urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:alcarohtare Underneath a Cherry Blossom Tree Aine Alcarohtare 2006-10-19T18:33:02Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:alcarohtare:599 2006-07-29T01:25:27Z 2006-10-19T18:32:15Z C'est la Vie - Aino Minako <div align="justify">Today I re-watched acts fourteen and fifteen of the Sailor Moon live action; there are two or three months since I’ve re-seen the previous ones. I use to do it a lot when I’m feeling down or when something sad is going on in my life. For some reason to watch/read <em>shoujo</em> anime/mangá always makes me feel better, no matter how dramatic the story is. That’s probably because it’s closer to our reality than the <em>shounen</em> ones, or at least it is closer to mine. Although I’m not so young anymore, I’m trying not to be an adult without dreams and without a life full of colors. So, whenever I feel stressed and have a free time, I take a good book, read a girlish mangá or watch a Japanese TV series. And the good thing about Sailor Moon is that when I watch it I finally remember that I’m still a girl and that it is a good thing to praise my women attributes after all. </div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">It makes me go out for shopping – something I barely do – and I always end up buying pink and cute things without even thinking that I’ll probably never wear it. Today was one of these days; I didn’t go out to buy clothes but I finally went to my dermatologist after… Two years? I have to take better care of myself, really. Be a workaholic is ok since I don’t give up my private life because of that. I’m reaching the middle of my twenties and I’ve just realized that during all this years I have been ashamed of being a girl. Well, this is not going to happen anymore; together with my dermatologist I’ve scheduled a time in many other doctors, including ophthalmologist because I’ll finally wear color contact lenses just to have fun. I doubt someday I’ll feel comfortable wearing cheerful colors like baby pink, light blue or purple, but I can try to change old habits by creating new and healthy ones. Hope everything will be fine at the end. <em>Minna-san, ganbatte ne</em>! </div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:alcarohtare:358 2006-07-03T22:28:35Z 2006-10-19T18:33:02Z C'est La Vie - Aino Minako <span lang="EN-US"><o:p><div align="center">This space will soon be used as my personal Live Journal for Japanese comics and doramas. Please come back later. Thank you very much.</div><div align="center">&nbsp;</div></o:p></span>