insaneneko

I can't believe how long it's been since I've engaged with anything much online. The last bit of 2011 was spent doing stuff with friends (good) and playing games on my ipad (bad bad bad). I seemed to have missed a bit of LJ drama? I guess I'll have to actually look at Dreamwidth since there actually seems to be even more migration now. My biggest hang-up is what to use instead of LJ for storing images. My problem with the usual suspects is that they don't like any kind of explicit images. *sighs*

I hadn't watched the last 7 episodes of Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi, so in the guise of testing my new Blu-ray player (finally got one! more on that later) I finally watched them all. Will write more about it in another post, but I gotta say the Isaka/Asahina one was a bit tiring. Isaka is so young! So cliched! It was only my fondness of his older self that kept me watching, sadly. Glad that the rest of the episodes were all Takano/Onodera and Yukina/Kisa. I have so much to say about the Takano/Onodera stuff, but will save it for later. The only thing I want to say is...Yokozawa animated as he berates Ritsu forever gets old really fast. It's not that I don't get where he's coming from, to a certain point, but who appointed him as Takano's minder?!? And he's so blinded by his own desires he can't see the actual dynamics of Takano and Ritsu's current relationship. GAH. Seeing Takano firmly put him in his place was that much more sweet after that. I did buy his novel...while I have little faith in the writer's (non?)talent, maybe he'll come off better when he's not harassing other people so much. Oh, and I was glad to see that we get some clues that these couples actually engage in SEX instead of just fully-clothed, not-very-passionate kissing on beds. Look, a morning after where there are naked people in bed! I can't believe they animated that!

I want the next volume of the manga, already. *sighs*

I got a copy of the new Sherlock BBC episode! I haven't watched it yet, but I'm excited! Sounds like it was quite good. XDXD

I nodded along while reading this at NPR's Monkey See blog: The Big Bad Swap: The Problem With Replaced Music

( techie stuff )

I am doing a major houseclean before leaving for Japan this week. MY GOD I feel tired, and I'm not even done yet. I just can't do nothing before having my friend come and feed my cat during the trip, you know? My mom and I almost died deep cleaning the cat litter box. I think we let it go for a little too long this time. -_- Cat urine is sooo toxic.

Loving the ipad so far. Been playing games and listening to podcasts (speaker is better than the ipod and more portable than my laptop) and surfing the net with it.

Some game apps I've been loving:

-Sukoku Daily. Lots of difficulty levels and a good interface. I'm thinking of buying the paid version now.
-Viking Slice. Puzzle game in which you slice vikings out of ice and get them on a waiting viking ship. I like that there's no time limit.
-Burn It All. Puzzle game in which you light ropes within a time limit. The flame makes me think of Calcifer from Howl's Moving Castle.


I think I just don't do well with non-puzzle games. Those I'm not finding that fun:

-Chop Chop Caveman
-Pilot Winds
-Bug Heroes

Any suggestions for places to eat (or cool things to do that aren't in every guide book) in the following cities?

-Nagoya near the station
-Takayama near the station
-Okayama
-Kurashiki
-Matsue
-Kyoto