16 days to Ichibanzai 2009!!

I'll make an exception today and continue my cosplay work a little later. Well, it's not that I'm almost done. Heck, I'm barely 60% done and I have 16 days left! Damn bloody goddamn shit from hell!

Anyway, I'm giving myself a break today. I've been working on the cosplay a little too long and hard. Every night, I come back at 7.30pm, eat dinner, bathe etc and start working at 9pm until 2 or 3am.

Oh, the lack of sleep isn't bad. I'm already used to it from after so many Scout camps. However, it does make it harder for me focus. I'm already consuming sweet stuff in packets just to get the concentration I need. Kinda reminds me of pre-exam studies. It might be worse, since I was staring at that jar of sugar on the coffee table at work and actually craved it.

Being me, I resisted. Also being me, I ate some other sweet stuff. Praise my resilience!

Oh, and I just got a sort-of threat from my tailor. Since I've been busy the past few days, I haven't had the time to go buy the cloth she requested. Since she's doing this as a favour (well, she'll be charging me a lot less than other tailors), I obviously have to comply with her demands. Settled that last night, so no worries... hopefully.

Now then, for another Top *insert number here* list.

Top 5 cartoons (non-anime) I've watched:

#5 The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
The series was stupid right from the start. The Grim Reaper challenging 2 little kids to a game of limbo to win the soul of their ungodly violent hamster (It attacks without mercy when you say "Kiss, kiss."). Billy is an idiot right down to his DNA. That goes without saying that he's the main comic humour. Yep, he's the kid who calls himself Billy the Baker and then fights flesh-eating zombies with a twig (in which he runs away 5 seconds later). Mandy doesn't really impress me as a character because there's just one rule: She can never lose. She took over the mind of a highly intelligent alien capable of mind control.

#4 The Fairly Oddparents
"I'm Cosmo! I'm Wanda! And weeeee're your Fairy Godparents!" This is a pretty funny series. I always find it amusing how they can screw up every wish no matter what. And they do a damn good job at making classic jokes and puns sound funny again. "Oo.. look how shiny that door is! Let's reach out to it slowly to savour the moment!" *Tense music plays while Timmy rushes to fix his wish before his mom and dad open the door*

#3 Codename: Kids Next Door
CKND is about a team of kids who are part of a worldwide organisation protecting children from adult tyranny. Any little kid who wants to get back at "those adult meanies" will enjoy this series. Children are mostly the good guys, while teenagers and adults are mostly the bad guys. I don't really agree with the idea that teens work together with adults but other than that, other relationships between kids, teens and adults are mostly true and put to the extreme. I just watched one episode and I was already hooked. And don't think that this series is all funny. When they start pulling out plans in a large scale war between children and adults, they throw in some seriously good plot twists!

#2 Spongebob Squarepants
The story of an undersea sponge and his daily adventures with his friends. Every episode is always enjoyable as everything can be turned into the funniest gags under the sea. I don't think I've met a single person who doesn't like this cartoon. I've watched the older seasons multiple times already, but I never seem to catch the newer seasons on Nickelodeon. Well, if I can find the whole box set, I'd certainly buy it.

#1 Tom and Jerry
Yep, this is the king of cartoons. An epic chase between cat and mouse. A simple theme which was as original during its time as the first prince saving princess story. And "epic" is perhaps an understatement since they just keep coming up with new and extreme ways to beat the crap out of each other. With only two main characters that hardly talk, it's amazing how they can keep every episode fresh. The cartoon has undergone several art style changes, but it has never failed to invoke hordes of laughter until this new idiot started making the side characters talk too much.