Kai's Procrastination

Oh mah gash, it's another post! Yes, I got to vote in the final round of the Ruby Period, and I'm pretty excited because Shana may win her THIRD (count em: three) necklace. But there's another reason why I'm excited for this round. If you were following the results of the Ruby Period, you'll see that there has been someone that has jumped up to the top that normally isn't in the top of the rankings...

Find her yet? If you haven't, you must be living under a rock.

Fiiiiine, I'll tell you. Miss Sanzen'in Nagi has gone UNDEFEATED so far this Period, placing her at a peak of 2nd place in any Period in this entire season! And in this final round, she has a chance to overcome her final obstacle - Izumi Konata. Personally, I think Nagi has a better chance to beat Konata this round and go undefeated, and possibly win this necklace, but Shana vs Hinagiku is probably going to be one of the deciding matches, if not THE deciding match.

Hinagiku is the Ruby necklace defender and since people know she is the holder of the Ruby necklace will probably mean that people will support Hinagiku. They also may vote for Hinagiku to prevent Shana from getting her third necklace (in a row) in the season. Shana suffered a defeat to Hinagiku earlier this season, so this may be Shana's chance to show that she has a chance to take the Tiara and stop a Hinagiku repeat.

Well enough of my mediocre analysis of the match ups. Difficult match ups for me to vote on... Probably the exhibition match between Reimu and Sakuya. I LOOOOOOVE them both! Reimu is a shrine maiden, and Sakuya is a knife-throwing maid. Both very cute gals, so hard to choose! But you'll see who I voted for. Here are my votes:

ARENA 01: [Furukawa Nagisa] Illyasviel von Einzbern

ARENA 02: Ikaros [Hiiragi Tsukasa]

ARENA 03: Akiyama Mio [Aisaka Taiga]

ARENA 04: Suzumiya Haruhi [Holo]

ARENA 05: Nakano Azusa [Senjōgahara Hitagi]

ARENA 06: [Akaba Chizuru] Kawashima Ami

ARENA 07: Nymph [Konjiki no Yami]

ARENA 08: Asahina Mikuru [Takamachi Nanoha]

ARENA 09: [Shiina Minatsu] Ibuki Fūko

ARENA 10: Okazaki Ushio [Fukuji Mihoko]

ARENA 11: Sunohara Mei [Haramura Nodoka]

ARENA 12: [Sengoku Nadeko] Fate Testarossa

ARENA 13: Sakurano Kurimu [Shiina Mafuyu]

ARENA 14: [Saber] Misaka Mikoto

ARENA 15: Fujibayashi Kyō [Nagato Yuki]

ARENA 16: [Saten Ruiko] Hirasawa Ui

ARENA 17: [Saginomiya Isumi] C.C.

ARENA 18: [Louise Vallière] Fujibayashi Ryō

ARENA 19: [Sanzen'in Nagi] Izumi Konata

ARENA 20: Furude Rika [Maria]

ARENA 21: [Sakagami Tomoyo] Hirasawa Yui

ARENA 22: [Shana] Katsura Hinagiku

ARENA 23: Kushieda Minori [Ichinose Kotomi]

ARENA 24: Minami Chiaki [Furude Hanyū]

ARENA 25: [Hiiragi Kagami] Tōsaka Rin

ARENA 26: Hakurei Reimu [Izayoi Sakuya]

To be honest, I'd love a Shana necklace threepeat, heck even a Nagi upset would be awesome!! But it's in the voters' hands now. Have a wonderful day/night. =]

Posted by Kairuz at 12:09 AM 0 comments  

In case you were wondering about the lack of posts, it's because I've been out of town with some relatives for the last 3 weeks... or been busy playing LittleBigPlanet, Borderlands, or Super Street Fighter IV on the PS3... or playing Urban Rivals....

What else have I been up to aside from playing games... Well, I did finish Eve no Jikan and Angel Beats! I loved the stories of both of them! I'm not one for reviewing anime, never really cared, and I'm not really a good judge or anything! I mean, check out my anime list. I have nothing below an 8! ^_^' Guess that may not be a good trait of mine, but hey, I like watching anime, and don't really want to be a critic of it. Anime should just be enjoyed, not judged harshly... unless I too think it's garbage. =P

Anyways, to close off, I'm sorry for the lack of posts, but when it comes to loved ones, always gotta put them first; you might not know when they'll disappear.

If you haven't watched them yet, I suggest you do so now. =]

Posted by Kairuz at 8:17 PM 0 comments  

Well here are my votes. Don't really have much to say. Have fun? XD

ARENA 01: [Tōsaka Rin] Hirasawa Ui

ARENA 02: [Sakurano Kurimu] Minami Chiaki

ARENA 03: Sanzen'in Nagi [Louise Vallière]

ARENA 04: [Fujibayashi Kyō] Ichinose Kotomi

ARENA 05: Asahina Mikuru [Shana]

ARENA 06: Hirasawa Yui [Haramura Nodoka]

ARENA 07: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Okazaki Ushio

ARENA 08: Nymph [Sengoku Nadeko]

ARENA 09: Suzumiya Haruhi [Saten Ruiko]

ARENA 10: Furude Hanyū [Shiina Mafuyu]

ARENA 11: Kawashima Ami [Katsura Hinagiku]

ARENA 12: [Saginomiya Isumi] Akiyama Mio

ARENA 13: Misaka Mikoto [Ibuki Fūko]

ARENA 14: [Fate Testarossa] Konjiki no Yami

ARENA 15: Furukawa Nagisa [Takamachi Nanoha]

ARENA 16: Izumi Konata [Fujibayashi Ryō]

ARENA 17: Maria [Shiina Minatsu]

ARENA 18: Illyasviel von Einzbern [Aisaka Taiga]

ARENA 19: [Sakagami Tomoyo] Sunohara Mei

ARENA 20: Fukuji Mihoko [Holo]

ARENA 21: Kushieda Minori [Nagato Yuki]

ARENA 22: C.C. [Akaba Chizuru]

ARENA 23: [Hiiragi Kagami] Hiiragi Tsukasa

ARENA 24: [Nakano Azusa] Ikaros

ARENA 25: Furude Rika [Saber]

ARENA 26: Lynn Minmay [Abstained] Tokimatsuri Eve

Posted by Kairuz at 9:06 PM 0 comments  

MAN, I should've payed more attention to the upcoming matches before thinking Nadeko and Azusa would've had a chance. Well technically, Azusa actually held her own against Shana, of all people (2362 vs 2574, in favor of Shana), but Nadeko went up against Yuki, which I think is a pretty hard person to go up against. (2863 vs 1968, Yuki's win)

After Round 4 voting, the top 7 that have almost always been up in the top 10 come back again: Mikoto, yet again, remains at 1st place, staying a step ahead of Shana, who is now second. Mio steps up as well, stealing third. Yuki skips 5 places to 4th place with almost 3000 votes this round, and Saber jumps 5 places as well to 5th place, getting ~2700 votes while up against Konata. Taiga also crept her way up to 6th place, after starting at 23rd in the 1st round, leaping to 10th in the 2nd, and taking 7th in the 3rd round.

Hinagiku has fallen to 7th place, after hitting a peak of 4th place in this Emerald Period. This makes me wonder, once again, is her popularity finally dropping or are people just not willing to vote for her in her match ups? Or is this just some sort of plot for her to remain in the top 16 so that she can claim the Tiara? Hinagiku has YET to claim a necklace in this year's ISML, but seeing Yuki and Saber climb up 5 ranks while she drops makes me doubtful that she will get the Emerald necklace.

Well, that's all for ISML coverage for now. Hopefully I can place my votes up for tomorrow's round, but we'll see.

Posted by Kairuz at 12:14 AM 0 comments  

So I haven't been voting. I feel really bad. It's pretty sad actually. But around the time I started this post, I did check the results so far... and something caught my eye.

Sengoku Nadeko is in...



SECOND. PLACE.

Wait, whaaaat?! Yes, Nadeko is in 2nd place as of the end of Round 3! She is currently UNDEFEATED at this moment. She went from 10th place in Round 1, jumped 8 places in the second round by narrowly defeating Konata, and is still holding 2nd place after Round 3, right after Mikoto, who is now breathing a sigh of relief as she takes place at the top again after a crummy time in the Sapphire Period. The holder of the Emerald Necklace from 2009 happens to be Suiseiseki, a character that didn't make it into the Final 50 from prelims. 2008 holder was Kagami Hiragi, but personally, I don't see her coming from 12th place this year to take the necklace back.

There are 2 people in the top 10 of the Emerald Period that have caught my eye and may make a few surprising upsets this Period: Sengoku Nadeko and Nakano Azusa. Nadeko obviously because she is in 2nd place, and could possibly grab a necklace out of the hands of Mikoto. As for Azusa, she placed a close 3rd place in the Sapphire Period, and throughout the whole Sapphire Period, she NEVER dropped out of the top 5. That is an amazing feat, and so far, she is showing the same exact pattern this period. If she keeps this up, she may snatch up the necklace as well!

I can't wait to see what these two ladies will do this period. It's just as exciting as the USA vs Slovenia World Cup game. Man that was nerve racking! But hey, they tied; all USA needs is a win to move up. And all Nadeko and Azusa need are wins, wins, wins, and maybe, JUST MAYBE, they can get the Emerald Necklace.

Posted by Kairuz at 2:19 AM 0 comments  

So you may have noticed that I didn't vote AT ALL in the Sapphire Period for the International Saimoe League, mostly because my main computer has been knocked out by a Blue Screen of Death problem whenever I try to do something on it. I am probably going to... no, that's not right. I need to reformat that computer if I plan to use it until I get my laptop for college (YAY MY OWN LAPTOP FINALLY). Gonna replace the 5 year old ancient machine that I've been working with for forever.

Anyways, I'm proud to announce that the winner of the Sapphire Period is, in fact, the previous necklace holder, one of my favorites gals in anime...


...Shana! She had a bit of a slow start, hitting 7th in the first round, but quickly gained momentum as she rose to 2nd place right in the second round, and held that position up until the fifth round, where she ascended to 1st place, and fiercely stood her ground until the last round, winning ALL 7 rounds in this Sapphire Period, successfully defending her Sapphire Necklace. She received about 2700+ votes in every match up she was in this entire period, going up against a severely weakened Misaka Mikoto in the final round, who never broke the top 5 during the entire period. Has Mikoto finally losing her popularity amongst the voters? Or will she make a comeback and earn herself her first necklace and possibly the Tiara this year?

Posted by Kairuz at 12:16 AM 0 comments  

Testing the mobile posting for blogger. :P

Posted by Kairuz at 3:51 PM 0 comments  

So last Saturday I had my Senior Prom over at the Fairmont Hotel; really fancy place, apparently when officials from other countries like Russia or Germany come over to San Francisco, they stay at that hotel.

Anyways, it was really fun, lasted for close to 5 hours. Sadly the dancing ended a lot sooner than my friends expected, and the teachers were in a rush to get us all out of the ballroom and home since it was midnight when we ended.

But the party didn't stop there.

After dancing the night away, 8 or so of us, including me, went bowling. You're probably thinking, "Bowling at midnight? No way." Yes way. So glad we have bowling alleys open past midnight on Saturday. Apparently there was a competition for who won each game. I came in uh... let's check the pictures! xD

Well I came in third here... (101)

And I got first here! (107)

I actually remember winning the second game, didn't remember that I got third the first game. I had a lame 7/10 split on the last frame. Lame pins are LAME. I find it amazing how I broke 100 both times. It's been like 2 years since I've last bowled, and I don't remember consistently breaking 100 when bowled like crazy those 2 years ago.

After bowling, which ended at like 3 AM or so (YES 3 AM), we all went to Denny's to grab a bite. If you want absurd conversations, go to a restaurant with me and my friends at 3 AM in the morning. We talked about random stuff because we were so out of it! Sadly I can hardly remember what funny stuff we talked about, but I know we were laughing hard because I remember not being able to eat for a while. I eventually slept at around 4:30 AM. That's the latest I've ever slept without playing video games! xD

Posted by Kairuz at 10:53 PM 0 comments  

And the winner is...

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!

Get ready...

There we have it folks. So far we have...

• Aquamarine - Akiyama Mio
• Topaz -Aisaka Taiga
• Amethyst - Nagato Yuki

Now left with a perfect record are Mio and Hinagiku. Mio beat Shana by ~150 votes, Hinagiku beat Taiga by ~250 votes. Will these two terrible tyrants take their streaks to the final brackets or will their tyrannies topple under all the pressure?

4 more necklaces remain. Who will outshine the competition and claim one as their own? Will Shana and Hinagiku collect or will they succeed without holding one of these beloved trinkets? We'll find out soon enough.

Posted by Kairuz at 9:02 PM 0 comments  

This post is about 2 weeks late, but hey, can't be on time for everything, but I do try.

Well, May 1st was closing night for SI's musical Cabaret. We did these little ceremonies that we do before closing night, like the passing on of the gypsy robe, which looked pretty ridiculous yet awesome at the same time. But the one thing that hit me hard was the ceremony of seniors passing from the production to the audience.

So what happened was that every student there who was a senior (including me) had their name called, and a Junior in the production would give said senior who was called a rose. Then the senior walked off the stage into the seats where the audience would be. When I was called, with the accidental pronunciation of Oilman instead of Oliman, I got my rose and headed down to the seats. Here I thought, "Alright, this is part of the ceremonies, nothing too big."

Boy was I wrong.

When I was in the audience looking at the rest of my friends, my family there on stage, life punched me right in the face; I'm leaving SI, where I've spent the last 4 years making monumental memories, and this was one of the last activities I would do here in my high school career. This was the point where my eyes started to tear and where I started to think "I don't want to leave! T~T" Freshman, Sophomores and Juniors flooded down to the seniors giving us hugs and saying stuff like "I'm gonna miss you!" That would make a grown man cry, and hell, I saw guys there that I thought couldn't cry cry.

But as always happens in life, all good things must come to and end. I'm happy for all the memories I've made at my school, and if I was given the opportunity to do it all again, I wouldn't take it. I wouldn't have done my 4 years any other way. Thanks SI class of 2010. And in the famous words of Frank Sinatra...

I did it my way. Good day to you reader.

Posted by Kairuz at 8:12 PM 0 comments  

I can't predict this period of who the winner is, but I'll be happy as to whoever wins, so long as it is NOT Mio. Shana vs Mio is going to be one of the match ups that make or break who wins this necklace, along with Taiga vs Hinagiku and Saber vs Yuki. I did quite a few abstains, but I've come close to the point of knowing who to vote for and who to bump into the Top 16 for the end of the season.

ARENA 01: [Sanzen'in Nagi] Hirasawa Yui

ARENA 02: Nagato Yuki [Saber]

ARENA 03: [Ikaros] Okazaki Ushio

ARENA 04: [Louise Vallière] Haramura Nodoka

ARENA 05: Furukawa Nagisa [Asahina Mikuru]

ARENA 06: [Shiina Minatsu] Furude Rika

ARENA 07: Hiiragi Kagami [Abstained] Nakano Azusa

ARENA 08: Fujibayashi Ryō [Abstained] Sunohara Mei

ARENA 09: Suzumiya Haruhi [Tōsaka Rin]

ARENA 10: [Sengoku Nadeko] Shiina Mafuyu

ARENA 11: [Minami Chiaki] Konjiki no Yami

ARENA 12: Izumi Konata [Abstained] Sakagami Tomoyo

ARENA 13: Kawashima Ami [C.C.]

ARENA 14: [Saten Ruiko] Fukuji Mihoko

ARENA 15: Akiyama Mio [Shana]

ARENA 16: Katsura Hinagiku [Aisaka Taiga]

ARENA 17: Hirasawa Ui [Abstained] Hiiragi Tsukasa

ARENA 18: Illyasviel von Einzbern [Takamachi Nanoha]

ARENA 19: Sakurano Kurimu [Fate Testarossa]

ARENA 20: Misaka Mikoto [Fujibayashi Kyō]

ARENA 21: [Holo] Senjōgahara Hitagi

ARENA 22: Kushieda Minori [Maria]

ARENA 23: Saginomiya Isumi [Akaba Chizuru]

ARENA 24: Ibuki Fūko [Abstained] Ichinose Kotomi

ARENA 25: [Nymph] Furude Hanyū

ARENA 26: [Natsume Rin] Hoshino Yumemi

Posted by Kairuz at 8:05 PM 0 comments  

I have no idea how I voted today. I'm just bored out of my mind because since I finished AP testing like 2 days ago, I've had nothing to do in classes. Like no homework. I'm actually sad I have nothing to do. I partly blame it on the fact that I have a 5 year old computer so I can't play any of the good/new games that are out, but eh, I gotta live with it until I get a new laptop or computer.

Here's mah votes yo!

ARENA 01: [Shana] Maria

ARENA 02: Ibuki Fūko [Saginomiya Isumi]

ARENA 03: Ikaros [Fate Testarossa]

ARENA 04: [Illyasviel von Einzbern] Kushieda Minori

ARENA 05: [Sengoku Nadeko] Louise Vallière

ARENA 06: Furukawa Nagisa [Nagato Yuki]

ARENA 07: Hirasawa Yui [Saten Ruiko]

ARENA 08: [Misaka Mikoto] C.C.

ARENA 09: [Furude Rika] Asahina Mikuru

ARENA 10: [Sanzen'in Nagi] Fukuji Mihoko

ARENA 11: [Tōsaka Rin] Sunohara Mei

ARENA 12: Katsura Hinagiku [Shiina Minatsu]

ARENA 13: Hiiragi Kagami [Nymph]

ARENA 14: [Furude Hanyū] Nakano Azusa

ARENA 15: Ichinose Kotomi [Aisaka Taiga]

ARENA 16: Hirasawa Ui [Shiina Mafuyu]

ARENA 17: [Holo] Konjiki no Yami

ARENA 18: Okazaki Ushio [Sakurano Kurimu]

ARENA 19: Kawashima Ami [Fujibayashi Kyō]

ARENA 20: Haramura Nodoka [Senjōgahara Hitagi]

ARENA 21: [Fujibayashi Ryō] Suzumiya Haruhi

ARENA 22: [Saber] Akaba Chizuru

ARENA 23: [Minami Chiaki] Sakagami Tomoyo

ARENA 24: Izumi Konata [Abstained] Hiiragi Tsukasa

ARENA 25: Akiyama Mio [Takamachi Nanoha]

ARENA 26: [Chichi] Flora Skybloom

Lol only one abstain. People should vote on the exhibition more. They have some interesting match ups.

Posted by Kairuz at 4:57 PM 0 comments  

Not much to say. Exhibition match was easy to pick, I really went Tsunderes, against popular votes, then whoever I liked, in that order in terms of who to pick. I might have missed gone against what I just said above on a few votes, but I know why I'm voting the way I am, so shush you! BEGONE. =P

ARENA 01: [Holo] Minami Chiaki

ARENA 02: Suzumiya Haruhi [Abstained] Sunohara Mei

ARENA 03: [Kawashima Ami] Misaka Mikoto

ARENA 04: [Sanzen'in Nagi] Saten Ruiko

ARENA 05: [Shana] Illyasviel von Einzbern

ARENA 06: Hirasawa Yui [Fukuji Mihoko]

ARENA 07: [Nymph] Nakano Azusa

ARENA 08: [Haramura Nodoka] Izumi Konata

ARENA 09: Senjōgahara Hitagi [Louise Vallière]

ARENA 10: [Shiina Mafuyu] Konjiki no Yami

ARENA 11: C.C. [Abstained] Fujibayashi Kyō

ARENA 12: [Furude Rika] Katsura Hinagiku

ARENA 13: [Takamachi Nanoha] Maria

ARENA 14: Akiyama Mio [Kushieda Minori]

ARENA 15: [Aisaka Taiga] Ibuki Fūko

ARENA 16: [Nagato Yuki] Asahina Mikuru

ARENA 17: [Fate Testarossa] Okazaki Ushio

ARENA 18: [Sakurano Kurimu] Ikaros

ARENA 19: [Sakagami Tomoyo] Hiiragi Tsukasa

ARENA 20: Fujibayashi Ryō [Tōsaka Rin]

ARENA 21: Ichinose Kotomi [Abstained] Furukawa Nagisa

ARENA 22: Furude Hanyū [Hiiragi Kagami]

ARENA 23: Hirasawa Ui [Sengoku Nadeko]

ARENA 24: Shiina Minatsu [Akaba Chizuru]

ARENA 25: [Saber] Saginomiya Isumi

ARENA 26: Kuronuma Sawako [Mizuno Kaede]

Posted by Kairuz at 6:33 PM 0 comments  

Too lazy to describe match ups, not really anything to talk about. Maybe the one match up I might have had trouble with was Nagi vs Mafuyu. Went to Mafuyu by coin flip. After looking over brackets again, I should've done Nagi. Need to continue support of the tsunderes! I didn't vote for Nagi or Louise, oops! ^_^;

ARENA 01: [Illyasviel von Einzbern] Nymph

ARENA 02: Asahina Mikuru [Minami Chiaki]

ARENA 03: [Saginomiya Isumi] Haramura Nodoka

ARENA 04: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Suzumiya Haruhi

ARENA 05: Sakurano Kurimu [Shana]

ARENA 06: Fujibayashi Kyō [Hiiragi Kagami]

ARENA 07: [Saten Ruiko] Maria

ARENA 08: Katsura Hinagiku [Abstained] Izumi Konata

ARENA 09: [Shiina Mafuyu] Sanzen'in Nagi

ARENA 10: [Aisaka Taiga] Sengoku Nadeko

ARENA 11: Kawashima Ami [Fujibayashi Ryō]

ARENA 12: [Fate Testarossa] Sakagami Tomoyo

ARENA 13: Holo [Saber]

ARENA 14: [C.C.] Sunohara Mei

ARENA 15: [Nagato Yuki] Tōsaka Rin

ARENA 16: Ibuki Fūko [Fukuji Mihoko]

ARENA 17: [Konjiki no Yami] Furukawa Nagisa

ARENA 18: [Takamachi Nanoha] Furude Hanyū

ARENA 19: Hiiragi Tsukasa [Ichinose Kotomi]

ARENA 20: Hirasawa Ui [Furude Rika]

ARENA 21: Hirasawa Yui [Abstained] Akiyama Mio

ARENA 22: [Akaba Chizuru] Louise Vallière

ARENA 23: Okazaki Ushio [Shiina Minatsu]

ARENA 24: Kushieda Minori [Abstained] Ikaros

ARENA 25: Nakano Azusa [Abstained] Misaka Mikoto

ARENA 26: [Andō Mahoro] Hoshino Ruri

Posted by Kairuz at 10:37 PM 0 comments  

So um yeah, this is the most abstains I've ever done in a round. I've got my reasons though.

ARENA 01: [Fate Testarossa] C.C.

ARENA 02: [Fukuji Mihoko] Misaka Mikoto

ARENA 03: [Louise Vallière] Sunohara Mei

ARENA 04: Hiiragi Tsukasa [Abstained] Okazaki Ushio

ARENA 05: Kawashima Ami [Sakurano Kurimu]

ARENA 06: Hirasawa Ui [Nagato Yuki]

ARENA 07: [Shiina Mafuyu] Akaba Chizuru

ARENA 08: [Aisaka Taiga] Haramura Nodoka

ARENA 09: Konjiki no Yami [Furude Hanyū]

ARENA 10: Izumi Konata [Abstained] Asahina Mikuru

ARENA 11: Maria [Hiiragi Kagami]

ARENA 12: Akiyama Mio [Nymph]

ARENA 13: Katsura Hinagiku [Minami Chiaki]

ARENA 14: Ibuki Fūko [Holo]

ARENA 15: Ichinose Kotomi [Abstained] Suzumiya Haruhi

ARENA 16: Saginomiya Isumi [Sengoku Nadeko]

ARENA 17: Tōsaka Rin [Abstained] Kushieda Minori

ARENA 18: Takamachi Nanoha [Sanzen'in Nagi]

ARENA 19: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Shiina Minatsu

ARENA 20: [Saber] Ikaros

ARENA 21: Nakano Azusa [Furude Rika]

ARENA 22: Sakagami Tomoyo [Abstained] Furukawa Nagisa

ARENA 23: Saten Ruiko [Fujibayashi Kyō]

ARENA 24: [Shana] Fujibayashi Ryō

ARENA 25: Hirasawa Yui [Illyasviel von Einzbern]

ARENA 26: [Enma Ai] Miyu

Posted by Kairuz at 7:25 PM 0 comments  

I'm supposed to be studying for my AP Calculus exam tomorrow, but I'm currently on JTV, chatting with friends about non-AP topics, and doing this blog post. Here are my votes for Amethyst Round 2!

ARENA 01: Ichinose Kotomi [Haramura Nodoka]

ARENA 02: [Shiina Mafuyu] Furude Rika

ARENA 03: [Holo] Hirasawa Yui

ARENA 04: [Shiina Minatsu] Minami Chiaki

ARENA 05: [Fate Testarossa] Kushieda Minori

ARENA 06: [Nymph] Furukawa Nagisa

ARENA 07: Katsura Hinagiku [Abstained] Sunohara Mei

ARENA 08: Hirasawa Ui [Akaba Chizuru]

ARENA 09: [Illyasviel von Einzbern] Suzumiya Haruhi

ARENA 10: [Aisaka Taiga] Hiiragi Tsukasa

ARENA 11: [Saber] Konjiki no Yami

ARENA 12: C.C. [Ikaros]

ARENA 13: [Sakagami Tomoyo] Ibuki Fūko

ARENA 14: [Sanzen'in Nagi] Saginomiya Isumi

ARENA 15: [Okazaki Ushio] Akiyama Mio

ARENA 16: Asahina Mikuru [Senjōgahara Hitagi]

ARENA 17: [Sakurano Kurimu] Fujibayashi Kyō

ARENA 18: Nakano Azusa [Abstained] Izumi Konata

ARENA 19: Louise Vallière [Nagato Yuki]

ARENA 20: [Fujibayashi Ryō] Maria

ARENA 21: Kawashima Ami [Abstained] Hiiragi Kagami

ARENA 22: [Furude Hanyū] Misaka Mikoto

ARENA 23: [Sengoku Nadeko] Tōsaka Rin

ARENA 24: [Takamachi Nanoha] Fukuji Mihoko

ARENA 25: [Shana] Saten Ruiko

ARENA 26: Fujino Shizuru [Abstained] Re Mii

Yeah, 4 abstains. I'm not feeling any of the match ups this round. No fun, way too easy for me to pick/abstain.

Posted by Kairuz at 10:33 PM 0 comments  

...And it has started! Round 1 of the Amethyst Period! So far, necklace wearers are Mio with the Aquamarine necklace and Taiga with the Topaz necklace. Let's see what trippy new things the ISML will pull to see who the winner of the Amethyst will be!

Votes according to yours truly... (No abstains, omg!)

ARENA 01: Akiyama Mio [Suzumiya Haruhi]

ARENA 02: Kawashima Ami [Saten Ruiko]

ARENA 03: Nakano Azusa [Takamachi Nanoha]

ARENA 04: [Tōsaka Rin] C.C.

ARENA 05: [Illyasviel von Einzbern] Okazaki Ushio

ARENA 06: [Nymph] Hirasawa Ui

ARENA 07: [Louise Vallière] Furude Rika

ARENA 08: Hiiragi Kagami [Shana]

ARENA 09: Haramura Nodoka [Fukuji Mihoko]

ARENA 10: [Aisaka Taiga] Fate Testarossa

ARENA 11: [Saber] Sakagami Tomoyo

ARENA 12: Maria [Sakurano Kurimu]

ARENA 13: [Sengoku Nadeko] Ichinose Kotomi

ARENA 14: Ibuki Fūko [Konjiki no Yami]

ARENA 15: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Katsura Hinagiku

ARENA 16: [Akaba Chizuru] Hirasawa Yui

ARENA 17: [Holo] Furukawa Nagisa

ARENA 18: Sunohara Mei [Kushieda Minori]

ARENA 19: Asahina Mikuru [Furude Hanyū]

ARENA 20: Minami Chiaki [Ikaros]

ARENA 21: [Shiina Minatsu] Izumi Konata

ARENA 22: [Nagato Yuki] Shiina Mafuyu

ARENA 23: Fujibayashi Kyō [Fujibayashi Ryō]

ARENA 24: [Saginomiya Isumi] Hiiragi Tsukasa

ARENA 25: [Misaka Mikoto] Sanzen'in Nagi

ARENA 26: Nakajima Yōko [Presea Combatir]

From the featured match ups, I'm glad to see one of the Saki girls will win a match today. Also this may be the day where Shana breaks Haruhi's win streak of 68 wins, meaning all Shana needs is a Tiara this season to pretty show she's the strongest. Yeah, I said it, Cirno's got NOTHING in Shana. Tsunderes all the way. Speaking of Tsunderes, Taiga's up against Fate, and on past history, Fate has defeated her both times that they've met; will Taiga ruin this trend and continue on with a 14-1 record, or will she suffer defeat for the third time in a row?

That's all from me for today in terms of the ISML. Real life post in a few... (minutes? hours? days?)

Posted by Kairuz at 4:45 PM 0 comments  

So, Topaz round is over... got my prediction correct that my queen would win... Amethyst round starts next week... all is well... in the virtual world at least. Real life is a different story.

Right now, I'm listening to Meltdown by Rin Kagamine, drinking a weird Sierra Mist with cranberry splash. It's masking the diet taste soooo well, it's pretty weird. And I have an ankle brace thing on my... well, ankle obviously. Messed it up pretty bad playing handball with my friends, but man that was a crazy save! If my ankle didn't get messed up I could have returned the ball but the pain was a bit unbearable at the time so I had to give up the shot. I have to say though, handball is quite the workout, especially if you play the way I do. Hard to explain, better if you watch me play.

Academics-wise, everything's okay I suppose. For my AP computer science class and AP calculus class, we're taking our final exams already. This pretty much makes up my grade, which really sucks. I bombed one part of my final exam in calculus, and if I don't make up for it with the multiple choice tomorrow, my grade's screwed in at a B+/B. Good bye A's in math for all four years. =[

Computer science is totally different. Our exam is what a lot of peoples' grades are riding on, because we have these awesome things called floors. If we get anything from 3.0 to 3.4 on any part of the exam, it will get floored at a 3.0, which is a B. We can only go higher from there, which is the awesome part! If we get a 3.5 to 3.9, we floor at a 3.5, which is I think an A-, but I don't see myself getting anything higher than a 3.4 on any part on my exam. But if I do floor some units, I can pull my grade up, which is going to be awesome. There's one more part that I may be overlooking, but hopefully doesn't mess me up too bad.

Phew that was a long post about my life, and that's only like... close to 3 hours worth of school time, haha. That's not even including what I've had to do for about the past month or so, and that in itself is draining. But I'll save that for another post. Why the hell does this soda not taste like usual diet sodas? Puzzling...

Posted by Kairuz at 10:37 PM 0 comments  

OH HOW I LOVE A GOOD PREDICTION. YES! I knew Mikoto wasn't going to get it. Never doubted Taiga for a second! She's so loveable! Why wouldn't you love her?!

So the image to the left is NOT mine. It's from the official site. But O-M-G it's sooooo pretty. Haha, sorry, totally fanboying right now, not very cool. But I'm just so happy that I was able to predict this and actually get it right! Now I can definitely see her come back next year. Who knows; maybe she'll get another necklace?

Congrats to my loverly winner~

As for the other matches...

Hinagiku vs Mikoto
HAH MIKOTO. IN YOUR FACE. Your undefeated streak ends here. Hinagiku barely edges Mikoto with around 200 vote lead, which is still pretty close, but not as close as...

Tomoyo vs Azusa
This match up was waaaay too close for comfort. Tomoyo barely won by... less than 20 votes! That's CRAZY CLOSE. Another close match was Rin vs Mafuyu, with Rin winning by about 100 votes.

Matches I'm sad about...

Saber vs Mio
Fate vs Yui
Mikuru vs Chizuru

Life stuff - I found out today that I got an A range grade on my anatomy test. All I have to do if hopefully get a good grade on the pamphlet project we just did, and if my grade is close enough to an A- or is in the A range, I don't have to take the anatomy final! Yeah! I can see me taking a final in american government though. I hate history with a passion, despite the fact that we need history or pretty much we're screwed.

Well that's it for now. I shouldn't really be posting because it is currently 3:07 AM as I finish up this post. I gotta salvage some sleep before I head off to more exams tomorrow. Joy. -_-

Seeyas~

Posted by Kairuz at 2:56 AM 0 comments  

TAIGA A GO GO.
SHANA A GO GO.
MIO - I REJECT.
MIKOTO -I REJECT.

ARENA 01: [Maria] Saginomiya Isumi

ARENA 02: [Sunohara Mei] Hirasawa Ui

ARENA 03: [Saten Ruiko] Minami Chiaki

ARENA 04: [Saber] Akiyama Mio

ARENA 05: [Hiiragi Kagami] Izumi Konata

ARENA 06: Illyasviel von Einzbern [Shiina Minatsu]

ARENA 07: [Fate Testarossa] Hirasawa Yui

ARENA 08: [Sakurano Kurimu] Senjōgahara Hitagi

ARENA 09: Tōsaka Rin [Shiina Mafuyu]

ARENA 10: Asahina Mikuru [Akaba Chizuru]

ARENA 11: Sanzen'in Nagi [Holo]

ARENA 12: Hiiragi Tsukasa [Nymph]

ARENA 13: Louise Vallière [Ikaros]

ARENA 14: [Aisaka Taiga] Fujibayashi Kyō

ARENA 15: Furude Rika [Takamachi Nanoha]

ARENA 16: [C.C.] Ibuki Fūko

ARENA 17: Furude Hanyū [Fujibayashi Ryō]

ARENA 18: [Sakagami Tomoyo] Nakano Azusa

ARENA 19: Kawashima Ami [Ichinose Kotomi]

ARENA 20: [Haramura Nodoka] Okazaki Ushio

ARENA 21: Konjiki no Yami [Fukuji Mihoko]

ARENA 22: Nagato Yuki [Shana]

ARENA 23: Kushieda Minori [Furukawa Nagisa]

ARENA 24: Misaka Mikoto [Katsura Hinagiku]

ARENA 25: [Sengoku Nadeko] Suzumiya Haruhi

ARENA 26: [Alisa Bannings] Hinaichigo

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