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Oct. 28th, 2008 08:22 pmErg. I meant to do work tonight. I was freezing to death at the office (the AC stays on till 8 pm and the place just becomes unbearable when the sun sets) so I carried home several volumes of drawings. Unfortunately, I drank a little too much wine [1] with dinner (there wasn't much left in the bottle! It seemed silly to leave just a little for the next day when it's already been open for three days!) and now I feel...woozy. Very woozy. So instead of being a good worker I will babble. XD
I asked for opinions on Brethren: Raised By Wolves by W.A. Hoffman in the previous post and got a range of responses. I think I probably won't like the book, but I think I'll try it anyway. My reaction to these types of very melodramatic and fanfic-y books really vary, tho. It can't hurt to at least give it a chance, especially since I'll be going in knowing that I most likely won't like certain things (overdone analogies rank high on things that irritate the hell out of me). I'm going to stick with English books as much as possible for a while...The current dollar/yen exchange rate just makes me sad. I think I'll refrain from buying Japanese books for a while...Surely the rate will get better? [2]
The latest Viewfinder chapter, the end of the Naked Truth arc, was...underwhelming, to put it lightly. The first half of Naked Truth was fun. It was angsty, melodramatic, pointlessly violent. The latter half got...all mushy. It was still melodramatic and violent, but it went splat with all the mush. *sighs*
I read an article in the newspaper about Youtube vids on how to cheat on tests today. People sure are creative! I particularly loved the idea of writing stuff on the back of bottled water labels and sticking it back on. The funniest part of the article was a quote of some counselor (or was it a professor who studies stuff like this?) about how these students put more effort into the cheating when it'd just be easier to study.
Spent Sunday on a marathon Initial D Stage 1 viewing. Wow, the art is fugly. But the music still kicks ass and the races are still exciting. XD I read some of (my small collection of) doujinshi, and was disappointed. I bought one circle because the comedy bits are pretty damn funny, but the comedy bits were outweighed by the serious romance bits which kind of sucked. [3] The only doujinshi that stood up to the test of time was the only KeisukexTakumi doujinshi I own, which is so cliched yet so fleshes out the characters it totally kicked ass. I will probably do a marathon viewing of Stage 2 this weekend.
[1] It was a cheap Sauvingon Blanc from Chile that was a featured selection at the supermarket I was at this weekend. It was cheap, it was there, I wanted a light wine that probably went with food, I didn't want to bother going to a wine shop (I typically get my wine from a wine shop, relying on the expertise of the employees there)...It wasn't too bad. Very drinkable, if a bit too much in the front for me. I like wines that aren't too overpowering at first but are deep and complex (and not bitter!).
[2] I really ought to care about the economy in general more than the measly dollar/yen rate, I suppose. But the problems are so huge I try not to get too anxious (even though I follow the business news like a hawk) and am just thinking small. :P Isn't the world just nuts, nowadays? It's scary hearing about how the bad is spreading everywhere now...
[3] I think it doesn't help that I don't actually believe in slashing Inital D (except for the canon pairing of Takeshi x Shingo?). I look askance at most slash in this fandom, which is why comedy works better for me. I totally see all the guys with women someday...
I asked for opinions on Brethren: Raised By Wolves by W.A. Hoffman in the previous post and got a range of responses. I think I probably won't like the book, but I think I'll try it anyway. My reaction to these types of very melodramatic and fanfic-y books really vary, tho. It can't hurt to at least give it a chance, especially since I'll be going in knowing that I most likely won't like certain things (overdone analogies rank high on things that irritate the hell out of me). I'm going to stick with English books as much as possible for a while...The current dollar/yen exchange rate just makes me sad. I think I'll refrain from buying Japanese books for a while...Surely the rate will get better? [2]
The latest Viewfinder chapter, the end of the Naked Truth arc, was...underwhelming, to put it lightly. The first half of Naked Truth was fun. It was angsty, melodramatic, pointlessly violent. The latter half got...all mushy. It was still melodramatic and violent, but it went splat with all the mush. *sighs*
I read an article in the newspaper about Youtube vids on how to cheat on tests today. People sure are creative! I particularly loved the idea of writing stuff on the back of bottled water labels and sticking it back on. The funniest part of the article was a quote of some counselor (or was it a professor who studies stuff like this?) about how these students put more effort into the cheating when it'd just be easier to study.
Spent Sunday on a marathon Initial D Stage 1 viewing. Wow, the art is fugly. But the music still kicks ass and the races are still exciting. XD I read some of (my small collection of) doujinshi, and was disappointed. I bought one circle because the comedy bits are pretty damn funny, but the comedy bits were outweighed by the serious romance bits which kind of sucked. [3] The only doujinshi that stood up to the test of time was the only KeisukexTakumi doujinshi I own, which is so cliched yet so fleshes out the characters it totally kicked ass. I will probably do a marathon viewing of Stage 2 this weekend.
[1] It was a cheap Sauvingon Blanc from Chile that was a featured selection at the supermarket I was at this weekend. It was cheap, it was there, I wanted a light wine that probably went with food, I didn't want to bother going to a wine shop (I typically get my wine from a wine shop, relying on the expertise of the employees there)...It wasn't too bad. Very drinkable, if a bit too much in the front for me. I like wines that aren't too overpowering at first but are deep and complex (and not bitter!).
[2] I really ought to care about the economy in general more than the measly dollar/yen rate, I suppose. But the problems are so huge I try not to get too anxious (even though I follow the business news like a hawk) and am just thinking small. :P Isn't the world just nuts, nowadays? It's scary hearing about how the bad is spreading everywhere now...
[3] I think it doesn't help that I don't actually believe in slashing Inital D (except for the canon pairing of Takeshi x Shingo?). I look askance at most slash in this fandom, which is why comedy works better for me. I totally see all the guys with women someday...
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