Season two of Heroes premired tonight! It was so wonderful. There was much squeeing involved. I can't wait to see what happens to *spoiler* with *spoiler* and *spoiler*! Hurray for something to look forward to on Mondays. =D

So, today was fairly eventful. The following is copied from an all student email.

"(St. Mary’s City, MD) August 29, 2007 – At approximately 1 p.m. today, St. Mary’s College of Maryland observed a campus-wide “shelter in place” procedure to ensure the safety of the community after the Public Safety Office was informed by State Police that an alleged armed robbery had occurred near Trinity Church. The church is adjacent to the College. The procedure was lifted before 3 p.m.

The alleged victim of the robbery was a male in his 40s with no connection to the college and was visiting Trinity Church. Immediately after the State Police called the College, “shelter in place” instructions went out asking everyone to stay indoors. All campus doors were electronically locked and only students and faculty with electronic key cards were able to open them.

Campus safety officers made loudspeaker announcements using car-mounted public address speakers. Phone calls were made to all college departments and building contacts to make sure that everyone in each building was alerted. Campus-wide voice mail calls and all student/faculty/staff e-mails were sent. An emergency alert was posted to the webpage and updated.

Students, faculty and staff reacted calmly and stayed inside. The “shelter in place” status was lifted at 2:53 p.m. after the State Police advised the campus that the suspect was not in the immediate vicinity. Classes resumed as scheduled."

I was in lock-down or "shelter in place" as they call it, in the library for an hour or so. Not a bad place to be. Dani, Alex, Eileen, Elizabeth, and I took over a study room and read, listened to opera music, drew on the whiteboard, and played Lord of the Rings Backgammon. lol Needless to say, I did not feel threatened in the least bit.

In other news, I got into all the classes I wanted! I dropped two courses and added two that I much prefer. I am really excited about/looking forward to the rest of the semester. I am taking Animal Behavior, Animal Physiology, Book Arts, and Literature in History II with JCB.

In other, other news, I am now a proud owner of the season one box set of Heroes! Now I can go through and watch the first half of the series since I joined in half way though. New season starts up September 24! XD

Well, after attaining the 7th Harry Potter book from QFC at midnight, there was much excitement as the reading began. I finished it by Sunday and that includes taking time off to sleep, eat and actually leave the house a few times! *Gasp*

 Well, I don't want to give away any spoilers here, but I have to say that it was a very satisfying ending to the whole series. I am sad that some of my favorite characters got killed (I won't say who, but *tear*). I was a bit surprised with how neatly all the secrets and answers of the series were revealed. There were quite a few parts where I know the fanfiction writers are going to have a field day, especially when it comes to HarryX pairings. lol I can hear them squealing now...

I was all smiles during the epilogue and it still makes me happy to think about it. ^__^ Again, fresh new material for all those fanfiction writers out there.

I hope J.K. Rowling writes more books, even if they are not a continuation of the series or even set in the same world. She is an amazing writer, and it would be interesting to see what she come up with next.

If you want to talk spoilers, let me know!

I got a new Playstation 2! Well technically its used. My brother took the old one when he moved out, even though it is half mine. So, I bought a new one. I got it off of Craig's List (www.craigslist.com) which is an awesome site. Better than e-bay. My new PS2 is one of the slim kinds, came with two controllers, a memory card and 9 games for only $125. It all works beautifully.

The games that came with it are: Dirge of Cerberus (<3), Devil May Cry 3, Shadow of the Colossus, Castlevania Curse of Darkness, Final Fantasy X, Grand Turismo 4, Champions Return to Arms, Spec Ops Stealth Patrol, and WF War Zone.

The last five games I am going to trade in/sell to the game store since I already have FFX and don't really want the other ones. I want to use that money towards getting the game Okami.

I have been playing Dirge of Cerberus and I absolutely love it. It is so addicting. I am not very good at first person shooters, anyone who has played against me in Halo can attest to that, but I do have fun with them. Since I've been playing Dirge of Cerberus I think my shooter skills have increased though.  ^__^ So, next time beware! Gurrr!

Hello!

I am back from my month long trip to Scotland and England. I had an amazing time! I did not want to leave. At the same time, it is nice to be home though. Now I can really start summer, but that also means working and taking Japanese.

I wrote a lot of poetry and took a TON of picutes. Nearly 2000 photos! I will be posting the best ones online. =) I also got quite a few new post cards to add to my collection.

Well, its almost dinner time, so I will fill you in on the rest later. ^__^

Happy Valentines Day, and V-Day, and Darwin Day!

To celibrate I give you music with the theme of Love. =P Sappy I know. lol Feel free to download and enjoy! Please comment if you take. =)

Sakura Kiss ~ Ouran High School Host Club - Chieco Kawabe

Accidentlly In Love ~ Counting Crows

As Lovers Go (Ron Fair Remix ~ Dashboard Confessional

Elephant Love Medley ~ Moulin Rouge

I'M Gonna Be (500 Miles ~ The Proclaimers

It's De-Lovely ~ Anything Goes

L'Appuntamento ~ Oceans Twelve ~ Ornella Vanoni

O Rey Chhori ~ Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India

Ring Of Fire ~ Johnny Cash Live At San Quentin

Sombody To Love ~ Queen

These songs are dedicated to Mike and Conni! <3

I went to the Vagina Monologues on Friday. I knew a lot of people in the production this year, and they were all fantastic! =) Even though most of the monologues were the same as last year, they were different because other people were preforming them. That evening I went to the cast party which was quite fun and filled with chocolate, cheap wine (which I did not take part in), music and dancing (which I did take part in). =P I left the party around midnight because I have a cold and had to wake up early this morning.

Today I went to see Richard III in the Shakespeare theater in DC. A fantastic performance! It was three hours long though! Jeremy drove there and back and Ross navigated while I slept or read in the back. We stopped at Red Robbin for dinner and I had my usual, a Teriyaki Chicken Burger. Yum, yum. ^__^ Apparently Red Robins are not very common in Maryland, or at least not as common as back home. A shame since they are so good.

Here is the most exciting news. I am going to Katuscon for the entire weekend next weekend!!!!!!!! Thanks to Angie, Dani and I will be sharing a room that she and her friends reserved a while back and she will be giving us a ride to DC and back. We will leave Friday afternoon and return Sunday afternoon. Angie also lent me the Tifa cosplay costume she made, so I will be wearing that for at least one of the days. That means straighting my hair. Gah! Its gotten so long. When it is wet it is all the way down to my butt now. XP It will be fun to see it straightened. Dani and I will be a matching cosplay pair since she is Red IIIV's wife and has a plushie of a Red baby. Its really cute. =) For the days I am not being Tifa I am going to be wearing the wolf ears and tail that I bought. I am also planing on painting a design on an old pair of jeans and wearing those with the wolf parts. Hopefully I will find some time to do that this week.

Right now I am listening to the Babel soundtrack that I bought after seeing the movie last weekend. Its an intense movie! I highly recommend it, but its not for people who cannot stand female nudity or blood. I think the deaf Japanese girl was my favorite character. I believe the soundtrack is nominated for an Academy Award. Its by the same guy who composed the music for Brokeback Mountain.

Here is a list of all the anime I own. =) I may have a few more burned series and a little more Manga that I am forgetting at the moment. ^_^; If you would like to borrow anything just ask.

Complete Series Boxsets:

1. X

2. Naruto season 1-3

3. Fruits Basket

4. Cowboy Bebop

5. Outlaw Star

6. Last Exile

7. Pilot Candidate

8. Descendents of Darkness

9. Chrono Crusade

10. Fushigi Yuugi season 1-2

Burned to DVD/CD:

1. Full Metal Alchemist (can be watched in a regular DVD player)
2. Hunter X Hunter series, OVA, Greed Island and Greed Island Final
3. Ah! My Goddess season 1
4. Bleach eps. 1-63
5. LOVELESS including all DVD extras
6. Sukisyo + OVA
7. Fate/Stay Night
8. Tactics

Complete Series On Computer:

1. Haibane Renmei
2. Utawarerumono
3. Air Gear
4. Ouran High School Host Club

In the process of Collecting:

1. Kyou Kara Maou (have eps. 1-28 on DVD, eps. 29-64 on comp.)
2. Night Head Genesis
3. Hellsing Ultimate (have eps. 1-2)
4. Death Note
5. D. Grey Man

Movies:

1. Spirited Away

2. Howl’s Moving Castle

3. The Cat Returns

4. InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time

5. Cowboy Bebop The Movie

6. Final Fantasy VII Advent Children

7. My Neighbor Totoro

8. Whisper of The Heart

9. Princess Mononoke

Manga Series Complete:

1. King of Bandit Jing
2. Descendents of Darkness

Manga Series Being Collected:

1. Fruits Basket
2. +Anima
3. LOVELESS
4. PhD. Phantasy Degree
5. D. Grey Man
6. Hikaru no Go
7. Demon Diary

Manga Series Stopped Collecting:

1. X/1999 (have 1-2) ß for sale