wMar 18, 2007


the end.

Right. So. Blogging more often.
This weekend has been nice. I already wrote about Friday night. Since then, I've washed a load of laundry, changed the sheets on my bed, and have gone to church.

Princess Tutu
I finished watching the anime Princess Tutu. You may remember that I have squeed about it before. After watching the entire series (through Netflix), though, was it worth it? YES! The ending was excellent, and I ended up caring for characters for whom I previously hadn't.
One of the cute things that I love about this series is that each episode is named after a different ballet/opera, and then features the musical score from that piece throughout the episode. I wasn't familiar with all of the storylines, but in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," for example, I noticed that several side characters were named after the ones in Shakespeare's play, and many actions and plot-points were lifted from the source material.
All of my good comments were already made by me in the link I just gave, after watching the first DVD (I don't want to give spoilers!). I guess that the only critique I have of the series is the animation quality. The colors are just right, and the lines are crisp - it's not the drawing that's bad, but rather the motion, or general lack-thereof. When the characters dance, it's generally very beautiful. But otherwise, the camera moves around zooming on people's faces or panning across a background instead of having a character move. I expect it's a technique used to make money. In the same vein, the series gets pretty flashback-heavy toward the last few episodes, but it's tastefully done and adds to the story, so I forgive it. If you're looking for a new (but slightly old) series, then I recommend this one.

Series Currently Airing in Japan
I haven't seen enough of either series to make much of a comment about them, but we had a "sampler" evening during movie-time this week at Anime Club, and I found two series that I liked a lot: Pumpkin Scissors and Tenpou Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi. I was already watching the series Nodame Cantabile before Saturday (it's pretty fun, but not gripping enough for me to devote time to stay caught up when I should be doing homework), and I found Saiunkoku Monogatari to be pretty "meh" despite the raving reviews I've heard from everyone and their mom. It's pretty, but....meh.
Too bad I don't have time to watch any of these series!!

Anyway, I've wasted lots of time somehow, and all I wrote about was anime series. How lame. Good night.

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wJan 14, 2007


I don't know if this post is coherent or not....

I haven't blogged in a while, so I will even though I feel like hell.

My mom's retirement party was on Thursday. We took over a small bar downtown and filled it with family and Mom's former co-workers (lots of nurses, a few doctors, and some people from pharmacy who work with my dad). It was an awesome time with nice people and good food. I really hope that when I retire....or even just throughout life in general, that I am as well-liked as my mom by co-workers and everyone else I encounter. I think I might be too cynical to achieve this, but oh well.

On Friday, I spent time with various friends and family, and also spent time getting things done, like cashing in jars full of change and taking my final stack of books back to the library (I was very sad for the ones that were still unread!). I came back to Madison yesterday. Luckily, the roads weren't scary at all while I was driving on the highway, but as soon as I hit Madison, there was an immediate change due to snow and frozen stuff on the roads. I passed a bunch of accidents on my way in. I got home and immediately shoveled snow and scrubbed down the bathroom, and then Antoine and I ordered pizza and spent the evening together, which was nice.

This morning, though, and all day long, I have felt absolutely horrible. My stomach aches and it keeps feeling like I'm going to throw up, but I haven't. My body feels sore all over, and I haven't eaten much. I also feel pretty weak..... :/ So, I didn't really do very much today. In very small chunks, I've managed to clean parts of my room (but still have lots to do, and lots to unpack). I'm really glad that I cleaned the bathroom yesterday, though, because taking a shower in it felt nice.

I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow....I had hoped to go out and get groceries, and purchase my books for classes, but we're supposed to get lots more snow tonight, and freezing stuff all over the roads again tomorrow, so I think I'll wait, :/ At least my room might get clean! If I don't feel sick any more...and I pray that I don't! This sucks!

Lastly.....the first episode of the anime Nodame Cantabile was released with subtitles, and I watched it. I'll have to watch a few more episodes before passing judgment, but I think that it might be a fun series to watch. If nothing else, the music is making me long to play the piano again.

Speaking of anime....they're making L.M. Montgomery's "Emily of New Moon" into an anime! Anime News Network with some information. I found it amusing, anyway.

Current Music: Sonata in D Major for 2 players, K 448, Allegro con Spirito - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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scribbled mystickeeper at 11:54 PM
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