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Considering how much typical Christians despise the idea of homosexuality, I stumbled on something quite interesting that I believe is quite strange. Apparently in the book of Samuel, there is a story about David (the one who slew Goliath) and Jonathan. It is clearly a homosexual relationship, and is actually quite approving of the bond, unlike the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Also, the book of Samuel is found in the Old Testament, which I believe is the one the Jews follow, although I'm not quite sure if it's in the New Testament or if Christians only follow the new one or the old one. Here is a link to the Wikipedia account of the story as well as more details on the different interpretations of it.
Wikipedia site
I first stumbled upon this after reading the Wikipedia info about Oscar Wilde, a brilliant playwright and also the writer for "The Picture of Dorian Grey," which I believe is a great piece of work. (I'm really happy that I get to read it for my AP Lit. class later). Oscar Wilde is also a homosexual himself and includes homosexual hints into the book, although the book mainly deals with corruption and darkness and other elements.
Apparently Christian scholars try to avoid some lines of text that prove the homosexual relationship between David and Jonathan and try to make their bond seem political, not romantic. But, of course, the fact that the story is in the Old Testament at all is a surprise to me.

Ah, it's the last day of Nutcracker and I'm finally done with all the performances! Today my dad let me go to the movies with my orchestra buddies today, and I have to say after not going to movies in practically forever, I really appreciated the fact that I got to watch a phenomenal movie with a large screen and surround sound with the lights turned off.

The Day the Earth Stood Still is a great movie. The critics are harsh on the movie, but I would say that it's a really enjoyable movie to watch. The special effects are dazzling and I'd say they're on the same level as Transformers, if not beyond. Keanu Reeves was absolutely awesome in the movie, and played great as a stoic alien dude with really cool powers. I'd have to say I fell in love with him all over again just like I did after I saw the Matrix. Honestly, I like Keanu Reeves as Klatu better than I like him as Neo. I think his powers are way cooler, at least. Also, the movie gives off a great sense of emotional deepness to it. I guess it was kind of a relief not to see romance in the movie, but I kind of felt irritated about it at the same time, since Klatu and Dr. Benson just clicked together really well in the movie. And well, I would fall head over heels for Klatu if I were in her position. The ending's sorta meh, but I'm not giving it away, of course. Yea, but I'm so glad we didn't go see Twilight. The Day the Earth Stood Still=100 times better than Twilight. Of course, you also have to consider the fact that I'm not a fan of the books. But personally, I think sci-fi goes better with me than cheesy vampire romances.

My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite. My father is a filthy hypocrite.

Ok, I'm happy now.

... The ending of Sweeney Todd never fails in making me want to cry. I'm not posting the ending because I don't want to spoil it for some people who actually want to see the thing. It's really good, go and watch it, but yea... the ending is horribly depressing. Figures. The whole thing is dark, so it's kinda stupid to expect a happy ending. Yea, actually I find the part about the ending that I did not expect to happen the part that was the most saddening of all. Go watch it if you don't know what I'm talking about...-___-

I wonder why I have to practically hid in my best friend's house for an hour so that my father won't be angry that I came from school early and didn't go to tutorial instead. I wonder why I feel more at home at my best friend's house than in my own house. I wonder why the instant I come home my dad's yelling at my mom. I wonder why things have to be like this every time my dad takes a day off from work. I wonder why I can't ever have a quiet place to do anything. I wonder why my father has to lose his temper all the time and constantly yell all the time. I wonder why that stupid arrogant bastard of a man has to pick a fight over the tiniest little things. I wonder why I can't even study properly in this goddamn house. I wonder why I can't ever feel at peace in this house when my father's in it. I wonder why I am still here even when that man drove me so insane I cut my arms in frustration in the past. I wonder why that stupid man can't ever admit he's wrong and when he's wrong he still insists he's right and even yells like everything's your fault. God, stop yelling. Shut the hell up. Let me be in peace. I want to get out of here so bad. I want to get away. Just one more year. Just one more year of continuous suffering. Just wait one more year. God, let me be in peace!

Okay, at first I was sort of excited about watching the new Taiwanese drama for Skip Beat, and then I saw that Ariel Lin was starring as Kyoko and some other guy who is nowhere as close to the hotness of Ren is starring as him. So yea... I don't think it's going to be very good after just looking at the one banner they had for the show. Ariel Lin's image doesn't really fit Kyoko's and her acting as her is going to suck. At first I was a fan of It Started With a Kiss, but eventually Ariel Lin's character and the male main actor's character drove me insane and I just stopped watching the thing altogether. @___@ Taiwanese dramas really suck in comparison to Japanese ones. So, I hope there's a Japanese version of it later. T___T;

This is so hilarious! All people who are sick of the Twilight fans/series should check this out! ^___^

Ah, I've just started reading this manga, and it's really awesome! Kaori Yuuki has done it again and made another great manga!!! Her other works include Angel Sanctuary and Godchild, and all of her manga have a dark, and sometimes eerie twist to them. The relationships are dark and twisted as well... incest, master and creator, as well as psychologically twisted homosexuals. There's a necrophile in Ludwig Kakumei as well! So, onwards we go into the realm of darkness of the human mind, and into another great story!



I particularly like this manga because of the implementation of music, added on with the fact that it's created by my favorite mangaka. She has also made a yaoi called Boys Next Door, which is also twisted and depressing as well. Her storylines are the best!

...*sob* my mom accused me of liking girls in guys clothes. ;____;

just because I showed her this and said it was my ideal guy:

AP students really aren't what you think you are. That's what I found out today. T____T My mind was thoroughly raped during my AP Lit. class. We did an activity-the write a bit of a story and pass it on so someone else can add on to the story activity- and everyone went wild. I'll post up mine so everyone can see:

As sixth period began, Hester Prynne took a bite of succulent temptation. It was sweet and juicy with pleasure and blew over any other desire in the world. The mind blowing feeling was just incredible. Her thoughts turned to Arthur and how he looked. His sickly appearance disappointed her. She undressed him in her mind, but he had a I<3 mom tattoo so she ditched him. Then she thought of James Franco who is totally gorgeous.


^James Franco

As Hester thought about this, a raptor burst into the room. To Hester's dismay, the raptor was flying a F-22 jet. But the dinosaur had two heads but was a zombie and chair force. [don't worry... I don't get what this person is saying either...] Pearl pulled out a video camera to capture the action. From the F-22 jet, all these boys were spie rigging [?] down. But they were only wearing socks because according to Ms. T clothes are only an option in AP Lit.- which is highly scandalous. The raptor then got shot because everyone hated them. The class celebrated by laughing at Aditi because she does so many weird things and loses so many bets. Meanwhile, back on the other end of the class, John and Jane sat in a corner. But nobody cares about that, so let's talk about something more fun, like candy! Candy is good for you! [friend's note: Amazingly, Risha, this is the CLEANEST paper I've read >.<]

So, my mind was crashing on me as I had to read papers talking about orgies, raptor-on-man activities, naked teachers, fivesomes with my classmates, and other pleasant stuff. And my innocent little friend Yurika was thoroughly corrupted. @____@

Recently, I've visited the Aarinfantasy site and realized that the art made for the header was made by someone called Heise. Now I'm a fan of the artist and am deeply in love with their artwork. Her dolls are just gorgeous... I want one really bad, but they're awfully expensive. Just the clothes alone for that type of doll can be $119. o__o Yea, I'm planning to either get rich and then buy it or go into the process of getting rich or successful enough to buy it and lose interest in the middle. I think that's probably the type of person I am. I easily get obsessed about something, but then I also lose interest quickly as well. Thus, the number posts about Tora have steadily gone down as well, although I'm still a fan.

Ah, I'm in love with a doll. XD



Here's the link to Heise's deviantart: http://heise.deviantart.com/
Her art is amazing! Check it out!!! Esp. Keelain!!!!

Grrr!!!! Habaek is so stupid!!! I want to punch him so bad... then again, I can't really blame him since he lost his memory and all. Soah's making me less frustrated at the moment, since I actually don't object for her to go with the other guy because I actually like him better than Habaek. The art is gorgeous as ever, and I really hope the plot turns out to be more meaningful than the typical Yuu Watase plot.

CYO was kinda weird today, since it was Parent Day and many parents came to ogle the symphony today. The good thing was that I actually got to see the other orchestral groups play today. The sad thing about the whole thing was that I enjoyed the primary group's performance better than the intermediate group's performance. The bassist for primary was actually pretty good and had more accuracy and confidence with the notes. The players for the primary orchestra actually showed more bow usage and confidence as a whole, which I felt that the intermediate orchestra lacked. Kinda sad...

Evgeny Plushenko has been one of my number-one idols out there in the figure skating world, and I just suddenly remembered about him, so I kept looking at videos of her performances today. I stumbled on this, and thought many of you might have a laugh from this, this guy's just so phenomenal!



Yea, he won the gold for the 2005 or 2006 Olympics, I believe. He's pretty serious in the Olympics, and does all sorts of amazing turns and everything, but this is one of the moments where I think he seriously had a lot of fun. I think it's great to have fun doing something you're great at. ^___^

I was looking at Gackt's official website and browsing around his news section, until I saw this:

The popular game software "CRISIS CORE – FINAL FANTASY VII –", a continuation of "DIRGE of CERBERUS -FINAL FANTASY VII" in which Gackt plays a roll of GENESIS (Project G) will be finally released. You can puzzle out a mystery of "G" which has not disclosed in the previous story "DC-FFVII-"!

Gackt is voicing Genesis?!!!! That's so weird... o___o Apparently, he's also going to Hollywood and starring in this film called BUNRAKU. God, he's a busy busy man. I wonder how he got to learn all those languages as well... Chinese, English... although he's not very fluent in his speaking, I'm still shocked to know that he even knows how to speak those languages with so much understanding. It's enough to make me admire and respect the man deeply.

Sorry for the spoilers, but Kakashi CANNOT die! He's the most awesome character in the whole entire stupid show, and they're killing him off? No!!!! They better make him come back to life later! There might be those Itachi fans out there who are still grieving, but compared to Itachi, Kakashi is just so much more awesome!

I am so excited for this weekend!!!! More relax time for me/more time to do applications!!!! ^___^
I went to Blake's house today to play Rock Band and eat ice cream for an hour. It was so fun!!!! I never played Rock Band before, so he put the game on the No Fail Mode, but it was still incredibly fun! I personally like it better than DDR. @___@
And no Chinese School this Saturday, so woots!!!!

So, peoples, the new chapter of BOTWG has come out, and it's got the great artwork again. However, the manga is frustrating me more and more. BOTWG is resembling a Korean drama more and more and it'd driving me insane! The stupid love triangle was okay at first and was a bit understandable, but I can't really take it any more! I already had enough of the stupid "O, I'm having temporary amnesia and I'm going off with your love rival since I don't remember about you" crap from Yuu Watase, and now they have to incorporate that stupid piece of plot in BOTWG too! OMG... it's so frustrating!!!!

O, yes, and tragedy, tragedy. Prop 8 passed. I feel sorry for all those gay married couples out there in California. I thought it would be at least more okay if the past marriages weren't annulled and only future marriages were rid of, but overall it's just kinda saddening. Yea, and some of the new propositions that passed are pretty stupid. keelain, you're absolutely right. Prop 12 is just... money wasting. Well, good news is that Obama's president though. I didn't like the idea of continuing the Iraq War or having Palin in a very high place in government. That's just... scary. So yay for Obama! Well, I have other reasons for preferring Obama, but it would be kinda too long to describe all the things I like better. @___@

Oi, so instead of obsessing about certain Japanese music bands and getting crazy about only looking music by them, I decided to try out what some other bands sound like. So for today, I tried out the band Matenrou Opera.
Assessment:
Singer: Good voice, is great at singing soft tones, can hit the high notes quite well (sometimes), uses nice vibrato. Kinda sounds weird when the notes suddenly go down. Sometimes a bit too much screaming. Not esp. good, tho', I like Gackt better.
Instrumental: Nice classical elements, esp. the piano, good guitar, overall pretty good
Tone/Feeling: Calming, Soothing (Kaze no Tori); Energetic, Angry (Alkaloid Showcase); Slow, sad (sara-the singing was awful in this one)

Well, I'll add more once I hear more of their songs, but so far I've only heard Kaze no Tori, Alkaloid Showcase, and sara so far.