osaraba: (laby sarah inabook)
Which is what I did all weekend, for the most part.

Saw Pirate Radio which was more fluff than I thought it would be, so a bit disappointed even though it was amusing and entertaining. At the very least, it had good music. =D

Picked up Jim Butcher's latest installment of the Codex Alera series: First Lord's Fury. NO SPOILERS: Enjoyed this installment, and although I finished it in 2 days, I didn't find it to be a page-turner. Didn't get super excited over anything. Enjoyed the natural progression of the story. I was kind of surprised at something that I feel was kind of a cop-out, but still nicely executed.

Butcher's stories are very engaging, yet somewhat simplistic. I think this probably wasn't the best time for me to read this particular book as I think I'm actually craving something full of complexity and intrigue. Something with layer upon layer of literary fugue.

SPOILERS )

Caught up on all kinds of shows, and re-watched Initial D. Also, caught up on the Ini-D manga! Argh, it comes out way too slowly! There are around 38 or so volumes out so far -- do you know that the manga started in 1995?! It's been ongoing for 14 years now! And poor Takumi is still 19! I wonder if they will continue to create additional seasons of the anime... though I think it would be another couple of years, since Fourth Stage covers up to volume 30-something.

Set Saiunkoku Monogatari (Season 2) to download last night. The first 20 episodes finished downloading this morning; I expect the rest of the season will have finished downloading by the time I get home tonight. I can't wait to watch it -- I've been meaning to get back to it for a long time!
osaraba: (portal wcc x head)
Waaah~ so busy at work lately!

Last night I think I got home at like 9pm, which is pretty amazing! After work, I went to Angelica's to do some typing for Joe, but I ended up taking it home instead of doing it there. I have to remember to do it tonight! But I got Lisa's yummy homemade dinner instead. =D

When I got home I was inspired by the unusually clean state of my room and the "early" hour, so I decided to do taxes! Yay! Of course, when I was only halfway done, Maryann came home and then we talked for like 2.5 hours. So I was only able to finish Maryann's and my federal taxes. State taxes are next!

St. Patty's was pretty cool -- after Japanese class, Judy and I met up with her coworkers at a bar in the East Village. I really like Yee and Vitaliy ~ they're lotsa fun to hang out with! Also, have discovered that I like tequila shots. =D

Sunday night I watched the first couple of episodes of Initial D over with Judy (who hadn't seen it before) and it has re-awakened my love for that show. I never did finish watching Fourth Stage, so I really want to get back to that! And I should check to see if any more of the manga has been scanlated 'cause I think I was up to some volume in the high-20s. The manga is just sooo good. <3

I just realized -- I leave for Vienna in a week and a half. OMG, WTF am I going to wear?! I think I need to go shopping this weekend. No, what am I saying? I have no money. =/

...so, what's up with you guys?
osaraba: (osakana)
[livejournal.com profile] afuna has not replied to my post about the s2 code fix (but that's probably because she has a life and does not live only to help people with their s2 bugs). In the meantime, I'm waiting for her reply so I can fix the bug in my layout (that I'm sure no one else has even noticed but me). I'm going crazy.

I spoke to Angelica about an hour ago and she chastised me for not watching anime for two days in a row because I might slip back into not watching at all. "Sara," she said in a low, firm tone of voice, "you were doing so well!" I got stuck in the middle of too many things and panicked because I can't finish any of them.

Wild Striker is still unfinished; Angelica has up to 42 on DVD (out of 52 episodes), but I don't have 20-42 because she was watching them. Liz and I watched Initial D Fourth Stage up to episode 13 because 15 and 16 aren't out yet and 13 was the end of an "arc." I have Peach Girl up to 16, but I'm not even in the mood for it right now. And I have 2 episodes of Tsubasa Chronicle to watch, but I'm also not in the mood.

T_T; Well, Angelica reminded me that she gave me all of Samurai Champloo, so at least I know I can finish that.

I also finished the last half of volume 13 of the Samurai Deeper Kyo manga and I would really like to read more. =( Dammit, they take too long to come out with the next volume -- and the volumes are read all too quickly. I really really ♥ that series, I wish they'd made the anime longer -- the manga was up to around volume 18 or 19 when the anime came out; they could've stretched out the anime series a bit! =Þ

[livejournal.com profile] mikomishiranai has joined us on LJ, let's see what she has to say... and if she sticks with it. Ganbatte, Nikki-chan!
osaraba: (utena roses|ushitora_icons)
Yesterday was Liz's last day of school (except for two finals, Friday and Monday) and she wanted to hang out with someone, so she asked Maryann to come over. As a result, both Liz and Maryann were waiting for me when I got home. ^^; We went out to eat and pick up my mom from the train station, dropped her and Liz off, and then drove Maryann to the bus. It was only 9pm, but I was eager to get home so I could watch anime.

God, that stuff is more addictive than [insert addictive drug here].

Liz and I watched 5 more episodes of Initial D Fourth Stage; so we have 10-14 left and still waiting for 15-16 to be released. And it's so good -- another series they insist on being stingy with. In total, it's over 50 episodes, but you can tell that they have to cut some things short in order to fit them to the season episode limit. =( Poo.

After Ini-D, Liz went to sleep. But I was still awake and craving anime. So I ended up watching 5 episodes of Wild Striker. Although definitely not as intense and driven as Whistle! was, it's silly and good. It also has over 30 episodes, so I suspect it will pick up in intensity after a while. I don't like so much the two other players who you know are going to become good friends with Kyousuke and star players of the team, which is odd. Maybe I will get to like them more later. Another part of the "intensity" factor is the presence of extraneous characters. This is what makes it more comedy than anything else, so far. In Whistle, there are barely any characters other than those either part of the team, or those playing against the team. In WS, there are some characters that are part of the setting, but don't really have much to do with Kyousuke's training (which hasn't really been touched upon yet anyway).

::sigh:: It just comes down to the fact that it isn't as intense. But I do like it, and I should have no problem continuing. Which reminds me that I have to remember to search for episode 32 to dl off of IRC or something (apparently all the versions of episode 32 that are available via bittorrent are corrupt). Angelica, you have to email me the website or tag of the group that subs it.

On a side note: these LJ tags are cool although I'm somewhat annoyed because it's kind of what I tried to do with the memories function a year or two ago, but it just got too much to keep track of. And I'm kind of anal, so I hate to just start using it now without adding tags to all of my posts, but I don't really want to go back and add tags to 408 posts (even though that's not many compared to some)! ::coughSharoncoughSparcckcough::
osaraba: (duo-eyes)
Having stayed up until 4am on Sunday night, watching Whistle up to episode 36, I was somewhat disappointed not to be able to watch those last 3 episodes. Yesterday at lunch I watched two of them, and then last night I finished the series. It's soooooo good. I know I could practically start a riot saying this, but-- forget Prince of Tennis; I wish they'd made Whistle into a 170+ episode series! Granted, I've seen "only" around 40-50 episodes of PoT, but I like Whistle a whole lot more. I wish it hadn't had to end. I wish they would come out with another season. I'm obviously going to have to look for scanlations to dl.

I'm obviously just a Kazamatsuri fangirl, like... er, whatshername... except without the high-pitched voice. ^^;

After finishing that, I started to watch the first episode of Wild Striker, but Liz had gotten up to the Bevelle Tower Level 100 boss (FFX-2), and wanted to beat him. So I stopped, watched her beat him (he was not as difficult as some, if you equipped the right accessories ~ but still potentially fatal). Once she beat him, she wanted to continue playing because now we can finally finish the game! But I knew it would probably take a while, and I was really more in the mood to watch anime than to play video games. So I got her to watch Initial D Fourth Stage with me. Oohh~ it's sooo cute! Takumi's really adorable, and it's cool that he's getting better, working stuff out for himself (with Ryousuke's subtle aid, of course). We saw the first four episodes and then went to sleep.

I'm so excited to be watching anime again. ^^ Of course, this means I've been totally neglecting reading. But I go through phases anyway, so I'll take advantage of my anime-watching phase until I move onto the gaming phase or reading phase.

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