A scene from Philosophy Club:

Girl (name withheld since we're not on especially good terms and I don't want to be a total jerk to her over the Internet): *says something about Kannazuki no Miko*

Me: Oh, hey, I just finished rewatching that show! It's not really very good, but I have a bit of affection for it for reasons unrelated to its objective ( Read more... )

I am kicking this week's ass almost as much as it is kicking mine. I actually had both a date and a good conversation about Yuugao from the Tale of Genji this is UNREAL by my standards!!!!

I'm tired and going to go pass out on my bed now. Good night, Internet.

Thanks to Madoka Magica, 4chan's /a/ is now churning out parodies of Goethe's Faust.

I've studied now Cryptology
And Linguistics, Theatre,
And even, alas! Pornography
All through and through with fanboy glee!
Here now I stand, anon, and see
I'm just as wise as formerly.
Am called an oldfag, even cancer too,
And now I've nearly ten days through
Pulled my ( Read more... )

So, a couple of days ago I watched the first episode (the only one out yet) of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It's a magical girl show with cutesy character designs that I was only watching because it's Kajiura Yuki's first full soundtrack in about two years.

Then I realised something.

This has the same director as Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei. And the same ( Read more... )

So, I got this email to-day from the International Socialist Organisation chapter at my college (they're officially Marxist, but they accept social democrats or liberation theology people like me as well).

The release of classified documents by the transparency organization Wikileaks is the biggest news in the U.S. right now. For many people ( Read more... )

So. Christmas is over, New Year's is over, and the Feast of the Epiphany is nigh. How were my holidays this year?

MY HOLIDAYS THIS YEAR WERE GREAT.

I got to spend some time with some friends I hadn't seen in a really long time--friends from high school, no less, which means that they were my friends when pretty much nobody is really friends with ( Read more... )

Though, requires familiarity with Simoun and also with Durarara.


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TRUE GRIT, YOU GUYS.

TRUE. FUCKING. GRIT.

IT WAS EVERYTHING I HOPED IT WOULD BE AND MORE. MATTIE WAS AMAZING, JEFF BRIDGES AND MATT DAMON WERE BOTH AT THE TOP OF THEIR CRAFT, AND THEY KEPT MATTIE'S CHARACTER.

THEY KEPT MATTIE'S AWESOME, BADASS, REVY-FROM-BLACK-LAGOON-INNA-BONNET CHARACTER.

'THIS IS THE TRUE STORY OF HOW I AVENGED FRANK ROSS'S BLOOD ALL ( Read more... )

Guess what movie I'm seeing on Christmas Day?


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This right here. This.

(I didn't draw this but STILL)

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