Oh snap! Persona PSP video with THE ENGLISH VOICEOVERS! <3 NATE AND MARK'S VOICES ARE SO HOT. WAIT, SORRY I MEAN NANJO AND MASAO LOL. I can't wait to hear Chris Reiji~

I've decided that this weekend I really need to start working on D*C costumes. I don't have much of anything done and I need to sew things and modify things and test hair and makeup and blah blah blah AND THERE'S ONLY 56 DAYS LEFT. Yeah, I guess that seems like a lot now but omg it isn't.

Plus, see_aphy_be and I are trying to put together some sort of game for D*C that's like manhunt/capture the flag with lots of stealth and walkie-talkies or something. WE'RE BRAINSTORMING!!1 Although, here is the big question: How many people going to the con would actually be interested in playing some sort of game like that one night?

And Phillip Chbeeb just did a solo dance to a song off The Fifth Element soundtrack. And it was the Diva Opera song. <333 It was awesome.

Going to Video Games Live tomorrow night. Totally nerding out about it. And I don't know if I should wear my Left 4 Dead shirt, my Dead Rising shirt, my Bioshock shirt, a Silent Hill shirt or what. SUCH DIFFICULT DECISIONS. D: I also apologize in advance if I cry tears of total fangirly joy while there (MYST SONGS, YOU GUYS <3)~

P.S. I want one of these so bad. If I got one it would most likely be the Hunter. SO ADORABLE.

So the weekend of the 31st, Nate and I are going to Pittsburgh to visit Valerie and Brian -- but also cause there is a MOVIE THEATER PLAYING CULT MOVIES EVERY WEEKEND. And on the magical night of AUGUST 1ST...

THEY ARE PLAYING CLUE.

sdkfjkajdfjakjdfa I have wanted to see this movie on the big screen forever. I will try to keep from crying out of sheer joy and excitement while there. D:

In other news: http://www.whatthefun.net/gvgp09 OH SNAP VIDEO GAMES LOL. Aaaaaand 3/42. WOOOO!

Also, I want to revamp a few of my websites but I'm not sure how exactly yet. Time to brainstorm.

Urge to play some sort of Capture the Flag/Manhunt game at Dragon*Con rising.

So this icon has been sitting on my desktop for a few weeks now, waiting for me to put it on my lj with the rest of the icons. I was going to use it as my OH GAWD DRAMA icon, since Michael Jackson is totally settling down with his popcorn and getting ready for some serious action, but I figured it needed to be uploaded for other reasons now too. It's Michael Jackson, you guys. Even if you weren't a fan of his music, you can't deny how influential and popular he's been in the field of entertainment.

His music was catchy and unique, his dancing was amazing, his videos were epic and there isn't gonna be anyone like that for a very long time. Sure, in recent history things have gotten odd, but I know when I think of Michael Jackson, none of that shit pops in my head first. Him dancing with a bunch of zombies does, him doing the moonwalk does, him singing with his sister ("Miss Jackson if you're nasty"~ <3) on Scream does, Smooth Criminal does, Don't Stop Till You Get Enough, Remember the Time, P.Y.T., Black or White, Billie Jean, Jam, Bad, Beat It, Rock With You -- there's so much he's done. So many artists when asked who their influences are list Michael Jackson. Usher, Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey, Aaliyah, his own sister Janet, even the newest American Idol, Kris Allen. Hell, just last week one of the dancers on So You Think You Can Dance talked about how much he loved Michael Jackson and how he would stand in front of the tv when he was a kid and practice dancing like him (the home video footage was darling).

I'll totally admit that as I sat on the couch the other day and watched this whole thing happen: Michael Jackson rushed to the hospital, Michael Jackson in a coma, King of Pop pronounced dead -- it was hard for me not to get a little teary-eyed. It's Michael Jackson. He was untouchable. He was the epitome of POP STAR. He was DANCE. He was MUSIC. And now he's gone and we're left with his music and videos.

Yeah, I'm not a dancer or a musician, I haven't been influenced in some artistic fashion. But I sure as hell am a fan. I'll dance flail around to his music, I'll sing it in the car or the shower and love every second of it just like I always have. His death hasn't changed that. He'll always be one of the greatest artists of our generation and there's no way he'll be forgotten.

To close this post. Everyone should have this song. EVERYONE.

Thriller - Michael Jackson (right click, save-as)

(I love Michael Jackson eating popcorn. XD)

i don't want to believe that michael jackson is dead. i really don't.

So this email has been hitting people's mailboxes:

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Still holding out for an official announcement. But my rage is steadily building. I'm kind of glad I haven't given them any of my money in over a year now. :P

I think there's going to be a Dragon*Con chat on AIM tomorrow night (Thursday) at 9PM EST. We'll discuss all the usual crap -- rooms, costumes, general asshattery. XD

IM ME FOR AN INVITE THEN IF YOU WANT ONE, WE WELCOME YOU. <3~~

Can anyone help me with a font like the ones seen on these postcards? Does anyone know what that font -- the blocky one that has the pictures in each letter -- is? MANY THANK YOUS IN ADVANCE, ALSO COOKIES IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER. :O

OH SNAP HERE IS A LIST I MADE TODAY WHEN I WAS BORED. :o

ULTIMATE WEAPON SPOILER WARNING FOR FINAL FANTASY VII, VIII, IX & X. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. But seriously, if you don't know this stuff by now then you shouldn't care about being spoiled. :o

I only did 7 - 10 cause these were the four I have played and played and played and played and not put down. Some of the others I have played, but nowhere near as much or as in-depth (by far). These four just took me in a chokehold and didn't let me go and pretty much made me their bitch. I think I might be a sucker for the Final Fantasy games with the stupid love stories. Which is funny, since the only two main characters I was totally invested in were Zidane and Garnet (OH MY GAWD AT THE END WHEN THEY HUG I GET ALL YAY), along with Cloud and Tifa, I guess. Squall & Rinoa/Tidus & Yuna were alright. Although, I did get all googly-eyed giggly bitch when Squall smiled and kissed Rinoa and then all emo-fangirl when Tidus had to leave Yuna and he did the whole walk-through-ghosty shit. Ooooh, Square. D:

10.) THE BALLROOM SCENE. [FF8] -- Squall's two left feet never get old. Rinoa usually annoys me (and Squall re: Rinoa -- "I WANT TO HEAR HER VOICE WHINE WHINE WAIIIIII~"), but she's actually kind of adorable in this scene, probably because she's not yammering about something stupid. I love the way she drags Squall out on the floor and he tries to leave because he sucks so bad -- but she pulls him back and he actually dances. I also love the way the fireworks interrupt them when they're all close and he looks at them and she's too busy staring at him. I am such a softie. D: (And Rinoa snotting at the people they bump into = lol.)

9.) TRANCE KUJA. [FF9] -- Kuja is the hottest girly man ever. And when the hottest girly man goes absolutely berserk, turns colors, grows feathers and gets ready to kick lots of ass, it makes for an awesome sequence. HE IS THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS. AND HE DOESN'T MESS UP HIS MAKEUP WHILE DOING IT (ALSO, KUJA THONG WHAT).

8.) THE PARADE. [FF8] -- Everything about this whole part: the music, the dancers, Seifer smirking like a bitch, Edea acting a bitch, Rinoa being... herself, Irvine failing at sniping, Squall getting iced -- it was all so YES THIS IS THE SHIT. AND SQUALL IS A CAR THIEF (and Edea is a babe, yo). Have I mentioned I love the dancers? They totally kill me. Let's all do a cosplay group of the dancers and just hop around and parade everywhere dancing like that. It will be epic -- and I don't mean in an internet sense, I mean in a serious Homer's Odyssey sense, yo.

7.) BLITZBALL. [FF10] -- I WILL NEVER GET ENOUGH BLITZBALL. NEVER EVER. I would stay up till 4 in the morning playing it and making my teams and stuff. And I would watch this FMV over and over and over again. SO BADASS. And dude, you cannot beat the screamy metal song. The first time we turned the game on and this song came on, my sister and I flipped and giggled and watched it a bunch of times just to hear the song. CLASSIC. (P.S. WET TIDUS AND AURON THE ASPIRING STRIPPER LOL. <3) This part is also totally badass cause their blitzball game gets ruined by THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WHOLE CITY. I LOVE when Tidus flips out of the water and he spots something -- the way his facial expression shifts was amazing -- this was the first Final Fantasy game on the PS2 and they were using that to their advantage most definitely.

6.) ESCAPE FROM DOLLET. [FF8] -- This is within the first couple hours of the game, and once you see this you're totally locked in and loaded and ready to hit that shit for the next 50+ hours. It's EXCITING. And I'm sorry, I totally nerd out when I see Squall, Zell (<3333), Selphie and Quistis all in uniform working together and being badass. ZELL DINCHT IS MY HERO, YOU GUYS. I WANTED TO BE ZELL'S PIGTAIL GIRL WHEN I PLAYED THIS GAME.

5.) STORMING BEVELLE. [FF10] -- The energy in this part is on crack. I couldn't help but watch it all like :O. ESPECIALLY SLIDING DOWN THE WIRE. <3 It looks so dangerous but SO FUN. I love Tidus acting so giddy about it and I love how Kimahri is carrying Lulu. Heeee!

4.) LEAP FROM THE AIRSHIP. [FF9] -- Just like Tidus and Co. storming into Bevelle with smiles on their faces as they pounce into the midst of danger, Zidane and Friends do the same here (after Garnet cuts her hair, PRINCESS WHATEVER SHE JUST WANTS TO GO ON ADVENTURES <333). Except they HAZ NO WIRE to slide down, they just float. And it's gorgeous (and Vivi so cute). I have such a crush on Zidane. EVEN IF HE HAS A TAIL. :|

3.) THE WHOLE ENTIRE HONEYBEE INN SEQUENCE. [FF7] -- I will also never get enough of the Honeybee Inn. Never in a million years. It was so wrong (yet so right) and so perverted. I mean, there's rooms where people are... doing things...? And you possibly might get molested in a bathtub? And you are looking for things to dress your manly man Cloud Strife in drag with? And getting girls dressed as skanky honeybees to put makeup on you? And one of them calls you Pooch...? This, in all seriousness, has to be one of the best sections/sequences/places in a video game in the history of everything ever. The dialogue, the things you see (and don't see), the sound effects (squish, squish, squish, poik, poik -- see icon, those are actual screens from the game), the stilted and awkward pauses (...) here and there while characters are speaking. It's so PRICELESS. (Hell, you can stretch this to all of Wallmarket -- Don Corneo trying to get in Cloud's pants = ROFLMAO~ <333 WHEN HE'S THRUSTING THE AIR AND CLOUD IS LIKE ...?!) Unfortunately, there is no good video of ALL OF IT out there, so I included the part in the actual Inn where Cloud it futzing around (you get Honeybee Inn stuff AND CLOUD IN DRAG) -- lol they named Cloud EL BONER. ("TIME'S UP, BYE BUBBY.")

2.) THE END OF AN ERA AERIS. [FF7] -- LOL, I'm not sure if I put it here cause I didn't like her character (she grew on me in Crisis Core) and loved that this happened or because it was the most ARE YOU KIDDING ME? DID THAT JUST HAPPEN? moment, but it's here. I mean, my stepbrother was like, "HEATHER YOU SHOULD PLAY THIS GAME CAUSE I KNOW YOU'LL HATE THIS BITCH IN PINK AND SHE DIES!" So I sat down and watched the game, and he was right -- she annoyed me. And then she died. And then I started playing video games like crazy. So thank you for that, Aeris, cause if it wasn't for you and what happened then Josh never would've told me to play and I wouldn't be playing games like I am today. (I would love to see this scene on the PS3. LOVE.)

1.) THE ENDINGS. -- Goodness. They are beautiful. And you actually feel like it was worth it to play through the WHOLE DAMN THING cause the endings are so long and tie up all the loose ends. <333

FFVII. (Cloud and Tifa talking about meeting Aeris, the gang and the airship, THE EXPLOSIONS, Holy doing it's thang. The graphics aren't as great as the other endings but this was over a decade ago, but it's all still awesome. Also, lololololol Tifa's ginormous chest which suddenly shrinks to a normal size in Advent Children. CLASSIC.)

FFVIII. (This is seriously one of the best video game endings I've ever seen in my entire life. YOU MUST WATCH THROUGH THE CREDITS. It was worth my 80+ hours of gaming. It wraps everything up so perfectly and shows just about every damn character possible. Plus, the "home video" footage during the credits is genius. I absolutely love Irvine dancing like a dumbshit and Zell choking on a hot dog -- and omg when Irvine focuses on a gaggle of babes and Selphie gets pissed. I fucking love it.)

FFIX. (THE HUG! TUGS MY HEARTSTRINGS EVERYTIME! AND ZIDANE'S LITTLE "SUP BABE" GRIN~ and then she totally beats him up for missing so long. LOVE! <3)

FFX. (TEARS, YOU GUYS. 1:40 - 4:10. :( TEARS. WHEN HE WALKS THROUGH YUNA I DIE A LITTLE INSIDE. And Lulu is the HOTTEST THING EVER. AND WAKKA. The after-the-credits moment here made me ABSOLUTELY GIDDY. Then they went and assed it all up with FFX-2. :|)

If you haven't played these games then you must. D: I NEED TO PLAY THEM AGAIN.

(LOL, I will probably do this for the Silent Hill games now too. Also, survival horror/horror/i just peed my pants what was that/horror action in general -- without SH, of course since it's getting it's own post -- Haunting Ground, Bioshock, Fatal Frame, Eternal Darkness, Phantasmagoria, Galerians, etc. Too many favorite moments to pass up!)

Greetings, whassup and hello. Welcome to No Stopping Us, a fanmix for the underrated 1996 Playstation RPG game Revelations: Persona. Yes, it is the first game in the series that Persona 3 and Persona 4 came from. The bandwagon has been jumped on by many (and for good reason -- it's a great game XD), but some haven't searched out Persona 3/4's roots. ;D Those that have, I salute you. And those that originally played Revelations and Persona 2 (either part) before 3/4 was even announced -- I <3 you.

(And it's getting a PSP remake! I AM HIGHLY EXCITED BY THIS TURN OF EVENTS. SEPTEMBER 22! :D)

So whether you're a fan of Revelations: Persona, a fan of the third or fourth game looking to broaden your Persona horizons or even if you have no idea what a Persona is, I hope you enjoy this fanmix!

Here is your extremely basic backstory: The story is set in contemporary times, with high school teenagers serving as the heroes of the game. Armed with weapons and imbued with magical beings known as Personae, they band together to repel demons that are invading their city.

Here's what they left out: DRAMA. Unrequited love (Mark! --> Mary! --> Main! <--Ellen!)! Annoying principals (DARTH HARDING)! Alternate dimensions! Creepy little girls! Robot mice! Toilet kids! Kickass music! Contacting demons! Mark dancing seductively! A class full of losers who are all totally different but BFF! Penis Monsters (sorry, not in the American version)! First-person to third-person! Kids with guns?! A silent protagonist! Yellow butterflies! Family angst! Evil corporations! A kickass butler named Alfred!

In closing: "ZOMBIES?! HOW DARE YOU!"

Let's get it on.

( I dreamt I was a butterfly... )

YESSSSSS, happy I finally got it uploaded! (MARK AND CHRIS <3)

I seriously think Del Rey is trying to get me to break up with Star Wars. First they kill off everyone I care about save for the characters they just plain ignore and then when I finally think they're gonna focus on a character I actually adore (plus two newer ones that I started liking) they just about cancel the book. And by just about I mean PRETTY MUCH CANCEL IT.

Sure, there's been no official word. But it's off all the catalogs and websites, someone contacted Random House and RH said that there is no trace of it in their database at all and yesterday Elaine Cunningham deleted her livejournal (which might not have anything to do with Blood Oath at all, but still strange that it came the same day all this crap started hitting the fan)...

Really, DR? Really?

Maybe I should be happy Jacen Solo is dead, then he can't get totally screwed over anymore. :\

[/bitter betty]

Anyways, everything besides that is A-OKAY. Going out on a date with a certain boy this weekend (also, going back to the SW thing -- I was in Borders with said boy and saw the first book in the Fate of the Jedi series. I promptly laughed at it and bought a William Faulkner book I didn't have instead). Got lots of video games to play thanks to Gamefly. Almost finished with a book called The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud and if it ends depressing so damn help me -- Breathers ended on a downer SO I WANT A GOOD ENDING FOR ONCE. IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK? And I haven't even spoiled myself for this book. So yaaaaaaaaaaaay~ (it just better be happy, right now it's looking grim. D:)

Getting super excited for BioShock 2, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Persona PSP and Left 4 Dead 2 (lol Left 8 Dead...?). Gonna play some Team Fortress 2 this weekend.

Also, I read an absolutely amazing Silent Hill plot analysis that covers the first four games. I'm sure everyone has read it except me, but still. I love everything said about Silent Hill 2. It makes me love Silent Hill 2 even more, if that was even possible.

(I still, to this day, will never get over THE TRUNK! OF THE CAR!)

Alright, so here's my favorite five boys from the top 20 after all the auditions and Vegas week episodes and crap. Most of the girls are contemporary (seriously like 7 out of 10 :\ ughhh) and I can't tell their dancing apart from each other cause it all looks the same to me. So none of the chicks are really on my radar right now (except Asuka, methinks). HERE, HAVE SOME HOT BOYS.



BRANDON BRYANT - FINALLY.
Speciality: Contemporary (he is POWER when he does this)



EVAN KASPRZAK - FINALLY x2!
Speciality: Broadway (I LOVE THIS BOY)



PHILLIP CHBEEB
Speciality: Popping (Just watch him tonight, he's amazing)



VITOLIO JEUNE
Speciality: Contemporary (He is BEAUTIFUL)



KUPONO AWEAU
Speciality: Lyrical (fdaskjdfksdjfk he reminds me of Mark from last season and that is SO GOOD)


SO... TEAM BRANDONEVANPHILLIPVITOLIOKUPONO.

Let's see what happens. :o

OH NO YOU DON'T, DAMMIT. The ONE new Star Wars book I still give a crap about besides the Essential Atlas.

I will not hesitate to choke a bitch. Just like Wayne Brady. D:

Donald Duck is 75 today! <3



sdkjfklasdjfksdjfkasgjfdkj I love him so much~ XD

ESPECIALLY ANGRY DONALD!

TEAM BRANDON. TEAM EVAN. The two that I wanted in the Top 20 last year came back and now they're in the Top 20 this year! <333333333

LOL, look at my rant from last year about them.


Also, I effing knew they would put Evan and his brother Ryan as the last two to pick between for the TOP 20. THEY LOVE THEIR DRAMU.

Gawd, the Kasprzaks are so adorable.

New Left 4 Dead 2 footage:

-- Frying pan!
-- Saferoom!
-- Perimeter breach! (this looks awesome -- also, ELLIS <3)
-- THE AXE~ <333

I like the new character portraits down on the bottom. And the southern flair in the music. :D

(ALSO OH MY GOD ARE VALVE ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT FANS? I SWEAR IN THE THIRD MOVIE NICK SAYS: "Are you really gonna shoot the guy in a three-thousand dollar suit?! COME ON!")


Also! New Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (the reimagining of SH1) trailer! THINGS WILL BE CHASING ME. I AM ALREADY FRIGHTENED. I kind of dig glasses!Harry but why does his ID say he lives in Silent Hill? I AM INTRIGUED! SEE HERE~

Alright, more real stuff later, lol.

Your new L4D2 characters! Found here!

"Coach is a high school football coach from the Savannah area, used to leading the kids, comfortable in his life, and perhaps not enamoured by the arrival of a zombie attack. There’s Rochelle, from Cleveland originally, working for a cable news network. She’s producing a segment on this strange story occurring in Savannah, and gets caught up in the events. Ellis is a Southern boy mechanic, an enthusiastic but smart guy with a “Southern flair”. Finally there’s Nick, a gambler and a conman, unsure of his company and cynical about the events."

ELLIS. YES. ELLIS AND LOUIS.

Other fun tidbits:

-- five new campaigns

-- our old favorite special infected plus some new ones, including the Charger -- a Tank-like beast who smacks the crap out of you with his mutated arm

-- holy shit the Wandering Witch: "And it seems in the daytime, the Witch has a bit more pep. Rather than sitting crouched, sobbing, singing, now this most terrifying of gaming enemies methodically paces around, wandering where she sees fit, although still apparently zoned out. She may be on foot, but she’s no more interested in being disturbed. This adds in a whole new aspect to Witch evasion. No longer can you simply take the long way around where she’s squatted. Instead, she may well be walking exactly where you’re headed. Or worse, walking up behind you, singing her haunting song, suddenly infuriated by you when you swing around in terror."

-- new melee weapons: chainsaw, axe, frying pan, baseball bat

-- "There’s a new shotgun, a new semi-automatic, and a brand new sniper rifle. This last one feels dramatically out of place in a game where you can’t stand still, but it seems extremely likely that this will be the weapon that will be used most skilfully. Obviously powerful, it’s a very useful tool when you find yourself in one of the new “gauntlet” moments." HELL YES.



KIND OF SUPER EXCITED NOW WHAT.

LEFT 4 EFFING DEAD 2. Announced at E3 today! Coming out in November!

I CALL THE GUY WITH THE AXE AND THE HAT. THE ONE ON THE RIGHT. Also, third from the left looks like Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. XD

THERE'S A FRYING PAN FOR A WEAPON.


(A little bitter about a new cast, also the fact that there's so much more they can do with the first game -- BUT WHATEVER. ZOMBIE KILLING IS ZOMBIE KILLING. NO ONE WILL BEAT LOUIS THOUGH. <3)

So I think Disney World made me fall in love with Star Wars again. Seriously, watch this.

STAR WARS DANCE OFF.

Erin and I flipped out so hard when we stumbled across this while taking in the SW festivities at Star Wars Weekends. I had seen the Hyperspace Hoopla before but never with a DANCE OFF. THERE WAS AN EWOK DOING THE MC HAMMER DANCE IN THE AUDIENCE NEAR US. LOOK AT CHEWBACCA'S GLASSES. AURRA SING IS A FUCKING SPICE GIRL (and Amidala has to be burning dancing in the Florida heat in that outfit OMG). <3

Amidala and Vader dancing together made me giggle so hard. Also, Zam, Ahsoka and Aurra dancing to Single Ladies.

STORMTROOPERS DANCING TO BACKSTREET BOYS. ALSO, VADER YOU GUYS. DID YOU SEE VADER? DISNEY WORLD, I LOVE YOU (you even did your research and mentioned the SPICE MINES OF KESSEL <3333333).

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BTW, I'M BACK. MORE LATER. MUST CATCH UP ON FRIENDSLIST.

BRB GOING TO DISNEY WORLD

(And damn, I just realized my Jacen Solo site will be seven years old tomorrow! :D)