Monday, December 22, 2003
There’s something about the holidays that simply warps time and space. Everybody’s really busy, at a level beyond typicaly day-to-day busy-ness. This means that events are in flux; there are lots of concerts and plays to see, and regular weekly meetings are cancelled. I had a good weekend. Saturday was spent shopping, mainly. I spent Sunday morning and early afternoon at a party my parents held, then drove straight to a nearby church […]
Friday, December 19, 2003
Wednesday night was to be a free night. This was not altogether ideal; my wonderful art teacher cancelled due to a rather bad cold, with the knowledge that I won’t be seeing here again for several weeks (she’s going home for the holidays). She’s a good friend, and I’ll miss her. But I knew I’d have the evening free. I planned to bake some cookies, write, and do a bit of reading. I’d even […]
December 18, 2003
Saalon is sadly mistaken. t.A.T.u. Paragate (however you capitalize it) will be a plotless, pointless anime with weird pseudo-sexualization but no overt sex. This, I foretell. I still want to see it, though. And, hey, Texhnolyze (the latest ABe/Ueda/Konaka project) and Kino’s Travels (by the director of lain) are coming out in a couple of months. Can’t wait. Blast. Blast, blast, blast. The internet connection at work died intermittently […]
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Well, I’m back. I had an amusing weekend. On Saturday morning I swapped my truck for my parents’ SUV and drove about five and a half hours to Saalon‘s, where we spent the weekend hanging out. Lumix joined us to watch some anime (Interstella 5555 and Whisper of the Heart). I had a great time, as usual, just chatting with Saalon about everything from film to our current projects to the nature of the Gundam franchise. We woke up […]
December 11, 2003
GAINAX shows are like snowglobes: pretty and diverting, but ultimately pointless. The site on which I host my writing challenges is currently down until Brennen gets stun-software.com online. I’ve completed my 500-word monologue, though. Have you? My art teacher came down with something nasty and so didn’t come over for my drawing lesson last night. So I took care of a few things around the apartment — washing the pile […]
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
My depression is lifting. My thanks to those who offered their sympathy. Just to change things around a little bit, here’s the beginning of a bit of story. I’d like to post a bit more of it every Wednesday, like Saalon‘s Half-Tail stories. Grothnir raised his blood-encrusted battleaxe above his mighty mane of golden hair and, with a roar, was about to bring it down on the grizzled head of the hapless guard before […]
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
My depression is lifting. My thanks to those who offered their sympathy. Just to change things around a little bit, here’s the beginning of a bit of story. I’d like to post a bit more of it every Wednesday, like Saalon‘s Half-Tail stories. Grothnir raised his blood-encrusted battleaxe above his mighty mane of golden hair and, with a roar, was about to bring it down on the grizzled head of the hapless guard before […]
Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Not feeling particularly well. I’ve been rather depressed for the past couple of days, actually. New anime didn’t even do much to help, though it was a temporary psychological lift. Yes, my Bootleg Anime Extravaganza package came yesterday, complete with Turn-A Gundam, Earth Defence Family, the first volume of Macross Zero, Barefoot Gen, and a few random things that looked interesting. I watched the first episode of Turn-A […]
Sunday, December 7, 2003 — Pearl Harbor Day (USA)
Our server was hacked into last week, so we decided to wipe it clean and restore it from backup. ‘Twas the only safe course. The various sites hosted on the server have been coming back online steadily for the past few days, thanks to Brennen‘s hard work. The anime music download link is down, since we decided not to restore all my anime mp3s. I’ll begin re-uploading […]
Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Last night, instead of our normal Monday Group, a few of the regulars went out for sushi at a local restaurant. I had a great time, eating plain octopus and a delicious salad. Y’know, just six months ago, I would’ve been terrified of this. Let’s run down the list: I was feeling a bit under the weather, thanks to some mild food poisoning. I’d never been to the restaurant before. I didn’t have much time to get […]