So, there isn't much going on in my life right now, or much ever really. So there's really nothing to blog about.
Therefore... I plan to do more 'reviews', or summations, or whatever they are. Like the one I did about The Princess and the Frog. I've got novels, manga and movies so I've got a lot to work with. And it gives me an excuse to reread/re-watch stuff.
Bear with me people. And look out for posts on the Dragonball manga, since that's what I'm reading now. They'll be up whenever I get around to posting them.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
This probably means I'm desensitized
Some background:
A few years ago I discovered online manga and got really into it. I'd been watching various anime series for years before that, but then I found out that most anime series are based off of manga, so I switched over. Because I'm a reader before anything else. In the beginning, I would only stick to series that I knew like shows I watched and the manga I read in Shonen Jump. Dragonball/Z, Fruits Basket, Hana Kimi, InuYasha, Yu Yu Hakusho and all that stuff.
Eventually, I ran out of series to read. I had read all the series I knew about, or I was waiting for updates on the series I was still reading. So, one weekend, I started downloading random series from mangatraders.com. I picked titles at random from the selection and went crazy in the oneshot section.
At this time, I was still fairly new to manga and didn't see the warning signs on the manga I was downloading. I didn't look at the rating or the genre, and even if I did I had never before heard of yaoi or yuri. Or ecchi, but I could pretty much figure that one out on my own.
So while on there, I ran into my first yaoi with sex in it. I came across Memories of the Future (or Future Lovers, which is the American title). I thought the summary sounded all right so I downloaded it. It was only one volume long anyway.
I did not make it past the first sex scene. I didn't even make it past the beginning of the first sex scene. The clothes started coming off and away I went. This was probably also the first graphic sex scene I ever read in a manga. So that kinda ruined manga for me for a bit. Then I didn't learn my warning lesson and read Jisatsu Circle, because I'm an idiot, but more on that some other time.
Back to the present:
I was recently reading some manga reviews, trying out a smarter way to find new manga to read, when what should I stumble on but a review of Future Lovers. I didn't know that it was actually Memories of the Future, but some tiny part of my brain suspected it because the review sounded familiar. I looked it up on mangatraders and lo and behold, there it was. The yaoi manga that had scared the crap out of me the first time I read it.
Of course, since my first reading of Memories of the Future/Future Lovers, I have read many yaoi titles of varying sexy scenes, some tamer or wilder than Memories of the Future.
So I reread Memories of the Future and am now trying to figure out why the hell it bothered me so much the first time. I mean, it's not even that graphic. The Tyrant Who Falls in Love, Love Round, and My Paranoid Next-Door Neighbour, which I am all very fond of, and to name a few examples, contain much more graphic scenes than Memories of the Future.
Of course I built up to them, but still. I figure I'm just used to it now. Wonder if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
Even weirder is that Memories of the Future is on my 'manga to buy' list. Weird.
A few years ago I discovered online manga and got really into it. I'd been watching various anime series for years before that, but then I found out that most anime series are based off of manga, so I switched over. Because I'm a reader before anything else. In the beginning, I would only stick to series that I knew like shows I watched and the manga I read in Shonen Jump. Dragonball/Z, Fruits Basket, Hana Kimi, InuYasha, Yu Yu Hakusho and all that stuff.
Eventually, I ran out of series to read. I had read all the series I knew about, or I was waiting for updates on the series I was still reading. So, one weekend, I started downloading random series from mangatraders.com. I picked titles at random from the selection and went crazy in the oneshot section.
At this time, I was still fairly new to manga and didn't see the warning signs on the manga I was downloading. I didn't look at the rating or the genre, and even if I did I had never before heard of yaoi or yuri. Or ecchi, but I could pretty much figure that one out on my own.
So while on there, I ran into my first yaoi with sex in it. I came across Memories of the Future (or Future Lovers, which is the American title). I thought the summary sounded all right so I downloaded it. It was only one volume long anyway.
I did not make it past the first sex scene. I didn't even make it past the beginning of the first sex scene. The clothes started coming off and away I went. This was probably also the first graphic sex scene I ever read in a manga. So that kinda ruined manga for me for a bit. Then I didn't learn my warning lesson and read Jisatsu Circle, because I'm an idiot, but more on that some other time.
Back to the present:
I was recently reading some manga reviews, trying out a smarter way to find new manga to read, when what should I stumble on but a review of Future Lovers. I didn't know that it was actually Memories of the Future, but some tiny part of my brain suspected it because the review sounded familiar. I looked it up on mangatraders and lo and behold, there it was. The yaoi manga that had scared the crap out of me the first time I read it.
Of course, since my first reading of Memories of the Future/Future Lovers, I have read many yaoi titles of varying sexy scenes, some tamer or wilder than Memories of the Future.
So I reread Memories of the Future and am now trying to figure out why the hell it bothered me so much the first time. I mean, it's not even that graphic. The Tyrant Who Falls in Love, Love Round, and My Paranoid Next-Door Neighbour, which I am all very fond of, and to name a few examples, contain much more graphic scenes than Memories of the Future.
Of course I built up to them, but still. I figure I'm just used to it now. Wonder if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
Even weirder is that Memories of the Future is on my 'manga to buy' list. Weird.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Did you get my text?
Saw A Very Potter Sequel and I just loved it!
It's hilarious, very well planned and very well executed. They even brought in jokes from Starkid Potter's other plays A Very Potter Musical and Me and My Dick, and I caught on and that all on it's own made me happy. I usually miss the jokes... oh well.
Anyway, it was totally awesome! And I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Harry Potter and/or comedies in general.
It's hilarious, very well planned and very well executed. They even brought in jokes from Starkid Potter's other plays A Very Potter Musical and Me and My Dick, and I caught on and that all on it's own made me happy. I usually miss the jokes... oh well.
Anyway, it was totally awesome! And I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Harry Potter and/or comedies in general.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
And after rising from the dead...
Hey, I'm not dead, believe or not. I've just been... Well, I haven't really been doing anything so I have no real excuse for the shitty posting schedule I have not been maintaining.
Soooo... point form! (everyone saw that one coming)
-The job I mentioned a few posts back turned out to be in the purchasing department at the company where my dad has worked for the past 20-odd years. It's pretty fun, I guess, it's work. And I'm getting paid 14$ an hour, 22$ while I'm taking over for my boss while she's on vacation. My job mostly consists of filing things, recording things and asking for invoices. It's pretty laid-back, so I don't have too much to complain about.
-What I do have to complain about, however, is that almost everyone is asking me when I'm getting a car. They think that, since I have a well-paying job, I'm going to go right out and buy myself a car. Well, no. First of all, I don't need a car, I don't go anywhere. I get a carpool to work and I take a bus to school, so I have no real need of a car. Besides, my parents let me borrow the van when I want (which isn't often anyway). Second of all, I only have a summer job, so when I go back to school the job is over and my income is gone. If I get a car, I'll have to pay for payments and gas and insurance, and that will drain my account pretty damn fast. Especially since I still have to pay for all my college junk and whatnot. And I'm sure that the people who keep asking me about buying a car aren't going to help me pay for it. 'Tis very frustrating.
-A while ago, we had family visiting from Toronto, my mom's cousin and his two boys (aged 11 and 7). They stayed for about a week and a half and I was so happy when they left. Really. My mom's cousin is an annoying douche and his kids aren't much better. The oldest is a pain in the ass who's just generally annoying, like the usual annoying kid multiplied by 3. The youngest isn't too bad, he actually didn't annoy me much at all. Their father was the worst, holy fuck. I have this thing where I smile for anything, it's an involuntary reaction which I have no control over and I hate. Well, he seemed to think I was laughing and proceeded to call me Smiley and annoy the fuck out of me the whole time he was down. I don't like it when people annoy me just to get a rise out of me, and I especially don't like it when people stare at me for no reason. It's quite creepy.
-On a lighter note, I recently went to a yardsale and bought a case of pogs for 3$, because pogs. I haven't seen pogs since I had some when I was a kid. I have no reason to have them, and I have no idea how to play the game, but I own pogs now, just because. I mean pogs! In 2010! Nostalgia much?
-Recently I have been unofficially diagnosed with CAH (congenital adrenal hyperplasia) that I've apparently had since birth. From what I understand, my adrenal gland is producing too much male hormones. It actually doesn't bother me too much, but probably only because I don't have all the information, and I don't know what to think about it. If I've been like this for my whole life, then it must be fine because I didn't notice much out of the ordinary. I was never really like other girls, but nothing much noticeable. I dunno, I don't know enough to have a real opinion about this.
-And, last thing, my manga collection has grown to 82 books. I am very proud of myself and am enjoying being able to physically have the manga in my hands to read. It's better than reading it on the computer, more convenient. Ordering from the Chapters website has made it easier for me to collect manga because it's all right there and it's delivered to my house. This is great because the nearest bookstore is like an hour or so away from where I live.
Soooo... point form! (everyone saw that one coming)
-The job I mentioned a few posts back turned out to be in the purchasing department at the company where my dad has worked for the past 20-odd years. It's pretty fun, I guess, it's work. And I'm getting paid 14$ an hour, 22$ while I'm taking over for my boss while she's on vacation. My job mostly consists of filing things, recording things and asking for invoices. It's pretty laid-back, so I don't have too much to complain about.
-What I do have to complain about, however, is that almost everyone is asking me when I'm getting a car. They think that, since I have a well-paying job, I'm going to go right out and buy myself a car. Well, no. First of all, I don't need a car, I don't go anywhere. I get a carpool to work and I take a bus to school, so I have no real need of a car. Besides, my parents let me borrow the van when I want (which isn't often anyway). Second of all, I only have a summer job, so when I go back to school the job is over and my income is gone. If I get a car, I'll have to pay for payments and gas and insurance, and that will drain my account pretty damn fast. Especially since I still have to pay for all my college junk and whatnot. And I'm sure that the people who keep asking me about buying a car aren't going to help me pay for it. 'Tis very frustrating.
-A while ago, we had family visiting from Toronto, my mom's cousin and his two boys (aged 11 and 7). They stayed for about a week and a half and I was so happy when they left. Really. My mom's cousin is an annoying douche and his kids aren't much better. The oldest is a pain in the ass who's just generally annoying, like the usual annoying kid multiplied by 3. The youngest isn't too bad, he actually didn't annoy me much at all. Their father was the worst, holy fuck. I have this thing where I smile for anything, it's an involuntary reaction which I have no control over and I hate. Well, he seemed to think I was laughing and proceeded to call me Smiley and annoy the fuck out of me the whole time he was down. I don't like it when people annoy me just to get a rise out of me, and I especially don't like it when people stare at me for no reason. It's quite creepy.
-On a lighter note, I recently went to a yardsale and bought a case of pogs for 3$, because pogs. I haven't seen pogs since I had some when I was a kid. I have no reason to have them, and I have no idea how to play the game, but I own pogs now, just because. I mean pogs! In 2010! Nostalgia much?
-Recently I have been unofficially diagnosed with CAH (congenital adrenal hyperplasia) that I've apparently had since birth. From what I understand, my adrenal gland is producing too much male hormones. It actually doesn't bother me too much, but probably only because I don't have all the information, and I don't know what to think about it. If I've been like this for my whole life, then it must be fine because I didn't notice much out of the ordinary. I was never really like other girls, but nothing much noticeable. I dunno, I don't know enough to have a real opinion about this.
-And, last thing, my manga collection has grown to 82 books. I am very proud of myself and am enjoying being able to physically have the manga in my hands to read. It's better than reading it on the computer, more convenient. Ordering from the Chapters website has made it easier for me to collect manga because it's all right there and it's delivered to my house. This is great because the nearest bookstore is like an hour or so away from where I live.
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