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That Last Post

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

… was meager.

Rather than enjoying some anime before sleep, I’m going to blurb. How does a 36 hour period feel like 72? Well, without details, it is about diversity, and especially diversity of enjoyment.

I rose this morning with little to do….
…but sit. So I sat…

There are times when seeing is epic and times when eating is insignificant, this was my lesson for the moment. I took out a notepad and began a list… 99 reason I should not anime blog. Roughly 24 reasons in, I thought it unfair, and columnized another heading, 99 reasons I should anime blog.

These lists will surface, eventually, incomplete and unnumbered. In short, the initial 99 reasons are quite amazing, as there are no relations to anime, nor downward thumbs; these are positive aspects, diversities, each fully establish in a life.

The converse list, will be similar, and though blank, atm, it will likely be moments in my experience with anime that influence my desire to blog… this is the sad list, as many of those moments have departed in the cyclical flux of my being, and waiting for another chance to shine in elder eyes that were once intrigued.

I rose this morning, and for a moment, I thought of this blog. Unnatural, I felt, what am I writing here? and why does it feel more comfortable to write with my non-dominant hand, than formulate substance on AloeDream?

Diversity, confinement, and the relation between; a similar circumstance to my own. I believe the premise of AloeDream is movement upstream. Maybe I can anime blog, but I require a separate premise. Editorials are out, summaries are out, the “blog” is overkill for my reflections, meta-meta tastes bad, special purpose is more confined, and day-2-day is disconnecting. Is there any way to cope with diversity? 99 reasons.

As life beams the curve balls, we learn to hit them, but we soon find that we can run only one set of bases.

Ryan A, as in less violent definition of ‘A’mok.

Note: The usage of “should not” is not synonymous with “should stop” :) btw, I’m perfectly fine and nothing “occurred”, simply soft moments of silence, in an unfamiliar environment.

CLAMP :: An Inspiration of Chara Design

Monday, April 14th, 2008
mmm Luv that Yuuko

I believe I’ve always liked CLAMP’s character designs; long limbs, sleek bodies, crisp eyes, and bishi! This feeling was especially apparent after I had simultaneously started the xxxHOLiC and Tsubasa Chronicle manga. Last year (or possibly late 2006), I was flipping through a V.S. catalog and found some photos the closest human example of a CLAMP design.

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NHKにようこそ! (manga tendencies)

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

I don’t want to spoil anyone, but I just want to state my grief with NHK, and then my love. I took the short time to catch up with some manga reading up to volume 5, and it’s a deep, twisting ride through the spastic world of a hikikomori. Some of the chapters felt strange, almost out of place, due to the sheer randomness, but by chapter 25, we see the most comprehensive overview of the current situations in any NHK chapter. The reason for the comprehension, even though it is very brief and hardly decsriptive of the problems the characters are facing, is that NHK doesn’t do much of “ordinary”. Still, it can deliver quite a fullfilling ride.

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