Insanity Uninterrupted

10:15pm: Anime Cels for Sale
I'm selling some cels off from my personal collection. There cels a are all in good-excellent condition concidering their age. Shipping is from the States.

Chou Kuse ni Narisou I'll Make a Habit of It TV (set of 2 Cels) $4.50
El Hazard: The Wanderers TV - $16
Future GBX Cyber Formula OVA $16

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3:02pm: English, Chinese, Japanese Manga for Sale or Trade
I'm selling off some manga from my collection. :) There's a whole bunch of different stuff - the list is below. All volumes are in excellent condition with no damage to covers aside from shelf wear. Some volumes have slightly yellowing pages due to age. Shipping will be from the states.

Selling

English-translated manga: ($5 each)

Blackbird 5
Bride of the Water God 6
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle 1,2
Hot Gimmick 4,5, 7
Vampire Knight 9

Claymore 15, 16, 17
Kekkaishi 9, 14, 15
Vampire Hunter D Volume 3 (7$ for this one)

Japanese Manga: ($2 each but open to reasonable offers)

Rurouni Kenchin 19, 22, 25, 28
Kodomo no Omocha 10
X 14

Chinese-translated manga: (2$ for the lot, I just want these to go to a good home)

Ami Nonstop 1
Hana Yori Dango 1, 28
Good Morning Call 1
Moshikashite Vanpu 1
Sabaku no Toritachi (1 volume complete)


In Search of:
Butterflies, Flowers 3
DNAngel 2,4,6
Rinne 2
Tsubasa Reservoir Chonicles 8, 11-20
Kobato 1
Magic Knight Rayearth 2 1

Pictures below the cut!

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7:09pm: Anime Artbooks, Shitajiki, Clear Folders, and other Anime Items for Sale
I'm trying to pare down some of my anime goods collection - up for sale are anime artbooks, shitajiki, plastic folders, and some misc items. The short summary is below, followed by lots of pics after the cut.

Artbooks: Gundam Wing, Samurai Troopers, Ruroni Kenshin, Neon Genesis Evangelion (film book)
Shitajiki: Fruits Basket, Rurouni Kenshin (2), Weib Kreuz, Gensomaden Saiyuku
Plastic Folders: Card Captor Sakura, Rurouni Kenshin, Fushigi Yuugi
Misc: Utena PP Cards, Saiyuki Portrait Collection Sheet, Full Metal Alchemist Stationery and pin set, Tokyo Babylon Postcard Book

Prices are listed below for each item. Shipping will be from the States - so please keep that in mind when asking for a quote. I'm willing to ship internationally, obviously it will be more expensive.

Post a comment or Pm me if you have any inquiries. Thanks!

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9:28pm: Clamp Anime/Manga Items for Sale
I am selling a few items from my anime/manga collection that are Clamp-related. Most of these are old / rare. Shipping is from the States.

Tokyo Babylon Postcard Book Collection $20
Plastic Folders: Card Captor Sakura $6
Grab-bag set of Rayearth furoku (very rare) best offer

Pictures below the cut.

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6:45pm: Anime Shitajiki for Sale
Japanese anime shitajiki for sale. Each of them is in great condition. Shipping will be from the states.

Series: Fruits Basket,Ah My Goddess, Rurouni Kenshin (2), Weib Kreuz, Gensomaden Saiyuku

See below for pictures.

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3:12pm: Furoku and Old Manga Phonebooks for Sale
I'm selling various anime/manga items - some of them are very old/rare dating back to the days when I first started collecting.

Ordering:

- You can check out my feedback here:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=star*keeper&ftab=AllFeedback&sspagename=STRK:ME:UFS

- Leave a message here or send a PM if you're interested or have any questions.

- All items are in excellent condition unless otherwise stated.

Shipping Costs:

-Prices are listed below for each item. Shipping will be from the States - so please keep that in mind when asking for a quote. I'm willing to ship internationally, obviously it will be more expensive.

ITEMS:

- Hana to Yume 2009 Wall Calendar $8
- Sho-Comi Character Wall Magnets $5
- DN Angel phone strap and matching postcard set $9
- NG Life small plastic folder and hard plastic bookmark $4
- Tokyo Babylon Postcard Book Collection $20

- 12/2000 BETSUCOMI Hot Gimmick chapter 1 cover (1 dollar)
- Ribon (.50 cents, $4 for furoku)

06/1997: Cover - Mintna Bokura
07/1997: Cover - Toes Shoes
09/1997: Cover - Baby Love
12/1997: Cover - Baby Love
03/1998: Cover - Drop Kick (short manga series)
06/1998: Cover - Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
06/2001: Cover - Atashi wa Bambi w/ matching furoku
07/2001: cover - Andante NO furoku
09/2001: Cover - GALS NO furoku
08/2008: Cover - Zettai Kakusei Tenshi Mistress Fortune NO furoku

Pictures below the cut!

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1:02am: Anime Artbooks, Shitajiki, Folders, Laserdiscs for Sale
I'm trying to pare down some of my anime goods collection - up for sale are anime artbooks, shitajiki, plastic folders, laserdiscs, and some misc items. The short summary is below, followed by lots of pics after the cut.

Artbooks: Gundam Wing, Samurai Troopers, Ruroni Kenshin, Neon Genesis Evangelion (film book)
Shitajiki: Fruits Basket, Rurouni Kenshin (2), Weib Kreuz, Gensomaden Saiyuku
Plastic Folders: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Card Captor Sakura, Rurouni Kenshin, Fushigi Yuugi
Laserdiscs, CD, DVDs: Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, Samurai Troopers. B'z
Misc: Utena PP Cards

Prices are listed below for each item. Shipping will be from the States - so please keep that in mind when asking for a quote. I'm willing to ship internationally, obviously it will be more expensive.

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4:41pm: Various English manga for Sale
I'm selling various English language mangas. All of the volumes are in excellent condition. Prices are in USD - shipping will be from the States.

Shoujo Manga

Bride of the Water God 6 ONLY (others sold)- $5 each
Black Bird 5 - $5
Vampire Knight 9 - $5

Shounen Manga

Claymore 15,16,17 - $5 each
Kekkaishi 9,14,15- $5 each
Vampire Hunter D Volume 3 - $8

Novels:
Vampire Hunter D Volume 7 - Mysterious Journey to the North Sea Part 1 - $5
Vampire Hunter D Volume 13 - Twin-Shadowed Knight - $8

Pictures below the cut

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4:29pm: Oricon Style 2008 , TV Japan 2008, Oricon 2001 For Sale
Hi,

I'm selling 3 Japanese magazines - 2 from 2008 and 1 from 2001. These magazines include pictures of various Johnny's members.


June 2008 Oricon Style (featuring Gokusen) - 5 USD
June 2008 TV Japan (featuring the drama Maou) - 4 USD
August 2001 Oricon (Featuring V6) - 6 USD

Covers including more scans (not complete) below the cut.

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3:51am: Gundam Wing Doujinshi for Cheap
Hi!

A long long long time ago I picked up a huge lot of completely random Gundam Wing doujinshi in Japan...think 8 years ago. Now I need to make room, so these need to go. It's been sitting around for a while. I don't want to toss them out, since there seems to be a few gems in there, so...I just want to pass them for cheap to someone who might want them.

In order to make this as hassle-free as possible:
***There are 22 single doujinshi. I would highly prefer to sell them as a lot. 11 dollars for the whole set not including shipping. If you want to negotiate separately, let me know. Open to offers!

***There 2 Gundam W Anthologies. Each one is 2 dollars not including shipping.

***I would ship by Media Media (in the states) unless requested differently. Shipping starts at $2.50 cents - I try to price shipping as fairly as possible. If you want to ship outside the US, also let me know.

***The link to the covers: http://s851.photobucket.com/albums/ab80/yeulih/gundam%20doujinshi/

***You can post comments here or email me at yeulih@gmail.com

Title/Circle/Type (not sure exactly)/Pages

1. Soleil / Aiolia Sisters / Quatre & Dorothy / 26 pgs
2. Golden Universal Angel/ SHW / 1x2 / ?
3. Operation-1 Z Side Only / Side K-2 and other groups / Oz-centric
4. Gan^2-Club / Wing 3 / General comedy / 34 pgs
5. Children of New Century 3 / Side K-2 / Trowa / ?
6. Veart/ Silver Stone & Asako Takaboshi / 1x2 / 29 pgs
7. Gundam W Landscape / Tiya Nukui, Saru no Yakata / Comedy / 18 pgs
8. Shinri no Sono / Sakura Yuli; Marie Noire; Shinohara Shuma; Pressure City; Fujino Ryou; Fujitsudumi / General / 55 pgs
9. Meteor Strike / Shi no senkoku / General / 50pgs
10. Gundam W / Plasma Shaft / General / 20 pgs
11. Wind Blue / Make Make Ya / General / 16 pgs
12. Agony / Satomi Sugita, Shizuki Takasato, Tatsumi Shini-nome / Duo / ?
13. Dandy Dragon / kitsuneko honpo / Wufei / ?
14. Otomodachi / ? / General / ?
15. Children of New Century 2 / Side K-2 / Duo / ?
16. Double Punch / Akira. T x March. K joint book / General / 50 pgs
17. Sekai W Kakeikaku / Tanizaki Yuna/Kaname Akira/Seirin Masaki / Humor / 54 pgs
18. W Double Target / Y's Company / general, 2x3 / 38 pgs
19. Omae o korosu! / Office Takanishi, Tohru Takanishi/ General / pg 34
20. Meteor / Kanmiya / 1x2 / ?
21. Mission Complete 2 / Hayate Wataru / General, comedy
22. ??? [lots of kanji] / Urino Siulei / General / ?

***Anthologies

1. Gundam W Anthology Comic / [A-Collection 32] Double You / General / 180
2. Gundam W 6th Edition / General / 180 pgs

12:00am: Ribon, Betsucomi Phonebooks/ Manga Magazines Sale - CHEAP
Unfortunately, I'm never kept up with collecting Ribon-related items, so now I'm selling the current ones I have. These REALLY NEED TO GO, so I'm selling them really cheap. Phonebooks are priced at 50 cents, and phonebooks WITH matching FULL FUROKU SETS goes for $4 dollars each.

I usually don't ebay (busy person) - but as you can see, I've had my ebay account for a LOOONG TIME. You can check out my feedback here:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=star*keeper&ftab=AllFeedback&sspagename=STRK:ME:UFS

Shipping: Media Mail in protected packages. Shipping costs start at $2.50 for the 1st book; every additional book is 50 cents. Insurance and delivery is extra.

The furoku sets below have lots of stuff - I'm listing the biggest items. The outside plastic covering has seen some wear, but the items inside are in top condition.

06/2001 furoku set - Random Walk memo, Atashi wa bambi Memo, Good Morning Call calendar, GALS pink goodie bag, GALS cardstock assembly box
07/2001 furoku set - GALS high-quality plastic, Time Stranger Kyoko assembly box. GALS nails stickers, Random Walk bandaids, St Dragon Girl sticker, Atashi wa Babmi and Pengiun Brothers postcards
09/2001 furoku set: St Dragon Girl post-its, Natsu no Koushien/Penguin Brothers stickers, Time Stranger Kyoko goodie bag, GALS cardstock assembly box, Atashi wa Bambi piggy bank box, GALS stickers, short story book
08/2008 furoki set: Mistress Fortune mirror and comb, game board set, Miss Fortune Pink plastic bag

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11:42am: Recap of Tokyo Orientation
As of now, I've been in Japan for a month. A month of going to orientation after orientation, walking the streets of my inaka town, using my craptastic Japanese, and in general getting used to the dailly holdrums of my inaka life.
 
Went without internet at home for the longest time. I have internet at school, but was too lazy/tired/bummed to post something.

A recap of my flight to Japan and Tokyo Orientation:

I flew on Northwest Airlines with the rest of the people departing from the Atlanta consulate. The night before was a frenzy of packing and repacking, and of course I forgot something in the process. At check-in, I was 4 and 1 pounds below the limit for my suitcases. The airline staff was letting peple who were 3-5 pounds over go, and if I had known that I would've packed more stuff. Boo...

The flight was ok, but Northwest does pale in comparison to JAL. The service was ok, but the food and inflight entertainment could use some work. And of course the airlines lost one of my suitcases.

Tokyo Orientation consisted of meetings, meetings, and more meetings. I went to all of them, because I am basically a goody two-shoes. Besides, I' ve been to Tokyo before, so I didn't feel the urge to experience "my last chance at civilization."

The meetings were long...and sometimes boring. That plus jet lag made Toyko Orientation one big blur. But the food was good. :)

Met a lot of people - all of which I know I will never see again. So why bother socializing? I'm sure there were people, but to be honest, I wasn't in the mood for inane chit-chat. "What's your name? "Which prefecture are you going to?" "Oh, I'm going to..."

The 4th day of our stay in Japan, we were all packed off to our respective prefectures. After a 3.5 hour bus ride, we were all dropped off at the International Center in Kofu, Yamanashi. I met my supervisor there...and we began the looong drive to Minobu.

He took my to the school, where I met the principal, and afterwards we stopped by a conbini where I grabbed dinner (which consisted of cold noodles).  He also got a few English teachers to help me with getting my stuff inside the apartment and setting up some miscellaneous stuff.  I was then left alone. I'm pretty sure I spent the rest of the day eating and sleeping. :)

2:14am: Pre-departure pics of Minobu
My pred was gracious enough to send me some pictures of Minobu and her apartment. Seems that the units in the complex are pretty big by Japanese standards, so I won't have to resort to eating and sleeping standing up. :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7712685@N07/sets/72157600441444720/

4:29pm: Links about Minobu and Yamanashi
There's not much info on Minobu and Yamanashi, but these 2 links are good enough of an introduction, I guess. My predecessor's sent me some pics of my town and school, so maybe I'll get a few pics up later.

Minobu's official English site:
http://www.town.minobu.lg.jp/english/profile.php

Travel journal of someone who lived in Yamanashi-ken:
http://www.bornplaydie.com/japan/index.htm

4:49am: Exorcism
In an attempt to exorcise my hyperventilation (and get back to sleep), I'm re-editing and posting a write-up I made of my JET interview at the Japanese consulate. I plan to make this my "Japan" journal, so I figure I should backtrack and get all the relevant info up. Since I got short-listed, it stands to reason my interview didn't turn out a complete disaster.

The following events took place on Feb 20th, 2007:

I had interview on Tuesday. Took the MARTA to the consulate. The directions on their website had me trekking through a min-jungle on the way there. Because I arrived in the delivery area 1st, I ended going up the service elevator with a Chick-fil-a worker. Of course I had to go all the way back down and take the elevator from the main entrance once I figured out my mistake.

Attire-wise: I felt under-dressed. I didn't own a dress suit, and recently lost quite a bit of weight (maybe a bit too much weight)...

As for the interview itself...

The interviewers were very nice. They didn't ask me many questions from the interview question list, the questions mostly came from my SoP and application. Hopefully, I fulfilled the expectations they had of me given my Cornell credentials, double major, and Chinese-speaking background. Or maybe they didn't have any expectations, and it's just my ego speaking. Of course there's the likelihood that I completely blew the interview.

I feel I kept the "ummm"s and "like"s to a minimum. I did add hand gestures from time to time, just to convey enthusiasm (actually to hide my nervousness, heh).
;)

Most unexpected Q: Demo lesson on basketball terms in Chinese... >_<
Q I wished I answered better: my assessment of my Chinese abilities. I put 4s on my app, as I was ranking my Chinese based on native lvls of fluency compared to other ABCs in the U.S. I'm better than 90 % of them, but of course I don't have the fluency of someone growing up in Taiwan. I should've said, "My Chinese is very good compared to other Chinese American speakers, and I've been continuously studying Chinese, but of course my English is better" instead of "My Chinese is worse than my English "and "My Chinese is middle-school level back in Taiwan."

*self-flagellation*

Sorry for the long post. Felt like letting all the "have-beens" out...

4:01am: Extreme Anxiety
Update: I've been placed in my first choice location - Yamanashi prefecture. My home will be Minobu, a small town with a population of 7000 before it merged with 2 other towns in 2003.

As my departure date looms closer and closer, I've been getting more and more antsy. Just a minute ago a full bout of anxiety slammed me. A panic attack, so to say. The result: I'm doubting my ability to handle this move without a hitch.

I'm independent by nature, but I've always lived in a comfort zone. Even when I went to Cornell for college, there was always the comforting factor that I was still on the East Coast, that I was in a place not too different from home.

I've just come to grips with the realization that I'll be removed from my comfortable environment, my family, and my friends, and be sent to a country where most people's English ability is lower than my rusty Japanese. I've always derived comfort from knowing that almost nothing was incomprehensible (except a CS textbook, oh god) ; however, in 2 months I won't even be able to understand the headlines of a newspaper.

This is coming from someone who traipsed through all of Tokyo by herself in high school. Over the years, I've lost the confidence I had when I was 16 - the feeling that no matter where I was things will be ok.

6:53pm: I've posted my utopia attack guide. If you're unsure of the mechanics of attacking, read below.


Hope this has been helpful.

1:07am: Boredom..
Well, not really. But why else would I be posting an entry for the 1st time in a good year?

Current situation:

1.  Was accepted to the Japan Exchange Teaching Program. Will be going to Japan in the summer to teach English for a year.

2. Monarchy position in an online text-based game called Utopia - more ornery that I ever thought it would be.

3. Getting my stuff organized - or else I won't be ready for Japan.

6:08pm: More Winter Olympics ...
Two things of interest here:

1. Matt Savoie, one of the U.S. representatives in men's figure skating, who finished 7th overall, will be going to Cornell University Law School in the fall. Too bad I'll miss my chance to see him skate at Lynah Rink. ^^

2. In the NBC late-night Olympics feature, the coverage of the 1500 km cross country skiing caught my eye. Athletes from a myriad of countries such as Thailand, Kenya, and Costa Rica competed, and all of them were able to finish the race.

2:05am: Some Winter Olympics moments
I've been following the Winter Olympics in Torino, and there's been one event so far that has really impressed me. No, it's not anyone's medal winning performance.

The event is Joey Cheek donating his gold-medal bonus from the USOC to the Right to Play organization, set up by Johann Olav Koss to give relief to victims in the war-torn region of Darfur, Sudan (an international crisis that the Bush administration should have stepped in, instead of jumping into the Iraq war based on scanty evidence and hardline beliefs).

Incredible generosity and selflessness. A true Olympian.

Here is the link to the Right to Play site:

http://www.righttoplay.com/site/PageServer?pagename=torino_homepage

And the NBC article:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/speedskating/5105526/detail.html

10:15pm: SMAP Merry Christmas screenshots
I spent a lot of time getting some screenshots from SmapxSmap's 12.19.2005 show for my sister, so might as well put it up on my own journal site.





"We all SMAPxSMAP...wanna wish everybody...a merry merry Christmas...and a groovy new year!"

Notice the incorrect grammar in the first line...yeah, they suck at English.

10:40pm: Something amusing
Here's a link to a list of one-sentence summaries for, supposedly, all fanfiction types that have ever existed. Funny stuff.

http://mooncalf.org/library/misc/everyfic.html

2:03am: Thoughts on our esteemed President of the United States...
Bsuh on Miers.

She'll be a good justice, because "she won't legislate from the bench."

And what exactly is wrong with legislating from the bench? For that matter, what happens when you legislate off the bench? Do you do it on the table?

She supports pro-life issues, because she donated $150 at a pro-life dinner event back in 1987 (or was it 89?).

Okaaay...this is making the news because...?

The "Conservative Base" on Bush.

He's lost touch with us! He's not acting on the promises he vowed to us, the conservative base, during the last election! We're very disappointed in him right now!

Yawn. I wonder if he even cares.

Cause heck, at this point, I don't even care anymore.

3:18am: Second chapter of "Close Encounters" up
After many hours, I've finally got the second chapter up. Too tired to wite anything else now...urggghh

I also posted a revised version of chapter 1 up on fanfiction.net, I may put it here when I feel like it.

Title: Close Encounters (yeah, I changed the title)
Rating: PG
Pairing(s): Kirihara/Sakuno (for now)
Chapter: 2
Summary: In which Sakuno gets herself into a very difficult situation
Disclaimer: PoT is copyrighted by other people, not me.

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3:22pm: Intro and first fanfiction
I've finally been inspired to start writing fanfiction. I've started this live-journal in order to air out my thoughts and ideas on fanfiction, or anything else for that matter.
Meme was the one who inspired me to write about the kirisaku crack pairing fandom from Prince of Tennis. Her fics are excellent; I highly recommend it.
Although this is my first foray into fanfiction, I'm not new to writing. I have a BA in English, although I'm currently a post-grad bum. ^^ I hope to write high quality fics, and appreciate comments and reviews anytime.

Title: Familiarity (tentative)
Author: yeulih
Rating: PG
Pairing(s): Kirihara/Sakuno (for now)
Chapter: 1
Disclaimer: PoT is copyrighted by other people, not me.

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