I just bought a new MP4 player - the Creative ZEN Portable Media Player.

Yay.

Obviously I'm not going to bother taking a picture of a square block of plastic just so I can put it on this blog, so just go to the Creative website or something.

Currently transferring my entire collection of Touhou images to the MP3 player. Time taken? 10 minutes and counting.

Will update again when I actually use the player.

AnimeEOY@Expo 2007.

I went.

Because I decided to split my posts between four blogs, I have dedicated my Wordpress blog to anime stuff in general. Thus visit that place for further info on EOY 2007 (if you didn't go, updates for you. If you went, you can compare how you felt with how I did.)

http://howeirong.wordpress.com/

There were numerous cosplayers, good and bad. I shall not further elaborate on this blog.

Something Beautiful.

Updating a blog has got to be the most irritating thing ever. Unless you are the type of person who likes displaying his rather mundane life on his or her blog for everybody in the world to see. Well, those with an Internet connection, that is. And access to a computer. Think about it, though - unless you lived your days moonlighting as a stripper in a club or a DJ or something, it's not going to be much different from the lives of everyone else. It's exactly the same as seeing a post concerning almost exactly the same subject matter on a dead blog halfway across the world, in America or something. Heck, maybe he plays Touhou too. Unless, you WERE, of course, a stripper in a nightclub. Maybe the posts might be more interesting.

My Hope is You - off the Terragen website.

I, honestly, am not a good blogger. My posts have close to no superficial substance, the little snippets of life that others enjoy putting on the blogs, the very same little snippets that other people leading the same mundane lives enjoy reading. The kind about the cheese on your rice not being cooked enough, or your offerings about the suffering of animals across the country. Maybe about leeks. And spinning ones, at that. There isn't much climax to my posts, either - you read it, you fall asleep, you hit your nose on the table and navigate to another blog with blood running down your lip.

Something Beautiful - by zemotion.

Maybe, the only thing I can say that I have different from quite a few other people, is my obsessive hoarding of images. Loads of images. Enough to cover every single wall of my house if I were to print them and paste them somewhere. Enough images to make up 3.5 GB of my hard drive.

Glacier V2 - by nuaHs.

So they are what drive my blogposts. Seriously. I just throw in random, sometimes related, pictures and hope people are interested. Maybe someday I'll learn the fine art of blogging. It's just not today.

This time, no anime pictures. Deviantart is ownage.

AIR.

So I managed to get my hands on a (pirated) copy of the game.

Not everyone's rich enough to import stuff from Japan, you see. Plus I would probably have been motivated enough to get Standard Edition. Y'know, the one with the scenes and stuff. Then I would probably die.

So I have the All-Ages Version. )= Currently one hour into the novel and still stuck at the third day.

I managed to find a partial English patch, enough to get me through Misuzu's path. But that's about it. Doing my best not to diverge from it. At least, until the full patch is out.

Screenshots:


This game is pretty fun.


No, seriously. They give you three options or two and you choose one. It's exhilarating.


Sometimes you get nice options like these too.


And the guy who created the patch has great spelling. Not that I'm complaining.

Koenigsegg CCR

Today, in response to the tag by Terence on his favourite cars, I today feature the car that broke the 12-year world road car speed record held by the Mclaren F1 in my preceding post, but broken barely a month after that by the current world record holder, the Bugatti Veyron.

That's right, the Koenigsegg CCR. A mouthful to say but oh-so-elegant. I still think the Mclaren's better, though.

My first (and not-so-good) experience with public broadcast of my knowledge of the supercar was during the Police Knowledge course when there was a breaktime game going on. Most of you should know the fuzzywuzzy game. One of my statements was, "fuzzywuzzy likes Koenigsegg but does not like Lamborghini". Or something along those lines. Quite understandably, I was met with confusion from both the host and the rest of the audience, which I took to understand that no one knew this wonderful car brand and subsequently replaced with Ferrari and Mitsubishi.

The Koenigsegg CCR, in a power-to-piston comparison, trumps both the Mclaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron with its V8 producing 806 bhp, compared to the Mclaren F1's V12 with 605 bhp and the Bugatti's V16 producing over a thousand. Its speed tops out at 387.87 km/h around a banked track, which beats the Mclaren F1's 386.7, but understandably enough it has the capability for much more if tested on a straight track, as was the Mclaren and Bugatti on Volkswagen's 9km straight. However, I do not possess much else knowledge about this relatively unknown supercar, aside from the fact that its steering is sub-par, with severe understeer needing the steering wheel set at a sharp angle of 30 degrees at its top speed around the banked track.

And that is all for today's post. Tata!

Next post: Featuring an all-too-famous vehicle from the guys at Maranello. Take a guess.

Best Cars in the World - #1

So I decided it's time for a weekly post to celebrate (in my opinion) the best cars on the planet. So for this first post today... I'll start off with the first car (duh).

Now, the first car is... the Mclaren F1.



The Mclaren F1, first produced in 1991, is considered the "Ultimate Driver's Car" in certain circles. It seats 3, with the driver in the centre, and is thus suited for driving on both left-hand and right-hand drive roads (if you can afford the hefty price tag). Only 100 units of this car were ever produced, but it was (and still is) an extremely beautiful car with status to boot.

The Mclaren F1 can reach a top speed of 381 km/h, a record unmatched until merely a year ago, with the advent of the Koenigsegg CCR. Which now brings us to the issue of speed.



In a battle between the Mclaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron, who would win? Ultimately the Veyron wins with its almost 40 km/h higher top speed, but this is to be expected when the car has almost twice the amount of horsepower as the Mclaren F1 - a very imbalanced trade-off for an extra 40 km per hour. Also, if you compare their fuel economy, the Mclaren sips fuel compared to the thirsty Veyron, energy needed to move that large mass and power the thousand horses in the engine. Even if you look at it, the Mclaren F1 has a sleeker, swifter look than the Veyron, which is all that matters when your onlookers can't tell the fastest car in the world from the Nissan Sunny next to you.

(for the original wallpaper in all its 1600x1200 glory, contact me or find the really nice website.)

The Mclaren F1 really is one of the most well respected supercars of all time, ranking way up there with respect for the Ferrari F40. It's body crafted entirely from carbon fibre is technology out of the new millenium, but almost 10 years ago. Gold plates the engine cover, as it was the best reflector known to man at the time of manufacture.

And as you expected, THIS is my favourite car of all time. And now you know. (:

Worldly Wonders.

Archive from October 21st, 2007:

I seriously can't believe I wrote this.

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Sometimes I think that I’m meant for greater things. But then the real world catches up with me and I go crashing down to earth.

Has one ever considered the concept of life? It is almost utterly pointless, as we on Earth are but one little microcosm situated in the vastly uncharted Universe, which even the best of scientists do not know enough about to banter about the existence of other sentient lifeforms on other planets, let alone the existence of other Universes, or even if things like wormholes will ever see a future in interstellar space travel.

If you think about it, life in general is but transient, an eventuality of extinction awaiting every single one of us, whether intelligent or primal, in a universe where the only constant is change.

With thoughts like these, is it no wonder I spend so much time sitting at my table in class being utterly silent as others communicate, staring a hole in the floor as I immerse myself in my inner thoughts? It is as if my existence is split in half: My world, and the rest of it.

Or maybe all these thoughts may just disappear as my headache disappears.

Damn this shit.

You know, I hate this shit.

Blogging seems to come naturally to most people. It's like writing in a diary, or so people say. "Oh, I just write about anything that comes to mind." Yeah, everyone loves to read about your daily nuances and stuff. It's mindblowing to know what you ate for dinner, WHOAAA. So why do I always take over 2 months to write one post? Because, y'know, not everyone is smart enough to use their daily lives as FILLER to intersperse all the nice happenings going on, or the sudden bursts of inspiration that occupy a certain number of posts.

Yeah, I've been wanting to say this for a long long time. Really really long. So I'm actually putting effort into emphasising certain phrases that I think should be the key parts of this utterly useless and flush-it-down-the-fuggin'-toilet post.

Everyone should just go smoke or something.

My source of inspiration.

Sometimes I think I was meant for greater things, too. Yeah, but the world doesn't think so, so LIVE WITH IT. Laugh it off, shake your fist in its face, flip it off, whatever.

Yeah, this works great too.

You know something? I love all of you. Especially those who visit this blog. Because it shows I've got viewership. Oh wait, THERE'S NO ONE. Yeah great. Thanks. Love ya lots.

I suck at blogging.

Yeah, really.

Because I have close to nothing I actually bother talking about and no one bothers visiting this blog anyway, I suck at blogging. Such a revelation. (Actually, I don't suck as much as this guy, but since he gets so much traffic in the first place, I guess that means I still suck.

Something was just released 2 hours before today. Guess what - and all those people who don't have exams to study for are now busy clambering over themselves to get even a touch of the hallowed game that finishes the series that started 6 years ago.

No, I'm not one of them. I don't have a 360.

On a side note, I |-|4t3 1337 5p34k and so does every other sane person who realises that the letters on the keyboard are there for YOU to use (get that in your head, Taylor). I'm not going to bother telling those who use it what its original purpose was for, because general knowledge is something that can be searched for on this very interesting site, so use it.

My blogskin needs to be changed soon. I think people can't find my tagboard, it's such a sad thing - no one tags me anymore. ):. (Maybe it's because no one visits, but no, I'm never going to admit that. Even though it IS true.)

And if you were wondering what I posted all this random stuff for, it's because I haven't blogged for over 20 days and I don't intend to make it a pastime. Don't think you can find juicy anecdotes on my personal life or interesting insights into my daily processes, because I, unlike so many out there, DO NOT TRUST THE INTERNET. It's a f*cking black hole of everything where the difference between a national political website and a pornography palace is the suffix.

I hate blogging, btw.

Random Image of the Day:

Look to the left and you see a yellow wall.

And like the other blog I post on, I do a tour of my house today. Except it's more of a tour of my room because there is more stuff in my room than the entire house (excluding my room) combined.

And so this is what you see when you enter the front door.

...
Admittedly not very unusual. Perhaps you thought you would have seen an Xbox or a larger TV or something. But no - that's an aquarium with a very bad record (50% of the fish in it have died in 2 years), and a Flat Bomba. From many, many years ago.

This... is our display "cabinet". Note the St. John's trophies added as an afterthought at the top.

My workstation, where stuff is supposed to get done. Though there's not a lot of space to get stuff done. I need a fourth storage shelf, dammit.

LOVELOVELOVE. Try to identify the website.

SABER. Weird stuff hangs around my desk.

...like a huge assortment of stationery and paraphernalia. Like three combs.

...when did I ever have this thing?

And my sacred haven - all bow down! Not very messy, though. Not very sacred either. A feat of stuff-keeping that my mother had done - that is, until you open the cabinet behind the door. Very ordinary stuff, except for that Naruto poster up on the shelf.

The wall above the bed. Finally something you might expect to find, eh?

The stuff that's on the shelf. Well, most of the display stuff, anyway.

And where my library is. Over $300 of comics, in completely mint condition. I love my shelves.

At this point, I sit down and wonder:
I just wasted 45 minutes of my life taking pictures and posting them online.
...time perfectly spent. xD

ODEX: really just stupid? And this isn't just about them.

Yes, I'm updating again. Previous attempts having been plagued by frequent disconnections, etcetera. It's as if the blogging gods (if those even exist) are trying to stop me from throwing out one of my reviews. Well, this time, the subject of discussion is the much-b****ed about company in the online anime community, ODEX.

" sure,while anime DL is illegal and what the company is doing is right in some sense, but, getting ISP to reveal over a thousand IPs, forcing each violaters to pay up 5000 dollars or face Court charges is NOT THE WAY TO HANDLE THIS CASE. furthermore, a 9year old kid had to pay 5000 dollars for illegial anime DL, A F***ING 9 YEAR OLD. what would his parents feel. like f***s! thats right.

the company way of handling things is just out of hand, hell do we even know where all this money goes too? I would speculate the company is gonna bag all the money into their banks....."

-NCH, a Singaporean deviator on DeviantArt who does not download anime and WAS maintaining a neutral stand until this happened.

ODEX HOLOCAUST by =NCH85 on deviantART

"Odex Burning Ceremony on August 25th @ Youth Park CHANGED TO CD RECYCLING DRIVE."

What some parts of the community think.

"I actually have nothing much to say about the whole fiasco of ODEX since it has been over run by so many people lately including me during the past two months. However, the latest blog entries surrounding this issue about Stephen Sing reeks of mere punitive naive flaming."

By Impz. His post here.

Now, I think this whole thing is kind of stupid. It is pretty obvious to the lawmakers that the anime community has pretty much shot themselves in the foot by ILLEGALLY downloading anime, but it appears that they are shouting furiously against the matter by saying that ODEX sucks, ODEX is shit, ODEX is a dictatorship, Stephen Sing is a bloody arsehole, etc. This does not help their case. It's obvious who is in the wrong: The community, having downloaded anime in the first place, is considered pirating and infringing copyright laws, and this is pretty much obviously not in our favour when brought up against ODEX. Heck, if they were the ones in the wrong, would it have been possible to obtain a court order in the first place? There's no law against shoddy work or whatever, so we can't do anything about it. Wearing a black ribbon and trying to obtain funding to go up against the company won't do anything, they've got the upper hand.

Of course, ODEX did shoot itself in the foot by trying to kill off the local anime downloading community. Of course, they have a list of licensed stuff that they search for, and send out those lovely little letters (now nationally recognised as "The Odex Letter"). Anything outside that list would be spared. Basically, if you had paid, even bought DVDs from overseas as do most of our local high-profile anime bloggers, and downloaded only those that are unlicensed and impossible to find, then you would be pretty much safe. They're pretty lenient in that aspect - they're only protecting intellectual property rights. Now, I'm not saying that what they're doing is right - the oft-stated example of fining a 9-year old for downloading anime when he probably did not know sh*t about copyrights pretty much means you're off your rocker. Also, if you've got the telcos fighting against your advances, it might be time to check your actions.

Now, I download anime myself, I admit that. I enjoy my stuff. But I'm not an idiot to think that I can go up against ODEX just by arming myself with a black ribbon and proclaiming war on them when the whole case is obviously against me. Burning their stuff may be a way to show them what the community thinks, but the money's in their pockets, we're just making a loss by burning off the product that we paid cold, hard cash for. Some guy making a comment on a local anime blog said "I would rather buy American R1 DVDs than buy ODEX DVDs, no matter that it costs double." Shit then, BUY IT. Don't just spout out remarks that you aren't going to work on, that's killing your own credibility.

Our community is quite fine in thinking it can boycott ODEX. It's been doing that for a long time. However it is tiny, naive and stupid in thinking it can fight its way against international copyright laws, overseas companies, and most of all, the Singapore Government just through willpower and a few thousand dollars. The difference here is that the people running ODEX know that by taking the legal side, it can gain the upper hand. We people are useless against them, but people don't understand that. Just face the truth, we can't fight it. Even if we can blow holes through ODEX's case, remember this: In any debate the side that is on the opposition of any "do not have the right" motion only need to prove one point and justify it to win. This is the sort of battle that is going on now.

Face it. ODEX is smarter than us, and that is not going to change. Putting Stephen Sing's face on a WANTED poster is definitely not going to change that.

No idea.

Nothing much has changed recently, except that I started on Jigoku Shoujo for some reason and that I'm bored. So, on to the intros!

	Y. Sanau (http://ysanau.deviantart.com) I found this really good deviator through some random linking from others. That was when she still had around 450 pageviews (current count around 15,000 and rising). From the first deviation her standard was already of this kind of standard, soft-cel shaded and all. Which is why I admire her stuff so much.
	Arehandora (http://arehandora.deviantart.com) A very, very good anime-style artist. Inuyasha fans might be familiar with one of her works, "Kagome in the Wonderland", which was frequently mislabeled as official art, much to the chagrin of the artist. Have a look.

No idea.

Update: Anime and art.

Actually, I'm kinda off anime at the moment, except for Lucky Star because it's done by - who else? - Kyoto Animation. Currently I've dropped Hayate no Gotoku because I am not really interested in continuing with it, but I've started with Nagasarete Airantou, which has the basic premise of a guy stuck on an island of girls, with the normal stuff ensuing.

So now for the introductions!

Kuridoki (http://www.kuridoki.deviantart.com).

Singaporean who (if I remember correctly) won Mangaka 05 (check the '06 posters, they feature one of her works). This is her latest featured deviation, Saber from Fate/Stay Night, which apparently will go on sale at future anime conventions (I believe one convention is Cosfest). Featured once in the Straits Times, through a letter submitted by her father(?) after the featured LifeStyle article on manga (which I still have in my cupboard somewhere). Check it out. :)

























ml-11mk (http://ml-11mk.deviantart.com/)

Apparently, from the random remarks I heard by people in AEP (namely seniors and the teacher), this guy used to be from AEP in my school as well - or rather, is in the JC section now. Of course, I felt greatly depressed for a while after that. Of course, from what you can see in this picture, his digital painting is great stuff. Some of these really great people come around once in a while - the person on top flagged this digital painting as a must-see. Go see his other stuff.










These are, once again, top-of-the-line (in my eyes) deviators who deserve the recognition they are getting. And as you might have noticed, I do actually look for stuff other than anime.

Newest updates.

 

So, it's been just about forever since my last update. Of course, knowing the nature of the internet, once you're gone, you're gone and your popularity has waned. Giving that I was not very popular in the first place. >.>

Anime Update: Still watching Lucky Star. Also trying out Hayate no Gotoku, waiting for CLANNAD due fall and trying to complete homework. Lucky Star is still very funny, and Hayate no Gotoku is a riot.

Main Update:

LOOK AT THIS GUY'S ART. (Hotlinked off DA)

Done by http://murasaki-hoshi.deviantart.com/.

This guy is stationed in Singapore and freaking imba. Of course, there are other better people around Singapore, or about the same standard (those I have no shortage of), but I like his style.

SECOND GUY! (once again, hotlinked off DA.)

 

Done by http://toounit.deviantart.com/. Complete ownage.

This guy (actually not really sure about his/her gender) is stationed in Malaysia and has really good skills with Copic markers - and really deep pockets as well. Each marker costs $5, and he easily has over a hundred of them. Well, when you've got skill, money's no matter, right? xD

Update for today - complete. Off to play Fatal/Fake. :3

::BLOGPOST ARCHIVE:: April 24th - Anime Review.

[ARCHIVE - drafted but unpublished.]

And of course, everyone hails my frequent postings. >.>

Today I will be reviewing a new, currently all-the-rage anime: Lucky ☆ Star. :3 Reason being? I'm too busy to watch anything else.

First Impressions!

Lucky ☆ Star is an anime based off a 4-koma strip (basically, the manga version of your average dailies). Animated by Kyoto Animation, who did, of course, Full Metal Panic!, AIR TV, the ridiculously popular The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Kanon 2006, the expectations for this are also, of course, ridiculously high.

Firstly, the animation style is very different - it's a style that suits the subject title, but most people see it as a degeneration in production quality. Personally, I feel it's just a different style, because the proportions and frames animated are pretty consistent, which of course, cannot be a degeneration of quality.

And now, for the OP - a very, VERY hyper opening to the whole series. Major caffeine boost, I would say.

  (Images off http://randomc.animeblogger.net.)

And that's just the opening scene of the opening. Of course, for sheer quality and hyperactivity, the OP scores almost a perfect 10. That in itself values it a must-watch. So go watch it. (This is merely a cut-off so I can go do my homework.)

Update - Regarding St. Valentine's Day.

This was a post written on the 13th of February, just before St. Valentine's Day.

St. Valentine's Day: A simple yet painful reminder of the loneliness one experiences when without a partner to share joy and sadness with. It is absolutely mortifying if you think about it: People around you recieving gifts one after another, and you sitting alone, with nothing to pass you by but a few token yellow roses of friendship.

Come to think of it, St. Valentine's Day is indeed but a moneygrabbing scheme, where various non-living objects take on new prices to widen that already large hole in your wallet, still smouldering from exertions over Christmas. St. Valentine's Day may hold significance to the lucky few in relationships, but for the rest, it is but an ordinary day with no special meaning, except perhaps an enhanced sense of loneliness. Of course, if I were to recieve a gift, I would be very happy. =)

This was a post written on St. Valentine's Day, 14/02/07.

An absurdly uneventful day, if you are talking in terms of St. Valentine's Day. The only thing that reflected what occasion it was was Terence going around giving out free hugs and proclaiming "Happy Valentine's Day", and an interesting coincidence in that I happened to read the chapter detailing St. Valentine's Day in the seventh book of the Suzumiya Haruhi series today.

In fact, I felt nothing on the matter - I even forgot entirely about it, until I saw some girls going around with roses in hand. So I must say, the points I raised in my previous musing have come to naught - I spent more time today pondering the beauty of the stark difference in shadow and light cast by the evening sun, which was not quite dim enough for a sunset, but enough to generate wonderfully soft shadows and contrast between the light and the dark, so beautiful one could paint it. Observing sunsets, I must say, makes for a pretty interesting hobby, if somewhat weird; it is never possible to tell what you might get the next day. Oh, and best of all, it's free.

And that concludes my St. Valentine's Day musings.

Update Sunday 04/02/07 - Best.

Is there really something anyone can be good at? People say that my drawing is good, but if you look at the artists and painters of the past, is my work even of ten percent the standard they exude? Even if you narrow it down - my friend said I'm good at manga and cartooning - but even then, the numerous examples of good artists on Deviantart bring me down to my knees. See below, Notes 1.

I am extremely conscious of my shortcomings - one of them being unable to put heart into close to anything at all. Why would this be so? That's because you can never be the best at anything. Wherever you look, there is always someone bound to be better than you. Though this may spur some on to try to become the best, in the end, everyone comes to the same bitter conclusion - there is no such thing. In everything, there are styles - different styles that get the job done in different ways. It may not neccessarily be the best way, though - because there cannot be a best. There is no such thing because everything, at higher levels of skill, branches out into different genres, with different styles. Different artists and writers have their own individual styles that appeal to certain people - in a way, everyone is the best at everything they do, which is to say no one is.

So, when you can't ever be the best, why bother in the first place? It's completely irrational to stress oneself over something that you can never win at. Why not just live life as did the grasshopper? The ant may have survived the harsh winter, but is spending your entire year working just so you can live for another year of work really meaningful? Why not just have fun, enjoy yourself, fornicate or whatever pleases you, then disappear from the surface of the earth? That way, it would be better for everyone - Mankind would have more space, animals would have more forests and less polluted seas, the Earth would be less squeezed for resources - and it would be a much better life for all.

Note 1:
http://kuridoki.deviantart.com/
http://arehandora.deviantart.com/
http://lasaro.deviantart.com/
http://kaze-hime.deviantart.com/
http://damashii.deviantart.com/
http://phantom-paranormal.deviantart.com/

About more stuff.

Hello guys.

This is the first time I've drafted out a blogpost before submitting it, but I believe a lot of people should do this as well because not everyone is interested in the fine points of your life, unless you're blogging about what you did with your boyfriend/girlfriend last night - and have pictures to show for it.

Now, about my AEP project. I have to work on a compulsory AEP (Art Elective Programme) project for Projects Day (equivalent of IRS), which I am doing together with two other people (from Mediatech, thus owning). Now, there is one emo scene in this video that I am submitting for my project. Actually, I'm doing all the scenes, but the emo scene is specifically by me since the others chose me to do the emo scene. Or rather, I am storyboarding it. However, my choreography is very time-based - I really like sunsets, and one of the scenes requires a heavy downpour. So it's like, emo scene in the sunset. A major side effect of watching too much emo anime where they can paint the background (Kanon, to be exact). But, BUT, I've seen the sunsets in Hwa Chong. They are beautiful (if you have very little clouds). Combined with the looming expanse of the school, it sets a scene for beautiful stuff to happen.

Now, to anime. Do you know what a trap is when used as an anime term? (If you do, good for you.) It's a person who looks like a girl, acts like a girl, dresses like a girl, heck, sounds like a girl but is actually a guy.

That is a guy. Jun Watarase from Happiness!.

Terence (Tsang) describes traps as "bad for the heart". Of course, this is only possible in anime, unless you go for plastic surgery to reconstruct your entire face and probably body stature as well, after which you might be able to pull it off, and possibly even look more appealing than actual girls (it's been done, but you must be able to act well as a girl first. Really well. Being gay helps.) Then gain endless amusement from their faces when you tell them you're male.

(insert emo facial distortion here)

This will add a whole new perspective to harems other than the Itsuki class. Lol. All harem guys beware. (Except for Shiratori, who was himself the trap. Wtf.)

About harems.

Wouldn't it be nice to have your own personal harem? (I'm directing this at guys here, but it can apply to girls too. However, examples are less easy to find - excluding Ouran High School Host Club, which I do not watch. Therefore this applys to guys only. Lol.)

For those unfamiliar with this term, it means a single guy with a load of cute, pretty and very skilled females. Hilarity usually ensues - at the expense of the male lead - unless you are watching Kanon or Air. Or Fate/Stay Night. Upon which hilarity still ensues, albeit at the expense of other characters. Lol.

Of course, having your own personal harem means that you would have a group of really cute girls lusting over your guts. Makes you smile just thinking about it. (Maybe though, if you're Keitaro, you might want to run.) Then again, maybe they aren't really lusting after your body, but then the second type of harem comes into play, and you become really good friends with the same group of really cute and skilled girls, much to the chagrin of your fellow male classmates. (One of these is Yuuichi, who is an idiot because he cannot appreciate the fact that all of the girls he met seven years before are really really cute and adorable and just waiting for him to sweep them off their feet. Or maybe he's gay.) Of course, you could also fall into a harem with REALLY skilled and REALLY cute girls lusting after your guts, which is usually your gain. I envy you, Kyon. But Itsuki is kind of a problem there. (Your face is too close.)

If I had a personal harem though I'd be very happy about it. Then I could spend less time staring at anime and more time going out and having fun. Unless you're Yuuichi or Yukito, on which other hand you would be all sad and stuff from various parts of your harem leaving for various reasons, death etc. Very sad indeed - less cute girls to hang out and have fun with. But of course those harems are outliers - the girls are incredibly cute and have tragic pasts. Complete vulnerability, but because the guys are idiots, they do not take advantage of that fact. Normal guys, on the other hand... never mind.

Concluding, I REALLY WANT A PERSONAL HAREM. Lol. I am such a dreamer.

Happy New Year, whatever.

Yeah so it's three days late, I KNOW THAT.

The arrangement of the furniture in my home has been changed to allow for extra space in the study area and for a better flow of feng shui in and out of the kitchen and dining areas. However, after all this shifting and all, the computer is still in a common area and not in some personal place even though only I use it now. Basically, it's so I can't log on and play in the middle of the night.

I am a boring person, therefore I have nothing to blog about, be it outings, movies, games, funny weird happenings or such. Unless, of course, you consider taking about twenty pictures of the same sunset at three different levels of exposure, different zooms, and in colour, B&W and sepia tones to be interesting - if which I would tell you to go get a book on digital photography basics and go start your own photo studio.

The only thing I have ever blogged about is anime and I do not intend to change that anytime soon. However, there is nothing anime-related to blog about at the moment 'cos:

1. Kanon episode 13's sub has not been released yet, DAMMIT;
2. Negima!? sucks and Death Note is really boring;
3. I have not yet watched Shakugan no Shana;
4. I finished watching AIR about half a year ago;
5. Fate/Stay Night is long over;
6. I have no intention (yet) of watching anything else.

Spring 2007 also brings several new series that have recieved quite a bit of publicity, but nothing that interests me (there's a lot of yuri, incidentally). I don't think there's going to be anything good until hopefully, Summer 2007, or at least Halo 3.

So, until I've watched Shana, don't expect too much from me since I don't go out anyway.