Saturday, October 23, 2004

   Circles and Eyeballs, Circles Are Pretty . . . . .
I've had that Ed song from the Cowboy Bebop movie in my head almost all month now . . . . . anyway . . .

Well, I got me second article up and running. O Favourite Swedish Girl O' Mine, do take note, 'cause you're pretty much the prime reason I completed it. And, I'm quite happy with how it turned out, so thank you much so, Miss Mimmi. For those of you who don't know what the crap I'm talking about, I recently wrote a reference guide to the Shinsengumi which is now posted on this website. As expected, it's friggin' long . . . meh.

You know what's funny? It's been over a week now and I still haven't said a thing . . . I saw the last, last episode of Inuyasha. All I can say is that I'm amused, because the story is still NOWHERE near done! Haha! Guess it'll be another decade of movies and OVAs, ne? Mwah hah hah . . .

Other than that, school is painful as expected and I'm chewing my nails too much. That said, I think I need to watch the new Naruto.
Auf wiedersehen, meine freunde!


(I think I like my new avi. I couldn't bear to part with Sorimachi-san, so I just got a different picture of Mr. GTO. Heh, I'm such a boring guy . . .)
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Thursday, October 21, 2004

   Alright, so this is what's up . . .
Yo. Alright, so school's truckin' along like usual, I have a Greek Myth and Religion midterm tomorrow (shouldn't be too bad), and I'm about 5 minutes away from going to work right now. Not bad, huh?

Okay, so first off I'm gonna plug a movie I finally got around to seeing. If you love your comedies, or your horror movies, or your so cheesy yet so classy that you love it movies, then you all must see Bubba Ho-Tep. The idea is that you have Bruce Campbell (from the Evil Dead series, and the ring announcer and usher in the first and second Spider-Man movies respectively), and he's playing Elvis. Specifically, an old, old Elvis living in anonymity in a retirement home. Oh, and he fights an Egyptian mummy. Frankly, it doesn't get much better than that. You'll have to trust me on this one.

Next, I'm gonna say that the last episode of Smallville was pretty wild. Red, I think you'll enjoy this part: the story was about a new guy who kinda came into the neighbouhood for a while. His name? Bart Allen. His fake IDs? Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, and Wally West. His preferred colour of dress? Red. Oh, and he runs really really fast. Yeah, it was a neat episode.

Ummm . . . and then . . . . . oh, for everyone's favourite Swedish girl I have gone forward with that Shinsengumi guide. I'm almost done and I'm already at 6 Word pages, double-spaced. Heh, I tried to cut it down, honest!
But yeah, I gave myself some ideas for articles when I had some time yesterday at school. Hopefully I can churn out some fun stuff in the next while . . . I mean, unless I suddenly realise I have school essays to write . . .or something . . . . . . anyway, I'm probably running late for work now. Ja ne!
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Wednesday, October 20, 2004

   Ugh . . . busy . . . . .
Yo, it's been a while again.

Yeah, Sunday night I needed to study and write up stuff. Monday night I was just tired and didn't have the effort to post. So yeah, let this be a lesson to ya: if you don't study ahead of time, you don't get to partake in the joys of myO!

Anyway, yeah, Latin's still hurting me and sleep is still evading me. Why I'm taking 3rd year Latin, I will never know. I really didn't need to take it. But, I'm stuck now, so what can ya do? (Study.) Oh yeah.


So yeah, I've been kept busy enough, which isn't so bad. Other than that, I've been trying to think of a good topic to write an article about. I'm not sure if I wanna write another broad-anime editorial next, and I want it to be something good. I dunno, for a second I was thinking about writing a brief history about the Shinsengumi since a lot of animes and stuff refer to it . . . I probably won't though, for a bunch of reasons. I dunno . . . anyone have any ideas or things they've been thinking about but don't wanna commit to saved words? Man . . . at some point I'll definitely write editorials about fansubs and yaoi, since I bet I could think up some great pieces for those. Not just yet, though . . . need to cleanse the editorial pallette, so to speak . . .

Alright, I need to study or something, I'm sure. Catch ya later!
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Saturday, October 16, 2004

   I need to burn your ears again . . . bwah hah hah . . . . .
Alright, so for whatever reason I started thinking about "The Littlest Hobo" the other day. You guys ever watch that show? It was about this vagrant dog that just sorta travelled around, helping people with all sorts of wild problems . . . I think the dog once thwarted a hostage situation, even! Anyway, the gist of the story is that after the dog saved the day, the people he helped would always ask him to live with them . . . but, being the hobo he is, he just kept movin' on . . . . . kinda sad, ne?

Anyway, that was sorta the gist of the theme song, which was the REAL reason I started thinking about it. Hehe, my brother's friend hated this song because it was so sad because it was about how the dog never had a home . . . . . you wanna listen to it, don't ya? 'Cause I'll make ya, y'know . . .

http://www.radiac.net/downloads/mp3s/Scooch - Maybe Tomorrow (The Littlest Hobo Theme).mp3

Oh yeah, this may or may not be harder to forget than Frodo and his nine fingers . . . meh. Peace! I'll talk about the Wilhelm Scream next time . . .
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Friday, October 15, 2004

   Hwah . . .
I changed the music.

I'm not as pissed off anymore. Still a little, but it's getting better. I still want you all to stop being retards, for the moment. I'll make an exception for Shinmaru, though, since his so-called retardedness isn't hurting anyone - he's a good role model.

And I suck at Latin.
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Thursday, October 14, 2004

   Everyone, you're all pissing me off!!!
Alright, so . . . when the crap did this place become such a zoo?

Flamers on one side, rude people on another. Close-minded people here, brutally annoying people there. Then there are the ones who simply ask for too much from too many people . . . like, WAY too much. Seriously, when you say "can you make my webpage?" that's really lame. Don't do it. It belittles you and the person you're asking who most likely has much better things to do with his or her time.

There is a very simple code of conduct here. You be nice to people, and people will be nice to you. When someone isn't nice to somebody, then people in turn stop being so nice. Then that spreads to other people, and on and on and on. It doesn't just stop at the people involved, either. No, it spills over into other people's lives who really don't need it. Now I'm all for backing up your friends, I think that's a great thing . . . but it's like the saying that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure: you don't start shit, then shit doesn't have to keep piling up.

Now I know for a fact that people who REALLY need to read this aren't likely to read this. It sucks, but there's not a lot I can do about that short of going around to every friggin' page and crackin' some skulls. But I don't have that kind of time. I wish I did, but I don't. You'll all just have to do that on your own.

So to list off:
-DON'T be a jackass to people you've never met in your life before. They don't appreciate it, and neither will their friends. That just makes things go on for longer.
-As faceless as people online may be, they are still people. Use your common sense. Common courtesy runs just as true here as it does in regular life.
-People who piss off one person in turn piss off many people. This in turn pisses me off. I really dislike being pissed off.


As usual, this burst of bother didn't just come around because of the various instances of total and complete dickhead actions. No, it came out because YET again, it's causing unnecessary tension between myself and another, and I SERIOUSLY can't stand it when I have to be put in unnecessary tension with this other.

So stop being retards, people! It's not helping anyone!
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Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Christopher Reeve WAS Superman . . .
I'm pretty late in posting about this, but yeah, Christopher Reeve passed away on Sunday to heart failure. I'm saddened by it for a lot of reasons. One, in that it happened the same day as my mother's birthday which just really sours the mood of things for those in the know . . . and two, I dunno . . . . . I was really looking forward to the day he walked again . . .

I remember back in the mid '90s, I was in elementary school doing something. I forget how it came up, but I remember asking my friends, "so when do you suppose Christopher Reeve will be able to walk again?" Everyone else responded in exactly the same way: "He's never going to walk again!"

I suppose after that I kinda realised just how serious his injury really was; I mean, you don't break your top two vertebrae and damage your spinal cord and get away scot-free. Mr. Reeve knew that, but he accepted the price and spent the rest of his life paying it back, bit by bit. Sure, there are a lot of people who support particular charities and all, but the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation was above and beyond anything seen yet. That guy put a LOT of effort into his work! There is no doubt that his foundation sprung spinal cord research miles ahead of its time, and I'm sure that millions of people all over the world are deeply grateful for the work.

As cheesy as it sounds, he did make us believe a man could fly, and I definitely believed that he was gonna recover . . . did you know in 2000 he regained movement in his index finger? It might have taken years, but he could have done it . . . though he never regained the use of his body, he still returned to work, directing and, to a degree, acting as well. And you've gotta be impressed by someone who can do even that after everything else.

This issue's come up before where people generally dislike the character of Superman because he's too nice, too powerful, or what have you. They may think what they will, for it doesn't concern me: the real character of Superman was one of a man who gladly fought to protect and better the world he was a part of, regardless of the pressure or work, without giving it a second thought. Chris Reeve perhaps understood that more than anyone . . .
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Monday, October 11, 2004

   Happy Thanksgiving/Columbus Day!!!
Well, the annual Thanksgiving dinner at an undisclosed green house in New Westminster, British Columbia has finished pretty well. Most of the 11 other families have taken their leave, and the young children from next door are off to bed . . . and man, were they tiring. Hehe . . . best part is that the next-door family's Taiwanese, so their little 4 year old girl was essentially speaking nothing but Mandarin to me . . . that, in conjunction with her young age made communication kinda fun. But yeah, good times . . .

So how did everyone else's Thanksgiving/Columbus Day go? Good? Bad? Just happy that you didn't have to go to school (well . . .for the Canucks, anyway)? Didn't even realise today was Thanksgiving/Columbus Day? Come on, out with it! Eheh . . . . . anyway, I seem a little less congested tonight, though that might be because I had 2 very young children running on and around me all night. I dunno, I'll take anything, I suppose. So yes, tonight's a wrap now. All I need is for the torrent to the latest "Shinsengumi!" episode to come out and it'll be complete (Ikeda Inn! Yeah!!!)


And yes, I do realise that Thanksgiving before Halloween just seems wrong on so many levels to many people. Meh, turkey's turkey. You won't see me complaining.

And damn, MSN Messenger doesn't seem to want people to receive messages tonight . . . what a dick . . .
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Sunday, October 10, 2004

   Good ol' book review theory . . .
Well, I must say I'm pretty surprised that everyone who's made a mark on my little article has been in the positive. I mean, it's cool and all, but then I wonder . . .

You wanna know what I meant by that "book review theory" thing, don't ya? I just mean that when movie critics work, they watch all the movies. When play critics work, they review all the plays. Book reviewers, though . . . they don't always get around to reading all the books . . .

Essentially I have a feeling that a lot of people are clicking on it, seeing the gigantism of it all, and then click "back". In other words, people who bother to read it are intersted enough to read it, while people not interested in it will just leave. The yes/no thing is kinda like asking a group of people the question "are you all awake?" and getting a guaranteed 100% response of "yes". That's what I figure, anyway.

Damn, I guess writing isn't gonna leave me with a whole lot of negative stuff . . . that's a shame . . . . . I was kinda looking forward to it . . .
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Saturday, October 9, 2004

   Well, I'm done . . .
It took over a month since coming back to school, but I'm finally sick now. It's not horrible, but it's been a while so I kinda forget what it's like to be sick for real. Kinda sucks, I gotta say. I miss breathing out my right nostril, for one . . . I'll be okay, though. I don't think this should be too bad.

That's not the only reason why I'm done, though. For you see, I finally finished writing my first article for theotaku.com! It's all submitted and everything, and hopefully in the next 24-48 hours it'll be approved and then things can get interesting - I'm actually really excited about this and how this turns out.

For one thing, it'll finally be a means for me to contribute to the community of this website since I don't produce art like everyone else. Second, I finally have a means for people to REALLY give me some negative remarks and stuff. I mean, I've been around long enough to see a lot of really talented people around here have to suffer all sorts of crap at the hands of people quick to judge or mean enough to just click on things at random. It sucks for them, so I really think it's only fair that I have an official, procedural means for people to arbitrarily rag on me. It's only fair, after all . . . . . heh, five bucks says the biggest criticism I get for the next while is that my things are WAY too long . . . hehe, cheers for the long-winded bastard! Huzzah!

Anyway, it's almost midnight and stupid MSN still won't let me in after its stupid maintenance check! For the two very special girls I was talking with, I'm sorry I couldn't get back online for ya. I'll get back to you soon though, I promise. Ugh . . . but, 'til then, I'm still sick. Peace out, yo!


[EDIT:] It's approved and up! And DAMN it's wordy!!! Yaha!
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