Tuesday, March 8, 2005
I meant to only spend fifteen minutes on this thing, and spent over an hour tweaking it. Still, it was good experience. “This thing” is an experiment of mine, an audio review of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex DVD 4. Download the mp3 (8:03, 7.3 MB) and let me know what you think. Would you like me to do this again? As always, I welcome all criticism. I recognize that […]
March 7, 2005
…And in other news, I’ve just updated my list of anime owned. It’s current now, except that the listings of what I have and haven’t seen isn’t up-to-date. Well. I’ve had quite a time recently. Two weeks ago, I lost my DSL signal. This was not a huge surprise to me, as I’ve read too many horror stories of cable/DSL/satellite service that fails and remains unresolved despite hours on hold for tech support […]
March 6, 2005
I am going to write a summary of the past few weeks. Really. When I get some time. It’s just that, after the party, I slept for six hours until noon, then went to animation (where things are moving swimmingly), then entertained my parents. I should have some spare time on Monday to compose a reasonable summary, or something. It’s 6:25 a.m., and I just concluded a fourteen-hour party at my house. …Cool!
March 4, 2005
If you don’t know anime, this will probably be lost on you. However, Real Otaku Heroes features half a dozen fall-over-laughing mp3 “commercials” saluting “the various otaku heroes that we have encountered over the years,” including Mr. Pirated Anime Goods Seller, Mr. Female Character Cosplayer, Mr. Harem Anime Inventor, Mr. Self Insert Fanfiction Writer, Mr. Shoujo Anime and Manga Fan, […]
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Sorry for the radio silence; I’ve been effectively offline for the past seven days, thanks to a combination of a fault in the phone line and a dead DSL modem. I should be back online by the end of the week, at which point I hope to write more here about everything that’s been going on in my life. Briefly: Lots of new anime seen, big changes at work, and thoughts on a wide variety of StUFF.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
And here’s how the England trip went: On Friday, my wonderful parents picked me up from work and drove me to Dulles Airport, where I breezed through security and spent two hours lounging at the gate, watching Zeta Gundam on my laptop. I boarded my Virgin Atlantic flight and took a seat next to an older gentleman who was returning to Pakistan following a lecture here in the States. Quite a trip for him. We had a minor incident on the plane: […]
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Arg. I lost my ‘net connection yesterday, apparently due to utility work down the street. It’s been down ever since. I’m actually posting this from work, so I don’t have much time to write. In brief: I spent much of my trip to England and back watching anime (Zeta Gundam, Full Metal Alchemist, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex). Expect more about those soon. I also plan to write a full […]
Monday, February 21, 2005
I’m back from a weekend trip to London, as part of a get-together with those involved in the Syllable project. The meeting itself went well, though I missed my flight back and spent all day Sunday in transit, flying first to JFK then to Dulles Airport. While on the trip, I finished reading Vernor Vinge’s excellent space opera A Fire Upon the Deep, and I’ve posted a short review.
Thursday, February 17, 2005
I’m no longer buying anime DVDs at my local Suncoast movie store. This may seem like a spectacularly boring announcement, but I’ve been buying anime from one specific Suncoast store for the past six years or so. The vast majority of my anime collection—over three hundred discs—was bought at this store. I discovered it at a local mall. I liked the store itself, but I was particularly attracted to their anime selection. […]
February 16, 2005
‘Twas going to write a long entry explaining why I’m not supporting my local Suncoast movie store, but it’s late and I need sleep. So, here’s some more VR story: Thomas awoke with a start. He spun, twisting the sheets around him so he could see the lean, dark figure standing on one side of the bed, arms folded. It took him a few seconds to recognize it, […]