GAH

My damn computer is down, and my friends and I highly suspect it's hard drive failure. Again. Someone, please tell me how in the world a hard drive I've had for TWO MONTHS can fail? Damn Apple, did they replace my failed hard drive with a failing hard drive??

In any case, the jury is still out on the real cause, but whatever the cause of my problems I am computerless at home (I so shouldn't use my work computer to be checking and updating on LJ...I really shouldn't). It's kind of depressing how much of my life revolves around the computer. My house feels...empty, somehow. Been trying to make up for it by reading stuff, and I even bought the first 12 volumes of Black Cat used because I read the funniest random reaction to the first Black Cat anime episode from a total Creed fan and when I feel shitty I shop and it was cheap but everytime I want to quickly check something online or whatever and I realize no I can't do that it just sucks. >_<

One good thing is that I went through my Hikago doujinshi piles and discovered a PoT one I've been searching for mixed in there. Angst is rabu.

YAY!

Kyou Kara Maou character singles will be released in December! Yuuri's on 12/7, Conrad's on 12/14, and Wolfram's on 12/21. I couldn't find any covers yet, but I am looking forward to them. I know that Yuuri and Wolfram's VAs can sing...I can't remember any songs by Conrad's off-hand. Also, apparently the guy who either wrote or produced the PoT and FMA singles is working on these, too. I'm tempted to pre-order them...I'll probably decide when I see the single covers. I hope they don't suck.

On a side note, the only song I know by Yuuri's VA is the one he did as Kakusei Loki from Matantei Loki Ragnarok. Ah...that was a great song...I wonder if I can dig up my CD...

random manga talk

The other day I was flipping through the Japanese language manga Borders carried. One was Zettai Kareshi by Watase Yuu. I have been too traumatized by past Watase Yuu works to actually read anything by her now (more on that below), but there was one scene that caught my eye and made me laugh. A flashback of the main character Riiko taking a bath with her dad back when she was young and gullible innocent:

Riiko: "Hey Papa"
Dad: "What is it, Riiko?"
Riiko: "Why don't I have this thing you have, Papa?"
*Riiko grabs*
Dad: "Well...you sure ask questions that are hard to answer sometimes. It really surprises me! (Hey, don't pull)"
Dad: "Don't worry, when you grow up you'll grow one!"
*Riiko throws her arms up in the air, happy*
Riiko: "Really? YAY!"
*Mom suddenly slides open the bathroom door*
Mom: "Don't go telling idiotic lies to children!"

XDXD

In any case, it's really odd seeing anything new by her. I more or less enjoyed Fushigi Yuugi...at least, the first arc. The anime made me groan a lot, and I had a hard time taking Midorikawa Hikaru seriously after that (kind of like Koyasu and Weizz *shudders*). That second arc of Fushigi Yuugi I thought was lame and unnecessary and the multi-page sex scene was SOOO not necessary. >_< After that I didn't want to really read her stuff....and that feeling was only reinforced when a friend ranted at me in detail about how Ayashi no Ceres sucked beyond all belief.

I think my biggest problem with her works are that her main characters are so not compelling. I'm always struck by how the gorgeous guys that populate her stories might as well be gay and after each other since the females are way unworthy of them. And then I end up doubting their intelligence and sense because they all are after the unworthy girl....

The dude with the glasses is damn cute, though. He needs to find a good man to take care of him. *nods*