Damn snow was knee deep this morning. The bus stop was literally buried, so I stood in the street. But nothing really could save me from the unavoidable trek across the very un-shoveled and un-plowed park, and my current snow boots were not quite up to the task ( Read more... )

Huh.

Actually, my cold has improved remarkably, if not entirely. I can now stand up and walk around with relatively minute discomfort. Yay ( Read more... )

So, due to my continuing literary ADHD, I've set aside Manga Crosses Borders and picked up ｢変わってしまった女」と「変わりたくない男」. 'Women, who have changed' and 'Men, who don't want to change'. By Miura Seiichirou ( Read more... )

Just finished reading "Only Begotten Daughter" It wasn't quite what I was expecting, but it was good nonetheless.


14 / 24 Books. 58% done ( Read more... )

Yet another post about my reading list.

I've just finished the first half of

『マンガは越境する！』
Manga Crosses Borders!And I'm still loving it. This last chapter was a bit more opaque to me, meaning wise, but overall the Japanese has been very readable ( Read more... )

So In my continuing preparation to write The Paper Which Will Likely Never Get Written (TM), I decided that it may be helpful to me to go back and make a few concise-like research notes based on the stuff I highlighted while reading (potential) sources.

So I started with Takahashi Jun's Fantasy and Gender, and though I've made a few posts on it ( Read more... )

It occurs to me that my at-least-one-book-per-month New Year's resolution was setting the bar a little low, maybe? All the same, I hardly read at all last year, and it's been a good way to keep me setting aside the little extra time it takes to do something enriching that I enjoy. The internet really is a massive, massive time sink. At anyrate, I ( Read more... )

Just finished:

少女漫画におけるホモセクシュアリティー　（Homosexuality in Girl's Comics) by Tazuko Yamada

Just starting:

漫画は越境する！　　（Manga Crosses Borders!) by Ohgi, Michiki, Motohama

Overall I enjoyed reading Homosexuality in Girl's Comics. The first part of the book especially was very informative about the history of Shoujo Manga and the progression of ( Read more... )

I really need to get something other than my cellphone camera. In the mean time, I kill time by taking photos on my cellphone.


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