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• 2006-07-12
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• At the moment, military
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• Nana

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• School wise, on the dean's list
Anime Fan Since
• Middle school (I'm bad with years)
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• Aria, Clannad, Ghost Hound, Uta Kata, Card Captor Sakura, Cowboy Bebop, Lain, Ghost in the Shell, Strawberry Marshmellow, Nana, Gunslinger Girl, Elfen Lied
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• To finish college before I'm thirty
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myOtaku.com: Neko Nana Mode

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

YKK
To start, Nana just noticed there is no way to change her Avi.

Anyway...

I've always had things that I think about at regular intervals. One of them is how life moves too fast.
When did life become this race against time that seems fleeting but hasn't changed it's pace since it's beginning? We subject ourselves to daily traffic because cars are fast transportation and when that traffic is too slow we get frustrated and wish we had taken another method of transportation. Fast food, drive thru, microwave ovens, e-mail, video chat. All these things exist to make life faster and more "efficient." Yet, there was a time when none of it existed and we lived a much slower life. Why can't we do that any more?
Maybe it's just because I was born into this age of fastness that it's hard for me to see otherwise. I love TV and Video games. It used to be that people went to plays and pubs and local cafes to interact with others. Now, there's Xbox live and the like. I want to slow down, but because of my hobbies, I find it hard to.
Fast is impersonal. In the past, countries used to be a collective, now there are so many different groups that were created from this need for speed.
People are more stressed, less efficient. No one really takes their time anymore. And if they do, it's called procrastination. I am a master at that.
So what got me on this subject? Can't really say. I was reading a slice of life manga and the thought just came up. If you look at it that way, you could say that my love of slice of life stems from my want of a slower life.
A good example is when I first read Aria. The world created in there is slow, people take their time and things get done at a nice pace. After reading it, I wanted to live there.
As far as the manga that I was reading:
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou:
Volumes 1-12
The last two volumes

This series is now one of my top favorite. The pace, the stories. There is this feeling of "being there." The way things are told. If you haven't read it. Or even if you have. Do yourself a big favor and read it; loose yourself into the world on the pages.

[Edit:
I just finished the last volume a few minutes ago. It's been a long time since I've read something that left me with a certain feeling. That feeling of a end that you know was to come eventually and the longing/want for it to never end. To me, this feeling is so rare these days. Even as I am writing this, I have trouble remembering the last time I felt this. Maybe when you finish the story, you'll feel the same way.
I hope so, at least.
End Edit]

I don't know. I just get this way sometimes. This need to slow down, has always been with me. It was easier when I was younger and didn't have so many responsibilities.

To those who worried about the whole exam thing; I just felt like screaming. It really wasn't that much of a worry. Thanks for the words though.

NNM
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