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This morning I dropped off seraphs_folly at her sis' place, marking the end of her visit to me this side of Christmas. As I'm sitting here actually able to use my computer (grin), I'm missing her already.
This last week has been a bit of a nasty one, as far as biology goes. I was sick at home for two days, and seraphs_folly has a tummy bug, so there wasn't a lot of, um, shall we say, partying, at least not after the C.U. And that also meant we didn't get out to visit people as we had planned.
Instead we spent time pottering around Wolf Castle (as seraphs_folly has started calling this place), cuddling and watching animé, and looking after each other. Which in some ways was very nice. I hope I get to see her on her way back to Christchurch too!
Decided that Texhnolyze, while very arty, just doesn't have the grab that other animé have. No discernible plot or character for most of the first episode doesn't help. The character art is by Yoshotoshi Abe, who did both Serial Experiments Lain and Haibane Renmei. So we tried watching some Lain as well, and that at least has story, though the experimental style of Chiaki J. Konaka shows through in both.
Surprisingly, despite the annoying degradation of the lead girl by her boyfriend ("Dummy!"), Saikano (fully Saishuu Heiki Kanojo: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet, advertised in English as She:The Ultimate Weapon) is actually a lovely story. At least the first disk is anyway. The way the background war is only hinted at, the surreal quality of the town it is set in, the way the town is actually recognizable as a real place (or so seraphs_folly tells me), and the awkwardness of the characters... well, I like it.
Now to prepare for the arrival of ferrouswheel tomorrow morning, though I may not see him until Saturday morning due to superlate's stag do tomorrow!
This last week has been a bit of a nasty one, as far as biology goes. I was sick at home for two days, and seraphs_folly has a tummy bug, so there wasn't a lot of, um, shall we say, partying, at least not after the C.U. And that also meant we didn't get out to visit people as we had planned.
Instead we spent time pottering around Wolf Castle (as seraphs_folly has started calling this place), cuddling and watching animé, and looking after each other. Which in some ways was very nice. I hope I get to see her on her way back to Christchurch too!
Decided that Texhnolyze, while very arty, just doesn't have the grab that other animé have. No discernible plot or character for most of the first episode doesn't help. The character art is by Yoshotoshi Abe, who did both Serial Experiments Lain and Haibane Renmei. So we tried watching some Lain as well, and that at least has story, though the experimental style of Chiaki J. Konaka shows through in both.
Surprisingly, despite the annoying degradation of the lead girl by her boyfriend ("Dummy!"), Saikano (fully Saishuu Heiki Kanojo: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet, advertised in English as She:The Ultimate Weapon) is actually a lovely story. At least the first disk is anyway. The way the background war is only hinted at, the surreal quality of the town it is set in, the way the town is actually recognizable as a real place (or so seraphs_folly tells me), and the awkwardness of the characters... well, I like it.
Now to prepare for the arrival of ferrouswheel tomorrow morning, though I may not see him until Saturday morning due to superlate's stag do tomorrow!