and for good reason.

Big announcement coming soon.

WINK WINK, NUDGE NUDGE.

Haven't posted anything about this, but I really like this song by School Food Punishment. It's called "You May Crawl."



Oh, and I made a funny at work on the new vending machine...

Should I watch this????

What the hell is wrong with me!?!?!

Look, you started off damn strong with Full Metal Panic. Sure, a 13 year-old was commanding a massive secret military organization and Sasuke was a (great) one-note character, but it was strong.

Then you made Haruhi Suzumiya, and fucked up my life for about 2 years. I STILL can't do that dance.

THEN Lucky Star. What the hell was that? And what the hell inspired me to watch all of it? And then WHAT made my synapses fire in such a way as to actually LIKE it?!?

And now comes K-on!, a show about high school girls in a "light" music club. For those who were wondering, the name is a contraction of "kei-on", which means "light sound"... which turns into "light music" when translated.

What does this mean?

Young sprightly girls playing and talking about playing rock music, which is actually what the light music club was at my old high school. That and 4 of the nicest high school guys I'd ever met playing "Can't Stop" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers over and over.

*sigh*

The show has a lot of strengths. It's charming, it's funny, it's a striking concept, and the animation is beautiful. Unfortunately it also lacks giant robots, explosions, and Kenichi Sonoda*... but I still like it a lot.

So you win this round, Kyoani, but rest assured: I WILL BE BACK.





* = Gunsmith Cats is my jam.

Agree? Disagree? Bueller? Bueller?

From ANN:

The global boys-love publisher Yaoi Press reports that the on-demand printer Docucopies refused to make copies of its Yaoi Coloring Book "because of the nudity of this file." While Yaoi Press founder Yamila Abraham noted that all of the book's characters are male in her emailed reply, she offered to replace some pictures if Docucopies specified which ones triggered the refusal. Abraham posted the following response from Docucopies:

Hi Yamila -
There are a number of page[s] that I find disturbing and do not want to put our employees in the same position printing this book for you. Some of the pages are 5, 6, 23, 24, 28, [and] 29. I am sorry but we will not print this book.

Abraham had previously listed Docucopies.com as a resource in her "How to Print a Comic Book or Doujinshi Cheap" guide on the eHow website, since Docucopies had accepted previous jobs without raising issues. Docucopies' Terms of Service does not list content restrictions, but they also assert that the customers will indemnify the printer from legal issues and adds, "We reserve the right to refuse to any customer."

http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/graph/anime/20090519_2/

*DROOL*

My Name Is Earl has been canceled.

What do I gotta live for now? : /

I'll be at fanime starting tomorrow evening.

I'll be cosplaying on Saturday as a guy from Left 4 Dead.

See you there?

If you see me be sure and say "hi."

I grabbed this from a Christian web site, actually, but some of us have discussed savings and finance in the past and I've always tried to stress the importance of setting a budget.

http://www.mymoneyblog.com/images/0611/budget_neil.xls

Links to a personal budget spreadsheet in open office format.

Today I bought the following on discount -

Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo box
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles DVD
Samurai 7 DVD Box Set (Hyb)
Speed Grapher DVD Box Set (Hyb)

My cousin raved about the count of Monte Cristo so much that I was sold. Robotech, well, was 6 bucks and I figured "what the hell?" Samurai 7 I have to own because of my big ol' film school credentials.

Speed Grapher was the most fun I've had watching a show in about 10 years. Seriously. It was great.

What ya'll up to?

I have a test tomorrow at 1330... and I haven't started memorizing the last 124 pages completely from this manual I have.

COFFEE!

Finally had to go ahead and get some of the Chevalier D'Eon action going. Many people have raved about it to me for so long that I figured I should jump at it. Unfortunately that lead me to pass up the Count of Montecristo box (old version) and the Basilisk box, but really I'm not hurting for stuff to watch.

1 $30.00 * av21020 Gundam, Mobile Suit Movie Pack DVD (H
1 $5.00 * dcde001 Le Chevalier D'Eon DVD 1 (Hyb)
1 $7.00 * dcdebx1 Le Chevalier D'Eon DVD 2 (Hyb): Agent
1 $5.00 * dcde003 Le Chevalier D'Eon DVD 3 (Hyb): Danse
1 $5.00 * dcde004 Le Chevalier D'Eon DVD 4 (Hyb): Ancie
1 $5.00 * dcde005 Le Chevalier D'Eon DVD 5 (Hyb): Volte
1 $5.00 * dcde006 Le Chevalier D'Eon DVD 6 (Hyb): Bete

Oh, and what's the new Kyo Ani show called? A buddy was recommending it to me but I've blanked on the name. I've heard there's a jazz bass involved, and those are a personal favorite, if you know what I mean. :)

Carrying on my passive-aggressive relationship with Death Note (once surmised by a TG user with the statement "I thought you'd have Light on your business cards!"), I will be seeing the L movie this evening with my new roommate who has become a geek pal.

I don't really have much to say about this. I've watched some of the previews and whatnot but I don't want the experience to be spoiled by over-familiarity and over-exposure. That's always a bummer... when you know too much and it turns out to be a suck-fest.

(Heh. "Suck-fest.")

The TG sale is still on and our buyer is back from his fun in the hospital. The good thing is that he's no worse for wear, and apparently doesn't need a new liver or anything. I'm doing another big test and have been studying every day while working. This means I'm back to reading half a manga before I pass out at night. BUT I will be at Fanime this year!

And Yaoi-con, natch.

(Maybe, MAYBE A-kon?)

I'm stoked! Perhaps this speaks to the 13 year old boy in me, but I still cannot help but be moved by Gundams smashing things.

I have to marathon the last five episodes of 00 S2 and then start on Code Geass R2 this week, as well. Oh, and has anybody started watching the "renewed" FMA? Opinions? Worth it?

Later skaters!

Well, in 4 months I'll hopefully have some more of my life stuff together, have bought a Jaguar (no, I mean a REAL Jaguar, not a car), and have a house made out of DVDs and gold.

But if not, I'll still be seeing Vamps in SF with my friend.

Vamps is Hyde from L'arc en Ciel and KAZ from some other band. Turns out Kaz is the guy who wrote
"Season's Call", which is my favorite Hyde/Hide solo song anyway.

Should be a good time!

I always liked this place when I stayed there. Super-nice staff, in-out privileges, and a great location. You couldn't argue with the price, either.

Anyway, I was sent two emails about their closing this morning in English and Japanese, respectively. They're apparently opening up something new in Kyoto, so dig that too.

Little by little, the Tokyo of my 20s disappears... *sigh*

...

Dear　Mr.Jones Evan

Along with the real estate redevelopment project of the vicinity region,
Capsule Inn Akihabara has decided to cease operations as of Tuesday,April 21, 2009.

Thank you for your patronage for twenty years since 1989.

At Kyoto in December 2009,
Capsule Inn Akihabara is completely reborn to the hotel of the novel style.

Let's meet by all means in Kyoto next time.

「9h」nine hours
http://www.capsuleinn.com
http://www.9hours.me

Still single, ladies. :)

So I finally gave in and took a day off of work.

I'm not happy about it, but I've had this deep and annoying cough and cold which has allowed a certain vicious cycle to perpetuate itself. It goes like this: I get to feeling a bit better, and then I over-exert myself and I feel twice as bad the next day.

I figured I should just take one day and beat it altogether. It sucks that I'm losing productivity, money, and training time but I don't want to hurt all over for every second of every day. I also want to get back to studying.

Oh well.

Hope everybody's doing good. I may just take this as a sign and go ahead and marathon the rest of Gundam 00 s2 today. Yes yes, I still plan on watching Code Geass R2. It has been a great fault of mine and I'm sure that you're all sitting there, tisk-tisk-ing me as I write.