Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Here's Johnny! ^_^

Plastics.
- The Graduate

Greetings All! I have temporarily returned from my two week (or was it three week?) hiatus from TheO. Understand me when I say this was not a voluntary hiatus by any means. It was forced upon me by circumstances beyond my control. I made a note to say that my return is temporary because those circumstances which have hindered my ability to visit TheO and post are showing no signs of dissipating. In fact, they will only worsen in the next few months. It sucks, but it has simply come down to the fact that I have a rather large amount of work to do for classes, and I just don’t have the time to give to posting and visiting sites. I apologize for this, but like I said, I have no control. I am at the mercy of my professors. My time is theirs to control as they see fit with mindless busy work. *sigh* Such is the life of a college student. So, don't be expecting to see me around TheO all that much this semester. I'll post when I can, but no more. I'll try to make it around to y'all's sites as much as possible, but that will be difficult as well. Just... bear with me.

Technologically Handicapped
Two weeks ago we were having an ice storm here in Arkansas. Not a bad ice storm, but an ice storm nonetheless. Ice covered the ground and sidewalks, coated the trees, and hung from power lines and roofs. It was beautiful. Unfortunately, this beauty came with a price. The ice was causing power failures all over the area, my dorm room not excluded. Before one of the power failures the power surged and my poor unprotected computer popped and died. It was a horrible moment; the moment I realized that I was going to have to dish out unknown amounts of money to purchase a new machine. That amount didn’t stay unknown for long. Two days later I realized that the new machine was going to cost roughly $1700. (GAH!) It was a lot of money to pay, but short amount of time I spent without a machine of my own felt like months. I reluctantly paid for it with money I had to borrow from my grandfather and 5 days later I had my new MacBook. It’s by far the nicest machine I’ve ever owned; 2 GHz processor speed, 2 GB of RAM and 120 GB of hard drive space. It’s beautiful. Well worth the wait, but we’ll see if it’s worth the $1700.

Oscars Nom’s and More!
This past week has been a big week for movies. At least it’s been a big week for me. Saturday evening I was invited by one of my friends to go and see Pan’s Labyrinth. I had heard only good things about the movie, but didn’t know much more about it other than what the trailers let onto. But, I certainly couldn’t pass it up. I had to go and see that movie. Thank God I did because it was one of the best movies I’ve seen this year. In fact, in 2007, it is the best movie I’ve seen yet. It was beautifully done. The critics are calling it a "fairy tale for grownups" and that is exactly what it is. The fantastical story, as fantastical as it was, was actually believable. It kept you drawn in the entire time. Amazing it was, yes, amazing. Heck, it better be amazing. After all, it's been nominated for SIX Oscars. I must caution anyone who goes and sees it, there are some very hard parts in the movie to watch. Very hard. They are very graphic about certain things. Mom, you’d be jumping up and down in your seat. But, Mom, I do think you might enjoy this movie. It's very fantastical, but the story is good. You've surprised me in your movie taste before. So, who knows, this might be a movie you hate. But I don't think so. I'd suggest giving the movie a shot.

Pan’s Labyrinth was not the only big thing that happened as far as movies go this past week. The Oscar nominations were announced! ^_^ It was a wonderful thing. And, the most dreaded thing happened this year: all the nominations were good ones! O_O *gasp* This has never happened before. At least, not since I’ve been paying attention to the Oscars. It’s going to be an exceedingly hard thing for me to go and make my picks for who I think will win. Truthfully, I have no idea what the Academy will do. This past year has just been one of the most phenomenal years for movies, I can’t imagine having to pick the best ones. It’s going to be tough. The Best Picture category is going to be the toughest to decide. 5 really good films have been nominated; The Queen, Little Miss Sunshine, The Departed, Babel, and Letters from Iwo Jima. There is not a single one of those films that I would want to see lose. I haven’t yet had the pleasure of seeing The Queen or Letters from Iwo Jima, but I plan on seeing them both. After I see them, I’m sure I’ll be able to more accurately predict what the Academy is going to do. But right now, if I were to pick, I’d think that the Academy would give the award to The Queen. That movie has just received so much recognition and praise recently. Apparently it just blows the socks off everyone. The critics are just mad about the film and I think that is a pretty good predictor as to how the Academy is going to cast their vote. Heck, I might be wrong, but that’s how I think it’s going to play out. I look forward to the Oscars on February 25th. That’s gonna be a fun night. For a full list of the nominees this year, go to http://www.oscars.com/nominees/?pn=list

21
This coming weekend is going to be a big one for me. On Thursday I get on a plane and fly down to Dallas where I will spend the night before I head down to Austin for Ikkicon. I’m looking forward to this convention. Most of my friends will be going. I’m going to be torn. On one hand I have the group from my school who are traveling down by car. Then, I’ll also have my friends from back home. To hang out with both groups is going to be a hard thing. GAH! I don’t know what to do! But, that’s in the future. I’ll deal with that when I get to it. The more important thing happening this coming weekend is my 21st birthday. ^_^ Yay! I am finally going to be legal! I, unlike most of my peers, have never gone out drinking illegally. The only alcohol I’ve had was in Italy over the summer and then on new years eve the past couple years. I’ve had a couple sips of beer that my dad has let me have, but that really is all the alcohol I’ve ever tasted. I’ve held out. I’ve respected the law of the land and stayed away. Once I become legal, I don’t now how I’m going to take it. I’ll have to play that one by ear. So, this weekend is going to be a fun one. A very fun one.

Well, I don’t feel like saying any more right now. That was a long enough post. ^_^ So, with that I’ll be done. Enjoy the video (Daniel Powter is awesome! ^_^) and I’ll see ya ‘round TheO! Sayonara!

Caesar1280's Anime Ticker

.hack//Legend of the Twilight, Air, Air: The Movie, Akira, The Animatrix, Appleseed, Aquatic Language, Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror, Beck, Black Lagoon, Blame!, Blood the Last Vampire, Bokurano, Burst Angel, Castle in the Sky, Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express, Egao, FLCL, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala, Gankutsuou, Gatekeepers, Genshiken, Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society, Gin-iro no Kami no Agito, Grave of the Fireflies, Grenadier, Haibane Renmei, Hellsing, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, Hikaru no Go, Howl?s Moving Castle, Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Jyu Oh Sei, Karas: The Prophecy, Last Exile, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Midori?s Days, Milennium Actress, Mushi-shi, My Neighbor Totoro, Naruto, Naruto: The Movie, Nausicaa, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death And Rebirth, Ninja Scroll: The Movie, Other Worlds, Paprika, Perfect Blue, Pet Shop of Horrors, The Place Promised In Our Early Days, Prétear, Princess Mononoke, Read Or Die, Read Or Die: The TV, Samurai Champloo, Samurai Seven, Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal, She and Her Cat, Spirited Away, Steamboy, Tide-Line Blue, Tokyo Babylon, Tokyo Godfathers, Trigun, Voices of a Distant Star, Witch Hunter Robin, Wonderful Days, Wrath of the Ninja, X

Anime I've Seen - .hack//Legend of the Twilight - .hack//Sign - 5 Centimeters per Second - Air - Air: The Movie - Akira - The Animatrix - Appleseed - Aquatic Language - Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror - Baby Blue - Beck - Black Lagoon - Blame! - Blood the Last Vampire - Bokurano - Burst Angel - Castle in the Sky - Cowboy Bebop - Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express - Doorbell - Egao - FLCL - Fullmetal Alchemist - Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala - Gankutsuou - Gatekeepers - Genius Party - Genshiken - Genshiken OAV - Ghost in the Shell - Ghost in the Shell: Innocence - Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society - Gin-iro no Kami no Agito - The Gokusen - Grave of the Fireflies - Grenadier - Haibane Renmei - Happy Machine - Hellsing - Highlander: The Search for Vengeance - Hikaru no Go - Howl's Moving Castle - Innocent Venus - Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade - Jyu Oh Sei - Karas: The Prophecy - Karas: The Revelation - Last Exile - Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Midori?s Days - Milennium Actress - Mushi-shi - My Neighbor Totoro - Naruto - Naruto: The Movie - Nausicaa - Neon Genesis Evangelion - Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death And Rebirth - Ninja Scroll: The Movie - Other Worlds - Ouran High School Host Club - Paprika - Perfect Blue - Pet Shop of Horrors - The Place Promised In Our Early Days - Prétear - Princess Mononoke - Read Or Die - Read Or Die: The TV - Samurai Champloo - Samurai Seven - Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal - Serial Experiments Lain - Shanghai Dragon - She and Her Cat - Spirited Away - Steamboy - Tekkonkinkreet - Tide-Line Blue - Tokyo Babylon - Tokyo Godfathers - Trigun - Trinity Blood - Vampire Hunter D - Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust - Voices of a Distant Star - Witch Hunter Robin - Wolf's Rain - Wonderful Days - Wrath of the Ninja - X Total: 93

Anime I Haven't Completed - .hack//Roots - Ah! My Goddess - Angelic Layer - Avenger - Baccano! - Bamboo Blade - Basilisk - Binchou-tan - Black Cat - Bleach - Blood+ - Boogiepop Phantom - Case Closed - Le Chevalier d'Eon - Chobits - Chrono Crusade - Code Geass - Coyote Ragtime Show - D.Gray-Man - D.N.Angel - DearS - Death Note - Dennou Coil - Desert Punk - Digimon - Dragon Ball Z - Ergo Proxy - Eureka Seven - Excel Saga - Fighting Beauty Wulong - Final Fantasy Unlimited - Flag - Freedom - Full Moon - Gantz - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Gintama - Glass Fleet - Great Teacher Onizuka - Gundam Seed - Gundam Wing - Hayate the Combat Butler - Hellsing OVA - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Ikki Tousen - InuYasha - Jigoku Shojo - Kage Kara Mamoru - Karin - Kino's Journey - Love Hina - Loveless - Lovely Complex - Lucky Star - Makai Senki Disgaea - Marchen Awakens Romance - Meine Liebe - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Mononoke - Monster - Moon Phase - Mr Stain on Junk Alley - Naruto Shippuuden - Negima?! - Negima! - Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion - Nerima Daikon Brothers - NHK ni Youkoso - Night Walker - Ninja Nonsense - Noir - Peacemaker Kurogane - Pokemon - Prince of Tennis - R.G. Veda - Ragnarok - Rec - Red Garden - Robotech - Romeo x Juliet - Rosen Maiden - Rurouni Kenshin - Saikano - Sailor Moon - Samurai Deeper Kyo - Sci-fi Harry - School Rumble - Scrapped Princess - Shin-chan - Shingu - Shion no Oh - Shuffle! - Shrine of the Morning Mist - So Long, Mr. Despair - Solty Rei - Sousei no Aquarion - Speed Grapher - Spice and Wolf - Super Milk Chan - Tales of Phantasia - Tenchi Muyo - Tenjhou Tenge - Texnolyze - The Third - Tsubasa Chronicles - Urusei Yatsura - Venus Versus Virus - Welcome to the N.H.K. - Winter Cicada - X-1999 - Xenosaga - XxxHolic - Yu Yu Hakushou - Yume Tsukai - Zero no Tsukaima - Zipang Total: 116

Manga I've Completed - Cowboy Bebop - FLCL - Manga Messiah - Manga Metamorphosis - Q*Ko-chan - Saiyuki - Shirahime-Syo Total: 7 Manga I Haven't Completed - .hack//Legend of the Twilight - Black Cat - Blame! - Chobits - D.Gray-man - Darkside Blues - Death Note - The Demon Ororon - Desert Coral - Disgaea - Eureka Seven: Gravity Boys and Lifting Girl - Fruits Basket - Getbackers - Hayate the Combat Butler - Kamunagara - Legal Drug - Love Hina - Loveless - Megatokyo - Naruto - Negima - Read Or Die - Rurouni Kenshin - Tactics - Trigun Maximum - XXXHolic Total: 26

Anime I'm Currently Watching
Samurai 7, InuYasha, Samurai Deeper Kyo,
Boogiepop Phantom, and Shrine of the Morning Mist

Manga I'm Currently Reading
Read Or Die, Hayate the Combat Butler, and Megatokyo.hack//Roots, .hack//Sign, 5 cm per Second, Ah! My Goddess, Angelic Layer, Avenger, Basilisk, Binchou-tan, Black Cat, Bleach, Blood+, Boogiepop Phantom, Case Closed, Le Chevalier d'Eon, Chobits, Chrono Crusade, Coyote Ragtime Show, D.Gray-Man, D.N.Angel, DearS, Death Note, Dennou Coil, Desert Punk, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, Ergo Proxy, Eureka 7, Excel Saga, Fighting Beauty Wulong, Final Fantasy Unlimited, Flag, Full Moon, Gantz, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gintama, Great Teacher Onizuka, Gundam Seed, Gundam Wing, Hayate the Combat Butler, Hellsing Ultimate, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Innocent Venus, InuYasha, Jigoku Shojo, Kage Kara Mamoru, Karin, Kino?s Journey, Love Hina, Loveless, Lovely Complex, Lucky Star, Makai Senki Disgaea, Marchen Awakens Romance, Meine Liebe, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Mononoke, Monster, Naruto Shippuuden, Negima?!, Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion, Nerima Daikon Brothers, NHK ni Youkoso, Night Walker, Ninja Nonsense, Noir, Ouran High School Host Club, Peacemaker Kurogane, Pokemon, Prince of Tennis, R.G. Veda, Ragnarok, Rec, Red Garden, Robotech, Romeo x Juliet, Rosen Maiden, Rurouni Kenshin, Saikano, Sailor Moon, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Sci-fi Harry, School Rumble, Scrapped Princess, Serial Experiments Lain, Shingu, Shuffle!, Shrine of the Morning Mist, So Long Mr. Despair, Solty Rei, Sousei no Aquarion, Speed Grapher, Super Milk Chan, Tales of Phantasia, Tenchi Muyo, Tenjhou Tenge, Texnolyze, The Third. Trinity Blood, Tsubasa Chronicles, Urusei Yatsura, Welcome to the N.H.K., Winter Cicada, X-1999, Xenosaga, XxxHolic, Yu Yu Hakushou, Yume Tsukai, Zero no Tsukaima, Zipang

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