In an attempt to play catch-up

So, I have this list on the right-hand side of my blog that contains anime series I've been meaning to watch. I assure you all, that I am slowly making my way through it. SLOWLY.

That said, I've been doing what I can to watch Ai Yori Aoshi lately. I've reached disc 4 of 5 (meaning I watched the first 15 episodes) and it's still ok. It's not awesome. Just ok. I purchased it from Half-Price Books....so I didn't spend a lot of money on it. Which is good, because it's not worth a lot of money to me. It may have been better to just get it from Netflix and leave it at that. But I suppose it's ok this way, since then the convention circuits can watch it if they want to. It's a harem anime....which I always feel mildly disgusted at myself for liking. But this one at least is different. It's cute. I LIKE the main character...and he's not a skeevy perv. He remains dedicated and devoted to his girl of choice for the duration of the series. In fact, from the very beginning I knew he was different than other harem heroes.....BECAUSE HE WASN'T A HELPLESS DWEEBY LOSER!!! He was just a regular college kid doing regular college kid things trying not to get involved with his rich family who he upped and left, when he stopped to help this girl in the train station who seemed lost. And then he ended up with a childhood friend fiancee. And he actually liked her. And he was nice to her. And respectful. And he continues to be nice and respectful and loving to her.....even though all sorts of girls try to get him in all sorts of situations. It's great...because no matter what he does, Aoi (his fiancee) trusts that he's doing what he says he is and that he has no bad intentions.....AND IT'S TRUE!!! Thank the anime gods for Kaoru Hanabishi.

Further reviews at series end will be found on my website at Cranberry Jam--Anime Reviews (Ai Yori Aoshi)

It's totally no fun knowing stuff when you can't TELL anyone!!!

OH EM EFF GEE you guys!!!!!

I read the latest chapter (78) of NANA today (I totally expected her to end this at chapter 77, but it doesn't look like it's ending any time soon). It's like a freaking addiction....I thought to myself before I was leaving this morning, "I wonder if the next chapter is translated yet. I shouldn't check because I'll read it and then it will skew my day. But if I don't check now I won't remember later. I'll check and then leave the page up." And I did. And then I read it. And at one point in those 35 pages I actually gasped, made a squeaky noise, and said, "No f*ing WAY!"...even though no one was home. THAT'S how good it was.

And now I want to talk about it with someone!!!!!!!! It's like when I read Fruits Basket 18 like 2 YEARS before it came out in the US and then I had to keep it all hush hush and I was like.....BUT I KNOW A SECRET!!!!!!!!!

If anyone out there has read NANA ch. 78.....leave me a message and we'll talk. Because OMG I want to talk!

Meme stuff...from LJ

For those of you who only read one or the other....

* Post a list of up to 25 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/whatever that you've had an obsessive fannish love or interest in at some time in your life.
* Have your f-list guess your favorite character from each one.

1. FLCL
2. Dawson's Creek
3. Honey and Clover--Ayumi Yamada (guessed by Jackie)
4. Gravitation
5. Growlanser II
6. Full Metal Panic
7. Fullmetal Alchemist--Winry Rockbell (guessed by Jackie)
8. Saiyuki
9. The Dark is Rising Series
10. Neon Genesis Evangelion--Misato Katsuragi (guessed by Jackie)
11. NANA
12. Descendants of Darkness
13. X/1999
14. Cowboy Bebop
15. Hana Kimi
16. The Prince of Tennis
17. Boys Over Flowers
18. Gundam SEED
19. Donnie Darko
20. Almost Famous
21. Lord of the Rings
22. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
23. Great Expectations
24. Sensual Phrase
25. Ghost Hunt