Three days postless

...which means that I'm falling down on the job! Well, I'll go over all the interesting things that happened these past three days. (Don't worry, there weren't very many).
On Saturday, I slept in 'til four (despite multiple attempts by my family at waking me), sleeping off the approximately thirty-two hours straight I'd been awake. In the evening I hung out with a couple of friends and watched Wall-E. For those of you who haven't watched it, I recommend that you do! Even with Wall-E's personal cuteness aside, I found it an all around adorable movie. It had a corny ending, but it's Disney, so that's only to be expected. (For those of you who have seen it, the little robot that hisses at the captain is my favourite! XD).
On Sunday, I went to a local bazaar. Not one of those school Christmas fairs or church bake sales, but a bazaar filling an entire (large) synagogue with clothes, furniture, fabric, toys, and lots and lots of vicious, pushy people. The items are in new condition (unless they've been damaged by the rabid hordes of shoppers), mostly sample items from various companies that the workers acquire then sell to raise money for their synagogue. Tables and racks are periodically marked down to super low prices by a guy with a red flag and a megaphone, causing waves of people to converge on the spot, tearing the items away and buying them before they've even looked at them, with Mr. Megaphone Man (his nametag says 'Bub') encouraging them to hurry and get in there and grab those low priced items! It's kind of barbaric, in my opinion, but it's a very interesting experience. It wasn't my first time there, so I knew what to expect, and I found some very nice clothes, belts, and even a dress! It's a turquoise gown, floor length, open back with straps in an X across it, with a light train sort of layer thing in back. It's kind of hard to describe, as most fancy dresses seem to be, so I will probably add a picture of it (and maybe even me in it) later. (If I'm too tired tonight, then I'll just include a photo with my next post).
Today, I'm getting ready for cadets, ironing my uniform, finding my wool socks, etc. Ugh. Tonight we're seeing off a high-ranking cadets who's aging out, so I want to be there, but I think it might be my last night. Honestly, I don't even finish like finishing the year anymore. Sigh. Well, either way I'm going tonight, and as long as I'm doing something I want to do it properly, so I'll fix my uniform up and whatnot.
Well, that's all that's interesting in my life lately, so...Ah, wait! I was reading the first volume of Naruto (for the first time. I started on the second volume XP), and I found the funniest scene, so I'd like to share. I'm not sure if people who don't read the series and know the characters will really appreciate it, but oh well. I'm including it in this post anyway XD.

Three ninja students, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke have just met their new teacher, Kakashi.
Kakashi: Now, I'd like you all to tell us a little bit about yourselves.
Sakura: Like what?
Kakashi: You know, the usual. Your favorite thing...What you hate most...Dreams, ambitions, hobbies. Things like that.
Naruto: Help us out here, coach. You go first. Show us how it's done.
Sakura: That's right...After all, you're a complete stranger to us... A mystery.
Kakashi: Oh...me? My name is Hatake Kakashi. I'm the kind of person who doesn't feel like talking about his likes and dislikes! My dreams for the future are none of your business...But anyway, I have lots of hobbies...
Sakura: *Mutters* He said a lot, but all we really learned was his name.
Kakashi: Now, it's your turn. Starting with you on the right.
Naruto: Me, right? My name is Uzumaki Naruto! What I like is an instant cup of ramen! What I like even better is when Master Iruka treats me to ramen at the Ichiraku Noodle Bar! What I hate is the three minute wait after I pour in the boiling water.
Kakashi: (thinking) He appears to have nothing more on his mind than ramen...
Naruto: My dream is to one day be a better shinobi than Lord Hokage!! And then all the villagers will have to acknowledge my existence at last!!
Kakashi: (thinking) Well, hasn't he turned out interesting...
Naruto: My hobbies are...Pranks and practical jokes, I guess.
Kakashi: I see...Next!
Sasuke: My name is Uchiha Sasuke. There are plenty of things I hate, but I don't see that it matters, considering there is almost nothing I do like. It seems pointless to talk about 'dreams'...That's just a word. But what I do have is determination. I plan to restore my clan. An there's someone I have sworn...to kill.
Sakura: (thinking) He is so cool!
Naruto: (thinking) Sure hope it's not me...*Shiver*
Kakashi: (thinking) ...I suspected as much...And finally, the young lady...
Sakura: I am Haruno Sakura. My favorite thing is...Well it's not a thing, it's a person. A boy...and that boy is...Uh...Let's move on the my dream.
...
*Blush*
Kakashi: ...
Sakura: I hate...Naruto!!
Naruto (who has a crush on her): What?!
Sakura: My hobbies are...
Kakashi: (thinking) It sounds as though young girls are more interested in love than ninjutsu...Enough! I believe we all understand one another. Formal training begins tomorrow.

Well, now there really is nothing more I want to say! (Not to mention I should be eating supper). Until next time,

Emi

Quote of the post: My favourite number in the alphabet is green.
-A piece of Flair on Facebook

Cell Seven, from left to right: emo child Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi-sensei, Sakura.

Konoha-style gloves!!

I've had a lot of difficulty in getting this post to post, without bits randomly disappearing or HTML crap spewing into the middle, so please pardon typos and strangely sized texts. I'm just happy it's here at all, and I don't want to take chances editing it again :S

Today, we went shopping!! Or should I say, this morning/last night. We left early, at around two thirty, which is, to my mind, not early but rather late. Despite two valiant attempts, I didn't succeed in getting any sleep at all. Luckily for me, lack of sleep makes me hyper, so I managed okay. Me and my mom ended up bringing my best friend, Nick, down in the car with us, while my grandma drove her own car because she wanted to leave earlier than we did, seeing as she doesn't have the same youthful stamina as we do. Turns out Nick stayed up watching the DVDs of one of his favourite TV shows, and by the time he noticed what time it was, it was only a couple of hours before we were supposed to leave. So that made two of us hyper at least! When we arrived, we found ourselves surrounded by many fellow shoppers, something especially unusual considering it was around four in the morning, but I guess that's Black Friday for you! We began browsing the racks, Nick with a clear idea of what he wanted to buy, me with a clear idea of buying anything that I decided I wanted, especially if it was a really good price. Unfortunately, I discovered that the sales weren't as good as they usually are. This led me to the conclusion that Black Friday is a very well-conducted, gimmicky scam. People are told that it's a huge shopping day and there are great deals, so they buy things that are hardly reduced at all because they think the sale prices won't get any better. Also, all the doorbuster sales that end at certain times encourage people to impulse buy, without comparing prices or really thinking things through. It's a horrible example of capitalism, but I have to admit it was fun. I had gone expecting to find some nice clothes to buy, but it turned out that best purchases weren't items of clothing at all. I was shopping in this music/movie/game store, and I'd just decided there was nothing that I wanted to buy and was about to leave when something wonderful caught my eye. There before me was an entire length of wall dedicated to anime, manga, and all things related, posters to plushies to pocky. Not at a convention, not in a specialty store, but in an average technology store. Hardly able to believe my eyes, I had a fangirlesque happy spazz. Then, of course, I called Nick over to see, squeeing at him over how amazing it was that manga is, slowly but surely, making it's way into mainstream culture. With this wonderful discovery made, I had a very difficult decision to make: of all the things I wanted, which ones to get? After hemming and hawing, picking things up and putting them down, and knocking down two hanger thingys of keychains and necklaces, I finally decided what I wanted to buy. Then I saw something else I really wanted. Then I realized I could get some thigns cheaper from my local convention next time it swings by. Then I realized there was an exchange rate between Canadian and American money. Aw, man! By this point Nick was getting kind of impatient, but luckily for me he lvoes Deathnote, so that merchandise helped to ditract him. (Plus he's a really kind and understanding friend XD). At long last, I brought my final selection to the cash, asking the store clerk to hold onto my thigns while I found my mother so she could pay for the things. Luckily for me, I have a very kind and understanding mother, and she agreed to get me those most marvelous things as part of my Christmas present. Yay! After waiting for her to finish shopping in other stores, with some whining and sighing from me, I must admit, we finally got back to the store to get my stuff! Since my mom said that I wouldn't get the things until Christmas, I decided to use the last of my money to buy my favourite item of all: black leather fingerless gloves with the symbol of Konoha village on them!
After a bit more shopping, me wearing my new gloves (making signs and pretending to cast Jutsus the entire time, of course), we headed home. First we dropped off the half-asleep Nick at his house, then I got to show off my lovely new purchases top me sister and father. Luckily for me, they are also very kind and understanding of my otakuisms, and even the often irritable Idzie was happy for how excited these new finds made me. Of course, now having gloves with the symbol of Konohagakure, how could I resist the natural otakus urge to cosplay? Having no suitable clothign to try for any character in particular, I scrounged up some items and dressed like any ninja in the Naruto world might. I know it's not too great, but it was the best my tired brain could do, and I had a good time. I've included some photos. Warning: there are a lot, including a veritable catalog of my new things!
Wishing you best of luck with shopping and learning new Jutsus,

Emi

Quote of the post: If I have to get up, I am so kicking your ass.
-Shikamaru

My super awesome ninja ass-kicking gloves - with the symbol of Konohagakure!

Here they are again, because they are awesome and deserve different positioning and angles.

My new anime/manga related things. ^___^

The action figures of some of my favourite shinobi of all time, the members of Asuma Cell 10: Ino, Choji, and (the coolest one of all) Shikamaru. No, I do not comprehend how to use the macro feature my camera has. Yes, I am refusing to let my sister teach me.

I couldn't get a good shot of my new shirt, so I just posted a photo of the pattern. It's clear, and I didn't even use macro. Ha! Take that, Idzie and Macro!

My awesome new skirt. Unfortuantely, the colour didn't turn out well at all with the flash, but I couldn't seem to get one that was clear at all without flash. :(. Ah, well. My skirt is still awesome.

My new fuzzy socks! ^__^

They're fat, warm, sturdy on the outside, and fuzzy on the inside!
(Plus, they weere cheap!)
^___^

Domo!

Domo will eat you now. Om nom nom nom!!

Domo's tag. Just look at that! It's a mini cardboard Domo. How awesome is that?

Me dressing like a shinobi from the world of Naruto, with my dad interfering.

Iniate ninja art: family summoning no jutsu!

My secret jutsu is complete; now feel the wrath of Konoha's newest kunoichi!

Me posing for pics. No, my finger is not touching my nose. It is an optical illusion created the camera angle.
....
(And it's my sister's fault, but don't tell her I said that).

Again, I accuse optical illusions!