Tuesday, February 28, 2006

   Another short post . . .
Should be writing my short essay right now. I've changed the subject from Miyazaki's "no cuts" policy to the issues of how the film changes when it comes to the west - in essence, how the identity of the film holds up in the process. This will in turn connect with my term paper of identity in "Spirited Away".

Instead, I was watching Gundam Seed episodes on Keiichi Anime Forever all evening. I haven't mentioned this yet, but damn that site's brilliant. I can finally finish Gundam Seed!

Not only does Chuck Norris talk in the third-person, he sees in the third-person.

Milady, I'm supposed to arrive in Wichita at 2:54pm on Wednesday. United Flight 490. One more day!!!


Random SomeGuy Trivia: Lately I've taken quite a liking to the Japanese phrase "ii kagen ni shiro!" It's so angry, yet so amusing . . . so awesome . . .
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Monday, February 27, 2006

Addendum . . .
This "Gundam Seed: Federation vs Z.A.F.T." machine is in a somewhat hidden arcade next door to Superstore. Play is $1 per game.

Anyone know any good scholarly-type articles about Miyazaki's "no cuts" policy?
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Sunday, February 26, 2006

   New Westminster Dominates!!!
In the battle of "Gundam SEED: Federation vs Z.A.F.T." between New Westminster ("Boromir" and myself) versus Richmond (supervisor-guy and . . . . . y'know what? I'm just gonna go with the Gundam SEED names for work people . . . if I can remember them right . . . . so my supervisor is "Shinn" (though he was demoted - he used to be "Athrun"), and the other guy who works under "Boromir" is "Yzak" . . . . . if anyone's wondering, "Boromir" is "Mu La Flaga" and I'm "Dearka" . . . . . where was I? Oh yeah . . .

So yeah, "Boromir" and I playing for our city versus "Shinn" and "Yzak". We lost the first game (fair enough, I'm still getting the hang of this game . . .), felt shame . . . and then watched "Shinn" and "Yzak" playing against the computer - the computer whooped them. At that point "Yzak" shouted "save us!" meaning for us to put money into the machine to challenge them before they got game over . . . . . "Boromir" didn't get the clue and then it was too late - everyone had to pay money again.

Second game, "Boromir" Astray mobile suit; I took too long in picking my mobile suit and ended up with the Launcher Strike variant with the big beam cannon - I freaked out a bit since it was a high-point suit, so if I died the team would be down a lot of health . . . . buuuuut, turns out beam cannons are quite fun in their own right . . . "Boromir" and I won the next two or three matches fairly cleanly. We were quite happy . . . . . and thus, my revenge against "Shinn" for scheduling me in for work today was complete.

At that point we got challenged again by a couple of Raider suit guys . . . . . they were aggressive and strong ("Boromir" and I thought "Shinn" and "Yzak" were pissed off) . . . we lost, though it was close . . . . . and then we realised that we got hustled by some more experienced players while our friend-type people watched. There's no shame in this loss.


Of course, after we got back to Superstore "Boromir" immediately typed up a "Gundam SEED: Federation vs Z.A.F.T." round robin schedule. Seems we're all doing a tournament now every Saturday. A couple of Housewares guys are getting in on it too. Should be fun . . .


In non-work news . . . Chuch Norris always wins Connect Four in six turns or less.

(If you guys still don't get it . . .)
http://www.4q.cc/index.php?pid=fact&person=chuck


Random SomeGuy Trivia: I have never watched an entire episode of "Walker, Texas Ranger" front to back before.
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Saturday, February 25, 2006

   I'm actually sleeping right now . . .
Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.

And in other news, "FLCL" is a 6-part OVA about sexual awakening. Check it out, it's neat:
http://www.emgmonthly.com/v8/page.php?p=ani/flcl.txt


Random SomeGuy Trivia: My Fullmetal Alchemist watch is in fact my third pocket watch. I got my first one around Christmas of 2000; my second, a couple years later; I got the FMA one last summer.
I like using pocket watches. Stylistically it just works for me, and you don't get watch tans this way.
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Friday, February 24, 2006

   A'ight, so this is what's up . . .
I finished the keyblade! I snuck some time away to work at it last night, didn't get caught doing so, and for the most part it's all done! Maybe a bit of detail or touch-up with the packing tape over the blade end on Saturday . . . . . but for the most part I'm finished! Maybe on Saturday I'll be able to get a cell phone picture of it (and the other two) or something . . . of course I'm still having issues with getting cell phone pictues off the phone, but I'll think of something . . .

I've been watching "Excel Saga" on that "Keiichi" website. I think I may need to buy this show . . .

Just before getting to work I also mailed Molly's gift away. Now, the lady said it'd be four business days, so . . . that means it'll either get there Tuesday or Wednesday, depending if yesterday counts (it was past noon). So again, Molly, if it comes on Tuesday, you CAN'T open it by yourself!
(Though, with international mail and custom forms and stuff, the content and general monetary value of the box is all there to read . . . . . man, I hate those customs stickers . . . . . . . I bet lying on those would be really bad, though . . . dangit . . . you still can't open it by yourself, though!)

Just before leaving the work subject . . . Supervisor-guy scheduled me for Sunday since the other weekend guy would be filling in for my next week shift. How cruel . . . . . guess that means I have to beat him extra hard in that Gundam Seed arcade game on Saturday . . . . . oh yeah, apparently at some arcade near Superstore they have a Gundam Seed arcade game. If I was understanding it correctly, it's basically like those other 3rd-person behind-back view battle-type Gundam arcade games that are out there (the UBC arcade has a couple). Heh . . . "Boromir" is calling it the Battle of New Westminster versus Richmond . . . so it's "Boromir" and I for New West', and supervisor-guy and . . . someone else (I wonder who else'll be playing) for Richmond. Never minding that the last time I tried playing the original "Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs Char" 3 or 4 years ago I got served hard and haven't touched that (or any similar game) since. I have spent a lot of time watching people play the game, though, so who knows . . . . . maybe I'll get lucky . . . I mean, we'll all be noobs pretty much anyway, right?


School-wise . . . I'm extra sad again that I'm gonna miss the last two Harry Potter lectures in Children's Lit'. Oh, funny sidenote: I'm really making a hell of a reputation for myself in that class. Let's see, I've talked about video game adaptations of the "Alice in Wonderland" stories, how blood is bad for swords and that's why it's a big deal to clean them in "Narnia" - furthermore, that the "Narnia" movie had a poor portrayal of battle tactics . . . . . and the other day I compared Voldemort with Skeletor from He-Man . . . . . oh man . . . I suppose . . . . . . as unintellectual as they are, at least there's reasoning behind it? Even though I'm now painted as a huge gaming/war/cartoon geek? Oh man, and just think, we're watching "Spirited Away" at the end, so I'm gonna get all anime-otaku on them . . . . . ohhh man . . .

Chuck Norris can speak braille.

I think that'll do for a Friday post. Have a good day/night, now.


Random SomeGuy Trivia: Whenever I gas up the car, I always try to see if I can let go of the pump and get it to stop directly on $20 (like, in one go, not easing up bit by bit). I do it again for $30. Whether I get it (rarely) or not, I still keep pumping 'til I fill up anyway. Why do I do it? I dunno, I'll take what games I can find in my daily life . . .
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

   Let's see if this works tonight . . .
Yeah, myO's been on the fritz a bit, it seems. Phantom updates, refusals to let me add posts . . . then there was that one night when it wouldn't login either . . . . . I'd guess it was because of a ghost or something, but I'm sure there are better websites to haunt than this one . . . not to say that this site isn't worth haunting, just that there's probably bigger sites such ghosts could be getting into . . . . . ooh, imagine a ghost haunting Amazon, that'd be wild . . . . ahem, anyways . . .

Got Molly's wedding present a few days back. Gonna mail that sometime soon so I don't have to worry about it on the plane ride next week (holy crap, I'm going to Kansas in a little over a week!). I'd talk more about this present, but we can't spoil the surprise, y'know?
That said . . . Molls', you better not open it the second it arrives! I'll tell Jordan!

School started up again. Really looking forward to discussing "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", and I'm sad again that I'm gonna miss the last third of the lectures. I'm sure I'll live, though . . . heh, and to add to the suffering, I think I need to pick up "Order of the Phoenix" some time .. . that ending was cool but now I need more! Damnit!

I have a lot of "Beowulf" to read soon, too . . . like, all of it . . . totally forgot about it during reading week . . . ah well . . .

. . . just before I finish with the school topic . . . I finally saw "The Butterfly Effect" the other day. One of the later realities he springs upon was filmed at UBC, and it looks pretty good. The movie itself looks pretty good too, I think I need to buy it . . . . . that and "Saw", apparently that movie's huge in Australia and is quite good . . . I'll give it a shot, I suppose . . .


I fear that some of you may be a little concerned about my concern for the "Bleach" anime and the nature of filler arcs. Don't get me wrong, I do understand what the deal is with those things. I just found it nice to finally understand what was going on in the new ending credits.

Life's going well enough on my end at the moment. I guess I'll finish by reminding everyone that Chuck Norris died ten years ago, but the Grim Reaper can't get up the courage to tell him.


Random SomeGuy Trivia: SomeGuy doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants . . .
. . . . . okay, I lied. That's really Chuck Norris. I'm sorry.
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