The art of procrastination

The lack of updates. Oh, dear me. XD Sorry, life is just really busy for me right now. I'm still adjusting to my work schedule even though I've been working for quite awhile now. Now I'm starting physical therapy next week. According to the doctor I have a winged scapula, which isn't anything serious, the doctor just hopes it will help make it less noticeable. I'll have to get up and be ready to go before 9 in the morning. Waaaah!

Hmm, so I think I have around 5 episodes left of Special A, and I'm at chapter 70 of the manga. Really cute series. Cliche', cheesy, a lot of WTF moments, but enjoyable. It's made me laugh out loud multiple times. It's definitely shojo. Some of the episodes are altered from the manga, but they stick pretty true to it. I always appreciate that fact.

My friend and I are almost done with Tales of the Abyss. We're really excited to get started on Samurai Champloo. I think we'll be able to start by the weekend! YAAAY! I really am enjoying the Tales of Abyss anime. They made Guy even more adorable in the show. Then after Samurai Champloo we're doing Baccano! which looks really good.

I sat down and started playing "Art of Murder" Sunday. It's a pretty interesting game. The only complaint I have so far is that it's another one of those games where if you miss ONE SINGLE ITEM, you can't do anything else. I hate that. I multi-task in reality, I can multi-task in games. Plus it's frustrating not being able to do ANYTHING. That's the big mistake most mystery games make. They concentrate too much on the one item you need to find at that point in the story. Hotel Dusk was great, and so was Trace Memory. While sometimes you got stuck, you still had a pretty good amount of options of what to do. If not, you at least had a general idea what to look for. So we'll see how the game goes. Knowing me it will take me forever to finish since Okami, Professor Layton, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, and Vampyre story sit unfinished. I also have two games I have yet to start. Ehehe

And I'm replaying Apollo Justice. LOL. FEAR MY ULTIMATE FAILAGE!

I've been watching Hetalia on and off because it amuses me to no end. I love love the idea. The fact that they make fun of every nation makes it even better. It's just so ridiculous you can't help but enjoy it. Germany is the shit.

So I think that's all I have to update about for now.

I know it's kind of short, like I said, I've been really busy.

We went to see "The Producers," again on Thursday. It's even better the second time. Then Saturday night we had a producers marathon for our girls night. Fun!

Till next time, lovies!

Weekend jig

Can I have one now, please?

Weekend, yay!

I said I have a lot to talk about last post, and I guess I do. I'm really happy for the weekend even though I love my job. I'm looking forward to some pool time, and I have a list of stuff I want to get done this weekend. Namely some hardcore gaming!

I have a whole pile of games sitting that need to be finished, and some that need to be started! I think I might play one tonight. I already drank a soda without knowing the friend I stay up late with is away for the night. So I'm kind of on my own. I'm probably good till 3 in the morning too. Heheh

In other news I splurged and bought myself a tablet. I've wanted one for years, and I finally caved. It came with some software that from what I've played in, so far is easy to use and fun. That doesn't mean I'm giving up work with a pencil. Absolutely not. It actually might make me work harder so that I can get into coloring. *__* All I know is last night I was paint chatting with a friend and we ended up laughing so hard the game skipped her turn because it thought she was away.

So I started reading the manga Special A. I'm around chapter 62, or so. I decided I'd give it a shot since it was complete and under 100 chapters. (99 chapters, LOL) It's a very interesting idea, with all the cliches you expect from shoujo manga. It's cute though. I'm really enjoying it. I'm also watching the anime while I'm at it. It sticks pretty true to the manga even though they changed almost all the hair colors. I'm not sure why they did that. I really like Kei and Hikari's relationship. It's so out of the ordinary, and I think that's what makes the story so entertaining. I always find it interesting to see how writers are going to liven up a story that has been told so many times before.

My friend and I continue on in Tales of the Abyss. I think they did a really good job of turning a game into an anime! It's so much better than the Tales of Symphonia OVA. The only complaint is that while both the game, and the show are hard to understand, it's really complicated in the show. If you haven't played the game it tends to get even more confusing. The diagrams that they put in almost every episode are no help at all, and it tends to overload you with information. However, if you just go with the flow you get the gist of it eventually. That, or talk to someone who played the game, someone who doesn't mind explaining some of the more complicated parts of the plot. The anime has managed to make me fall in even more love with Guy. He is such an amazing character, and his costume design is wonderful. That's the most appealing part of the "Tales of" games for me. The character designs! I absolutely LOVE how crazy the costumes are! Even the most insignificant characters get their own detailed set of clothing, and I just love that. Same with the Ace Attorney games. GREAT CHARACTER DESIGNS. LOOOOVE.

I finished reading Northanger Abbey. I'm not sure if I mentioned I was reading it before. I really enjoyed it. I think it's possibly my favorite Jane Austen. Even though I love Pride and Prejudice, and Mansfield Park too. Okay, in actuality, I like all the Jane Austen's except Emma. I didn't care for that one at all. There was something very endearing about Catherine, and Henry Tilney is now my favorite Jane Austen male EVER. Mr. Darcy is still amazing, but there was something very charming about Mr. Tilney. We also watched the 2007 film for Northanger, and I loved it. They changed a lot of the story, but the cast was GREAT. Especially who they cast for Tilney. His smile was enough to make any females insides go to jelly.

I'm sure there was more I wanted to say, but this will do for now.

I have a physical on Wednesday. Icky.

However, Thursday we're going to see "The Producers," again. YAY!

Dead Like Me rocks my socks.

Till next time~.

The Producers

Hello again. It is I, the epitome of fail, who hasn't updated in almost 2 weeks. However, by waiting as long as I did I have a good amount of things to talk about, but this post will be fully concentrating on the play I went to see last night.

The play was called "The Producers," and it's a comedy about two guys who decide to try to cheat the system by producing a flop of a play on Broadway, and then taking the money they raised for themselves. The two main characters are Max Bialystock (a once big name producer, who now hasn't produced a good play in forever), and Leo Bloom (a sheltered accountant with an anxiety problem who has never really taken a chance in his lifetime.). Together they hatch this scheme, and start their crazy adventure.

Now if the main characters weren't funny enough the cast of characters is extremely diverse. Every single character has their own set of strange quirks, and they were all hysterical. All of the actors, and actresses were very talented, and did wonderful with their parts. The most notable characters were the director, Roger Debris and his assistant Carmen Ghia. Really, Roger lit up the room, especially when he came down wearing a glittering evening gown. The whole scene in his office was just too much. Really those two stole the show.

All of the choreography was impressive. With as many people in the cast as there is there was always something to be watching. I'd find myself watching the other people instead of what I was supposed to! There were plenty of little jokes to always keep things amusing, from a blind violin player, to a bunch of pigeons with swastikas on their wings. One of the most enjoyable numbers was when all the old ladies were dancing with their walkers. The entire show was just FUN. There wasn't one scene where you weren't laughing or smiling.

The interactions between the two main characters Max and Leo were nothing if amusing. Max who is very full himself, with shy Leo who hugs a blankie whenever he gets stressed was very entertaining. Throw in a Swedish secretary with language barriers and you have a very interesting setup. Of course Ulla (the Swedish secretary) is extremely annoying, but that was her job and she did a really good job at it.

I just want to take some time to give major props the guy who played Franz Liebkind, the Hitler enthusiast who wrote the play that Max, and Leo decided to produce. Not only was his German accent great, but he has one heck of a voice on him! There was something very endearing about him, even as he put on a swastika and pledged his allegiance to Hitler. LOL. His dancing was snazzy too.

So yeah, the dancing, the singing, the acting, the costumes!, all of it was superb in my book. EPAC knows how to have a good time, and put on a great show. It was just so much fun! Who knew that you could put cross-dressers, and Nazis all in the same play!

If you can't tell by now, I absolutely positively loved the play.

We're going to go again in a week or two.

Hee~