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A lot of you guys know who you are. Some of you do not. But...you're all so important to me.

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... )

The last most of you had heard from me, I'd just got back from watching True Grit. Since then, many things have happened.

On Christmas Eve, I made dinner (bubuzuke with the rice cooked in tawny port), which I think turned out pretty well, then opened one present, the first season of Marimite. I watched the first three episodes with my bemused mother ( Read more... )

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So I have this friend who watches Umineko and really likes Beatrice's style. And her father or grandfather or some member of her family smokes pipes, including fancy thin metallic ones like Beato's. And this friend also really likes incense.

The practical upshot of this is that said friend has taken to burning incense in the bowl of a pipe and ( Read more... )

I have decided that from now on I am going to take comments like 'Wow, Nathan, you're really old-fashioned' as compliments. No matter how they're intended.

Yes, I want to be Ian Hislop when I grow up.

NO, [FRIEND WHO SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS], I AM NOT NAMING A POSSIBLE FUTURE DAUGHTER 'STRAWBERRY PANIC'. NO MATTER HOW MUCH I LOVE FICTIONAL LESBIANS.

I STILL HAVE MY DIGNITY.

• Google search for 'madlax vanessa angst' yields under 600 results. Why is this?
• Yeah, speaking of that, Madlax was GREAT ALL THE WAY TILL THE END. I'm going to assume that Margaret's Wish at the Door of Era came true, because it would certainly make a certain final scene feel less bitter.
• I'm going to liveblog the election! I'm feeling quite hopeful ( Read more... )

This happened to me at Barnes and Noble earlier while I was looking for The Testament of Dr Mabuse and Kind Hearts and Coronets.

Me: Hey, Michio! Long time no see! How are you?
My old friend Michio: Good, good. What are you looking for?
Me: Uh, two movies. The Testament of Dr Mabuse and Kind Hearts and Coronets. A Fritz Lang movie and a black comedy ( Read more... )