Speculative Vision

My little brother loved Gundam SD... but then again he was 9 at the time. The only part that bugged me was, besides the weird chibi robots, the 3-D. Anime was just not meant to be in 3-D. Actually, in response to the "best fight scene" thing, I actually enjoy swordfights more than lasers and robots ...

Aww that's so sad. I was going through something like that with my friends earlier this year. I don't feel as clsoe to my popular-ish friends anymore because of that, but I still love them to death, even though I find myself hanging out with my "punk" friends more and more... They're just more accep...

I can't distinctly remember these books, all I know is that I loved them to death. It was a diary series about a girl who started out as a servant in a place called the House. No one was ever allowed beyond the gardens, into a desert-like place that was called something akin to "The Forbidden Lands"...