( A giddy first look at Chica Umino's ongoing effort. Only the most minor of spoilers, I promise )

I finished reading the Castle trilogy a few days ago. I must say, that Diana Wynne Jones is the cat's pajamas. I adore her. I wish I read her as a child. I need to read her other novels and I don't care if they are listed in the children's section! She is incredibly funny and refreshing. I love the disorderly magic that runs throughout the Castle ( Read more... )

Yay I finally got around to making this ( Read more... )

This is the Bakuman entry I started writing two weeks a month ago. Procrastination in posting? Hell yeah! There are several things mind-boggling about Bakuman. First off, I cannot believe that this manga even exists, and now it is popular enough to be getting its own anime ( Read more... )

Nice list on Jean Grey's deaths and rebirths.
SPOILERS GALORE for 4 decades of X-men shenanigansJESUS CHRIST. I didn't know the old girl's got more resurrections than organized religion. I misspent part of my high school reading X-men comics and obsessing over Gambit, so I found this article was refreshing ( Read more... )

Snatched from my friends' list.

Highlight any reasons that apply to you, strike out any that don't (if you feel like it), and add three reasons of your own to the bottom.

( are these reasons or excuses )

Just finished re-reading the fourth book last week. My eyes still feel as if they are going to fall out from the sheer volume of text. Ah, but such a beautifully constructed world! The more I think about it, the more it feels like Tolkien's Fourth Age, at a time when Aragorn is long dead and forgotten, the Grey Havens are but a twinkling in an old ( Read more... )

Bleach character meme

Since I answered this for Bleach years ago, I think I'll answer it this time around for George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. I'm currently re-reading the entire series; I'm mid-way through "A Storm of Swords" again.

Re-reading, you may ask? Why bother? To be able to quote Bran Stark, to be sure:

"Old stories are ( Read more... )

Let me gather my scatter-brained fandom ideas together. Hmm. Okay. Here we go:

( mild spoilers and discussion for Nodame Cantabile 136, FMA 100, One Piece 468 )

One week after Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) I'm still okay. Thanks and mega-hugs for everyone on my friends list who was concerned for my welfare, and wanted to buy me groceries and stuff. Good vibes to you all! *hugs tightly*

( some RL ramblings here )