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Friday, October 15, 2004
Now you do what they told you.
Ahh, I've had a surprisingly good week this week. I'm not quite sure why though, I mean, I've had more schoolwork lately than for much of the semester. Yet somehow, I've been feeling very confident and my mood has been pretty good. Maybe I'm just feeling good because my sister and I played Gradius IV for three hours last night -- we used to play video games all the time, but she doesn't like a lot of newer games (she's all about old-school). So I've managed to lure her back to games with lots of Gradius and Super Mario All-Stars. ~_^
Also, there is nothing quite like playing Super Mario Bros. on a 2.1 metre-wide screen. It's tasty. The actual Mario sprite is about as big as my palm on that thing. o_O
Anyway, I have also recently been exploring the underground world of fansubbing. Everyone seems to have a different view of this, but I will say that I view it in the same way that I view MP3s.
That is, for me, MP3 is a great way to sample music before I buy. But if I like something, I will buy it. In fact, I tend to hunt down music pretty aggressively when I want to purchase it.
Anime is a bit of an iffy thing for me, because I don't watch much of it. I'm sure that I'd watch more if I could actually afford more, though.
The problem is, anime is very hit-and-miss for me. A lot of it I simply don't like. I've seen so much anime that simply comes across as highly underdeveloped and cliche, compared to many western forms of film. Of course, I am aware that I'm also probably missing a lot of the truly good stuff. And, truth be told, there are some anime films and series that I really enjoy.
Problem is, if I ever get anime, I tend to buy a DVD on someone's recommendation. That works out okay, but I don't do it often.
Fansubbing could be a bit like MP3 for me; as in, it could allow me to sample new anime and purchase what I like when it's available. Of course, downloading it on a 256K connection takes quite a long time generally...but still.
So far one anime that I'm really enjoying is Bleach. I can definitely see myself buying this series on DVD if and when it becomes available in Australia.
I guess that there isn't too much else to mention. The only negative thing is that this week, my BSD (Bull Shit Detector) has been going wild. At every turn I seem to come across a weird documentary (aliens made crop circles, the pyramids and stonehenge), or some completely silly political discussion (the whole thing about Cheney's daughter, or the various anti-war conspiracy theories). Blah.
One of these days, I should make a very long and detailed post about these matters. I just don't know if I have the energy, especially when discussing fansubs and novel-writing-strippers is so much easier and less controversial. XD
Edit: Check out the first page of The Reanimatrix. I've just added the index (finally) and just by looking at it, this anthology of stories is larger than you may initially think. That's very cool. I'm so pleased that a lot of people have contributed.
But the show must go on! I'm going to contribute something to that thread soon. I hope that even more people will contribute.
However, a couple of people's stories have not been included in the index (Mitch and Ben), 'cause you guys didn't provide titles for them. If you provide titles and you want to be added to the index, please PM me on myOtaku and I'll add you. ^_^
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