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Oh, where to begin.
Bad news: looks like our little kitten is a total mess! We took him to the vet because he started sneezing last night and this morning he was very lethargic/warm. And it would be quicker to list what isn't wrong with him than what is. I am mucho depressed - it's not that we mind spending the money on him, but it looks like he may have more than one communicable disease, which means instead of having one sick cat, we could have four. They are treating his fever with antibiotics and growing various cutures. We should have a better idea in a week or so. *am sad*
Good news: I hit the half-priced manga jackpot at Half-Price Bookstore. I broke down and decided to give Tsubasa and XXXHOLiC a go as well as continue with Full Metal Panic (first series). Of course they were missing the volumes of Furuba I was looking for, but oh well. I also forgot my coupon which bummed me out. Well, just means I'll have to go back! ^____^
Bad news: looks like our little kitten is a total mess! We took him to the vet because he started sneezing last night and this morning he was very lethargic/warm. And it would be quicker to list what isn't wrong with him than what is. I am mucho depressed - it's not that we mind spending the money on him, but it looks like he may have more than one communicable disease, which means instead of having one sick cat, we could have four. They are treating his fever with antibiotics and growing various cutures. We should have a better idea in a week or so. *am sad*
Good news: I hit the half-priced manga jackpot at Half-Price Bookstore. I broke down and decided to give Tsubasa and XXXHOLiC a go as well as continue with Full Metal Panic (first series). Of course they were missing the volumes of Furuba I was looking for, but oh well. I also forgot my coupon which bummed me out. Well, just means I'll have to go back! ^____^
My mom and I spent some time together today and I was talking about my career (or lack thereof) and how I wanted something else, something better for myself. My mom didn't quite understand, though. She was all, "But you have a well-paying job and a house. You are on the right track!" And I had to parry that with, "It's not enough. I want something extraordinary." I could see that she didn't know what I meant. It's difficult: almost all my cousins on her side of the family are married with kids. Work is what they do when they are not improving the house/yard or taking the kids to school/soccer/Port Aransas.
And it's more than a generational thing. She grew up in poverty, one of seven children. Her father worked two jobs and every summer he would pack up the entire family and take them to pick cotton and live the migrant farmer lifestyle in barns and tents. They lived in a two-bedroom frame house with no running water and a refrigerator that was cooled with blocks of ice delivered daily to the house. And now her daughter is telling her that her work is unfullfilling. It makes me ashamed to feel the way I do. It makes me wish I could be like my cousins. I wish I could be content to gossip with co-workers about Desperate Houswives or the best Pop Warner football league in town. But, ew.
She worries about me and I love her for it. I just wish I could gratify her more. Hence, teh emo-ness. Like, wah.
And it's more than a generational thing. She grew up in poverty, one of seven children. Her father worked two jobs and every summer he would pack up the entire family and take them to pick cotton and live the migrant farmer lifestyle in barns and tents. They lived in a two-bedroom frame house with no running water and a refrigerator that was cooled with blocks of ice delivered daily to the house. And now her daughter is telling her that her work is unfullfilling. It makes me ashamed to feel the way I do. It makes me wish I could be like my cousins. I wish I could be content to gossip with co-workers about Desperate Houswives or the best Pop Warner football league in town. But, ew.
She worries about me and I love her for it. I just wish I could gratify her more. Hence, teh emo-ness. Like, wah.
I knew about Hot Gimmick before I actually read the manga. I had read plenty of scathing reviews on it criticizing the spineless, hapless heroine; the encouragement of an abusive relationship; the quasi-incest side story; and how the whole thing was a bad, bad example for young girls (the target audience). And I won't argue against any of that. It is a pretty sick and twisted story.
It's like some tawdry teen soap opera. I love it. I don't condone it. But if a girl reads this manga and thinks that is how a guy should treat her and then emulates it...let's just say that her problems started loooong before she picked up this manga.
Um, yeah. I had more to say but I lost track of where I was going here. More later, if I remember. I know ya'll can't wait. LOL!
It's like some tawdry teen soap opera. I love it. I don't condone it. But if a girl reads this manga and thinks that is how a guy should treat her and then emulates it...let's just say that her problems started loooong before she picked up this manga.
Um, yeah. I had more to say but I lost track of where I was going here. More later, if I remember. I know ya'll can't wait. LOL!
