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Light Bulb Random

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Ah, my, 11pm GMT+5. The weekend was !!!

I fired up the feed reader to check how many posts had accumulated, which was something like 261. I mushed it down to 131, but now I’ve 25 or so open tabs… not the point.

So one of the first (or last if we are talking about LIFO) posts I was twiddling through was Sasa on a new weekly entry. Also not the point (though it should be interesting ^^), but that snap of Kyou, which everyone knows about (and if not, they should… and I’m not talking about the gym supply room shot) stimulated a small moment of cheer, but I realized a minute resemblance between Kyou’s “essence” and that of Michelle Pfeiffer (earlier works and such).

Yeah, may be there’s quite a few actresses out there I could make resemblances, but it isn’t just the appearance; similar pep and flare perhaps. Strangely, I wasn’t particularly thinking about Pfeiffer, nor have I viewed any of her films recently (I’m not quite a fan), hence the “light bulb” effect. Anyway, that little bit of unknown magic I find between the two is slightly warming.

Ryan A

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Habits of Plenty

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

So Riex posted a little tid-bit about viewing habits, which I found very similar to my own ways. I agree with stocking up and batch viewing, though unfortunately, I never managed to get 20+ episodes in on a non-marathon day.

Basically, I try to stay in the flow of episodic releases, but for this year I have decided to let some seasonal things slide and push them to a Year-End Marathon list. The idea is to keep things at bay, but not entirely on the “To-Watch” list, since we all know these take forever to clear. Sticking to the annuals makes prioritizing slightly easier, and it adds a wider comprehension with respect to the year in anime.

Also, my personal concerns are spread among other experiences (film, music, F1, soccer, or simply playing in the physical world), which anime sometimes takes the back seat, that’s just how life is. At the moment, I have current episodic viewing which I am backlogged and will likely batch view; things like VK and S.A. I have a hard habit of not dropping things, so the question is never “if” but always “when” … “will I take in the experience”

Ryan A

note: I have created the monster… Blogpocalypse [link]. Style and content to arrive shortly, but probably not that soon.

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Meta-Again

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Currently, I’m listening to Sigur Rós’ 2006 EP Sæglópur (A Lost Seafarer); simple things of great implication.

I gladly read two meta-esque posts today, related to one another, and I found a bit of stimulus, though this isn’t related to anime at all?

Blog culture

Michael did a fab writeup on blogging and style. I am in total alignment of the notions, but the meaning I found advocates me not anime blogging. Editorials are great things, and extremely tough to write well (writing is difficult enough). Previously, I stated “editorials are out [for me]”, which is basically true. I cannot write editorials on anime, I don’t have influence from the media! Meta-editorials I guess, isn’t this one in sort of a Zen-ish way?

The box opens itself ….
…WUT

The problem is that I have 99 stimuli (apprx), other influences which I am charged by; especially film and music. These may fit in anime blogging at times, but there is absolutely no tautology.

Micro-blogging revisited

Well, I’ve stated my case with this thing enough, so I will probably just leave it at that. Hige makes an interesting+valid argument about the appearance of these as what I’ll call “outlets”. I’m glad to see bloggers take this approach… who wouldn’t want to see the short notes of famous creators (authors, poets, directors, musicians, etc)? In this case, reading a blogger’s mini-blurbs would definitely invite a greater understanding of related full-posts; I have little doubt.

The thing I am aiming for is more non-bloggers [media-specific] to share their reflections, hence the existence of the site which encompasses all media. Comparing to something like MAL, which has been developed since 2003, melative is just 14 inconsistent months into development. I shouldn’t expect people to “get it,” understanding takes time, and one person is 1 person ^_^. Sorry for sounding like a broken record.

Anyway, a good pair of thoughtful posts in the otakusphere.

Ryan A

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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.

Posted in Complete, Kanon, Moyashimon, Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru, Priority, Random, Reflection, School Days, Spring 2007, Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann, manga, meta | 5 Comments »

The Week :: Broken Things

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Yay

Ah, a little late, a little… but it’s only Chuesday! I think weekly wrappings are better on Tuesdays since this is a “clumpy” season.

So what a week, and with so little of my anime habit. Yes, I took a pause on the anime viewing as I had to run out of town for a bit, do an “odd” job, deal with family, (all surprisingly independent events) and am now behind on the Special not-special series and the vampire one; shoujo :3 nyaa.

The big event must have been those major RAWers getting nabbed D: Unfortunately, the decent S.A and VK raws have slowed up; I am just now finding e06 in something other than SD. Mine as well shoot for WS/HD/etc. Speaking of which, I checked out the xxxHOLiC Kei WS versions, and very nice, I like the extra view-space, but I will mostly likely stick with the 4×3’s since it the series is moving so well.

Glance Back

I should probably watch this Library War 05 [and Nabari], which I had planned on last night, but oh well. I did get a moment with KKN and xxxHOLiC, both having solid enjoyably episodes. Apart from my personal viewing, Kurenai seems to be taking many hearts and lungs around the blogosphere, and I’m glad. I wish for two things, 1) Baccano! originally aired with Kurenai quality 2) Baccano! 14. mmmmhmm. That last one is real.

Something else came about over the weekend, Full Metal Alchemist! I stumbled upon a box of discs, from “the move” and decided to see if they were any good. A couple of them were of FMA burned sometime in 2004 maybe? Dunno, but they gave me a headache. I decided to do a PAR2 if they were okay, just for the heck, but it didn’t seem they were okay.. CRC errors all over the place. After a while, I realized I was using a some form of UDF volume driver and they were likely ISO… they played fine in standalone players. Not the point, but ah it was a little refreshing to glimpse a couple episodes as I was troubleshooting; good memories with that series.

Forecast

Unfortunately, I have to double up my seasonal viewing, to catch up with the pack. First, I have to get this workaholic vibe out of my system (sorry melative, I work when I can… at least that is what I should say, steady development otherwise). Since I have a lot of free time I should at least marathon something, perhaps I’ll pick a title this week, Scrapped Princess perchance? The minimum would be to wrap up my 2007 Autumn series…. evidence of a lazy person ^^.

In a seasonal respect, Library Wars and xxxHOLiC are running strong *is satisfied*, and there is good momentum in series I am not viewing (ie Kurenai, Himitsu, Kaiba), so I still have my ambition. It is likely that I will shun coding for today, and dabble in the seasonal offerings.

Man, this post was not progressive at all… wtf bah. >.>

Ryan A

Note: Weekends are getting a little cramped, since F1 season is blossoming, and I love me some F1! Formula 1 weekends are definitely absorbing.

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