Howl's Moving Castle. My new Obsession ^^

I know, I know, I haven't been here in a while. And I have neglected this post since Wednesday. It was just late that night when I finished the movie, and Paranormal Witness was on. That's my honest excuse.

 So, to get this started, here is my review for Howl's Moving Castle.

Okay, first things first. Howl's Moving Castle is a Studio Ghibli film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The release date for the USA was in June, 2005. I believe that Disney had Pete Doctor, from Pixar, in charge of dubbing it into English. It was based on a novel by, Diana Wynne Jones.

All I have to say about Doctor's work, is this.HE COULD NOT HAVE CHOSEN A BETTER VOICE FOR HOWL IF HE TRIED. I am serious. That was the PERFECT voice for that character. And I am not just fangirl-ing out! It was that good! The voice of Howl is a man by the name of, Christian Bale.

   Some Cast members include, (in English)
Jean Simmons -Grandma Sophie,
Christian Bale-Howl,
Lauren Bacall-Witch of the Waste,
Blythe Danner -Madame Suliman,
Emily Mortimer -Young Sophie, 

and Billy Crystal, as Calcifer... That was basically epic. 'Cept now, whenever I hear Billy's voice, I only think Mike Wazowski. I don't know if that's a bad thing, or a good thing. Lol. 

 All in all, the story was good. I liked the smaller elements, *Spoiler Alert* like when Howl had his melt down, (which was kinda pathetic, but I liked it just the same. It was funny. ^^) And other things, like the funny things Calcifer said, and so on. I don't wanna spoil it, so I won't say anymore.

 But the basic plot of the story was great. I read that it was a little different from the novel...So the original book will be on my list of books to read. 

 Now, don't get my started with the animation. Because I love 2-D animation. I love how the Ghibli films are just that. I grew up with the older anime and such. Little did I know at the time, that they were Anime. I was a child, so things like that were just, cool shows. ^^

 Anyway, I kinda went off on some memory lane there...Back to my point. I liked it all. The character design, music, animation, colors, script, everything. I know it may sound like everything pleases me, but there are some movies where I will just sit there and complain. But this was awesome. The minute it started, I instantly liked it. So- I was glad that is was almost 2 hours long. 

 I know only a little bit of Ghibli's work, sadly. Ponyo, and Kiki's s Delivery Service, and this one, are honestly the only films I have seen. My anime/movie watching had a rough time actually happening, but now I plan to see every one of the movies. 

 That's it. If it makes any sense. Haha.

In the end,  it was awesome, and I totally recommend it if you haven't seen it. 

 I shall be back. My foot has fallen asleep and I must go walk it off. That and Surviorman is on...hehe. 

 Later Days! ^^

  ~Natsu 

Shark week, longest of times, and other fancies.

   I now realize that I am really terrified of sharks. Shark week is cool, but now I am scared. Good thing I am nowhere near an ocean...

  The reason I haven't been blogging is because of family visits and such. I have been meaning too, but I could never find the time. Between visiting, making ornaments, and reading, there is really not even time to sleep. But now the family has left and I can return to my previously scheduled life, and blogging! So, this was my week in a (rather large) nutshell.

 -I learned how to play Black Jack and Texas Hold 'Em. Pretty stupid at it, I need more practice. Although my poker face is pretty slick. LOL. Not really...I still need help with that as well.

-I decided that playing volleyball for a greater part of the day, in the rain, is one of the best things I have ever done. Besides the slipping as falling in the grass, it's all fun and games. (All worth it the first day. Next day, woke up in pain. No fun.)  Badminton is also fun when it is pouring. An even greater challenge for me because I had to take my glasses off. It was all blurry, wet, blobs of color. ☺

-I searched the Internet for Piano Guys, and got some really cool stuff. Observe:

What makes you Beautiful, originally done by One Direction. Pretty cool.

                                         

A Thousand Years, originally by Christina Perri. This was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! It blew my mind. Seriously. 

And then a Star-Wars thing, which was really awesome.

Other great things to look up from these guys, are The Pirates of the Caribbean theme, and the Harry Potter theme. Both incredibly awesome. 

That's about it. 

Farewell. 

Natsu

What?

 I am easily impressed...But I have the patience of a dead snail. Which isn't much... I guess my "Fail Wail" was so loud that a guy on a bike outside turned to um...wonder what it was... Ehe...I am sorry guy-on-the bike...I have been trying to find a video of Hatake Kakashi's English dubbed voice. I heard him say three things in the one video I did find. It was some clip and Guy all over reacted when Kakashi didn't hear what he said. I have read the 4 first Naruto Mangas and Kakashi is my favorite character by far. So I was trying to see if the voices in the anime work with his character. I couldn't really hear the Japanese voice since it goes so fast...I think what I did hear of the dubbed one worked for him. I absolutely adore his attitude. That's why he's my favorite.

 Of course Sai is still basically my favorite from Shippuden. But now I have 2 favorite characters. I also now know why when you find a Chibi picture of Gaara, there is a heart on his head instead of his tattoo. The tattoo means 'love.' I love this manga/anime stuff. TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY.

 I guess I am going to go see who wins the Next Food Network Star. I am pretty sure that is is the last one. Martita is gone so I really have no reason to watch it...But if I had to choose one to win, it would be Yvan. Ye...

~Natsu. ♥

A NCIS funk.

  I was watching NCIS. And the one I was watching, Gibbs had a mustache. I couldn't decide whether he looked better or worse in it. So I am gonna post 2 pics and then open a poll for a while. Let's see what other people think.  And I while I am at it, why not share some pics I found on the Google Image search?

 KAY SO, Gibbs with and without: Observe:

With

Without.

 Yeah, I guess he looks a little strange. And I have decided now. No mustache is better for me. LOL.

And while I was looking I found these!

     Ducky, Gibbs, and Palmer look the best. Abby and Tim are really cute though. Heh. I wonder what Ziva looks like chibi... :D Nice thought I think...

And one more. Because a picture says a thousand words. But a MOTIVATIONAL POSTER says like, the thousand words and then whatever words happen to be on it... Still, I love this one. WOO. LOL. Totally Classic.

Well, it is only Monday and it has already been a long week. That or my schedule just looks long...

The weekend was good. Had a lot of fun with friends and family...

Goodnight to those who have not already eaten Breakfast. :)

May the force be with you. 

~ (A very sleepy) Natsu ♥

Thought.

Who's all ready for the Force Of July Star Wars thing on Spike?!?! Yeah!

Anyway, I was playing Bejeweled and thinking. Every time I see the music video for Over You, people around be ask what the horse is for. And this is what I came up with.

 Okay. So in the beginning there are two boys. Chasing each other around the tree. Then when they go around again, one of them vanishes and then the horse shows up. I know that the song is about a deceased relative of Blake Shelton...My guess is that the horse represents either him or the little boy in the beginning.

That or they just wanted to work with the circus horse. I heard something about it on the radio once. I think the horse really pulled it all together theme wise. With the black lace, the snow, the Victrola phonograph thing, the umbrella (which I personally thought was AWESOME), and basically the song. It worked. It was awesome.

   Later,

NATSU ♥

I AM GOBSMACKED!!!! COMPLETELY!!!

 I AM WRITING THIS IN BIG FONT BECAUSE I AM SO EXCITED!!!! 


I JUST WATCHED THE SEASON FINALE OF THE LEGEND OF KORRA. I WON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL IT. IT WAS THE MOST EPIC EPISODE OF THAT SHOW THAT EVER AIRED ON TELEVISION!!! SPEAKING OF AIRED...I AM NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING. EEEEEPPPPP....I AM SO EXCITED! SO MANY THINGS THAT I DIDN'T EXPECT AND SO MANY THINGS THAT I WANTED TO HAPPEN, HAPPENED!!! (WE EVEN GOT A LITTLE MAKORRA ACTION!! IF YOU KNOW WHAT IMMA SAYING.) I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT SEASON...I MEAN, THERE BETTER BE A NEXT SEASON...


I AM GOING TO GO LOSE MY MIND NOW. MERE WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE WHAT I FEEL RIGHT NOW. TOTALLY SOMETHING I WOULD RECOMMEND...I HAD SOMETHING PLANNED FOR TODAY TO BLOG ABOUT BUT NOW I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER!!! I GUESS IT WILL HAVE TO WAIT...


THIS IS MY FASCINATION. I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS. 


GONNA GO DIE NOW.
SEE YOU TOMORROW POSSIBLY IF MY MIND DOESN'T MELT AND COME OUT OF MY EARS. YUCK. EAR-MELT...


WELL, 


~NATSU. 


PS: I AM GOING TO HAVE TO LEAK MY BRAIN ONTO HERE SOMETIME WITH SOME PICS....♥

Angry Birds and This. ♥

 After a long 10 hour reading session, (not going to say it was JUST reading. I mean, there was food to eat during time periods and the other stuff...Like, I HAVE to get water inside of me every 11 hours or so...)

 I finished Short-Straw Bride yesterday. And today I started and FINISHED Stolen.


The reviews for both, I'll make 'em short and sweet. Kinda like the caramel corn my sister made... *shutters* That was some EPIC sweet crud right there...

ANYWAY! (Wait, let me get through this level of Angry Birds and I will be back...And I will be cake...WHATEVER THAT MEANS! Okay so I did originally type cake instead of back. It's not that hard to understand though. Back kinda sounds like bake and bake RHYMES with cake...So yeah. There ya are..) (Gotta have some Rhyme in your life :O) )

Short-Straw Bride was beautifully written. The story was beautiful. The characters were beautiful. And Karen wrote it in a way that made you feel like you were actually there. Knowing what was going on. What they were feeling...(That was the best part.) The whole thing was really really sweet. I REALLY REALLY loved this book. That's my opinion. I love the Historical Romances. ♥♥♥

Stolen, on the other hand, wasn't what I expected. I really did like the story. There were certain things that I really didn't like. I could have done with out the cussing. But the story was nice. The camel was really neat though...

That's my opinion.

Well, the book for tomorrow is 'Avalon High' by Meg Cabbot. I am pretty sure that is how you spell her name. It looks promising. Can't wait ;)

The night is some-what young, but I am going to bed...

Night ya'll.


Oh, one more thing.

This is the Limerick I wrote. Like two seconds it took me to write it...Heh. I love limericks.

  

                    "There was an old lady of Wombat,

                      She was never good at combat, 

                      One day she fell on her head, 

                       Now the floorboards are dead,

                     And now there's no lady of Wombat"

Wombat was the first word that came into my mind. Geekery. Yeah. That's good... :)

♥natsu

Planned too. I really did.

A friend of mine once showed this to me. It was...hmmm.... Mesmerizing....Yeah, that's a good word.

Caramelldancen....That's it. AND I LOVE IT!!!


 ~Natsu ♥

"How do you do?" "How do I do what?"

  I love that answer...Tonight, I will be presenting my own "how to" on blogging! Okay, so actually it's just a paragraph about how I actually do it. I mean, everyone has there own technique when it comes to blogging. Mine is more of a make it up when I begin kind of thing. I try to think about it during the day or whatever, but when I get to actually post it, it's not really appealing to me anymore. So I instantly come up with a different topic. It's quite easy because my mind is so chocked (another word for stuffed, full, over-loaded, etc. For those who don't know) with EVERYTHING! And honestly, that's why the blog posts are sometimes completely random. Because that's my MIND! :) Maybe staying on one topic is over-rated anyway...Yeah, that's my excuse. Heh-

  Anyway, today was another afternoon HOPELESSLY clicking through the channels. And then there it was. Kung Fu Panda 2! On a channel that wasn't really there. Channel...10....It's all snow-stormy and "scribbly." It's really loud too so you can't here anything. But what caught me off guard was when Tigress actually Hugged...YES...She HUGGED Po...It was...AMAZING. Hehe...

 Well, I could post a picture, but I don't know what...GOT ONE!...



  Have a great Tuesday. I Bid You Adieu ~~~

 Natsu ^_^


PS: I find it funny that the spell-check has me capitalize the letter I in Internet. That and Brave opens in 17 days!!!!