Serial Anime Viewing Addiction et al

Eden of the West

2010-01-20T14:12:00.000Z

Ah, I really let myself go in the way of blogging this year. It started because I had no internet where I was staying for Christmas and then it sort of extended into the New Year because of how different my life is becoming.

I am starting to come to terms with my newly found singledom, but not without scars. In fact, I think they now run deeper than ever, I got issues now, not only with letting people get close to me but also to allow them to remain there. To be honest, if I could be an island, a man isolated in an island, I would be. It's rubbish to be in a situation where the other person just doesn't want to know about you nor thinks about their position in a relationship, I guess now they don't have to and they must be happy that way, so be it.

In the end, I think I got so much more out of the relationship, in my case thee changes only truly took place after it ended, granted, unfortunately, but this seems to be the norm: I will become a completely different person by the time I have fully come to terms with his absence, definitely a better person, but also a lonelier person and more miserable than before. However I look at it, his companionship made me happy, he made me incredibly happy, but also incredibly jealous and idiotic - I've read a lot of love stories go something along those lines.

So anyway, I file my nails every 2 weeks now, I shower everyday, in the morning, not at night, I eat at set hours and go to sleep before midnight. I started to play the guitar, and I listen to a couple more artists now, and I want to know more about the World. I carry my backpack on both shoulders, I'm not so quick to judge people and I don't feel the need to masturbate to pass the time, I don't look at porn, I don't procrastinate, I would say these are improvements over my old self.
It's a real pity for me that on the way I lost him, and that the songs I sing are all dedicated to him, and that each day I have to will not thinking about him because it makes me sad. It's a shame I think that I've lost the love of my life at the tender age of 20 when my actions speak otherwise, it's a shame I only think about this rationally after all is over. I feel sad when he looks at my Last.FM profile because I don't know what to think, and I'm afraid it really means nothing at all. I'm sad at times that I'm so lonely, and I'm so lonely I get even sadder, and these things didn't use to happen as often, I really feel like I've lost a very big chunk of myself and I'm trying to put together a new me without having the bones from the missing part, so it seems like I'm gonna fall apart any minute now since I don't recognise myself at times, and I refuse to say the new me is really me, whereas other days, like today, I feel ready to embrace the changes and jut move forward.

Yeah, I'm still a mess.

Bitch, like, fow serious!

2009-12-08T03:20:00.005Z

Funniest thing I can think of today.

And I DO apologise for the awful formatting, I don't want to start point fingers, but the dildo is staring me right in the face, I have no idea how to correct the formatting on this thing, I've tried to rewrite the HTML code... haahahaha, like hell, I looked at that shit and I was like "peace". All those big ass numbers, fuck that! (watch the videos, it will make sense :P )

I'm just hoping that by the time I post my next thing the videos will scroll down and it won't be that much of a problem. Here's to hoping!

Sinay-nay :P

Aunt Hilda

I also recommend watching Shane's other videos, especially Sinay-nay's other adventure in Harry Potter's Deleted Scene!!

I think the only thing Japan-related here is probably her version of The Ring and the Japanese master in Kill Bill (hit the jump to find out more about it).

Araki-kun for serious (I can't speak or write in American slang to save my life unfortunately, I'm sorry )

P.S.: I just realised I created an alternative spelling of shinaynay, the reason is that I have an Irish friend called Sinead and we sometimes call her siné né, so I thought that was how you were supposed to spell shinay nay too :/ Sorry Mr. Dawson.

Naruto Shippuden 138

2009-12-06T20:57:00.031Z

Link here courtesy of AnimeCrazy.net

Also, needless to say, SPOILERS, MAJOR MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW

**************you've been warned*************

Btw, bear with me if this is boring, it's my first time writing something like this! So I'll get started! *I'll be in your care* *bows*

The episode started in a pretty standard way for Naruto, especially when showing such a massively important battle. Sasuke and Itachi's rivalry has been the focus of Sasuke's story for quite some time now, so to finally see them at it was like Turkeyday, Christmas and New Year all rolled into one for me. On that note, it was also disappointing to see that this battle was only 2 episodes long: NO! I am not advocating fillers nor overly drawn out battles (see what Bleach is doing atm for an example of the 1st and watch any of the battles in Hueco Mundo for an example of the second, Bleach is, at the moment, the undeniable king of fillers) Still, that is not what I mean, I had hoped that they would release a 1 hour special or something to be very honest, like they did with Jiraya!

So on with the episode:

This is Sasuke's new jutsu, Kirin, it reminds me of Raikou from when I played Pokemon Silver (Btw, see this if you played Silver as well). So with that in mind, the battle picks up where it left last time and Sasuke does his thing. We are reliably informed by Zetsu, which is also the in house commentator of the match and part-time geography teacher, that Sasuke's fire jutsu had in mind creating a zone of low pressure in order to gather storm clouds - who said Anime can't teach you a thing or two? Kirin is the embodiment of lightning and as such it will strike "faster than the speed of sound" as well and as such, it is unavoidable, so after Sasuke is done throwing it, this is Itachi's state:

And Zetsu asks "Is Itachi dead". Well, in real life, if you are hit by thunder in the open air and there is nothing to redirect the thunder, yes would be the answer. Thankfully, this is not real life.

In fact, Itachi goes on to reveal a super awesome jutsu, you'll have to watch the episode for that though. So after he presents that, Sasuke gets a bit frustrated, activates de Cursed Seal and we have this:

Give it to me baby (take it like a man). As usual, Sasuke loves to have more power, so the next scene is quite graphic:

Oh yes, that priceless look on his face just reads "IT'S TOO MUCH". But does it stop? You bet it doesn't.

Sasuke is there, still, somewhere, I think. It's a profusion of snakes, 8 in total. If you followed the show religiously up until now you know why this is, if not, it will be a bit of a surprise. So the snakes attack Itachi, and he cuts their heads off (as you would if you saw a giant hydra-like monster, don't worry, it is common in anime). When there is only one head left, this starts happening:

I mean, c'mon, from the mouth? That's gross.

Itachi, however, was expecting it, the dirty whore.

So Orochimaru comes out!! And he does this (the even dirtier whore):

To which Zetsu says this:

If not for the awesome battle, this episode is worth watching just because of Zetsu's commentary, that comment in particular. I think I almost fell off my chair when I read that. Fansubs are awesome indeed. So after coming out (haha), Orochimaru thinks himself the bees knees:

And then he makes this face:

Whoah! Go back to bed dude!

I am not going to say any more about the episode, I chose these stills mostly because the translation, when taken out of context, makes them sound so sordid :O.

So there, go watch the episode, it is really awesome! It's sad to know that the conflict between the gloomy Uchiha brothers culminates with this battle, but hey, it had to happen. Now the show still has a lot to give, I've read a bit of it on Wikipedia (not advisable) and I can't wait for the next episode, just like Orochimaru! The creep.

Ja mata ne! :)

Link here courtesy of AnimeCrazy.net

Ubuntu-tan

2009-12-05T18:05:00.001Z

I managed to install Ubuntu, and it is working! Although I wouldn't recommend it to the noobiest of users just yet (me being one of them), I can certainly see the appeal. I have been able to do more "out of the box" than Windows has ever let me, and this comes from completely free, community-supported software, the Internet has truly evolved people.

Hm, I had the most awesome post written up, however, I made the mistake to "cut" it and then copy a link to post here, which means that I lost it, the most awesome post ever, period. It had fireworks and everything. I completely forgot it now, this is just a tribute, in fact, the original post read nothing like this! This is just a tribute. (Yes, I rock out to Tenacious D quite often)

Anyway! The reason why I feel Ubuntu is not ready for the masses is really just because of the issues I ran into when I first installed it, namely unsupported or corrupted or whatever Nvidia drivers, or failure of some Xorg or Xconfig file, OR a corrupted kernel update (I didn't ask for corn thank you very much) truth is, no one actually knows why exactly this happened. I admit, I am a noob when you start to involve kernels and cobs and Xorg, cyborg, or whatever they decide to invent now, so I had no idea of how to proceed through the dozens of forum threads by people experiencing the same problem: a stupid black and white blinking screen that would not let me log in. My solution was much simpler than going sudo/extract/move/etc/X11/9/11/ which unless you are familiar with Ubuntu will be the last thing you want from an OS which claims to be simple to use. My solution was to simply avoid those Nvidia updated drivers, or the kernel updates, or anything that mentioned Xorg.config and so everything is still working, for the time being, but until when?

So just to leave you with something I found online, here is a website that makes OS-tans of Linux distros: http://www.jkhp.it/OS-tan/desktops.htm which is where I got that lovely Ubuntu girl from. They look really awesome, Linux should definitely adopt one of those as a pre-loaded wallpaper.

I have a few essays to finish *cough*start*cough* so I won't have too much free time to post but I promise I will review this week's Naruto episode which was, as expected, amazing, and sad at the same time.

Ja ne!

DSi LL - Truck drivers and farmers now have a new way to entertain themselves

2009-12-02T11:46:00.001Z

Apparently this is not really new, about a month old now but Nintendo have now released a Godzilla version of my (now) puny DS lite. I very much agree with the bigger screen and the much fatter stylus, however, I am sad to see that Nintendo insists in keeping the stupid cameras from the DSi. Then, after reading this, I am worried and feel even more justified in hating them. Kids play on these things! And nowadays they don't need any sort of visual stimulation to imagine boobs and penises: there's the internet for that . They don't even need to buy the game to experience the epic triple bouncing breast either: with the camera function on the DSi, you'll be able to make your very own version of the Venus of Willendorff out of a picture of your wife/girlfriend/object of your stalkerish desires. This is sick, Nintendo is sick.

Anyway, compare how big this new version is and drool over the thought of playing Phantom hourglass in that huge screen, or the bouncing boobs of young girls, whichever takes your fancy.

I'm not complaining about experience Pokemon Soul Silver on a bigger screen though :) Although it IS about time they improved the gameplay and the animations... but that has enough material for a book, not a blog post.

Tuesday, 1st of December 2009

2009-12-01T12:32:00.000Z

Hello there

I have been thinking lately about my contribution to the blogosphere, I've thought about how I thought about it as a sort of anonymous diary, and how lately it has become not quite as anonymous as I start to gather readers. On that note, my contribution has been selfish and probably depressing for most, SO! I thought I would write a blog about something which I enjoyed and where I could talk to people who enjoy those same things.

Primarily, I want to talk about episodes of Anime series I watch, but also, about any J-Pop/Rock stuff I happen to come across, maybe some general rambling, but always keeping a in mind that this is the happy blog about cute things and unicorns, not about how life sucks at the moment.

*forces a Yay*

Here is a list of which series I am following at the moment:

For the sake of helping promote the websites that fuel my little addiction, here are some links:

www.Animecrazy.net
www.watchanimeon.com

I guess ideally if anyone watches the same episodes we can have some interesting discussions in the comments section. I will aim to provide a link to the relevant episode as well to help new viewers find a place to watch and participate!

Arigato for reading,

Araki kun

(that's not my real name btw, but my parents had a Japanese friend when I was little who used to play with me so that was the first Japanese I learned. I've always liked the name so now I'm gonna adopt it as my pen name for this blog if no one minds!)