So, I'm feeling extra geeky because I finally managed to identify the man in the second row down, first box in the eighteenth Conan opening as Toyama, Kazuha's father. This is a major accomplishment because out of the 41 total I have so far correctly identified, he is possibly the most obscure, appearing a total of about two times in the entire ( Read more... )

I had forgotten just how great it is -- the feeling of acing a test that isn't ridiculously easy. I took my first test in Cultural Geography today, which required a healthy amount of map work regarding Europe and Russia and knowing a great deal about the evolution of the European Union, and for the first time since I came to college, I really feel ( Read more... )

As anyone who's read my essay earlier this year knows, I've never taken the time to truly understand my Lithuanian heritage. It never seemed relevant. Tonight, however, I was researching how and why the Soviet Union fell in 1991, and I came across the most magical historical event: The Singing Revolution and its sister, the Baltic Way. This is a ( Read more... )

Today is just my lucky day. After realizing suddenly yesterday that the first Monday of the month had arrived and I still hadn't written Aerika a review for her last chapter, I buckled down, skimmed through the chapter, made notes of everything that had piqued my interest, and then sat and wrote a comprehensive review. My reward?

I got to be the ( Read more... )