Quotes from within Endo-Ryo:

"Eeee! It's Hayley Mills! She was in the Parent Trap! She's my spiritual homegirl! You know... twins!"
- Brette (amidst a squee-fit)

Me: (listening to earphones) ("Life is a Highway" comes on)
Aly: (can hear the distinctive opening sounds, laughs) Life is a highwaaayy!
Me: SHUT UP!

Secret Tokyopop fact you probably didn't know: When the company was just starting, they bought copies of their licensed books at Book-Off (aka: cheap bookstore) to save money. Hee! It just really amuses me to think of Stu and Kiyomi-san buying, like, Sailor Moon and Magic Knight Rayearth at the lowest price possible. I do hope those weren't the copies they scanned, but I also wouldn't be surprised!

On the fifth floor of the building (the floor I am never on, cause the main office is on the eighth floor) there are those original copies on a bookshelf somewhere still! At least the Sailor Moon ones... they pointed them out to me on my first day. I kind of want to go take a closer look someday, too bad I never go down there!

And yeah, it does amaze me just a tiny bit to think that I am working [if for free] for the company that published the first manga I ever bought (Sailor Moon 1, baby!). Way back in seventh grade... I lent it out to like 6 people so it's kinda beat up now, but since it's out of print I ain't never letting go of that baby. But the thing is, I have become so pessimistic about actually getting a real job there someday. Like, I was reading all the editor spotlights on the website, and everyone's backstories (which, in many cases, I had no idea about!!) are so cool, and I just felt really inadequate. Plus I've convinced myself that when I graduate there won't be an opening for me (a very real possibility), and then what will I do? Sit around until one opens? ch...