for me. ;D

Oooh! Ooh! And it really surprised me! One of the illustrations in the book featured a bunch of crude objects, including a small sketch of what looks like a Pikachu head with button eyes. Remind me to scan it later! *___________*

Here's a small collection of books I want to finish/read in the future:

- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The End (Book the Thirteenth) (Final book. I own it. I don't feel like finishing it right now, but I love this series so when I find the time, I will. :o SPOIL ME AND DIE)
- Stephen King - Misery (I love this book! X33 I'm a sucker for stories about authors and tale-within-a-tales, and add ANOTHER bonus to the villain being a creepy stalker and worships Paul Sheldon with an intensity not unlike various fangirls in fandom. And worse, maybe on a scale worse than the rabid Twilight cultists who assault and even murder people for saying bad things about the series. oO;;; Dude Annie Wilkes. You amaze me. I also want to finish this book so I can watch the movie and marvel at Kathy Bates's performance. *________*)
- Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita (I'm a Mikhail Bulgakov fangirl. I MUST find this book. This line alone makes you want to read it: Manuscripts don't burn.)
- Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird (WHY have I never read this book? Or watched the movie? Gods, in my spare time, I fucking MUST. Is it sad I already feel warm and fuzzy and full of hope for humanity when I think of Atticus Finch. He's supposed to be the greatest literary hero ever. *_______*)

I also have the Manaphy manga, but that can stay on the backburner. Hahahahahaha. XD

Austin is awesome because once a week I get a new free issue of the Onion. It's the greatest satirical newspaper in the world! Here's a few headlines:

International: U.S. Troops In Iraq Excited To Finally Return To Afghanistan
Opinion: Would That I Had Someone Special With Whom I Could Share My 'Galaga' Achievements
American Voices: Christian Salt Introduced
Advice: Ask A High-School Student Who Didn't Do The Required Reading

I downloaded a trial run of Vegas Movie Studio 9.0 because Windows Movie Maker was being a total dick about the song I wanted to use. Whenever I tried to sync clips or whatever and play them to see if they're timed, the song skips to an earlier place. It's going to be hell working on my video like this, so I need something else.

Now? I can't merge clips.

Technically, I can. (It's called "crossfading" or something like that) But whenever I adjust the little Xs or try to preview the "merged" scene, my computer stops up until it gets to a part that isn't merged and plays again. So I go through all the trouble of learning the program, but I can't see what I'm doing. W.T.F.

Maybe I'm just better off using a Mac. That's where everyone does their graphics anyway. 'Sides I'm learning to hate the hell out of Vista about now.

C'mon Puri, think happy thoughts! You may have wasted the entire day on a clumsy computer/program/whatever's the problem and failed, but you got to speak to Hedgie! Beneath the Shades is the best fanfic in the entire world~ ♥ Okay, I half-wrote it, but still. Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeean~! *______________________________* You're almost done with the latest SMRPG post! You worked a bit on coloring SatAM*Maria!

...I have a feeling my shorts are too small for me again 'cause they're subtly pushing on my crotch. Godammit, I can never find good shorts that fit me. :(

Puri's Lucario AMV! Finally.

Me: *uploads to YouTube*
YouTube: OMG COPYRIGHT OF THE THIRD PARTY
Me: *sees other Lucario & the Mystery of Mew AMVs* Eh??
YouTube: COPYRIGHT OF THE THIRD PARTY
Me: *tries loading to Photobucket*
Photobucket: It's too biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig! DDDDDDD:
Me: *uploads to a ripoff YouTube site DailyMotion*
DailyMotion: OMG COPYRIGHT OF THE THIRD PARTY
Me: Okay, fuck you.
Animemusicvideos.org: Give us an FTP.
Me: *installs Filezilla*
Animemusicvideos.org: Good girl.
Me: *uploads to Animemusicvideos.org* FINALLY.
Computer: *downloads slowly and being impossible the entire time*

Otherwise known as: Why Puri Didn't Get Enough Sleep Last Night.

You gotta have an account at Animemusicvideos.org, but it's worth it. Classic stuff like Kusoyaro and MeriC roam here. :o (Dude, my video. I slaved three (now four) days on it. ;;)

Starring Mephiles the Dark as Ursula and Silver the Hedgehog as Ariel. Come on, you poor unfortunate souls! (P.S. Recommend a movie-making program better than Windows Movie Maker? It keeps freezing/lagging/skipping on .AVI files. So making this and the Elise video was frustrating. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh)

To-Do List

• Work on the contest prizes: that would include banners, a sprite comic, two ficlets and a fanfic.
  - Banner and Scourge/Mina ficlet for Liane
  - Banner and Tony ficlet for Sarah/Ticktocklass
  - Sprite comic and Mewtwo and/or Lucario fic for Nam & Jester


• Continue crawling your way catching up on the PokeMovies.
  - Rewatch Mewtwo Strikes Back! (subbed) and start the Origin of Mewtwo & Mewtwo Returns! for Nam & Jester's fic request. First priority!
  - When my net's not being stupid, try again getting part 2 of Lucario subbed from Jean


• Fill out college appeals and pray my Dad doesn't scream his head off at me again.

Multichaptered WIP

• Breaking the Silence (Previously known as the Secret*Fic) (Sonic the Hedgehog) (Sonadow)
[Title based on Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode. Post-SA2, a supercomputer named PANDORA tries to screw up everything and Sonic & Shadow have to stop him if it means keeping alive--and preventing Shadow from being PANDORA's puppet--and stop the world from destruction] [Chapter 6 - Sonic & Shadow have finally met last chapter, and are currently stuck in the hospital after being saved from Tails from PANDORA's gigantic Leviathan robot. We finally hear from Knuckles & Rouge, Amy MIGHT make her introduction, the Chaotix have their first episode while possibly meeting a surprise visitor at a bar]

• Nights of Genesis (Mother 1 + 2)/(Earthbound)
[Post-Mother, Post-Mother 2. Pokey begins ripping up dimensions, the Chosen 4 meet a nostalgic cast, and there's a hell of a lot dealing with the unconscious and Magicant. Ness won't be the only one seeing into his mind now...] [Chapter 3 - Ness and Paula save Poo, Jeff crash-lands and meets with them again though I don't know when, Poo's Master tells them they must get the Sword of Kings back, we might meet some new guests]

My head will explode if I try to sort my one-shots now, especially when Dad wants me to fill out appeals, so I gotta go. :o

I believe this is the best AMV I've made yet! *__________________* Now go wibble at the Red/Lucas goodness, nomnomnom. ♥

Don't forget the Poo/Paula contest extension ends on the 12th~ ♥

Like a lot of people, I was "WTF!?" when R.O.B. was confirmed for Brawl. Then I played Subspace Emissary and I'm a sucker for the tragic tale of the Ancient Minister and the ROBs. You live in peace and devote your knowledge to the planet only to be used by someone else to destroy it while killing off your own colleagues. Doesn't that suck? Yet we've done this to other people before. Could a minister become an arsonist? And how does he feel sacrificing his people under the order of a higher power? What kind of god would DO that?

"You hear stories about angels that come and save certain people they're beautiful stories. But what about the mother whose kid gets taken away and never comes back? What were the angels smoking when that happened? What do you say? That their kid wasn't worthy? That it's all for the best? Or God has a plan? So these questions, of course, I was putting towards every deity I could find."

Time to hold the chinchilla before I'm consumed by depression and negativity.