Pokemon D/P

I am currently oscillating between fannish squeeing glee at the toys of the new Pokemon, and omg wtf bbq they didn't? at the new English names.

ヒコザル Hikozaru has become Chimchar - which to me sounds nothing like a monkey with its arse on fire and a lot like a chimp in the PG Tips advert holding a cup of tea, while my beloved ナエトル Naetoru (Naetle) has become... Turtwig?! That sounds like a failed name for an owl or professor in Harry Potter, It is not a dignified name for the most awesome Grass-type starter of them all. In fact, it is bloody stupid.

I am going to take a leaf out of my friend stellarwind's book and refuse to use the English names I don't like, and piss off all the young Pokemon kiddies who don't know the Japanese names. Ha!

For Ludy: Bunny Pokemon. Possibly called Buneary. Can't decide if I like that name yet.

http://74.52.193.82/events/main.php?g2_itemId=6191 <--- I WANT THIS SET
Naetle! Reminds me of dino.
Happiest Oddish EVAR!
DUSKULLLL

valentine'sness

If anyone's left a Valentine's message for me on any communities, this would be the ideal place to post a link so I actually check them.

I don't think I'll be posting Valentine's messages for anyone online. Sometimes I do a generic "I wuv you all"-type post, but I'm so tired and overworked at the moment that I don't think I could find anything useful to say. Please feel reminded that I do, in fact, owe a helluva lot to my friends, I can't imagine still being in this plane of existence without some of you in my life, and I love and appreciate all of you in different ways. I am just too lacking in energy to articulate this in a cutesy sort of way.

I sent some paper cards this evening, which may get there by tomorrow. Really didn't like the selection of paper cards in any of the shops this time round, so I sent them to the bare minimum of people (existing partners & tocotoxen, not friends-I-love-platonicly). There seemed to be even more emphasis than normal on "for the one I love" (but I love more than one person!), "I only want to be with you" (but I want to see all my partners and friends and family!) and "Be mine" (but I am my own person and do not belong to anyone. People only belong to other people if they are doing an SM Master/slave relationship - and even that is strictly consensual on both sides). A particularly sickening card had words along the lines of "This is one of the two hands I most want to hold. (The other is your other hand.)" Glargh.

So I got Richard a blank card with a picture of adorable panda wuzzies that will make him squee, and put some words and stickers in it to make it into a Valentine's card, and it will have to do. I'm not sure if Richard will be able to top the card of 2 years ago, but we shall see.