Sunday, January 10, 2010

Onward
Into the real world I do, boldly going where no Starcommander has gone before. Yes, I am still the Starcommander! Even if I never write it out anymore.
Currently watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood on Funimation's website. It's a blast, it really is. You all out there must watch.
Until Next Time!
Starcommander Acrocanis
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Monday, September 28, 2009

Woah...
I originally started here way back in 2003 on another username. I totally missed the part where the primary workings of myOtaku took place on theOtaku. And here I thought member connections had just died off or something. Part of me was also waiting on the myOtaku Revolution, when all the old features would return and be cooler than before. Oh, well. :p

I get to go welcome new people, now, but there doesn't appear to be anyway to see all member rankings or to go to a random page, like before. Welcoming new people is fun, though. ^_^

All these years, and myOtaku is still my favorite blog service, over Wordpress, MySpace, and deviantART (which is AWESOMENESS, so it's a very close call). I tried Xanga, too, and still preferred myOtaku for many reasons. It's consistent and loads reliably. I just wish they hadn't killed the profile with their character limiting. I wish I could comment on my own avatar like before and I wish that I could change my music, or at least play it. Oh, well.

I also wish that signing in to myOtaku, theOtaku, or the forum would sign me into all of them. ...I can't get into the forum. :p
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Friday, September 25, 2009

Anime Update
As is only appropriate for someone who has a myOtaku journal site, I feel I must update on my life as an anime fan.

I WENT TO MY FIRST CONVENTION!

Aaaand nobody cares. Because no one ever reads this (for that matter, no one ever updates anymore, either...I just deleted a bunch of people who haven't been on in over a year). But that's okay! I still had a lot of fun, and ran around dressed in cosplay (can you guess who I was?). Totally awesome, totally one of the most fantastic experiences ever, totally on my todo list for next year.

I'm watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as it updates to Funimation's website. Why am I waiting instead of watching it elsewhere? Because I know for certain that I can get good subtitles from Funimation. I do not appreciate having to translate English subtitles into coherent English sentences while I'm trying to watch a show. I just want to watch the show.

And it is AWESOMENESS! ... nobody tell me what happens...I don't know want to know.

I am also starting to watch The Vision of Escaflowne, as I now am starting to remember what it was about the series that had me so interested.

And that's my anime update.
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Friday, July 31, 2009

   Fullmetal Alchemist
I sat down and watched the entire series with my brother. ... I get it now!!! I mean, I thought I got it before, but now that I have watched the entire thing, without missing a beat, I really understand it! Everything makes sense, now! :D So, yes, I am a happy, happy person.

...and I have free pizza.

Also ... went back and deleted almost all of my old posts except for a few I thought might be particularly interesting, somehow or other.
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Saturday, March 14, 2009

   general update
"Art is what gives an artist his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us, and penetrates us, and binds the galaxy together."
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

   You're a 90's kid if...:
A high school classmate of mine, whom I haven't seen since graduation, posted this freakin' cool thing on his blog. I'll update the watch list some other time.



You're a 90's kid if:

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

You remember when Kurt Cobain, Tu Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died.

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You danced to "wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto, Males: got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you really really want.)

You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

You remember when: where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

You know all the elements to Captain Planet.

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the red* Ranger were meant to be together.

To the last sentence you said.....hey...Tommy was the green* ranger!!!!

*later to be white

When playing power rangers with friends you fought over who got to be who............and still all ended up being Tommy if you were a boy and Kimberly if you were a girl.

You remember when super nintendo's became popular.

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"

You know the true meaning of "I've fallen and I can't get up"

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

You know the meaning of these two words... Trapper Keeper.

You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down

You ever played "Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS PHANTS PHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE
he jumped so high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stubbed his toe toe toe and thats the end end end of the elephants show show show

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on
"Saved By The Bell"

You played and or collected "Pogs"

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

You thought that the NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS

You thought that Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils, notebooks, binders, etc.)

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.

You used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You remember a time before the WB.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You know the Macarena by heart.

you ever said "Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You thought Brain would finally take over the world

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

You remember when everyone went slinky crazy.

You remember when razor scooters were cool.

when we were younger:

Before the MySpace frenzy.

Before the Internet & text messaging.

Before Sidekicks & iPods.

Before MIKE JONES

Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX.

Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.

WHEN LIGHT UP SNEAKERS WERE KOOL

When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

When 2Pac and Biggie where alive.

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

Way back.

Tag.

Get Over Here!!!! means something to you.

Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.

Red Light, Green Light.

Heads Up 7 Up.

Playing Kickball & Dodge ball until your porch light came on.

Hopscotch.

Slip-n-Slides.... now there are just ghetto ones

Tree Houses.

Hula Hoops.

HELLO....HOT WHEELS!!!!!

"POWER OF LOVE" BY CELINE DION..ONLY COUPLES COULD SKATE TO THIS.

The annoying Nano Pets & Furbies.

Running through the sprinklers.

That "Little Mermaid"

Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.

MUZZY (that multi-lingual green monster)

Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.

Getting the privilege to sit in the front seat of the car.

Drinking Sqeeze It "Squeeze The Fun Out Of It"

CAPRI SUN

Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your TMNT, Power Rangers, Barbie, Strawberry Shortcake, Fairy Princess comforter.

Hey Arnold, Doug, Rugrats.

The original Power Rangers

Camp Candy

Garfield and Friends

Or what about:

The Secret Life of Alex Mac.

Ren & Stimpy.

Double Dare.

Family Double Dare.

Rocco's Modern Life.

AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS.

Flipper.

Wild & Crazy Kids.

Clarissa Explains it All.

CAMP NOWHERE

Salute your shorts(CAMP ANAWANA)

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

The original cast members of All That.

Kenan & Kel.

DOUG!

Magic School Bus.

Nick Arcade.

Flash forward.

The torkelsons, where everyone had two names.

The adventures of pete and pete.

Legends of the hidden temple.

Hey Dude.

Dinosaurs.

Mummies Alive

Pinky and the Brain.

Sailor Moon.

Blossom.

Hangin with Mr. Cooper.

Wishbone.

Bill-Nye the science guy!

MR RODGERS!!!!

Who could forget Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy.

Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.

Stick Stickly

or Nick Jr. with face

Gullah Gullah island

Little Bear

Rupert

David The Gnome

Busy Town

Papa Beavers Story Time

under the umbrella tree

PEE-WEE'S MOTHER F***ING PLAYHOUSE!!!

The Big Comfy Couch

Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.

Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.

Class field trips.

When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.

When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.

When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.

When Toys R Us ruled the mall.

Go back to the time when:

Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'

'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest.

Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly'.

It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.

Being old referred to anyone over 20.

A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.

Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better.

Where the best form of protection was "circle circle dot dot now I've got my cootie shot, circle circle square square now I've got it everywhere"

It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the 'big people' rides at the fair.

When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever.

When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.

Before we realized all this would eventually disappear...

Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Question
Do you think that fantasy and science fiction should always be grouped together as they commonly are in movie stores, bookstores, ect. or do you think they should be separated? What is the difference between the two genres? Do you even think there is any difference at all? I'm just curious to know what all people have to say about this - that is, what few people read this in the first place. (Yes! Yes! Seperate! So people can tell the difference! I mean, Issac Asimov and R.A. Salvatore so seriously do not need to be in the same section of the bookstore together. I've always wanted a crossover section for writers who publish in both genres)
Ex: Ghost in the Shell and Princess Mononoke, for all you anime people. If, hypothetically speaking, these were books to be shelved like any other books, that is, by genre, these would be found under the same catagory! Whether labeled Sci-fi, fantasy, or both. Or western, for that matter. (*snickers at B&N.* They always have something other than western under the western sign at this one location nearby.)

On that note: Fantasy and horror. What's the difference? Especially if the subject matter is something like monsters, werebeasts, or vampires? Should vampire and werewolf novels be counted as fantasy? (I personally refer to books under such a catagory as "dark fantasy," though I have never heard anyone else use the term.)

Surreal or supernatural tales that take place in the real world and focus more or less on real people: What do you call this? Niel Gaiman and Dean Kootz are decent examples of this, sometimes. Maybe Clive Barker? Too realistic to be fantasy and too surreal to be generic fiction. (I once had a classmate who called this "magical realism," and I so liked the term that I never forgot it.)

Do you think that manga and graphic novels should be separated? (they're not anymore)
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Wednesday, October 4, 2006

   Update
Welll...propositional logic isn't all That bad. It's just...mathematic-like. I'm starting to talk to my professor outside of class, which should help because he tends to give far too many examples in class and tries too hard to help us understand. It's kind of...frustrating sometimes.

Shadowkitty's gotten me into Sailor Moon and Samurai Pizza Cats because she's good at finding good stuff and introducing people to it and she found episodes of the animes on YouTube. She also got me into Gundam Wing, among other things that I can't think of at the moment.

The first half of the first episode of the very short series "Samurai Pizza Cats"



FYE, a funny music video...

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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

   GOOD GRIEF!
So we got into this big debate in logic the other day over an issue in propositional logic. A boy in the back of the class had gone and read all nine chapters of the text in order to understand it (we skipped from one to six, which confused the professor when he said he'd read nine chapters because we're only on our second.). He and I and I don't know who all else all had the same issue of trying to figure out the difference between A > (~B v ~C) **substituting > for the horseshoe sign thing** and A > ~(B v C). He got caught up in this excitable frenzy of trying to figure it out and wrote out his understanding of the thing on the board. So this debate went on and on while some other bright boy in the front of the class copied his own notes to the board. And all of a sudden, the thing was crystal clear. Now I've got to do is look at the CD-ROM and remember the thing for tomorrow's test. :p

On a crappier note, I am once again faced with the fact that I am not the person I was when I graduated high school. Okay, so I usually get like this when I'm lacking sleep, but still . . . I hate it! I really, really cannot stand being like this. I hate feeling so brainless. It's one of the worst feelings I know - being used to being a "bright" person and then suddenly being so slow and realizing what I actually had going for me. I want it back!
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Sunday, September 24, 2006

Logic is a contortion of the English language. It's fascinating, but when you get into that propositional malarkey....


In the meantime, this is a Gundam Wing video that I like. I personally faved a different version on my account and I was going to post that one, but this one is actually undoubtedly better, as much as I like the other one.
SPOILERS ABOUND for the series and the Endless Waltz movie.



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