December 24. 2004 23:48

Merry Christmas Eve!

Christmas is christmas after all, even if I'm far away from my family, all alone in a country where there's not a trace of snow and christmas is just some random, happy party ^_^ When I woke up today and it was actually christmas eve, I forgot about all those things. Today feels like christmas. ^__^

I went and bought myself a small piece of ham and one of those christmas cakes in the morning, and also a can of Single Made Sparkling Wine since I ran into it. (It felt kinda luxurious and christmassy ^_^) Then I put some christmas carols on and ate my christmas meal with great joy, as it was very good. Then I cut some paper snowflakes for my window. Ever since I was small I've strongly believed that making them calls snow, so I'm waiting for it to snow in the next few days. ^_^ I didn't have any candles, to my disappointment, but now I found some cake candles that came with the cake and just had them on, for as long as they lasted ^_^

One of the small bits of magic that happened to me today was that when I was about to go ask for some spare cardboard boxes from the convenience store, a task that I found very unpleasant to do in Japanese, I ran into our "janitor lady" with two big boxes that used to have toilet paper in them. She understood my point perfectly and I was very happy to take them away into my room ^__^

After that I rode my bike downtown to see if I could see that Inu-Yasha movie. (Small spoilers ahead, by the way, so be careful if you're tense about that.) It took me a second to find the theater, there are so many in Kyoto and I don't know which one shows which movie. But they showed me the right place on the map when I asked at one. When I found the place and saw the huge posters and paintings that advertised the movie, my fangirl heart skipped a beat. There it was! ^_______________^ I was a bit nervous going in, being all alone and there being only a bunch of small kids around me, waiting for the same movie. Embarrassing, maybe, but I wanted to see it.

I was very surprised that I got a ticket to the last show of the day, starting at 17. Or, actually, I don't think the ticket said the time of the show, I bought it from a vending machine ^_^;;; (What on earth is it with the Japanese and all these vending machines??) The first show of the day was around nine and the last, as I said, at five. I was prepared to wait for a couple of hours and then get into a line to get in, like happened when we went to Howl, but there were about ten people there ^_^;; Well, I didn't expect Inu-Yasha to be as successful as Howl, no way, but as it was christmas eve, the day for couples (in Japan), and the movie just had it's premier about two days ago, I thought there'd be at least a few more people.

In the end, I only had half an hour to wait until the movie started, so I just went in and waited at the theater. Because of that, I forgot to buy the bus ticket in time (they only sell it at 10-19), so I'll have to go there again tomorrow to get it ^_^;; But the merchandise at the movie theatre was very interesting and I spent most of the waiting time checking it out and wondering if I wanted to buy a wall scroll or a fan or the movie soundtrack. (The soundtrack I'm definitely going to get, but I might wait until it's not brand new so it's a bit cheaper.) For the record, I didn't end up buying anything.

When the movie started, I understood why there were only children around. I didn't exactly know what I was bargaining for... Because before we got to the point, the Inu-Yasha movie, I was tortured by 45 minutes of Hamtaro >_< This was, in fact, some sort of a dual screening, they put the two movies together and with that one ticket you get to (or have to) see them both. I think I could've went away and come back only for the latter one, but since I was already in when it started, I didn't want to get out again and make a mess. When I left the theatre there were some more teenagers, or people about my age, that weren't there when I came in, so I guess they just came for the second movie.

When the Hamtaro thing was finally over (I might've liked to watch it if I was in the right mood and didn't have to concentrate exclusively in that, but I really didn't want to spend an hour with it in the movie theatre...), there was a small pause and then the "real" movie started. Ah, it was so great ^__^ Well, it wasn't a great movie, it was just "fangirlish" great to see it. It was the regular fourth movie to a successfull anime series, didn't seem to have a great point to it but was nice to watch. I enjoyed the animation to no end, especially (or mainly) in the beginning and the fight scenes, they looked just yummy! And when Miroku first came to the screen, a wide, silly grin spread over my face ^__^ I swear, I had no say in the matter, my face moved by itself ^_^

Unfortunately, there weren't any yummy scenes between Sango and Miroku, beyond the usual introduction of him caressing her butt in the middle of a fight. I did enjoy the time they were fighting together, though, because there was a split second when I could see him holding to her waist very tightly, and it warmed me to see them so close together, even though the situation wasn't romantic or anything ^_^ The movie, by the way, took place about the time of the end of the TV series, though there weren't many references. (Basically there were only two: Inu-Yasha using the new technique and Kagome getting mad when Inu-Yasha went after Kikyou.)

After the movie I stopped by at Book-Off, bought 3 CDs (Morning Musume, Hysteric Blue and Ayumi Hamasaki, which I might be giving away to my schoolmate if I don't like it) and 8 albums of Hikaru no go for Yoha-chan and Pau. I tried to find that Loveless they wanted, too, but it was surprisingly difficult, as I didn't have the detailed information and it's not a hugely known series ^_^;;

Then my parents called me in the middle of it all and the people at the store turned to look at me funnily when I was talking to the phone in a loud voice and in a strange language ^_^;; I would've liked to have a better place to talk at, but it was still very nice to hear from them. All the family had gathered at my parent's place, Tsu and Cel, my big sis and her family, my grandparents. They all said hi one at a time and I started to feel very jealous that I couldn't spend time there with them ^_^ Most of all I miss my little nephews... They're just so cute, and with them I can't be in touch from this far.

Now I'm very full of cake and christmas eve is starting to end. I want to read a bit more of that Nightingale Floor book, it's very interesting, taking pace in a Japanese inspired environment, and it's starting to have a love story that I'm falling for *^_^* (I'm such a sucker for romance stories, yeah.) But before that I think I'm gonna pack a little of my stuff away, I really need to get to sending it soon or I'll be home before the package. And it's great to get a little of this stuff cleaned from my room, it's annoying me how much stuff I'm just keeping on the floor because there's no other place to put it in. Looking at all the stuff, I've really been spending money here... But, well... I guess I can forgive myself for it, because I can't come shopping here whenever. It's just a bit embarrassing and somewhat against my nature, since I like to spare for something really great rather than spend buying small stuff all the time ^_^;;

Merry Christmas everyone!! <3