As a phantom of your imagination, Nana will tell you of the secrets of the world. Maybe, if she wants to..... Cheesy ain't it. Nana loves cheese, though she is a cat. At times she will tell of worlds beyond her mind. Speak of dreams of nights before. Woo readers with poems of love and other things. So sit back, relax and enjoy what may come.

Lack of title

Is it just Nana, or does it seem so weird that Easter was yesterday. Nana's mother was saying that this only happens every hundred years or something like that. Because of the moon or some other not really Christian type reason.
It's not that Nana cares really, it's just weird that's all.

In other news, Nana is on spring break but since this is college she still has homework. Circuits, a speech, mambo, some logic but that's easy. Why so teachers feel compelled to give work for over holidays?

Nana just finished Clannad and has to say that apart from Air, that this is the best Key/Kyoto anim series. It hit all the right points for Nana. One of the biggest was the fact that it wasn't a completely one man show. Each character played a part in the change of the others. And the main girl, Nagisa, is a stronger character than her predecessors. Granted she's not perfect, but she does stand on her feet more than they did. Once Baka Tsuki and The Waffle House finish their English patch for the Clannad game, Nana will be playing that.

Nana has also changed units. She may have already said this but she can't remember. She is now in a medical unit. Why, you may ask. Because she needed a change in atmosphere. She use to be in an admin unit, but always tasked out to none admin things like recon and intelligence work. She's hoping with this change will come a steady job. At some point she may take the year long course to become a combat medic. If she does, her one weekend a month will consist of working in hospitals and the like. Those of you who know Nana know that she is not even the least squeamish when it comes to blood, so success at this job will rely on Nana's skills as a medic. Quite the challenge. One that Nana is willing to take when time allows.

NNM
Ready
Set
Lets la go

endless

First, Nana is now up to six published works in the Otaku. Check it on her profile or on the fan words site.

Now we continue with the Manowar binge with "Crown and the King" to LotR

NNM

It's love

Nana's been on a huge Manowar binge. It's all her older brother's fault. The passion of these manly men. The temptation of steel. The call of war. What's not to love.
True it is quite the masculine thing for Nana to listen too, but she doesn't care. If you haven't heard at least one of their songs then you must, NOW!

Brothers of Metal:
Strike while the iron is hot
Steel is strongest so say we all
And if we all were not brothers of metal would we fall? - no -
They tried to test our spirit
They tasted steel before we were done
Grinding their bones into the dust of the past
All blown away like a shot from a gun

We cast our lot together four still stand as one
Here we'll remain forever till our kingdoms one

Brothers of metal
We are fighting with power and steel
Fighting for metal metal that's real
Brothers of metal will always be there
Standing together with hands in the air

Let us drink to the power drink to the sound
Thunder and metal are shaking the ground
Drink to your brothers who are never to fall
We're all brothers of metal here in the hall

Our hearts are filled with metal and masters we have none
And we will die for metal, metal heals, my son

Brothers of metal
We are fighting with power and steel
Fighting for metal metal that's real
Brothers of metal will always be there
Standing together with hands in the air

Let us drink to the power drink to the sound
Thunder and metal are shaking the ground
Drink to your brothers who are never to fall
We're all brothers of metal here in the hall

Brothers of metal
We are fighting with power and steel
Fighting for metal metal that's real
Brothers of metal will always be there
Standing together with hands in the air

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NNM
Nana's personal favorite: Master of the Wind
AMV to Shamanic Princess

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May the road rise to meet you. May the wind alway be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, the rain fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May god hold you in the palm of his hand.

Happy St Patrick's day.

So tired

Nana is hailing from her nearest Starbucks at a healthy 0730 in the morning. She's been up a healthy 24hrs as well. Why you all ask? Because, that's why.

She just posted up a new/old story Aftermath.
It's one of her first shorts she ever wrote in first person.

Spring break is coming soon and Nana is waiting for the break. She needs the gaming time. Between Killer7, Devil May Cry 2, and Okami, she's got games to finish. She blames Persona 3 and FFXII and Jade Empire for not finishing those games earlier.

Speaking of coffee, Nana finds that it's not so much the caffeine that has her drinking coffee, it's the taste. Nana loves the taste of coffee. She started drinking coffee back in grade school, so this must be a genetic trait since everyone in Nana's family drinks coffee regularly. Nana's sister also started in grade school. Now Nana thinks her little sister drinks more than her.
Here in the states, coffee is just coffee, but when Nana was in Italy, coffee was more. It was a drink of socialization. People would go to the nearest bar (a bar in Italy is basically a cafe, not to be confused with an American bar) and just talk over an espresso or latte. In the past, America was similar in this, but as time went by people wanted to move faster and talk less. It's a shame really. When Nana was in Italy, she visited many places that aren't tourist spots. Yet, in these places the people were quite friendly. They treated Nana to coffee, a lunch, some wine. Not to mention the country scenery was to die for. But what really endeared these people to Nana was the friendly coffee, the broken English conversations, the pats on the back when she so botched her the Italian they were teaching her.
It's a shame that us Americans lost our "coffee." Someday we may regain it, but that day seems so far off.

*Sigh*

Nana misses those people.

NNM
If I ever leave this world alive
by Flogging Molly

If I ever leave this world alive
I'll thank for all the things you did in my life
If I ever leave this world alive
I'll come back down and sit beside your
feet tonight
Wherever I am you'll always be
More than just a memory
If I ever leave this world alive

If I ever leave this world alive
I'll take on all the sadness
That I left behind
If I ever leave this world alive
The madness that you feel will soon subside
So in a word don't shed a tear
I'll be here when it all gets weird
If I ever leave this world alive

So when in doubt just call my name
Just before you go insane
If I ever leave this world
Hey I may never leave this world
But if I ever leave this world alive

She says I'm okay; I'm alright,
Though you have gone from my life
You said that it would,
Now everything should be all right

She says I'm okay; I'm alright,
Though you have gone from my life
You said that it would,
Now everything should be all right
Yeah should be alright