Late Night Tangents

Wow, those pics in my previous post are kinda big. But that's okay, because they're cute. ^_^

I was actually planning on talking about my new RP character today, but that would take too long. I do want to write something today, though. So, this is what I have so far. ^^;; Thijs is really cute though. I just want to huggle him. >.<

So far I'm happy with my new character, Sigrid Kumiko Van den Berg, aka Kit. She's Thijs' owner. Dutch owner hence the Dutch name. Well, she's part Dutch at least. And Japanese, for those of you who recognized her middle name. 1/2 Dutch, 1/4 Japanese and 1/4 EuroMutt American, to be exact. She was sorted last night (she's on a Harry Potter RP.) She got into the Elkwood house. I think that House suits her best, but at least half of the new first years seem to be in Elkwood. A bit much, ne? Sigrid was the only char who was surprised, because I let the staff pic. I didn't realize this when I was first coming up with her, or actually until I RPed with her tonight at our first class (my 2nd RP with her,) but she seems to be a bit of a Hermione. Though she doesn't happily just spout of her information like Hermione does. Sigrid grew up as a muggle. Her father was a wizard, but he died when she was 3 and never told her mother. Her obaachan (father's mother) never said anything either until she got a letter saying that she was accepted. Her two big passions in life are horseback riding and reading. Once she heard about this, she found what books she could and started reading about it. This gave her a lot of book smarts, which the rest of her class seemed to be lacking at the first class of the year. She did get her house 10 points. ^^ So far they're ahead with 10 points, the second place house having 5 points, and the rest having none. I have a feeling she's going to be getting points deducted, though. Especially when she's caught reading during class (a very un-Hermione thing to do.) Or if she hasn't finished her homework (another very un-Hermione thing to do.) Two very Sigrid things to do. But, that hasn't happened yet. She's already made a semi-friend, or at least an acquantice. That makes me happy. ^^ I've decided that her two best subjects are going to be Transfiguration and flying. Transfig because, as the teacher said, visualization is the most important thing with transfiguration. With her horseback riding training, she started doing visualization excercises when she was little, so she's had at least 5 years of practise doing them. I think this would greatly help her with Transfiguration class. As for flying, I see it similar to riding. Sigrid is an awesome rider, really, an awesome rider. She reacts quickly to the situation and can easily adjust her position to whatever is needed. I think this will help her a lot with flying. I think that she could be an awesome quidditch player, too. ^_^ Now, I can't have her being good at /everything/. Well, I could, but that would be boring. I think her worst subject, for now, will be History of Magic, because she doesn't really have any interest in this and if the teacher is going to be as boring as I think he will be, then that'll just add to her annoyance. Not that she'll be absolutely terrible at it, her highest scores just won't be found in that subject.


Here're two pics of Kit. One of her now and one when she's a little older. I have Amanda Bynes as her actress.

Well, it appears that I ended up writing about her afterall. ^_^ It's a bit late, so I think I shall call it a night. Oyasumi!

Kawaii Neko

Kawaii, ne? ^_^ I think so. This, obviously, isn't a neko (cat.) But it's still cute. ^^ It's actually a picture of a wolf that I'm using for one of my character's pets, Thijs, a wolfdog hybrid. He's just so beautiful, I wanted to show him off.



This is my kawaii neko. ^_^ I <3 my cat, appropriately named Neko. He's so cute and sweet, even if he does bring me dead things at times.

I own a dog, a cat, a hamster, a beta, and part of a horse (the rest owned by my parents.) The horse doesn't live at my house, but we do have two other dogs living here. I love animals. I would have a hard time living without them. Even when I moved into the dorms for my freshman year I had to buy my beta (cute Tansei) so I could have some sort of pet with me.

Okay, that's my bit of randomness for today. ^_^ Ja ne!

Blind Hatred

Hate is a cruel thing. At least in my opinion. Hate twists people and distorts reality. Though I suppose many things can distort reality. Hate constructs walls and makes people deaf. It makes people believe in the craziest things, skewing good things into bad. I know, if anyone actually reads this, they'll be wondering why I'm stating the obvious. Well, something that's obvious to me, but isn't apparently obvious to others. What brought this on, you might ask? (I feel a bit like Claudia atm) A week or two ago, I was reading an article on a blog that someone sent me and it had a link to a site. I went to that site, interested to see exactly what was on it. I was appalled and saddened and angered and felt hopeless, all at the same time. These people showed such a hatred towards homosexuals and people who didn't oppose homosexuals (there website is titled 'God Hates Fags'.) I couldn't believe what these people were saying, 'cause apparently "God hates fags", well, actually "God doesn't hate a person because they're fags, they're fags because God hates them" (paraphrased.) There entire website, while claiming to be a church of God and teaching his word, is just one big gay-bashing website. Apparently God hates Sweden too because of how liberal Sweden is with homosexuals. Their comments and beliefs just go on in this sort of tangent. I was seriously near tears at reading this. I should of just stopped reading it, but it was just too unbelievable for me to take in. How can people teach such hatred and prejudice? And hypocrisy. And to say that they're happy that 9/11 happened, and that the tsunami happened, and to wish that one would happen to America. Oh, and apparently "Canada and America are Homo-Fascist regimes of Nazi terror!" It hurts me even when typing this. And the kids that have to grow up with this. How can people live with such hate in their hearts? I don't understand it at all. And I know that this sort of hatred, a hatred of a certain group of people, I know that it occurs worldwide, that no place is free of this, but I still don't understand it.

I refuse to understand it.

I know I'm open-minded, very open-minded, about a lot of things. I know that I'm more open-minded on some subjects than other people. But I still don't see how people can be so closed-minded. I still don't see how being so hateful can be benificial. To anyone. Hate is an ugly emotion and it rips at the heart. There are no good side effects of hate. Period. Yes, I might be an idealistic fool, but that can't change the fact that hatred only harms. Everyone.

I could probably go on about this for a while longer, but I'll stop it here. I think everyone who would ever read this can get my point, what I'm trying to say, to get off my chest. I promise I'll try to have a happier topic next time. ^_^

Blog Virgin

As the title says, I am a blog virgin. That means, of course, that this is my first time venturing into the part of the web known as blogging. We'll see where this goes, which is sure to be all over the place. I can be quit random at times and easily get on multiple tangents.

I think I'll start out this blog with an explanation of the origin of my blog title and URL. As any Gravitation fan will (or at least, should) know, Shining Collection is the name of a song from this anime tv series. It's a series I love and the name also calls to me. Shiny things tend to do that. ^^;; I had actually wanted pikapika.blogspot.com to be my URL, but it was taken. *sigh* So, I chose pikapikahikaru.blogspot.com instead. They don't differ too much. Pikapika means 'glitter' or 'sparkle', while pikapikahikaru means 'to glitter' or 'to sparkle.' I like both. ^^ And, if you think they aren't /that/ related, they are. *sagenod* Ryuichi, the singer for Nittle Grasper, the group that sings Shining Collection, says 'pikapika'. I <3 Ryuichi. But, anyways, yeah, that's the origin of both. Instead of pikapikahikaru, I was originally going to put ohshiny. ^^ That's because I do say that at times. ^^;

In case you were curious, here are the lyrics to Shining Collection. The song is in Japanese. The lyrics are in Romanji and translated into English.

Garasu no bedo ni toraware no motion

Tesaguri de shukujo wa kamikudaku

Soliday na tail de midara na hane collection

Himei hodo mujaki na yoruga hoshii

    the motion of imprisonment in a bed of glass

    that is first broken by the fumbling of a lady

    a loose collection of feathers with a tail of soliday

    that almost screams the innocence desired at night



Yuuutsu no borode odoru  jiyuu to uso ni tsuda nukare

Moroku maichiru puzzle  kono shihai kara tobitate

    dancing through freedom and lies in the mood of depression

    fragile puzzle pieces that break away from this course



Kiss shining hitomi ni kuchizukete

Toke dasu hanabira mo jama ni naru

Make me shining irozuku shigeki no hate ni

Kagayakihajimeta maboroshi

    Kiss shining, we're kissing in my eyes

    Melting away even the flower petals in our way

    Make me shining, changing into the most exciting colors

    That first shone in a vision



Shikai wo nukedashita panorama no dimension

Kanpeki na gitai wa tada furueru

Cheap na shokushu wa mitsu wo motomeru reaction

Tsumetakutemo hiwai na kimi ga mitai

    the field of view excels the dimension of panorama

    a perfect mimesis that can only tremble

    a cheap touch whose reaction is to look for secrets

    you want to see them even if they are coldly obscene



Nanairo ni moteasobu  waki-da-shita kairaku no umi

Kage ga fuchidoru game  kono sekai kara uchinuke

    a sea of gushing pleasure that alters the colors of the rainbow

    that strikes into this world adding shadows to the fringed game



Kiss shining kodoku wo katashidori

Karamaru koukai ga kuu wo kiru

Make me shining chirabaru kokoro no hahenra

Mabushiku sugisaru kibou ni

    Kiss shining, imitating loneliness

    Cutting into space with entwined regret

    Make me shining, fragments of my scattered heart

    A radiance that surpasses hope



Ta-iki wa somaru  akaku nureta yubisaki ni  habatakenu

chou no namida

Subete wa suna ni naru  shining, make you cry

    Red soaked fingertips dye the atmosphere with fluttering butterfly tears

    And all is turned to sand... Shining, make you cry



Kiss shining hitomi ni kuchizukete

Toke dasu hanabira mo jama ni naru

Kill me shining irozuku shigeki no hate ni

Kagayakihajimeta maboroshi

    Kiss shining, we're kissing in my eyes

    Melting away even the flower petals in our way

    Kill me shining, changing into the most exciting colors

    That first shone in a vision



Please don't cryin' kodoku wo katashidori

Karamaru koukai ga kuu wo kiru

Make me shining chirabaru kokoro no hahenra

Mabushiku sugisaru kibou ni

    Please don't cryin', imitating loneliness

    Cutting into space with entwined regret

    Make me shining, fragments of my scattered heart

    A radiance that surpasses hope 



That was taken from www.animelyrics.com. A cool site. ^^ This is a good enough first

post, I suppose. Goodnight minna!