Yea. Really haven't been on LJ much for almost a week now. Haven't been ONLINE much. Real life is kind of beating me down at the moment. Lot of different reasons, none of which are particularly interesting. Just shit like I got my school bill and I'm, uhm, completely screwed. I started work and am only getting a few hours a week for some reason. I got my report card and the professor I hate gave me a lower grade than is possible considering my average in that class. I have some stomach bug thing. Char and I went out and got attacked my mysterious flying cow crap. BLAH BLAH BLAH. Just a lot of dumb little things that, when they add up, really put me in one helluva bad mood. I've been trying to get my sleep schedule back to normal for work purposes, so that's the main thing cutting into my internet time. That and I've just been being avoidant. So sorry about neglecting comments and friends list and purg and all of that. I haven't written a fic in two months. I don't know wtf is wrong with me.


NON-PERSONAL NEWS.
I GOT MY HALLELUJAH FIGURINE. She had put my address down wrong, so it got sent back to her. It had to be sent twice....but he's here now, so I'm happy. My Haro broke, on the other hand. And I think it's really broken this time, so I'm kind of upset about that. I've heard that other peoples' broke early on too, so there's likely a glitch in them or something. I can't exactly return it and wait for a new one though. So ;_; my cute Haro.....

Uhmmmmm Hallelujah is the fucking sexiest man ever. He's a BEAST. <3 WATCH THIS EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GUNDAM IS. He's the guy who starts stripping. I can't believe someone made this. Holy crap.

And all the characters dance in character, which is totally bizarre. Like if you asked the five of them to street-dance, that's probably how they would do it....THANK YOU pandatchi, I CAN'T STOP WATCHING IT NOW.


( Episode Updates. Spoilers for CG, Persona TS, Nabari no Ou, and TTGL )

CG R2 Episode 8 finally started to redeem the series, as it's finally moving in a direction that ISN'T A REPEAT OF SEASON ONE. I actually decided that if this episode bored me as much as 1-7 did, I was going to just drop it. Still don't have much hope for it, but I'll give it a few more episodes now at least to see where it's going. Though now it looks like they're going to team up with China and pwn Britannia and I really can't see how interesting that will be, even if it is finally new material.

Still confused about VV being a boy. Especially because he's naked in the credits and I wasn't aware CLAMP drew naked males.

I know how a couple of people on my FList feel about it already, but has anyone else just been completely disappointed in R2? I looked it up on AAN and was shocked to see that pretty much everyone gave it a flat-out ten, though I'm guessing most of those reviews are from stubborn CG loyalists. I just feel like I shouldn't have to wait until a series is a third over before we start seeing something that wasn't a rehash of the first season. That and Britannia became the hardcore generic bad guy, and I really don't like series with such an obvious baddie with no redeemable qualities whatsoever (unless it's a Dark Lord situation, but in a show with a political enemy, it's really kind of....lame). They were bad enough in season 1, but now the king is giving speeches about how there are no morals, no truth or justice, and everything is power and crushing those weaker than them? Talk about bad dictatorship tactics. Actually, the politics in this show really make no sense whatsoever. If a governor like Nunnally really DID make that statement she did in episode 7 without discussing it with her superiors, she would have been kicked out of office so fast she probably wouldn't have even finished her speech. That's like one of the state senators randomly deciding that their state is a separate nation and everyone being cool with it. WHAT. Yea she may be royalty but she still has to go through some sort of process with these things. She can't just do whatever she wants and still hold her office.

I guess if I'm watching a show with politics, I like them to be realistic. And the fact that this huge nation that owns half the world repeatedly leaves momentous decisions in the hands of TEENAGERS is kind of....absurd? In episode 8, I really think Guilford and the others should have been able to over-ride Suzaku and shoot the hell out of everyone. And I'm inclined to believe that if that happened IRL, most countries WOULD do that. Or just say "WTF nice parlor trick, asshole. Everyone has 2 minutes to remove their masks and reveal the true Zero or die."

And who the hell is Kaguya? I would smack that bitch one if I were Kallen or CC. I HATE that anime stereotype character.

Up until episode 8, I was giving this show a 4/5 out of 10 maybe (4 because of the expectations I had for it, 5 without any pre-requisites). Now it's a 5/6 out of 10. All said, I'm still watching it. XD Must be all the sexy guys. Or maybe I'm just really friggin bored.

I don't know what the crap this says but it is some REALLY FUNNY JEREMIAH COSPLAY. I think he thinks he's like a Japanese David Bowie or something.

Weirdass Gayass Cosplay

Anyway, figured I'd do my little Anime Spring '08 post, because if I don't pretend to do something I'm going to sit around all night answering things on the Gundam 00 kink-meme. Or laughing about the really damn funny Lockon x Allelujah fic I found.

( I'm at least giving these ones a try for Spring 08 )


DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR ME? Either new series or completed series work. If it isn't a Spring 08 show I will wait until the summer and download it/watch it all at once, but I am taking suggestions.

( What I like in an anime...I am way too picky. )

And much love to everyone who listened to me scream about my Junior Project. <3 I worked on it a lot today and am feeling slightly better about it again. Of course, I'll be hysterical again in two days, but what can you do?

Code Geass coming out on AdultSwim in America this coming Spring. Don't know how I feel about that... I have a bad feeling it's going to attract a gross amount of creepy fangirls who will butcher the fandom to such a degree I'll be embarrassed to be a part of it. Season 2 out in Japan this spring. They're also making Vampire Knight into an anime starting this spring, so that will probably be out in a year or so.

I tried getting into Tsubasa RC. Watched nine episodes fansubbed, but after even two episodes I was pretty much forcing myself to do it. Totally NOT impressed. The art is extremely simplistic, the animation's mediocre, and while the basic plot is interesting, it's over-run with such sap and dorkiness I feel like I'm watching the dubbed version of Sailor Moon all over again. The bad guys are horribly lame, supporting characters are drawn with smiley-faces instead of real faces, and the heroes are cliche. I like Fei and Kurogane well enough, but even I have to admit the latter isn't a very interesting or original character. Fei may turn out to be so, but I don't have the patience to watch another 43 episodes to find out. I've heard amazing things about that series for over a year now and I really had high hopes for it. And I actually felt embarrassed watching it. Ah well...I guess that ends up saving me time and money.

Before I say anything, I will be away Friday night through Sunday night and I seriously doubt I will have internet. So I will probably not be answering emails and comments during that period. And if you ordered anything from me, it's only one mail day, so I won't miss anything.

On to the point of the post....


Finished Code Geass.

I absolutely love it, but it forced me to remember why Clamp pisses me off so much. The zomg!relationships. Every single character can or is, canonically, paired up with at least three other characters. It gets fricking irritating. And the Lelouch-Suzaku-Nanaly triangle is SO Kamui-Fuma-Kotori. The little sister even looks the same. But Lelouch is ten times hotter than Kamui. At any rate....

DAMN CLIFFHANGERS!!!!!! (spoilers under cut)

( Mao = Dietrich....I know I have other things to say too... )

And for all the Trinity Blood fans on my flist:
I am almost done with a massive TB character and pairing playlist complete with downloads. It will be FRIENDS-LOCKED, so you'll have to sign in to get to it (I know some of you don't), but it will be worth it.