Sugar booger
Nov. 13th, 2004 12:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gogmagogOn the radio this evening, they played this song, then promptly announced that it was by REM. *snigger* Stupid soft-rock DJs.
I spent most of the day at the university library studying and doing homework (when I wasn't zoning out, which happened all too often). I did spend some of the afternoon with two of my fellow Women's Center student staff, because you can only study for so long. Among other things, we decided that we will start referring to it as "The W.C." (Like a cross between The W.B. and The O.C.)
This week on The W.C.: What will happen when the full-time staff return and discover...the FRIDAY STUDENT STAFF PARTY! Will they discover the body in the storage closet, or will it go unnoticed? Dun-dun-dun! Also, a catfight between two of the W.C. ladies! A secret crush revealed! And more on this week's all-new The W.C.! OMG THE DRAMA
I don't normally recommend romantic comedy manga to any but romcom fans, because I know a lot of y'all aren't into that. But I do recommend that everyone (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sergiekins, shinkun and jokersama especially) check out the new manga Wallflower, if you haven't already. Basically, the premise is that four good-looking high school guys get to live in a mansion rent-free while the owner is out of the country. However, in order to earn that they have to make over the owner's niece into a lady worthy of the house.
The unique thing is that she isn't your typical "she's ugly because she's meek and OMG GLASSES!!1! AND A PONYTAIL!!1!" type. No, no, no...this heroine is no wallflower, title to the contrary. A better comparison? Picture Sadako from the Ring as a romantic comedy heroine and you won't be far off the mark.
To give you an idea, it first becomes apparent that she's warming up to the guys when they're trying to cook (and failing miserably). She comes out of her room, hair hanging over her face all Sadako-esque, and picks up a butcher knife. The boys are all HELP SHE'S GONNA KILL US, but instead she merely savagely chops off a fish's head. Then we see her, smiling semi-maniacally, as fish blood spatters all over her face. Her only friends are mannequins and anatomy skeletons, and her role models are Freddy Krueger and Jason. The guys bribe her into behaving as a "lady" by promising to give her really gory horror movies that are so violent they're banned in Japan. And then later, she ends up saving the main love interest from criminal types who are trying to sell him into prostitution - because she wants to kill him herself. It's so Special~~~
Edit: Well, I stole this fromrathershady because it seemed cool. For 24 hours (that is, until 12:14 a.m. on November 14) I will answer truthfully any question asked in the comments of this entry. He had this whole rationale about wanting to subvert the social politesse that leads us to be insincere and roundabout, but I'm just doing it 'cause it sounds fun.
I spent most of the day at the university library studying and doing homework (when I wasn't zoning out, which happened all too often). I did spend some of the afternoon with two of my fellow Women's Center student staff, because you can only study for so long. Among other things, we decided that we will start referring to it as "The W.C." (Like a cross between The W.B. and The O.C.)
This week on The W.C.: What will happen when the full-time staff return and discover...the FRIDAY STUDENT STAFF PARTY! Will they discover the body in the storage closet, or will it go unnoticed? Dun-dun-dun! Also, a catfight between two of the W.C. ladies! A secret crush revealed! And more on this week's all-new The W.C.! OMG THE DRAMA
I don't normally recommend romantic comedy manga to any but romcom fans, because I know a lot of y'all aren't into that. But I do recommend that everyone (
sergiekins, shinkun and jokersama especially) check out the new manga Wallflower, if you haven't already. Basically, the premise is that four good-looking high school guys get to live in a mansion rent-free while the owner is out of the country. However, in order to earn that they have to make over the owner's niece into a lady worthy of the house.The unique thing is that she isn't your typical "she's ugly because she's meek and OMG GLASSES!!1! AND A PONYTAIL!!1!" type. No, no, no...this heroine is no wallflower, title to the contrary. A better comparison? Picture Sadako from the Ring as a romantic comedy heroine and you won't be far off the mark.
To give you an idea, it first becomes apparent that she's warming up to the guys when they're trying to cook (and failing miserably). She comes out of her room, hair hanging over her face all Sadako-esque, and picks up a butcher knife. The boys are all HELP SHE'S GONNA KILL US, but instead she merely savagely chops off a fish's head. Then we see her, smiling semi-maniacally, as fish blood spatters all over her face. Her only friends are mannequins and anatomy skeletons, and her role models are Freddy Krueger and Jason. The guys bribe her into behaving as a "lady" by promising to give her really gory horror movies that are so violent they're banned in Japan. And then later, she ends up saving the main love interest from criminal types who are trying to sell him into prostitution - because she wants to kill him herself. It's so Special~~~
Edit: Well, I stole this from
rathershady because it seemed cool. For 24 hours (that is, until 12:14 a.m. on November 14) I will answer truthfully any question asked in the comments of this entry. He had this whole rationale about wanting to subvert the social politesse that leads us to be insincere and roundabout, but I'm just doing it 'cause it sounds fun.
