ACK!! WHERE DID HALF MY OCTOBER GO. UPDATE FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. In my defense my life has been one big explosion of stuff that hasn't left me with the free time, or want, to update. However I'm here now so lets get this party started.
So let me rewind it back to the last time I posted. Hmm, what have I been doing? Besides work I've been watching some shows with my friend. We've been blasting through shows together lately. It's amazing. xD The latest anime we watched together was Kuroshitsuji. We finished that and now we're watching Paranoia Agent. I might do a post on Kuroshitsuji later. It was a very interesting show. I can't say I loved it but I didn't hate it either. It was pretty nifty.
Separate from that I finished Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens. That was one of the most pointless shows I have ever watched. I'm still not sure what the plot was supposed to be about. xD However, it was pretty entertaining. And the animation was pretty. That's always a plus.
Now I'm watching Kimi Ni Todoke. A couple months ago I stumbled across the manga in Shojo Beat when they translated the first chapter and it automatically tugged at my interest. Since then I looked it up and read all the chapters that have been scanned. Then I found out that it was going to be made into an anime. (I even posted about it a couple times. =D) I'm so happy to see this as an anime. It's just such a cute story. Cliche' as hell, yes, but the main character is just so charming. She's a sweetie-pie that you automatically find yourself rooting for. Actually, almost all the characters make you care for them. I think the art style is another charming aspect to this anime/manga. It just adds to the character of the story. I dunno. Maybe I'll be able to explain better later. This will definitely fill my fluff quota for the month.
I also got myself all caught up in Kaichou wa Maid-sama. Another manga that's being turned into an anime, which I'm also very excited about. WOOT!
A couple weeks ago I had someone recommend the manga Shinobi Life to me. So, instead of doing the smart thing and just ignoring it, I went and looked it up and ended up reading ALL THE TRANSLATED CHAPTERS THAT WERE AVAILABLE. So that tacks another unfinished, non-scheduled fan translated manga I'm reading to add to the list. xD The interesting thing about Shinobi Life is that the story is completely out there. It's about a ninja that's from the past and falls into a time zipper to the future and sees a girl that looks exactly like the princess he has sworn to protect. I read the first couple chapters and thought it was really...awkward. Then suddenly the story kind of became it's own and I couldn't STOP reading.
Chalk another one up on the "Waiting to be updated" list. Fail.
Oh, and I've been watching Criminal Minds with my mom. That show is love. It eats my soul. I would throw myself at the feet of any of the men in that show.
I might even throw myself at the feet of the girls in that show.
Awkward.
In the land of gaming I finished Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box. It was so adorably cute. The animations in those games are just the shit.
Now I'm playing Tales of Legendia and I'm not sure if I like it. Shirley is more annoying than MARTA from Dawn of the New World. I never thought I would say that! And Senel has a one track mind. SHIRLEYSHIRLEYSHIRLEY MUSTSAVESHIRLEYSHIRLEY. The first 7 hours of the game I've spent trying to rescue Shirley after I already saved her one time and she got RE-KIDNAPPED. I HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
However Cam Clarke voices Will Raynard which brings me to have ecstatic fits of joy everytime he speaks.
And last but certainly not least, I am reading Libba Bray's latest novel "Going Bovine". I'm about halfway through and I must say it is so refreshing to be reading a novel where the main character is a guy. Even better is that he actually thinks like a guy. I love Libba Bray's ability to write dark humor.
Well, I think that's everything! I'm a busy little bee (buzz buzz), but I'll try to post more often now that I'm thinking about it again.
OH, OH, OH! In about two weeks (if all is well) I'll be going to Zenkaikon! (Anime convention!) I'm going to be cosplaying, but I'm not going to say who since that is a se-cret~. I'm so excited though! This is something I've wanted to do since I was 14, so I'm really happy that I might have the opportunity to go this year.
Till next time, cupcakes!
