More boring blab XD .Saturday, August 27, 2005 || 10:22 p.m.
Naruto & Sakura feat. Shikamaru - Naruto Ondo!
Well~ I should be reading, and I'm not. :x BAD ASHLEY. >_< hopefully i still get atleast 5 books done *rolls eyes*. Anyways, that's not wat I want to talk about. kekeke XD
LOL the song i'm listening to... =__= it's probably one of the most funniest things I've ever heard. Well, okay no not exactly but it entertains me just the same. :P After bugging Rach for it, she finally sent it to me. I've been dying to hear it for almost a week now. XD Let's see... for te first few seconds we hear Naruto and Sakura sort of talking to each other and greeting us... which suddenly breaks into a short interlude bringing us to... SHIKAMARU DOING SOME RAP? LOL XD. A rapping Morikubo Shoutarou = Entertained Ashley. I've heard him sing as Kirihara before (Unfair & It's Alright) but heh, this one is funny. XD Once in a while Naruto also joins in... and is that Akamaru BARKING? O___O;? LOL XD. Then of course, you get Naruto and Sakura singing... which then we get a repeat of Shikamaru rap!! (yeEEeeEaaaAAaH :D ♥ LOL), and then a short little part of the 3 talking again. :3 pretty pointless.
[EDIT: LOL!! Apparently if you buy the CD there's instructions to do a DANCE TO THIS? LOL Wowwww... this is the most entertained i've been for a while XD.]
Ahhh, yeah I also saw the Naruto dub cast list. Hnn, the only voice actor who rings a bell is Yuri Lowenthal, who's going to play Sasuke.
**Yuri Lowenthal is going to play Sasuke, but he was also Haru from Rave Master. Musica from Rave Master was voiced by Morikubo Shoutarou, who also voiced Shikamaru! COINCIDENCE?!?!... Actually, yeah. Is any of this RELEVANT? o_O Hn, no. not really. Why did I point this out? o__o I have NO idea.**
Also, it appears they've hired a woman (Maile Flanagan)to voice Naruto. This is a good thing IMHO, cause Naruto was voiced by a girl to start with (right?)... And I've also downloaded a soundclip of different characters that Maile Flanagan has done voices for. Hnn... I don't have a solid opinion on how this is going to turn out, but I'm definately checking out the dub anyways... cause this is going to be very interesting. XD. The other voice actors don't sound familiar to me... hm, maybe their all new? But apparently a few of them have worked for Zatch Bell, and I've only caught it once (while I was in Minneapolis). Hnn, I suppose we'll just have to see. XD
But enough about Naruto. XD. Well, it looks like i'll be able to watch Yakitate!!Japan - 37 in the morning... but i'm scared. hehe ^^; Well, it's been a while now, but the last time I heard about the ending of Yaki!Pan, it was set at episode 47. 47? NOOOOO WAYYY. >_< I really want them to do Yakitate!25. :( I want to see the CMAP boy with random english. PLUS we see more Kanmuri (YEAHHH!!!)... that, and Kuroyan trying to be JUST LIKE THE CHAIRMAN :D WHEE! I really hope they reconsider signing Yakitate for more episodes. XD its so great~... and I also can't wait for the finale of the Monaco Cup Arc. MAN I LOVE THAT PART OF THE MANGA. :D. Too bad I dont have room for kanmuri cosplay anymore next year :(... but I still want to make the costume. Hnn... maybe Hallowe'en? XD ♥ Whee~!

Much useless info, then again, when is it not? :3 .Saturday, August 20, 2005 || 09:28 p.m.
RYTHEM - Harumonia
Now, who actually read this but Yukio and Ai-san :|? No one, right? XD That's okay cause i'm quite boring and ramble on about things no one cares about *snort*
Ai-Kon was quite fun. :) Just as fun as last year, but different of course. I'll end up posting my report... err... when I'm not lazy. >_> *snicker* Cosplay next year will be a million times more simple than my Yuna costume, yet i'm excited. I suppose since the costumes arent exactly as challenging, I'll have to put extra effort into making them as accurate/neat as I can. Bleh, extra effort. Yuck. XD SoooOooo~ cosplay plans for Ai-Kon 2006 are as follows:
FRIDAY - Yamanaka Ino (Naruto)
SATURDAY - Shinigami! Inoue Orihime (Bleach)
SUNDAY - Atobe Keigo (Prince of Tennis)

I also have other costumes planned... though I don't know when I'll be able to wear it o_O; though I really want to make them:
SoPan Uniform!Kanmuri Shigeru (Yakitate!Japan)
ANY Chii Outfit (Chobits)
Chiruru!Chii Outfit (Chobits)
Yorokonde!Yumi (Chobits)
Beige Outfit Temari(Naruto) [I WANT A GIANT FAN XD!!]
Yukihiro Ayaka (Magister Negi Magi)

Bleh, theres more. I'm sure of it.. I just can't remember right now o_O;
SOOO, at 2am I got bored, and decided to actually draw ai's BELOVED "SHORTHAIR!Shikamaru". This proved to be a challenge. WHY? First of all, it took me half an hour to remember WHO Shikamaru was (Sorry dears, i haven't watched naruto at this point), and then I had to find reference pictures... so I opened IE but got lazy to actually look for pictures (yes, i was lazy to type >_>)... so instead i just winged it. besides, it WAS SHORTHAIR!Shikamaru anyways o_O so inaccuracy should be alright. next up? HAIRDOWN!Shikamaru for yukio. =_=; you know you 2, maybe you should ask me to draw for you when I actually know who i'm drawing? @@;

OKAY. now i've officially seen 1 whole episode of naruto... and it wasn't the first? LOL darn >_<. I ended up watching 31 (randomly) and I was quite lucky. XD I mean... you get to see some rock lee action. YAY XD. *makes rowena catch 20 leaves*. ALSO... HAHA not only do I finally see the Ino-Shika-Cho team, but their also quite fun. XD LOL *watches Ino try to seduce Neji* interesting. HAHA XD it's the first time I see Ino... and shes letting down her hair and seducing someone for a scroll? LOL greeaaaaat. AND to ai and yukio's GREAT JOY, i've finally seen their BELOVED Shikamaru. (yeah, they asked me to BOLD it everytime o_O). I KNOW you 2 are dying to know his first impression, right? well... the first thing that hit me was HE'S VOICED BY MORIKUBO SHOUTAROU &hearts. I love that seiyuu. XD. But I still don't really know much about him... so no definite opinion yet, girls but so far he's love in my book just for his voice. XD. wheee~ Naruto will be really fun. XD <3
Since I didn't see the first episode, and i'm not afraid of spoilers (yeah, i know =_= bad bad bad.), I ended up skipping through random scenes of random episodes. HAHA it's quite fun <3 somehow i always end up picking up voices before the actual character, and this is because of my ears recognizing voices (yeah, i've started to recognize certain voice actors =_= scary? maybe o_o)... and there's a few i'll list now to entertain AMY (if you read it. XD):

KAKASHI: this wasn't so obvious but I heard him and it was familiar. After a while it pretty much hit me in the face and I was like AHH YUKI♥ (gravitation). LOL then 2 seconds after I was like =_=... WAIT OH ITS HATORI (fruits basket). LOL after checking sources, I was right. conclusion? kakashi is voiced by Inoue Kazuhiko. kakashi = hatori. maybe Inoue err... likes characters who hide 1 eye? o_O;

SHIKAMARU: this was the MOST obvious. Morikubo Shoutarou has a really defined voice and you can tell when it's him... err, either that or it might be because I'm a big fangirl. HEH. <3 but i mentioned this already. XD conclusion? Shikamaru = Kirihara? O_o *imagines shikamaru going red-eye mode and screwing up a tennis practice* both are dork♥.

TEMARI: yeah this one took a while for me to figure out. like kakashi, it was familiar and it rang through my empty skull til I thought something was out of place. then it hit me. THIS VOICE IS FOR... a BOY? No no, Temari is voiced by a girl... but this seiyuu had done boys in the past. Ed (Full Metal Alchemist) & Ken (Digimon 02). *claps for Paku Romi* conclusion? temari = ed = ken. o_O their pretty different in my opinon... well, besides the fact that ken was buling his evil empire in a desert, and temari is a Sand-ninja? o_O

KIBA: LOL i found this the most challenging (and 2nd entertaining) discovery. XD He talks pretty brash, but he just sounded familiar. this one took me all day. it really did. until he ummm said something. o_o i dont remember what, but that voice echoed in my head and then i took a naruto break and decided to watch some prince of tennis. LOL. boy, that was pretty lucky of me, cause it was a Sengoku episode. then *DUN DUN DUN* yeah <3. Their both voiced by Toriumi Kousuke. :D Whee~<3 conclusion? Kiba = Sengoku (O__o?). I wonder if Kiba ever says "Lu-cky~!♥" =__=;...

GAARA: LMFAO. This one was is a close second when it comes to obvious voices. BOYYY. I heard gaara speak once and I had to pause it to literally giggle. :| i'm not even joking. I really can't imagine... gaara doing the whole "nfufufu~♥". did you guess, amy? LOL gaara is voiced by ISHIDA AKIRA <3. XD wahahahahahaaaa... conclusion? gaara = ...MIZUKI. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA *dies* ♥ I.. dont know if gaara would ever wear a horrid purple floral sweater and start twirling his hair around his finger... or if mizuki would ever decide to become blood thirsty and want to kill... (though he might use the sand wall to protect him from the sun.. he'll complain about his "beautiful light sensitive skin" *snort*). isn't it wonderful, amy? XDDD this makes a very entertained ash.

SOOO i think that's all for today. now that I've actually seen shikamaru, i look at my drawing and it's completely inaccurate, but ai (yes, YOU ai. you bum. XD) will like it. =__= i'm sure. cause to be honest, I think i made his hair even spikier and prettier than the doujin you saw. <3 well, IMHO that is. XD that's all o_O!

wait. actually one last thing. this probably only makes sense to rowena though. I was watching episode 31 of naruto, and was listening to the ending song. I'd like to say that it entertains me how sakura and ino are singing XDD... well, i was just listening and i was like lalala~... then i really wanted to eat bread after. AFTER eating bread, and watching the ending another time (LOL)... I realised why i wanted bread. the ending song is by RYTHEM. they sang the first Yaki!Pan opening. XD ahahaha~ and after I looked at a site with a list of Naruto opening songs and ending songs. heh, i then found out that the people who sing the yaki!pan ending/opening (RYTHEM, TiA, Little by Little) also sing songs for Naruto... oh, and orange range(first bleach OP) also sang something for naruto. yeah its pretty useless information to you guys. but oh well. XD NOW THATS ALL. :)

EDIT: HAHA i forgot, bold doesnt work properly on my blog. :) sorry!

COSPLAY UNDERWAY!! .Thursday, August 11, 2005 || 12:41 a.m.
Marui Bunta & Jackal Kuwahara - Windy Road

YES. 2 Days before Ai-Kon `05 and i've FINALLY started my Seigaku uniform. :) It's going quite well, and now that I'm getting my butt into gear, I'm more than sure it'll be done tomorrow. All that's left is to sew on the sleeves, the stripes, the collar and iron on the logo. o(^o^-)o! It may sound like a lot, but it really isn't. Sorry for the lack of depth for this entry but it's mostly for a list of things to do before the convention. Please bare. XD
*Sew Sleeves, Stripes & Collar [Seigaku Uniform]
*Iron Collar & Logo [Seigaku Uniform]
*Re-inforce Eyelets for armbands [Yuna]
*Re-string boot laces [Yuna]
*Pre-Con Preperation (>x<)!
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW~! -(^o^)-

Wow, long time. .Saturday, August 6, 2005 || 11:48 p.m.
MUSIC: meg Rock - Baby Low Tension

Well well~ It's been a while, hasn't it? (=__=) I was caught up in summer homework, chores and a little trip over the weekend. Before I left, I did get the chance to go out with Amy once to buy a few cosplay supplies for... *smirk* Prince of Tennis. (-^o^-)! I'll be going as Kikumaru on Friday, and due to lack of funds... *DUN DUN DUN* Ryoma. (�� �� ��) Nihihihi�� ♥ Hnnn~yai. Cosplay = ♥, but it's quite a large hole in the pocket, ne? (>__O)
Ahhh~ Yeah, about the trip. Ehehhh, went south of the border on Saturday and drove down to Minneapolis~♥. We actually spent most of the day in Albertsville, though i'm not complaining... shopping = <3. Hehe (^^;) Went to the hotel... watched some dubbed anime on Cartoon Network? XD Boy, Samurai Champloo was fun. TOOOOO BAD I don't get it here at home (;o;). *sigh* Such is my misfortune~ On the Sunday, I went to Valleyfair and got quite tanned (>.>). Saa~a, Oh well... what's done is done, ne? (^o^;) I went on lots of roller coasters. I ♥ Roller coasters. Loops, Turns, Drops... ahhh the adrenaline rush~! Am I brave? (LOL) No where near!! (�� �� ��) I'm just a bit of a thrill seeker I suppose? (*cough* I live a boring life X3 it's how I get my kicks, probably?). I'm afraid of heights, so it makes it fun. (Crazy, nihihihiiii maaaaybe~?). Most memorable rides... had to have been The Corkscrew, Steel Venom and Wild Thing. XD Like I've said before. Ash + Rollercoasters = ♥ Strange enough, someone caught my attention by calling me "YUNA GIRL!!". (O__o) Yes, weird. I was honestly terrified. XD But as he approached me, he explained how he recognized me from last year's Ai-kon. <3 XD I'm so flattered~! Unfortunately for him... although he took my picture I couldn't recognize him, yet I DID recognize his girlfriend who spoke to me a few times during the con. (-o-) Poor guy.
Sunday was quite tiring. I almost ran a marathon at the Mall of America trying to find that Sanrio store. (=__=) But for the sake of Sanrio, I ran through all levels and 3 floors to find it. (*o*) The lady thought I was looking for an application, and was dissappointed to find out I didn't live in the vacinity (Maybe... someday?). At Lucky Brand, I saw IBU!Clone~! Maaa, it was so cool. XD His little sister was wearing his Fudomine jacket and had Tachibana Ann hair. It was so cute~ I really wish I had a camera attatchment on my old junky cellphone. (x__x) New colors for Ash? YES. <3 Green, Yellow and Orange, thank you very much~ ♥ *bows down*. Before I left, I had watched Bukimyu twice... and I was in a REAL BUKI-L♥VE mode when I left, so I bought a shirt at Tommy Hilfiger which was green and yellow (BUKI L♥VE!), which lead to a green and white Old Navy track coat... and ALMOST a pair of Green Chucks. Unfortunately, I blew off my shoes money on sandals for an upcoming wedding... so I remain green-shoeless. (;o;) Oh well. Perhaps another time?
Left on Tuesday morning, and started heading up north again. I woke up with a tummy ache? Yeah, it was bad. Maybe it's morning sickness due to my recent pregnancy? (LOL just kidding. XP). Nope. Note pregnancy, but it's my incredibly over acidic stomach again! GAHH I wish I could get one that acted normal (T___T). I was sick for the rest of the trip, but got some medicine... which was effective. I mostly slept through all the driving (I've been able to appreciate sleep, recently) and by the time I woke up, we were downtown waiting for our chowmein order to be finished? (LOL x__O)
Another successful trip. :) And now I'm letting my body rest... sort of. Tennis has been getting in the way again ♥. I love tennis though~ I'm.. just not very good at it. Maybe someone out there wants to teach me how to play properly XD? :D Until next time~ byyy~e ♥ (�� �� ��)

lacking and the usual fangirling .Wednesday, July 20, 2005 || 21:59
Sorry ^^; ehehhehee... it's been a while since i last updated because I've been preoccupied with school-worries. Yes... I know it's only half way started, but it also means its halfway done. :x eek. I had some english homework: read 6 books. Easy enough right? Not when your a procrastinator... and as easily distracted as I. XD and BOOOY am I easily distracted. Oh well. Because of my procrastination, I've also become quite good at cramming. Good thing? Bad thing? not too sure. But it hasn't failed me yet. XD
ahhh~ finally after a week, I've gotten my Bukimyu download to start. *kisses Azureus*. I still rely heavily on Bittorent (especially since I've updated), but Azureus just seems easy to look at. It's easier for me to navigate. I'm really bad at that kind of stuff. XD. Anyways, this is looking great. I've been anticipating Bukimyu forEVER. I'm a big Yamabuki fan. AHHH~ If onyl I had the money to actually buy these on DVD. :( Maybe once I get a job. heheee ^^; *nabs the Dream Live 2 DVD* ^o^ eeeek~! I've read a review, and awww it appears that Sengoku goes off to scratch his head cutely and even starts singing the Akutsu song. kekeke. XD I can't wait. and EEEE Hyomyu!! ;o; GOODNESSS I WANT TO SEE. return of yanagi!!! ;o; EEEEEK *weeps* I'm soooo happy. XD yanagi loooove~ <3 anyways. time to stop this fangirlness. I'll save some more for another day. XD
Well, I went out with Leanne on Monday. We went to Polo Park for a while... where I found a shirt I could use for cosplay, but didn't buy it cause well... I lack money. :) heeheheee. The spent some time in Chapters, trying to find some sumemr reads for our English homework. Again, lack of money so I didnt come home with a book... but I DID find some stuff interesting. Apparently, the workers at that certain Starbucks are deaf... because they messed up my order a LOT o_o... but I didnt want to complain since i picked up an application so I drank the... dreadful "ICED CHAI LATTE" o_O... >_> strange drink. strange taste... but I got used to it after a while. Bleh, i'm a coffee drinker. that's not very good. o_o *floats away*
I've been busy trying to get new drawings up to CG, but now that I look at them, I dont liek them at all... so I wont be uploading them onto my devart account (x__x) sorry~!

30.5 and TeniProfile :) .17 - July - 2005 [Sunday] || 15:11
After reuniting with a few online friends (over... MSN >_> kekeke), we started talking about how old we were now (getting re-aquainted), and art, anime... etc. Somehow it lead to our blog profile, and how mine was pretty out of date. I mean, it's the same format as it was over 2 years ago o_O; so I'm planning to change that -- but for the mean time, enjoy my "Prince of Tennis 20.5 Style" profile (due to those online friends who i'll lovingly refer to as the "ICHUKA's" from now on XD) Heh, I JUST MAY post theirs too.. just to get under their skin XD
[NOTE* I actually do play a bit of tennis :D hehee so I dont have to lie like them XD]


NAME: Ashley Geradela
NICKNAMES: Ash
SPECIALTY: Singles & Doubles
HEIGHT: 163cm (5"3 1/2)
WEIGHT: [n/a]
BLOOD TYPE: B (?)
DOB: April 4th
ZODIAC: Aries
BIRTH PLACE: Canada
ID: 2nd Year High School (Grade 11)
HAND: Right (Left-hand Serve)
PLAY TYPE: Serve and Volley
TECHNIQUES: None. o_o; Left Hand Serve?
BRAND:
Shoes: Reebok...(I'll check later XD)
Racket: Wilson Titanium Impact (Oversize Head)
FAVORITE COLOR: Red & Orange
BEST SUBJECT: English, Biology
FAVORITE FOOD: Strawberries, Pocky
HOBBY: Drawing, Sewing, Baking
QUOTE(s): [n/a]
FATHER'S OCCUPATION: Err... [n/a] XD
FAMILY: Parents, 2 Younger Brothers
TYPE OF GIRL: LOL. o__o;
TYPE OF BOY: Check Yuuta's reply... except about boys XD
SEIYUU: o_O NONE. XD *laughs* I'm not animated :)
Heh, also they announced that there will be a 30.5 Fanbook. :D I can't wait for people to start translating it. XD I have 0 abilities :)
�Ashley runs off to watch Tsubasa Chronicle.�