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Hello, everyone!

You have reached the rambling, the fangirling, and the general chill-pad of theOtaku's NightBeck, a.k.a Becky, a.k.a Crimson Lotus the Irish Ninja.

... okay, maybe not the last one. But people will be calling me that one day.

This is your place to chill, talk about life and fandom, and be generally crazy. So go on. Play nice, be good to each other, don't make me hurt you.

My favorite series: Princess Tutu, Ookiku Furikabutte, Mushishi, xxxHOLiC, Monster, Black Lagoon, Ergo Proxy, Escaflowne, and Baccano!

My writing: Cafe Cliche

Created By NightBeck

"I mean, I CAN get there. I just don't have any shoes."

So today, I walked across the majority of Brandeis campus in flip-flops that were about six sizes too huge, and then battled with the Brandeis Public Safety department. It was good times. So the first thing you should know is that the door ...

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BREAKING NEWS!!!

(This is one of the few political posts you'll see me make.)

I VOTED, GUYS! For the first time! Or at least I just finished filling out my absentee ballot. Certain things felt oh-so-very-satisfying... I only wish I could do them again. D: Some of the amendments made no sense in the way that I didn't know if I was voting for the thing to happen or not, but I had my super-politically-savvy brother to explain them to me.

Sending it off tomorrow with all my good wishes. <3

What.

Oh my God. I totally WAS planning on doing a Bloc workshop this week, and then the bus I was taking home broke down and left me on the highway for an hour ;;

Next week I'm writing it in advance.

A post of randomness and recs.

So basically I just read all 250+ chapters of 20th Century Boys within a week. My head is kind of exploding right now, so I don't have any coherent thoughts, but I think I will. Eventually. Right now I'm just kind of like OMG CHOU...

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And suddenly, it's all worth it.

Dear Rebecca,

Congratulations! You have been accepted conditionally to the Tokyo AS program for the spring 2009 term!

Sophia University retains the right to review all admissions in lieu of official acceptance by CIEE. Final approval will be assessed by Sophia and CIEE will notify you via e-mail in late November to early December.

In October you will receive an official CIEE acceptance e-mail that will provide instructions on how to access the acceptance materials through your on-line checklist. Once you receive that e-mail, you will need to return the completed materials to our office by the dates indicated on your checklist.

I will be your pre-departure contact here at CIEE and I will do my best to assist you while we prepare for your experience. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the program, please let me know.

Cheers,

Chris

... oh my god I GOT IN.