Hello, everyone!

You have reached the rambling, the fangirling, and the general chill-pad of theOtaku's NightBeck, a.k.a Becky, a.k.a Crimson Lotus the Irish Ninja.

... okay, maybe not the last one. But people will be calling me that one day.

This is your place to chill, talk about life and fandom, and be generally crazy. So go on. Play nice, be good to each other, don't make me hurt you.

My favorite series: Princess Tutu, Ookiku Furikabutte, Mushishi, xxxHOLiC, Monster, Black Lagoon, Ergo Proxy, Escaflowne, and Baccano!

My writing: Cafe Cliche

The last nine months of my life

So basically, I wrote a book. A YA fantasy book. And now I am going to edit it and try to get an agent for it.

OMG.

... this would be funny except that it's absolutely horrible

This was my day:

- Woke up at 8 to find out that I tried to make an appointment with the wrong person to declare my English minor. Sent e-mail to the right guy, tried to go back to sleep.

- Was then woken up again by the JET program calling my cell personally (because of an e-mail I sent them), basically to tell me in the most Japanese way possible that I was perfectly qualified but they had a lot of applicants and had to arbitrarily throw some people out. They then told me I should apply again next year. ;; I am not sure what to make of any of it.

- Ran a bunch of errands in freezing cold, windy weather.

- The books I bought to enjoy and unwind with over the weekend did not show up in the mail. Up to this point I had basically been upright because of the promise of curling up and reading all night, but then I just gave up.

- And then, in the process of withdrawing some money for ordering out for dinner, I lost my check card. I was then pointed to every single student organization on campus that might have had it, and when none did, I had to run back to my dorm to cancel it.

- And while I am in this glorious mood, my roommate is going to bring her girlfriend over later.

... I am going to find Murphy and his Law and BUST THE WINDOWS OUT OF THEIR CAR.

Well, that's over.

I didn't get an interview for JET.

I don't know why, and they're not going to answer me even if I ask - they made that part quite clear. All I know is that there's a list, and I'm not on it.

I don't know if my friends who applied got interviews, but I'm not sure I'm up to asking, either. Obsessing over what they have that I don't isn't really my idea of a good time.

Ugh. I just... I don't even know. I'm feeling a little better than I was before, but it stings that after all my experience up to this point, after the months of work I put into the application, and after all that time I spent waiting to hear from them, they didn't even give me a chance.

You'd think I'd get used to changing my plans because of someone's arbitrary rejection! I've been doing enough of that lately, after all.

That test everyone's taking...

you chose BY - your Enneagram type is FOUR (aka "The Romantic")

"I am unique"

Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.

How to Get Along with Me

• Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.

• Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself.

• Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.

• Though I don't always want to be cheered up when I'm feeling melancholy, I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.

• Don't tell me I'm too sensitive or that I'm overreacting!

What I Like About Being a FOUR

• my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep level

• my ability to establish warm connections with people

• admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life

• my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor

• being unique and being seen as unique by others

• having aesthetic sensibilities

• being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me

What's Hard About Being a FOUR

• experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair

• feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don't deserve to be loved

• feeling guilty when I disappoint people

• feeling hurt or attacked when someone misunderstands me

• expecting too much from myself and life

• fearing being abandoned

• obsessing over resentments

• longing for what I don't have

FOURs as Children Often

• have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in original games

• are very sensitive

• feel that they don't fit in

• believe they are missing something that other people have

• attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.

• become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood

• feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents' divorce)

FOURs as Parents

• help their children become who they really are

• support their children's creativity and originality

• are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings

• are sometimes overly critical or overly protective

• are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed

2009 in Review: aka a really long post

o, while I'm thinking of it now, I'm going to write my yearly reflections and resolutions. As always, sappiness and tl;dr within! As with 2008, I have to say that the last year was not a particularly easy one - but unlike last year, it made...

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