A few days ago I got the urge to read the Love Hina manga again. This is my second time reading it, and I've seen the anime and OAVs twice as well. I think the series may just find a spot on my favorites list over in the sidebar.
One thought just keeps popping up whenever I read the manga or watch the anime, though: "Poor Shinobu." Shinobu is such a sweet and innocent girl, but she's always having to deal with the rest of the characters' messes. It's humorous of course, like all the rest of the series, but I can't help but feel sorry for her. Her life really does kind of suck. But I like how she manages to cope with everything without going too crazy, and she's come to be my favorite character in the series.
I think I feel another banner coming on. . . .
In other, somewhat more important news, I've been spending a lot of time on OtakuBoards lately. Not so much for posting, but for doing admin-type things. Can you believe I spent eight hours there yesterday? At first I didn't believe the clock myself, but 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM it was. I've jokingly told Alex that administrating on OB is my job that I don't get payed for, but I think I'm starting to actually believe it!
To date, I've hired ten new staff members and appointed three new category moderators (congratulations to indifference on the promotion today) in the process of remedying our severe shortage of moderators, but there's still a lot left to do. In the coming days (weeks? hard to say) I'm looking at hiring four or five new staff in The Arena. And when you're not especially active in a section of the boards, as I'm not in this case. . . . Let me tell you, that means a lot of sleuthing through posts in order to get a good idea of a person's track record.
Of course, I'm not having to spend hours on the board every day, so it's not that bad. But I sure did underestimate the difference in time commitment between being a category moderator and being an administrator. (Or maybe I'm just slow?) Not that I'm regretting my decision, but it was a bit of a surprise, heh. And, looking back on nearly a year of being an admin now, I can say that I actually enjoy this role more than the category moderator position I was in previously.
I wonder if there's any way I could weasel a living out of this kind of work.
