11.28.2005

Sweet Lord I'm a NERD

I know. This has already been established. But I just have to say.....

I'm making a map at work and I just got to label something "Section 9". It made me really happy and then really amused that I was so happy.

Just needed to tell you guys that.

11.27.2005

GOD'S IN HIS HEAVEN, ALL'S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD

Ok.....So I've now seen the first 6 episodes of "the greatest anime of our time" as it seems to have been presented to me, and I want to know......what makes it the greatest??? Sure, it's good. I like what they're doing. But it's pretty stock. Is this just because so many other series have tried to imitate the "champion"? Is it just cause it's old?? I don't know. There are a lot of things I like so far. The fights aren't one of them. I do like that they made it realistic and Shinji is actually getting it handed to him as a new pilot of a giant f-ing robot, but the fighting isn't as cool as my anime music video made it seem. I'm hoping that will all come in time. As for Shinji. You all think he's a bitch?? I want to give him a hug. His dad left him, then demands that he comes back whether he wants to or not cause he's the only one that can drive the fancy giant robot of destruction that his dad made. So....to try to make daddy happy with him for once in his freaking life (a problem I'm none too unfamiliar with, though my dad doesn't build giant robots) he agrees, scared out of his mind cause he's f-ing 14 and in a totally new place with high potential of his dad sending him out to his death. Then the kids at school don't talk to him and THEN beat the crap out of him for driving the robot that almost killed their relatives while it was getting an ass kicking cause Shinji didn't know what the hell was going on. Then he finds out that his dad cares WAY more about the pilot of the other robot who isn't even related to him than he does about his own son. And......even though he does try to give up and run away, he cares about Misato enough not to. And he wants to find out about Rei even though she's his daddy's little girl. I think Shinji just needs an f-ing break from the world and a gigantic hug. That's what I think. I love you Shinji. I'll give you a hug.

There's my Eva review so far.

11.25.2005

The journey begins

So...I broke down and rented Eva Platinum 1 from 4-Star to watch this weekend in hopes of catching up to where AS is (which is ep 6 which I watched last night so I'll still be missing one). I would have gotten the first 2 but all the coupons were torn out of every single Core Weekly in the store and I didn't feel like going out to find one and then coming back cause I was on a schedule. So, tonight I shall embark on the journey of Evangelion. It will probably be a long process cause I'm poor so I can only rent a DVD every so often and I'll probably forget to watch it on AS or be doing something else. Plus it wasn't very good in English...though I know End of Eva is entirely in English so I better get used to it.

Damn I want this series!

I'll let you know my thoughts after I finish watching the first disc.

Also....I bought Crest of the Stars 1. Hopefully it doesn't suck. The manga kept me entertained. Half Price Books didn't have too big of a selection. They did have the first Eva disc, but it was the original release and it was 13 dollars. Which didn't really seem worth it to me. And they had Nausicaa, but that was 10. Crest of the Stars was like 7 so I figure if it sucks it won't hurt so much.

Ok......that's it for now.

11.21.2005

SOOOO GOOD.....SWEET SWEET SUCCESS

I've got GRAVITATION REMIXES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you don't know what they are then click that link and find out. I warn you though...........you may not want to know. Ok. You've been warned. For everyone else....leave a comment if you want some man loving. I'll zip it and get it to you.

Oh the beauty of what my powers can get me. Sweet sweet success. The translation isn't great, but you get the general idea. There isn't much storyline to it anyway........or that's not the important part.

And now....nap, since I stayed up way too late trying to find those when it turned out they were right in front of my nose the whole time.

Mistress of pretty boys who like pretty boys,
SK

11.13.2005

This guy is really starting to grow on me


You are an extremely talented person and you are also brilliant. You are mature, charming, straight-forward and you worry about your friends when they're in trouble. You give great advice and you're probably one of the best friends someone can ever have.


Which Gravitation Character Are YOU?
Take the quiz at Dare to Dream




This is like the third or fourth time I was Hiroshi. I'd rather be Ryuichi (or in this one you could be Kumagoro!!!), but Hiro is a good person and a good friend. And a kick ass guitarist. Yay for Hiroshi Nakano.

Also, in case anyone was thinking about buying me something anytime soon.......HERE'S An IDEA FOR YOU!!!!!! Or Eva.....you could buy me Eva.

11.11.2005

Boo to that!

So, despite the fact that Steph was able to find a flaw in the Overstock.com system and we thought we were getting the Eva Platinum box set for $8....we aren't. They caught it in time. Damn......now I'm never gonna see Eva. I was looking forward to it too. What kind of anime authority am I if I've never seen the one show that even people who don't watch anime have seen???? Although....I don't know. Maybe it's allowing me to evaluate anime without a skewed perspective. Maybe my perspectives are different because I've never seen Eva....maybe it makes me a better anime authority. Yes, I will keep telling myself that, thank you.

In other news.....after one of those weeks (well, three days) where I successively screw up the majority of the important things I have to do.......I'm out of here. And by out of here I mean Milwaukee and then the hellhole that is the state of Illinois. I'm going to Chicago to go shopping with my mom. I hope that there will be much purchasing of not only amazingly cute wardrobe goodness, but also amazingly awesome anime related goodness. I hope. Mom's not the biggest fan of my nerd-dom.....so we'll see how much she can tolerate. Any rate........much needed break from this city. Not that Madison is bad, just that I need to take a breather in a different environment.

I'm stressed. Oh boy am I stressed.

11.05.2005

Crack is Cheaper

Ok.....so I've been living on the west side since Wednesday and it's an all too convenient 15 minute bus ride to West Towne AND their Barnes and Noble. I've now been there the past 2 days. Though I argue that I may not have gone over there today had the people at Goth Topic not forgotten to remove the ink tag from discussion item number one below. So...ok, I spent like 50 dollars feeding my "crack" habit. And I had a nice discussion to that effect with the very nice and flamboyant man working the counter at Waldenbooks. (Yes, Waldenbooks....that wasn't a typo). Let's begin our story about my crack habits and how I would go through poverty and flood to support them.

Item 1: I bought the best shirt EVER. This may even be a better shirt than the ones I'm planning on MAKING with my Adobe Illustrator powers. The only reason I came upon it is that in order to get to B&N I had to cut through the mall. And I walked by the Goth Topic and I tried to resist its Sirenian charms, but to no avail. I mean, come on. A store that sells anime clothing, punk rock clothing, and goth clothing............its like they gave me a personal wardrobe consultant. So, knowing that I would once again leave the store with the sadness that I am not, in fact, independently wealthy, I went in. And they had the Otaku shirt that I want, and the FMA shirts that I want, and the Bebop shirt that I want. And then there was a strange new one. All black, very nondescript, with a Fruits Basket tag. So....I pick it up. Bottom right....picture of orange cat head a la Kyo Sohma. Left chest I "heart" Kyo in nice orange letters. OH..........MY........GOD!!!!! So, it was 20 bucks.....WELL SPENT! Best shirt EVER. Better than the Yuki shirt that I got from that very same Goth Topic. Oh...I would buy one for each Sohma if I could. Except Akito....he's an asshole. And Hiro. And maybe Momiji....just cause he gets whiny. But Yuki, and Haru, and Shigure for sure. From then on my journey I vowed not to buy anything as the money I might have spent on manga at B&N was officially gone. So, I went, I read Hana-Kimi. It was good. No new Sensual Phrase was there or I may have read that too. But.....overall a successful bookstore whoring trip I would say. New Hana-Kimi makes for a happy Sari.

Item 2: Upon today's discovery that the best shirt in the world still had the ink tag on and therefore I would be unable to wear it today, I took it back to the mall. It had been thundering, but it wasn't really doing anything resembling getting to be raining out, so I went on a journey once again. So, I went and got my ink tag taken off and then there were all these cute plaid pleated skirts in all the stores, but I resisted them and went to get a Maki roll and some rice to eat. Then on my way out I had some time to kill and there was a Waldenbooks right by my exit to the bus stop. So I wandered in. They had this graphic novels little section and I looked at it, but it was mostly the old marvel stuff and then some rpg stuff. The guy behind the counter then informed me that ALL softcover books were buy 2 get one 15% off. And THEN I found the manga. Oh....for a tiny little store such as that their manga is IMPRESSIVE. Better than the shitty East Towne B&N by FAR. And so...........they had Sensual Phrase 9 AND 10. And I figured since I was getting 2 I should cash in on that 15% deal. So then I found Greenwood 7. I've never seen Greenwood 6...but that will come. We'll have to get 6 eventually I figure. And then the guy gave me the manga punch card so if I buy 7 more I get $10 free...so essentially buy 10 get one free. And then he signed me up for the lists where I am informed of when they do manga sales. And we had a nice conversation about how there's so much manga and how people would tell him one was good and it ended up being book 15 and you had to get the rest of them. And that gets expensive. Also...I saw the purse sized version of Bri's Fruits Basket man purse and I wanted it, but that was $18. So I resisted. And now.....I will have to call mother for some monies. Hmmmmmmm.........and such is the life of an Otaku. It's like they said to Sasahara..."buy first, think later.....you can buy a new computer, just don't eat for 3 months." Ahhhhhh...crack is cheaper.

Back to Iron Chef....lobster sashimi and tempura. Morimoto is making me hungry. Also, I met 3 nice Japanese on the prairie today.

11.01.2005

I thought we should look at more deliciousness....

....ALSO.....I KNOW DREAMWEAVER!!!!! I wasted valuable time that should have been spent studying Cartography or making this damn chloropleth map for Friday, but I figure it was worth it. Now I just have to buy the software. AFTER I buy Illustrator and Photoshop. And ArcGIS. Hmmmmmm....

This means that once I do I will have my VERY OWN WEBSITE devoted to my nerdness. Separate pages for reviews, quizzes, general stuff, what I'm doing, what I'm watching. Oh....I think it shall be wonderful. If I had the time I'd spend it in the mac lab using their software and looking at all the amazingly hot Asian boys that hang out there too.

Speaking of amazingly hot Asian boys......not to discredit my Kippei-kun in the SLIGHTEST, but I thought it was about time that I posted a pic of a REAL LIFE Japanese man who has complete permission to do whatever he so desires with me. Here you go.....the "voice" behind the singer. The man who sings all the songs I've fallen in love with. The real life Shuichi Shindou...........Kotani Kinya!




There....now doesn't that make your day better??? Makes mine better.

Part of my continuing dreams
~SK