post-interview computer, Bleach, and Trinity Blood rantage
Ah, so it's been about two days since I posted and yet significance has happened. Well, as significant as it gets in my life, which is to say, my laptop is "dying", or so the repair guy says. Lovely. I feared it was breaking, but "dying", now that's a feel-good word, right there. It sucks, too. I have emotional attatchment to this computer, it was my first decent computer EVER T_T My baby Al performed well for me for two years, showed me the wonder of BitTorrent, decent web design, the anime/manga online fandom... My baby is DYING *long sob* *cuddles laptop*
So long story short, the guy got my laptop running, but told me to backup my stuff and get a new computer, ASAP. He said he didn't know how long Al would hold out, could be weeks, could be months, but either way, he's terminal. Great. He's already forgetting stuff. The guy had to install Microsoft Office from and external CD drive because something in the computer uninstalled it. I had to re-install Acrobat to do an assignment. And it took three tries to get Al to start up today. I nearly had a heart attack there, let me tell you. Anyway, so my need for a computer has gone from about a 5 on the "omg-immeadiate-action-required" scale to about a 9. 9 because 10 is reserved for when Al is actually dead, and I am screwed into withdrawing and sacrificing a VERY decent A/V grade (I got the score for my commercial back. A- bitches! And my script grade was updated from a D to a full A! So my AV grade is about 97% right now!)
The nifty thing about the repair guy was that he felt so bad about the computer potentially dying, that he allowed us to pay him for his services with a lunch from BK for him and his partner. How awesome is that? $50 buck fix for a 2 Whoppers, fries, and chocolate milkshakes. Nifty.
So, while scrambling around to get my AV assignments done in time to meet the 2am deadline today, me, my mum, and Keith watched the Bleach dub that premeired on Adult Swim last night.
I initially thought that Rukia's voice wasn't bad, but I take it back. It's Ichigo's voice that I don't mind, though the inner subtitled fan-girl in me longs for Japanese-language Bleach to make things right in the world. But oh my GOD Rukia. It's not that her voice is bad; it's the fact that she can't ACT. Rukia always had something like a deadpan humorous tone in her voice, and she always sounded suitably bored and annoyed when speaking with Ichigo in the first few episodes, but this Rukia is just...monotone. And not even NORMAL monotone, like "trying-to-inflect-but-failing-miserably" monotone. She even made Rukia's drawings less funny. RUKIA's DRAWINGS. Possibly the funniest thing about Rukia, the thing that made me laugh my ass off the first time I saw them, her DRAWINGS barely seemed chuckle-worthy. T_T
And Kon's voice made me want to cry. That wonderfully obnoxious, perverted little plushies' voice now sounds like a stoned surfer. A SURFER. KON! *collapses into tears* I dread hearing Ishida-kun, and oh god, Orihime, and Tatsuki. Not too worried about Sado-kun, he doesn't speak enough to be a frightening prospect dubbed. But jeeze... Oh, I can't even think about how they might ruin Renji, just from the way he looks. I can almost hear it now. "Hey, dude..." I don't even LIKE Renji all that much and it frightens me.
I guess I understand what it's like to be annoyed by english dubs so much. I think Bleach is the first show that I ever completely watched in Japanese and then saw dubbed, and jeeze, it really doesn't compare. I supposed it's good on a "dubbed" level, if you DON'T compare it to the Japanese version, but...I think I'll hang on to my subtitles, thanks.
Anyway, after that, we watched Trinity Blood, whose dub doesn't bother me nearly as much, since I didn't watch it subtitled. I was working on a project then, so I kept it, and am going to watch it more attentively later, but from what I saw and heard, I did like it, quite a bit.
First and foremost, VAMPIRES! Yaaaay! Second, religious stuff, yaaaaay! Who doesn't like a show with a twelve-year-old Pope whose sister appears to be a high-ranking priest of some sort? (you can tell by the size of her hat) Plus, I instantly liked Able. He seems like your typical dorky-but-kickass-when-pissed-off hero. I liked his voice, too, actually. The actor did an excellent job of switching from a goofy, "gee-whiz" sort of tone to a more serious tone, and it wasn't obvious, you know? It was very subtle, like you almost didn't notice when he stopped talking like the dubbed version of Ayame from Fruits Basket, and went all Champloo-Jin-serious. It was very nicely done. ^_^ Plus, who can't resist a white-haired vampire bishounen? I was initially kind of annoyed that they cut the ending, Broken Wings, in about half, then was reminded that Tomoko Tane can't sing, and went back to not caring. I like the piano version much better.
Ah, in other anime news, I got Air in the mail Friday! A big WOOO! there, since I LOVE that show, and have been waiting to finish it FOREVER. On the downside, the subs are, in a word, laughable, and I kind of regret not watching the fansubs for all 13 episodes first. Watching the first few episodes subtitled horribly doesn't really bother me, since I know what they're trying to say from the fansubbed version, but jeeze, man. I fear watching anything after episode 8, where I'm completely in the dark. Yet another eason why I just need to find a way to learn Japanese.
Anyway, and to the other important thing that happened, the interview *DUM DUM DUM*
I guess it went OK. Just OK. I said stupid things, this I know. Even though they shouldn't have, her questions caught me off guard, and I kind of "umm-ed" and "ahh-ed" my way through thirty seconds before saying something completely pointless at least twice. She asked me about a memorable accomplishment when I worked with a team, and oh, is the well a LITTLE dry there. I haven't worked in a team since MIDDLE SCHOOL, and god help me, I couldn't think of a good lie. So I stuttered and stammered about a human-relations project that I was happy to have gotten the WORK DONE IN.
"Yes, Miss Interviewer, I'm just happy that I was functional enough to get the WORK DONE in a team environmnet. Yeah, that's my big accomplishment there! Hire ME!" Later on, I realized that I should have said something about dealing with someone with a difficult personality, which, I swear, will be my stock responce the next time I'm asked that question, but this time, no dice. She also asked about a time that I tried hard at something and failed, and I rattled something off about missing a Photoshop assignment (a complete lie) 'cause I couldn't figure out the software X_X I'm stupid. I should have told a story about something that taught me a lesson of some sort...or proved my resilience...if I was going to lie, anyway... I just need to make up a bunch of stories to tell at my next interview. 'Cause I seriously doubt I'll get this job. Gonna find out tomorrow, so...guess we'll see. Anyway, if I don't get this job, I'm gonna go ahead and apply at Stream, which my mom assures me, will contact and hire me straight away, since they're desperate. It's a last resort (still waiting for Petco to call ;_; ) But you do what you have to do. I have to be responsible now - I'm buying a computer.
Anyway, being responsible and all, I'm gonna wander off to bed. 'Night
So long story short, the guy got my laptop running, but told me to backup my stuff and get a new computer, ASAP. He said he didn't know how long Al would hold out, could be weeks, could be months, but either way, he's terminal. Great. He's already forgetting stuff. The guy had to install Microsoft Office from and external CD drive because something in the computer uninstalled it. I had to re-install Acrobat to do an assignment. And it took three tries to get Al to start up today. I nearly had a heart attack there, let me tell you. Anyway, so my need for a computer has gone from about a 5 on the "omg-immeadiate-action-required" scale to about a 9. 9 because 10 is reserved for when Al is actually dead, and I am screwed into withdrawing and sacrificing a VERY decent A/V grade (I got the score for my commercial back. A- bitches! And my script grade was updated from a D to a full A! So my AV grade is about 97% right now!)
The nifty thing about the repair guy was that he felt so bad about the computer potentially dying, that he allowed us to pay him for his services with a lunch from BK for him and his partner. How awesome is that? $50 buck fix for a 2 Whoppers, fries, and chocolate milkshakes. Nifty.
So, while scrambling around to get my AV assignments done in time to meet the 2am deadline today, me, my mum, and Keith watched the Bleach dub that premeired on Adult Swim last night.
I initially thought that Rukia's voice wasn't bad, but I take it back. It's Ichigo's voice that I don't mind, though the inner subtitled fan-girl in me longs for Japanese-language Bleach to make things right in the world. But oh my GOD Rukia. It's not that her voice is bad; it's the fact that she can't ACT. Rukia always had something like a deadpan humorous tone in her voice, and she always sounded suitably bored and annoyed when speaking with Ichigo in the first few episodes, but this Rukia is just...monotone. And not even NORMAL monotone, like "trying-to-inflect-but-failing-miserably" monotone. She even made Rukia's drawings less funny. RUKIA's DRAWINGS. Possibly the funniest thing about Rukia, the thing that made me laugh my ass off the first time I saw them, her DRAWINGS barely seemed chuckle-worthy. T_T
And Kon's voice made me want to cry. That wonderfully obnoxious, perverted little plushies' voice now sounds like a stoned surfer. A SURFER. KON! *collapses into tears* I dread hearing Ishida-kun, and oh god, Orihime, and Tatsuki. Not too worried about Sado-kun, he doesn't speak enough to be a frightening prospect dubbed. But jeeze... Oh, I can't even think about how they might ruin Renji, just from the way he looks. I can almost hear it now. "Hey, dude..." I don't even LIKE Renji all that much and it frightens me.
I guess I understand what it's like to be annoyed by english dubs so much. I think Bleach is the first show that I ever completely watched in Japanese and then saw dubbed, and jeeze, it really doesn't compare. I supposed it's good on a "dubbed" level, if you DON'T compare it to the Japanese version, but...I think I'll hang on to my subtitles, thanks.
Anyway, after that, we watched Trinity Blood, whose dub doesn't bother me nearly as much, since I didn't watch it subtitled. I was working on a project then, so I kept it, and am going to watch it more attentively later, but from what I saw and heard, I did like it, quite a bit.
First and foremost, VAMPIRES! Yaaaay! Second, religious stuff, yaaaaay! Who doesn't like a show with a twelve-year-old Pope whose sister appears to be a high-ranking priest of some sort? (you can tell by the size of her hat) Plus, I instantly liked Able. He seems like your typical dorky-but-kickass-when-pissed-off hero. I liked his voice, too, actually. The actor did an excellent job of switching from a goofy, "gee-whiz" sort of tone to a more serious tone, and it wasn't obvious, you know? It was very subtle, like you almost didn't notice when he stopped talking like the dubbed version of Ayame from Fruits Basket, and went all Champloo-Jin-serious. It was very nicely done. ^_^ Plus, who can't resist a white-haired vampire bishounen? I was initially kind of annoyed that they cut the ending, Broken Wings, in about half, then was reminded that Tomoko Tane can't sing, and went back to not caring. I like the piano version much better.
Ah, in other anime news, I got Air in the mail Friday! A big WOOO! there, since I LOVE that show, and have been waiting to finish it FOREVER. On the downside, the subs are, in a word, laughable, and I kind of regret not watching the fansubs for all 13 episodes first. Watching the first few episodes subtitled horribly doesn't really bother me, since I know what they're trying to say from the fansubbed version, but jeeze, man. I fear watching anything after episode 8, where I'm completely in the dark. Yet another eason why I just need to find a way to learn Japanese.
Anyway, and to the other important thing that happened, the interview *DUM DUM DUM*
I guess it went OK. Just OK. I said stupid things, this I know. Even though they shouldn't have, her questions caught me off guard, and I kind of "umm-ed" and "ahh-ed" my way through thirty seconds before saying something completely pointless at least twice. She asked me about a memorable accomplishment when I worked with a team, and oh, is the well a LITTLE dry there. I haven't worked in a team since MIDDLE SCHOOL, and god help me, I couldn't think of a good lie. So I stuttered and stammered about a human-relations project that I was happy to have gotten the WORK DONE IN.
"Yes, Miss Interviewer, I'm just happy that I was functional enough to get the WORK DONE in a team environmnet. Yeah, that's my big accomplishment there! Hire ME!" Later on, I realized that I should have said something about dealing with someone with a difficult personality, which, I swear, will be my stock responce the next time I'm asked that question, but this time, no dice. She also asked about a time that I tried hard at something and failed, and I rattled something off about missing a Photoshop assignment (a complete lie) 'cause I couldn't figure out the software X_X I'm stupid. I should have told a story about something that taught me a lesson of some sort...or proved my resilience...if I was going to lie, anyway... I just need to make up a bunch of stories to tell at my next interview. 'Cause I seriously doubt I'll get this job. Gonna find out tomorrow, so...guess we'll see. Anyway, if I don't get this job, I'm gonna go ahead and apply at Stream, which my mom assures me, will contact and hire me straight away, since they're desperate. It's a last resort (still waiting for Petco to call ;_; ) But you do what you have to do. I have to be responsible now - I'm buying a computer.
Anyway, being responsible and all, I'm gonna wander off to bed. 'Night