because apparently, I do fairly well if I actually post it...

( February reading goals )

because apparently, I do fairly well if I actually post it...

( February reading goals )

2008: January Reading Tally

1) Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Vol 1 by Hirohiko Araki
2) Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Vol 2 by Hirohiko Araki
3) Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Vol 3 by Hirohiko Araki
4) Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Vol 4 by Hirohiko Araki
5) Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Vol 5 by Hirohiko Araki
6) Through Wolf’s Eyes by Jane Lindskold
7) Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol 4 by Clamp
8) Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol 5 by Clamp
9) xXxHolic Vol 8 by Clamp
10) Missing: Kamikakushi no Monogatari by Gakuyo Coda and Rei Mutsuki
11) Stealing the Elf-King’s Roses by Diane Duane
12) Qwan Vol 3 by Aki Shimizu
13) Cantarella Vol 1 by You Higuri
14) Cantarella Vol 2 by You Higuri
15) xXxHolic Vol 9 by Clamp
16) Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward 
17) Kekkaishi Vol 1 by Yellow Tanabe
18) Wild Ones Vol 1 by Kiyo Fujiwara 
19) Night of the Beasts Vol 5 by Chika Shiomi 
20) Heaven’s Net is Wide by Lian Hearn
21) Samurai Deeper Kyo Vol 25 by Akimine Kamijyo
22) Claymore Vol 1 by Norihiro Yagi
23) Claymore Vol 2 by Norihiro Yagi
24) Claymore Vol 3 by Norihiro Yagi
25) xXxHolic Vol 10 by Clamp
26) Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol 6 by Clamp
27) Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol 7 by Clamp
28) Blade of Fortriu by Juliet Marillier
29) Dokebi Bride Vol 5 by Marley 
30) Almost A Lady by Loretta Chase
31) Canon Vol 3 by Chika Shiomi
32) The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams

Numbering for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is for the Japanese releases, not US.

2008: January Reading Tally

1) Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Vol 1 by Hirohiko Araki
2) Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Vol 2 by Hirohiko Araki
3) Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Vol 3 by Hirohiko Araki
4) Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Vol 4 by Hirohiko Araki
5) Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Vol 5 by Hirohiko Araki
6) Through Wolf’s Eyes by Jane Lindskold
7) Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol 4 by Clamp
8) Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol 5 by Clamp
9) xXxHolic Vol 8 by Clamp
10) Missing: Kamikakushi no Monogatari by Gakuyo Coda and Rei Mutsuki
11) Stealing the Elf-King’s Roses by Diane Duane
12) Qwan Vol 3 by Aki Shimizu
13) Cantarella Vol 1 by You Higuri
14) Cantarella Vol 2 by You Higuri
15) xXxHolic Vol 9 by Clamp
16) Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward 
17) Kekkaishi Vol 1 by Yellow Tanabe
18) Wild Ones Vol 1 by Kiyo Fujiwara 
19) Night of the Beasts Vol 5 by Chika Shiomi 
20) Heaven’s Net is Wide by Lian Hearn
21) Samurai Deeper Kyo Vol 25 by Akimine Kamijyo
22) Claymore Vol 1 by Norihiro Yagi
23) Claymore Vol 2 by Norihiro Yagi
24) Claymore Vol 3 by Norihiro Yagi
25) xXxHolic Vol 10 by Clamp
26) Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol 6 by Clamp
27) Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol 7 by Clamp
28) Blade of Fortriu by Juliet Marillier
29) Dokebi Bride Vol 5 by Marley 
30) Almost A Lady by Loretta Chase
31) Canon Vol 3 by Chika Shiomi
32) The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams

Numbering for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is for the Japanese releases, not US.

2008: January Viewing Tally

1) Spring Waltz 
2) Gundam Wing
3) Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
4) Lovers 
5) Hakkenden: The Legend of the Eight Dog Warriors 
6) Super Gals! Season 1 
7) Bleach Season 1
8) Slayers 
9) Bourne Identity
10) Bourne Supremacy
11) Bourne Ultimatum

 

2008: January Viewing Tally

1) Spring Waltz 
2) Gundam Wing
3) Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
4) Lovers 
5) Hakkenden: The Legend of the Eight Dog Warriors 
6) Super Gals! Season 1 
7) Bleach Season 1
8) Slayers 
9) Bourne Identity
10) Bourne Supremacy
11) Bourne Ultimatum

 

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I just want to say that on Wednesday, I finally got around to replacing the mousepad that I had to toss a couple months ago.

The new one has a white background and is covered with a dozen amazingly cute kittens.  Most of them have huge, innocent eyes that stare up at you and the eyes are so round, trusting, empty and starry that they'd give almost any shojo heroine worth her salt a run for her money.

I've regularly stopped to stare at the cuteness the last few days.

Sadly, I have the world's weakest googlefu, and could not find a pic to show you.  If anyone wants to try, though, it's from Hana Deka Club.

And now I go to work. 

ETA: smillaraaqhas posted a pic of it in the comments.

(no subject)

I just want to say that on Wednesday, I finally got around to replacing the mousepad that I had to toss a couple months ago.

The new one has a white background and is covered with a dozen amazingly cute kittens.  Most of them have huge, innocent eyes that stare up at you and the eyes are so round, trusting, empty and starry that they'd give almost any shojo heroine worth her salt a run for her money.

I've regularly stopped to stare at the cuteness the last few days.

Sadly, I have the world's weakest googlefu, and could not find a pic to show you.  If anyone wants to try, though, it's from Hana Deka Club.

And now I go to work. 

ETA: smillaraaqhas posted a pic of it in the comments.

Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man Vol 1

Neutral parties in a world where humans and a race called the Torren(big ugly guys, of course) are at war, the young delivery men(and one girl) of the Gaya Desert Post Office will go to any lengths to safely deliver their packages and messages. In the real world, that’s mean snow, tornadoes and traffic jams. In this world, it means warzones, deserts, and carnivorous monsters. Our hero is Banya, the wildest and most reckless of the bunch.

When we meet Banya, he has to deliver a message to the general of a fortress under seige. To get to the general, he smears his face with blood and pretends to be a dead body, slithering along the ground when to Torren are watching. To get inside the fortress, he uses a pole to vault the walls, kills the Torren on the battlements, and saves the general’s life. When the general asks him to deliver a message to his superiors that could turn the tide of the war, Banya makes him pay the going rate. Plus hazard pay. Banya is a delivery man of strict principles.

Banya became a delivery man four years ago when a young delivery "man" in training, Mei(the token female delivery man, though I guess there could be more in the larger organization) found him wild in the woods. Despite the fact that he was eating a cute animal at the time, Mei understood her duty as the heroine and took him home like a stray puppy. Banya understood his duty as the shounen hero and offered her a piggyback ride for making her cry, and lets her beat him up. Their interactions (and especially Mei herself) make me think a lot of Ed and Winry in Fullmetal Alchemist. Somewhere along the way, they acquired Kong, a young delivery man in training.

Things are going just peachy until Banya and Kong find a man named Yuma wounded and passed out in the desert and take him home (they were probably worried that if they left him, Mei would find out and ht them.) When he wakes up, he reveals that he’s being chased and is trying to deliver a message for his lord, and hires Banya to deliver the message for him because he’s wounded. After Banya leaves, though, Yuma’s enemies find him and Mei offers to guide them to Banya if they’ll spare her and Kong’s lives. Mei, of course, plans to lead them the wrong way and, like any Damsel in Distress worth rooting for, gives them hell and makes them work for it. I’m assuming the next volume or two is the "save the girl" arc.

To be honest, like most shonen, it’s not really plotty yet. "Here’s the world, here’s the badass hero, here’s the spunky heroine, here’s the plucky sidekick, here are the badguys, aaaannnndddd….GO!" But still it’s rather fun, and I like the characters. The art style is also of the manwha art style I prefers, which rather resembles a manga version of photography of US comic book art, as opposed to the more shojo-y manwha art, which, with rare exceptions, tends to distract me and throw me out of a story (I’m thinking about the Bride of the Water God type of art…while I really like it there, I usually find manwha draw in that style hard to follow, visually.)

 

Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man Vol 1

Neutral parties in a world where humans and a race called the Torren(big ugly guys, of course) are at war, the young delivery men(and one girl) of the Gaya Desert Post Office will go to any lengths to safely deliver their packages and messages. In the real world, that’s mean snow, tornadoes and traffic jams. In this world, it means warzones, deserts, and carnivorous monsters. Our hero is Banya, the wildest and most reckless of the bunch.

When we meet Banya, he has to deliver a message to the general of a fortress under seige. To get to the general, he smears his face with blood and pretends to be a dead body, slithering along the ground when to Torren are watching. To get inside the fortress, he uses a pole to vault the walls, kills the Torren on the battlements, and saves the general’s life. When the general asks him to deliver a message to his superiors that could turn the tide of the war, Banya makes him pay the going rate. Plus hazard pay. Banya is a delivery man of strict principles.

Banya became a delivery man four years ago when a young delivery "man" in training, Mei(the token female delivery man, though I guess there could be more in the larger organization) found him wild in the woods. Despite the fact that he was eating a cute animal at the time, Mei understood her duty as the heroine and took him home like a stray puppy. Banya understood his duty as the shounen hero and offered her a piggyback ride for making her cry, and lets her beat him up. Their interactions (and especially Mei herself) make me think a lot of Ed and Winry in Fullmetal Alchemist. Somewhere along the way, they acquired Kong, a young delivery man in training.

Things are going just peachy until Banya and Kong find a man named Yuma wounded and passed out in the desert and take him home (they were probably worried that if they left him, Mei would find out and ht them.) When he wakes up, he reveals that he’s being chased and is trying to deliver a message for his lord, and hires Banya to deliver the message for him because he’s wounded. After Banya leaves, though, Yuma’s enemies find him and Mei offers to guide them to Banya if they’ll spare her and Kong’s lives. Mei, of course, plans to lead them the wrong way and, like any Damsel in Distress worth rooting for, gives them hell and makes them work for it. I’m assuming the next volume or two is the "save the girl" arc.

To be honest, like most shonen, it’s not really plotty yet. "Here’s the world, here’s the badass hero, here’s the spunky heroine, here’s the plucky sidekick, here are the badguys, aaaannnndddd….GO!" But still it’s rather fun, and I like the characters. The art style is also of the manwha art style I prefers, which rather resembles a manga version of photography of US comic book art, as opposed to the more shojo-y manwha art, which, with rare exceptions, tends to distract me and throw me out of a story (I’m thinking about the Bride of the Water God type of art…while I really like it there, I usually find manwha draw in that style hard to follow, visually.)

 

A priestess, eeh?

You are The High Priestess

Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.

The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

A priestess, eeh?

You are The High Priestess

Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.

The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

WOE! EMO! ANGST!

Tomorrow is another "abandon Megan to be all alone on the half the floor that can hold two hundred peopl(on this side) whilethe 20 other people huddle on the other side of the building, using other systems so she can't go and have company" day.

I highly disapprove of these days.  Hyper Boy With Glasses said he might come in for a few hours to make up hours he missed earlier this week, but who knows.

I believe this will call for Awesome Crack Manga.

Specifically, the new volumes of The Wallflower and Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify.  And perhaps the first volumes of Hell Girl and Pumpkin Scissors, both of which have Extreme Awesomeness potential.

We shall see.

Oh, and chocolate.

I will require chocolate. 

ETA:  Also, LJ is holding comment notices hostage for about 2 hours after they're made.  Sure, I can note how many replies the most recent entries have and hit refresh, but that's not the point.

WOE! EMO! ANGST!

Tomorrow is another "abandon Megan to be all alone on the half the floor that can hold two hundred peopl(on this side) whilethe 20 other people huddle on the other side of the building, using other systems so she can't go and have company" day.

I highly disapprove of these days.  Hyper Boy With Glasses said he might come in for a few hours to make up hours he missed earlier this week, but who knows.

I believe this will call for Awesome Crack Manga.

Specifically, the new volumes of The Wallflower and Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify.  And perhaps the first volumes of Hell Girl and Pumpkin Scissors, both of which have Extreme Awesomeness potential.

We shall see.

Oh, and chocolate.

I will require chocolate. 

ETA:  Also, LJ is holding comment notices hostage for about 2 hours after they're made.  Sure, I can note how many replies the most recent entries have and hit refresh, but that's not the point.