The news this morning was such a shock - Satoshi Kon dead! At only 47!!
What to say about this man other than the fact that his work has been so inspirational to me, and to so many other fans out there!
When I first caught Perfect Blue I was absolutely blown away. I had never seen anything like it, anime or otherwise. In true me-fashion I immediately ( Read more... )

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We all know sweatshops are horrible and dangerous and no one wants to work at them - or do they?
I thought this short op-ed was interesting because it showed a different side about this issue that I never actually thought about before.

And what incensed me today: "A girl aged 10 or 12 can be married. Those who think she's too young are wrong and ( Read more... )

X Japan canceled ("suspended") their world tour because of Yoshiki's medical conditions.
Poor Yoshiki! Heal well and feel better!!
(And, really, thank god I didn't seriously buy a plane ticket to NYC because then I would have been screwed!!). Well, at least I've seen X in concert so my life is still complete. ^^;

It's not just crazy Americans anymore - Tokyo's Akihabara district got hit with a crazy fucking knife-slashing MADMAN who was "tired of life".
Fuck you asshole!! If you want to die, then fucking die but don't take others with you!!

I'm wondering if because Virginia is so far away from California it might account for the apathy on this side of the coast. While going to school today it seemed that people knew about it but didn't have much to say and so said nothing.
Perhaps the reason that this is leaving me shaken, moreso than a lot of things - moreso than 9/11 initially (long ( Read more... )

I just found out about this right now after getting off work and reading an e-mail from my campus president who was talking about the 'tragedy at Virginia Tech' and I had no idea what he was talking about! And now I do. And now I want to cry. Is this the college version of Columbine?! Because what the fuck happened?! Stupid as it may sound it made ( Read more... )