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IMPORTANT: NEW ACCOUNT

Sun Dec 21, 2008, 10:21 AM
I have moved to a new account. If you care about me, please watch me there. XD

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Why, you ask? There are several reasons,

1) I never wanted this account. I moved here because my first account was hacked.

2) The name. It's in Japanese. My interest in anime/manga is rapidly declining...

3) Also the name...It means "Holy sword"-"Freedom". It makes no sense.

4) The new name, Road-to-Anywhere, reflects my new philosophy in free will and enjoying life for the journey that it is.

5) A fresh start is always, well, refreshing.

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All region tryouts!!

Wed Dec 10, 2008, 3:13 PM
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Mm, I've been pretty busy lately. It's that time of year again: Texas All-region band tryouts.

Thankfully, though, they're over now. Finished on Monday night. :D

Before I talk about the results, I'd like a say a little about the process...It's different in Texas than anywhere else.

In July, music is released, different for each instrument, that students learn to play, and, in December, they play it for a panel of judges and are ranked.

A certain number of these students are called back the following Monday night, to play again.

This time, they're ranked in chair order for the All-region band clinic. The top 2-4 in each instrument also move on to Area tryouts.

In early January, Area tryouts take place. The top 2 (per instrument) at Area will advance to State.

And, well, there's a lot more to it than that, but there it is in a nutshell.

Anyway, at Phase 1 of tryouts, I placed fourth. So, I got called back to phase 2!

Where I placed second. :D

I'm going to area!! This doesn't mean much to non-band people, but it's really, really exciting. My year's goal is to make State--and I'm on my way there, now!

I really gotta make that music amazing, though. XD

On a completely unrelated note, I'm quite hooked on the "Nightrunner" series. I'm very impatient for Stalking Darkness to arrive in the mail...>_>'''

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  • Mood: Excited
  • Listening to: RENT soundtrack
  • Reading: Soon..."Stalking Darkness" by Lynn Flewe

School's gross, Marching season's over

Sat Nov 29, 2008, 6:13 PM
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:icontransparentplz::icontransparentplz::star:.:Artist's Ramblings:.:star:11.29.08:star:

Tomorrow is my last day of Thanksgiving break. Blah.
I totally have done none of my homework. Good thing it's just for one class. AP chemistry II. Haha...ha...ha.

On the other hand, Marching season is over, so I officially have my Friday nights back. Can't say I'm not glad...but on the other hand, it was kinda cool to be getting that far into the season. We played in Texas Stadium last night--pretty impressive, although I can see why they're building a new one. It's in baaad shape.

SO, Myspace moment out of the way, here's the part of this journal that pertains to the art world.

I think I finally feel like drawing again...that hasn't happened since, like...school started? Almost. Yeah, I'm gonna finish up my last three Taiyae requests, then I'm gonna do a few personal pictures. But after that, I'm definitely opening up art trades. :D

Oh, and I ordered a book, based on recommendation. It looks really good...I should get it on Wednesday. It's "Luck in the Shadows" by Lynn Flewelling. (I haven't read anything since I finished Fool's Fate...on Monday...that series was just so good that when I tried to read something else, it popped into my head and I couldn't concentrate...XD )

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  • Mood: Angsty
  • Listening to: David Cook "Declaration"
  • Reading: Omg nothing! It's so weird!
  • Playing: FFX

Musings over Robin Hobb books

Wed Nov 26, 2008, 7:07 AM
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...Specifically "The Farseer," and "The Tawny Man" with a bit of "Liveship Traders" thrown in there, all of which I have read within the last few months (Some for the first time, others for the second.)

WARNING! I would not advise reading this journal unless...
:bulletred: You have already read the trilogies listed above
:bulletred: You never plan on reading them. EVER.
There will be many spoilers. You have been warned. I'm mainly doing this for my benefit, so that I can get it out of my system, and be able to move on to another book. u.u

Alllriiiight. I'd like to start off with a rather out-of-character Sei moment. When it comes to books, I'm not usually a 'shipper.' However....Especially at the end of "Fool's Fate"....DAMMIT HOBB? WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST HAVE MADE FITZ GO FOR THE FOOL? You had enough insinuation and other characters guessing at it! He could have just...Iuno, gone with it? Why must you get in their way, Molly? Fitz and the Fool were more...intimately involved than Fitz and Molly ever were. But not sexually. If that makes any sense. They were just adorable togetherrrrr....The Fool carved his face on a liveship. And then Fitz was all willing to give up his whole life to follow "Beloved" to the south....;-; Why, Fitz? Why are you such a man?

*As I'm typing this, "I'll cover you" from RENT starts playing. How ironic* :music:I've longed to discover something as true as this is:music:

Now, I'd like to do some writing on the Fool himself. There are those out there who believe that the Fool was a woman all along. There are those who believe he's a man.
I personally believe that the Fool is truly genderless. He ';played' two male facades: The Fool and Lord Golden. However, he posed as Amber when he lived in Bingtown, and the traders were none the wiser. The Six Duchies folk also saw him as how he was presented.
(BTW, I still type 'him' because it's easier)
He's also described as having androgynous features....he's too slender and delicate to be a man, but the angles of his face are to sharp and defined for him to be a woman. When Fitz was reviving him at the end of Fool's Fate, he mentioned having to confront all of the differences between the Fool and himself....which weren't specifically specified.

I rest my case.

Also, after reading The Liveship Traders, I was really interested in the Sea Serpents' story...And I was pretty pissed to find that the ones I 'followed' turned out all stunted and wrong. D: It made me sad. Poor Maulkin...and Shreever...And Tintaglia was a BITCH.

So, like, at the end of Fool's Fate, Dutiful and Elliania have a kid. Isn't she, like...thirteen? That seems wrong to me. >_>'''

Um, I'm gonna try to shut up now.

Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, Twilight was okay. Edward was blah, but Jasper was a babe.

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  • Mood: Obsessed
  • Listening to: New David Cook album!!
  • Reading: Just finished Robin Hobb books
  • Watching: Saw Twilight last night...
  • Playing: Wanna start FFX again...

Attention all Song Project submitters. :D

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The video is finished and has been put on Youtube!! Enjoy!

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  • Mood: Cheerful

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