The TeniMyu Dream Live 1st

Eiji x Oishi: their love is so canon!
I love how Kaidoh can't keep a straight face.
*laughs* And who said Tezuka was calm and collected? "Inui. You're no longer a regular! The trainer's jersey is yours forever."
*cackles even more* Echizen can't keep a straight face either! He actually had to hide his face! *grins*
I have to say, though, especially compared to SeraMyu, the TeniMyu singers suck. ^^;

And once again, this is posted much later than when I typed it because I forgot to hit "Post entry". じゃあ、勉強しよう。

ruby in html

Note to self:
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it's all Ahab's fault

Ugh, Ahab was acting Ahab-ier than usual so when he heard someone working outside he started whining like an idiot, and so after going to bed at 3:30-ish, it's all his fault that I succeeded in trying to get up at 8 rather than some time between noon and 3. You know, if I could be granted one wish, perhaps rather than wishing to start my life over... I'd ask for perfect willpower. I think my willpower is especially weak. Is it possible to "exercise" willpower, or is that something that's just who you are and immutable?
In any case, despite being up at this hour, I have a strong feeling that I'm going to be going back to bed within the hour, if that long.

concerning Sailor Moon, one-hit wonders, and eternal stories

I'm looking through a bunch of artbook scans I downloaded, and... *wibbles*
I love Sailor Moon so much... ^_^;

I kinda wonder why none of Takeuchi-sensei's other manga have gotten very popular: whether it's because she's resting on her laurels and just can't make anything very good anymore, or if Sailor Moon is just too well-know that she's essentially been "typecast", or... There are a lot of possibilities, really, but I can't say anything myself because the only other series of hers I've had the chance to read was Codename wa Sailor V.

Going back to the artbook scans, though, I found this really great one of Haruka and Michiru in their Mugen Gakuen seifuku I've never seen before. I also love this pic of Ami-chan in the water and Rei-chan standing amidst cherry blossoms. And then there's this wonderful group pic... I'm trying to find one that I think really captures my feelings the most, at least at the moment, and although the ones I linked so far approach it, I can't quite find the perfect one right now.
I don't know... What can I say but that I'm a sucker for "eternal stories".

my inner Christian speaking

Sailor Moon, and really all series for which I consider myself part of the fandom, is my Golden Calf. In a very real sense, I worship these graven images. If these TV series cause me to sin, shouldn't I cut them out of my life?
And imagine how much better it would be for me if I loved God and poured over the romance of His great stories instead. If have faith in the Lord, shouldn't I be able to recognize that his interactions with heaven and earth hold far more romance than the Sailor Senshi battling against Queen Galaxia? "If only you put half the energy you put into X that you put into Y..."
Of course, returning to my agnostic self, there's always the fact that I don't really want to give up everything I love for a God I don't even firmly believe exists. But what if my worldly attachments such as these are part of what's preventing me from finding faith? What if God isn't entering my heart specifically because I'm hesitating like this? And wouldn't I be happier giving up these worldly attachments whether or not God/gods exist? And at the very least, if I threw away all my fandoms, maybe I'd finally be able to concentrate on school and become the person I've wanted to become since I was in elementary school.
Huh... That makes me think, though... I also get a lot of inspiration from elements of my fandom. I wonder how easily I'd be able to focus on my studies without characters such as Mizuno Ami and Miyazawa Yukino to inspire me? (On the other (religious) side of the coin, I've been thinking that my stubbornness about following the path I want to follow rather than simply working hard where God takes me could be part of the problem.)
I don't want to give up my life for a God that doesn't exist, nor do I want to damn myself because of a lack of belief in a God that does.
But whether or not God exists, it's clear to me that sin exists, and I need to decide for myself, and decide sooner rather than later (when it'll be harder for me to change my habits) what is sin and what isn't.