Entry 124, or Near-Death Experiences

I nearly died today. You know that quote from Red Dwarf? "Mind that bus! What bus? *splat*"

Yeah. Nearly happened to me today. It was an awesome rush, after I suddenly stopped, and a bus roared past me.

All while epic music played through my earphones. I guess they were partially to blame, seeing as I couldn't hear much outside the music. But still, epic music is still epic music.

I'm pretty sure I scared a cyclist shitless when he saw how close I was. It most probably seemed closer to him, but I do remember feeling the bus rush past me.

I saw my life flash before my very life. I don't regret getting involved in yuri and yaoi. I don't regret TvTropes, anime, literature or writing. I most certainly thought "Dammit, I wanted to watch all of Ore no Imouto before dying."

I certainly regretted pissing off several classmates, and I certainly did not regret my droll humor.

Isn't droll a beautiful word? It just rolls off your tongue. Try it.

DROLL.

Other cool words include "clandestine", "synecdoche" and "lycopene". Spot the K-ON reference in there.

I just can't help it. It's such a rare experience, near-death experiences, that it seems a waste not making a few jokes at its expense.

Then again, most classmates don't really care about me nearly dying this afternoon. Because, you know, irritating parents and equally irritating exams are more worthy of Likes than near-death experiences.

I almost forgot why I went into writing in the first place. Humans are bastards who won't listen to you. Characters, in stories can cheer you up, and act as your toys and stress-relievers without complaining.

THe most ironic thing is my status on my near-death experience had 1 Like after 4 hours. My status remarking on that got me 2 Likes after 5 minutes. Seriously, Humanity? I suddenly doubt all those First Contact stories, where humans are assumed to be the smartest beings on Earth. Dolphins and whales have languages 2 times as complicated as the average human language. Ants and termites can create architectural marvels humans can never copy. Humans have a screwed-up set of priorities, it seems.

In my next life, I want to be anything that doesn't exist on Earth. One of the species doesn't understand how not to fuck up the world, and everybody else can't do anything because they're getting royally fucked in the ass by the aforementioned species.

Rant over.

So, AFAX on 14th November, a camp on the last few days of October, and a pretty good chance to mess with my juniors. Right. I fear not having enough money for those days. Considering I'm still pilfering, no, embezzling money from my parents, I have… almost $100. I'll try to get my mom to pay for the $15, so that I have more for the merch. She can come along too, but she's paying for her own merch, and I'll ditch her at Atelier Royale as soon as I can.

There's a bunch of people who'll be coming too. I know a group of cosplayers from… a popular anime. But with a twist. I shan't spoil it. To put it simply, they had to design the costumes by themselves, because nobody sells that kind of stuff.

It's not M-18 or R-21 stuff, if that's what you're thinking. GirlOnGirlIsHot, but this isn't the right time to talk about that.

There's a Kyon cosplayer. He's stated that if I do a Yuki cosplay, we'll reenact the scene from after the Ryoko battle. If I'm doing Haruhi, he'll let me drag him through AFA. Tempting, but it's still up to my meager budget, and whether I can find a wig/hairband. I really don't want to cut my hair, though I'll be fine with Yuki's hairstyle. It'll make it easier to listen to music during terrible lessons.

Maybe I should try out Dawn's costume and go say hi?

Go Azumarill! Use Bubble Beam!

Oh god, I'm bored.

I'm also writing a set of interviews for my characters, just for fun. And the shout outs.

It's always about the shout outs, anyway.

Mabel, NDE.