Faith has been broken And tears must be cried...

[snapdragon76]

OK, I finished reading volumes 17 and 18 (yes, I had to do both). And I felt the whole gamut of emotions. Like I nearly cried when Kureno was talking to Tohru, especially after he told her he'd not be seeing Arisa anymore (even though you could tell he really wanted to. Hell, he even said he wanted to). And Shigure was all snarky too. I mean, to Kureno, to Akito. But, that's part of who he is, I guess.

I was feeling all squishy during the chapter when Haru and Rin reconcile. And I did notice, when Kureno was telling Haru to leave to go to Rin, that he was thinking about Arisa when he did so. Kinda like, "Go do what I can't do. Be with your girl." *sniffles* I swear, I felt like busting out crying...

And I wanted to smack that one old maid. I mean, having her go of on Kureno after he freed Rin from the Cat's Room! *bitch smack* I laughed when the translator added that she also wanted to smack the old hag...

Speaking of which, I think two different translators were used. It's not the translation issues themselves I have an issue with. After all, I don't know any Japanese to compare or anything. It's just that with Vol. 17, everything was translated, including the little side note (which I always find interesting), but for Vol. 18, it was just the text. I mean, it was nice to be able to read them, but I wanted to read the little side notes as well. And another thing I didn't like, was that for Vol. 18 (and 15 as well, now that I think about it), I had to open them in Image Ready. The main thing about it that I didn't like was having to expand the window everytime just to read them! Urgh!

I uploaded the pics from Christmas, but I still need to resize them and everything, so I probably won't post them until Monday or Tuesday. And mom is going out to dinner with the others in her office for the annual Christmas Dinner, so she'll be late. Here she'll be dining on filet mignon... and I'll be stuck with chicken or something like that. But it's not like I'm bitter!

Eep! I have to feed the kitties! I'm such a bad momma! Oh, and hey, if you still want to guess on my meme from yesterday, go here.

Quote of the day: "She has achieved success who has lived well; laughed often and loved much;... who has filled her niche and accomplished her task;... who has always looked for the best in others and given the best she had; whose life was an inspiration." -- Mrs. A.J. Stanley

Comments

[toriru4ever.livejournal.com]

bah kureno got some action from his 'goddess' in return for his services so don't feel to bad for the fella :P

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

I guess I just have a soft spot for 'im. Poor guy.

*huggles Kureno*

Yeah, I've been reading alot too.....

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm trying to alternate between reading and writing. I'd like to get one more story done before I go back to work:(

Re: Yeah, I've been reading alot too.....

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Since I don't do any writing (due to the suckage), I don't have to worry about it.

Well, I'm never too thrilled to go back to work...

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

staying home and writing is always more fun.

Re: Well, I'm never too thrilled to go back to work...

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone's thrilled to go back to work after a vacation. At least you get summers off. That's always nice.

[zelamenomiko.livejournal.com]

I kinda wanna bitch smack all those old ladies. I was really pissed when they kept whispering about Kyo behind his back during his mother's funeral.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Gossipy old biddies. They could so be on the street if it weren't for the Sohma's.

Biotches.

[zelamenomiko.livejournal.com]

AMEN!

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

And you know, I think they even look down on the Jyuunishi as 'dirty' because of the curse. I mean, it's not like they can help it or anything. Who knows what's said behind their backs.

I swear, it's so hard to find goo d help these days...

[zelamenomiko.livejournal.com]

Isn't that the truth? They should watch it, though, cuz Akito will keel all their asses. >.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised she hasn't already...

[zelamenomiko.livejournal.com]

Maybe she finds some kind of strange enjoyment out of watching all the old biddies bad mouth the rest of the clan.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Knowing Akito, she probably does...