whistling ninjakitty

. . . + we’re off. Been so looking forward to this! We’ll see how the ‘Been holds out, + how rusty our ruralskillz do be.

Back in 96h with photos, yo.

My escapist tendencies are getting a little out of hand. When I finished Yann Martel’s Self I was distraught for days… how could the main character just give up like that? How could s/he give up happiness because of a few hours of violence?! and !!! It took three days to come back to earth.
Since MD lent us the anime Fruits Basket DVD series it’s been even worse. Brian bought me the first of the manga and I’m just busting to know more… I’ve watched the series twice and on my third re-read of Volume 1. I’ve even been trolling the net for translations from the japanese editions that haven’t been released by Tokyopop. What’s wrong with me? Am I really that dissatisfied with reality?
Brian used to ask me “Obsess much”? all the time when were were first getting to know eachother; and I’ve always had my head in the clouds, “chasing bunnies” as Dad would say. The pictures I’m trying to get out of my head and on to paper are all very loosely grounded in reality. Maybe I should spend some more time thinking about that. I wonder if this is what Takashi Murakami was talking about when he spoke about people looking to fantasy/cosplay to escape “a closed world with no way out”? Not that I want to start dressing up like Tohru Honda (hmm.. maybe that’s not true) and going to role-playing events, but I do have such a good time thinking about Fruits Basket and whatever else is in my pocket at the time.
Maybe I just need more to do with my brain. Maybe I miss being comfortable being myself. I think that must be why I like to weblog – there’s absolutey no point in trying to be anyone other than yourself, and if anyone reading has a problem with what you have to say – well, that’s what comments are for!

Just a quicky to say I finally caught back up with my brain.

Went for a early birthday spending spree, we’re going to go camping or bust! It will be marvelous, yes, yes. . .

In other exciting news, Aurelia is having a good time with Fruits Basket. Highly recommended for the Silly, it’s always fun to find good new animé. Thanks MD!