Thursday, August 2, 2007

Unexpected...

Death comes to all
But great achievements raise a monument
Which shall endure until the sun grows old.
- George Fabricius

Greetings All! Today (meaning two days ago) marks a truly momentous occasion. I really wish it hadn't fallen during summer like this while I'm not posting much and pretty inactive, but this is how it has fallen and that is what I have to deal with. *ahem* I am pleased to announce that today (meaning two days ago) my O site got its 1000th visit! That's right, my page has been viewed one thousand times. I would like to thank you all so very much for this. I am honored and blessed to have met so many people and made so many friends here on TheO. This is an amazing site with amazing folks. Thank you so much. *tear* And I promised myself I wouldn't cry. GAH! *cries* Too much emotion? Yeah. Sorry. I'm just really happy. ^_^ I've never had a momentous speech of this sort to have to give, and now I understand how hard it actually is. Well, with that over with lets get on with the post shall we?
notes,
I've gotten a few new CD's over the past month or two. Six to be accurate. Two of them I kinda wish I hadn't bought. But eh, c'est la vie. They weren't that expensive anyway. Which is why I bought so many. There is a used bookstore in the area which sells all sorts of media. Since it's all used they charge very little. I'm talking something in the range of two to six dollars per CD. It's outrageous. Anyhoo, one of the CD's I bought this summer was actually new. It is the White Stripes' new CD Icky Thump. It's an impressive album! I rediscovered the band not too long ago. Actually I guess you could say that it was sorta my first discovery. I had heard very little of their music up until about a month ago. I simply stumbled upon them on iTunes and began sampling their music. I am more than impressed. I love their style: minimalistic, garage band-ish, eclectic, rock. So, I have been thoroughly enjoying their new CD and plan on purchasing a few more of their albums in the future.

That was not my best purchase of the summer, though. It was close to my best purchase, but it wasn't the very best. The best purchase I made all summer was an impulse buy. I was standing in line waiting to purchase a CD that I would end up not liking that much at that used book store I told you about when I noticed a little plastic bin sitting on the divider next to me. It had a whole bunch of stuff marked down so low they were practically giving it away. There were a few really horrible looking movies in there, a book or two by authors unknown, and a smattering of CD's. Nothing really jumped out at me as being worth the purchase (despite the amazing markdown) except one CD. It was a CD from a group I had never in my life heard of called Khoiba. The name itself is what caught my attention. I just looked like something I might like. I don't know why. The album art was attractive too. So, I took a chance (a very small one) and purchased the CD for a whole 89 cents. As it turns out, the music is amazing! It's exactly the kind of stuff I'm into right now. The group is actually a group from Czechoslovakia being released on a German label. Their style is electronic vocal. It's a very European sounding CD and it is one that I have happily integrated into my collection. I listened to it for a couple days straight in my car. I suggest that if you have iTunes you go and check out the group. This CD (which happens to be their debut CD) is on there in full. I don't know if you guys will like it much. I do have a rather odd taste in music when it comes to certain things. But, you should at least experience it. I hope you enjoy!

programming,
I've been flipping thru channels a great deal recently. Unregulated cable will do that to ya. I have also been really liking this wonderful 3-month HBO trial we got for signing up with satellite service. I discovered one show on HBO which has really been a highlight of summer programming. It's a program called Flight of the Conchords. It's about two musicians from New Zealand who migrate to New York to break into the music scene. This show has really broken the boundaries of comedy television. They actually break into song right in the middle of the show! And on top of all that it's probably one of the funniest shows I've seen in a while. It's very dry humor, but I love dry humor. I have a clip posted below which I think you all might really enjoy.

solitude,
Last week I got an email. It was a horrible email. It hurt me. And it got me depressed for the rest of the day. I got over it, but at the time it was horrible. The email was from my future roommate, a guy named Danny. I have known Danny for the past year. It was his first year at my university. He was a transfer student from *insert school name here*. He was also in the honors program at my university. I met him thru the anime club and he was one of the few guys that would actually hang out with me after the meetings on saturdays. I liked to watch movies afterwards and he seemed to like that too. We had similar taste in film. So, when he asked me if I would like to be his roommate for this coming year I said yes right off that bat. That wasn't even a hard decision. I did, though, stipulate one condition: If I was to agree to be his roommate he had to promise me that he would return to JBU the following year. He laughed at the question and then said that he could make that promise. This brings me back to the email. As you might have guessed by this point, the email was sent to inform me that he would not be returning to school in the fall. So, I will yet again be going potluck this year. I have no idea who my roommate will be and to tell you the truth I don't much care anymore. I've had one really good roommate. Only one. A guy named Dustin. He was a very nice guy. We got along. We had similar interests and everything. But despite all of our similarities, we still have not remained in contact. I haven't talked to him since I moved out two years ago. What I want is to actually have a roommate I can be friends with, ya know? I'd like to actually be able to pick my roommate for once. Because i've NEVER gotten to room with somebody that I actually knew or at least met before move-in day. They've all been selected for me by the university. It's a real pain in the ass (pardon my language). I just pray I have a good roommate this year and I wish Danny good luck with whatever it is that he goes on to do.

and passing.
Not that I like ending a post that started with celebration on a bad note, but this is necessary. One of my best friends, Ralston, informed me yesterday that his best friend from high school, a guy named Jeff, died earlier this week from a drug overdose. I only met Jeff once, if I recall correctly (he went to a different high school), but Ralston knew him very well. So, please keep Jeff's family as well as Ralston in your prayers this week as they lament the premature passing of their friend and loved one.

Well, with that I bid you all farewell for now. I hope you all have a wonderful day 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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