One day you'll drop dead and I'll go to your funeral in a red dress!
Well, some interesting developments have happened in the Saga of the Hot Water HeaterTM. It was SUPPOSED to arrive today, however when mom called them today to reconfirm (she stayed home due to issues with her IBS), they had discovered it was 'lost' between Orlando and here. How one loses a hot water heater is beyond me. I mean, it's not that difficult to get to here from Orlando for Pete's sake. So HOPEFULLY it'll arrive later on this week so I can take an actual shower and not sponge baths.
Also, when mom called to see again about replacing my keyboard, she got disconnected due to 'technical difficulties'. Technical difficulties my ass. At this point, I'm willing to chuck the service coverage and just buy me a new frakkin' keyboard...
We're all set to take a walk through of the Barbie Dream Home Saturday at 10:00. I have a pretty good feeling about this... *rubs lucky rabbit foot just in case*
I bought the latest volumes of Naruto (at Wal-Mart of all places) and read them over the weekend. Only one thing kind of bothers me. When Asuma is killed by Hidan, Shikamaru and the rest of his team are all set to track him and his associate down to avenge their Master's death. Fine. However, one thing the editor of the English versions seemed to edit was the fact that Shikamaru had taken up smoking to, I dunno, honor his fallen Master. Now, I'm not one to endorse smoking. I know when I discovered my cousin started up with it, I was bitterly disappointed. But in this particular case, it was a relevant plot point. However, in the English version, they just eliminated the cigarette... not the hand motions associated with smoking a cigarette. So, basically, Shika was smoking invisible cigarettes. It's something that is definitely noticeable. He makes hand motions in one chapter where he's stubbing out a cigarette and pocketing the butt. In the original version of the chapter (which I pulled up to compare), it definitely makes it clear that's what he's doing. Viz's version? It just looks like he's making strange hand gestures near the ground and then clenching his fists. In another chapter, it looks like he's lighting mid air.
Now, I can kind of understand why Viz would be a little squeamish about portraying a 15-year-old smoking especially considering their demographic for this particular title, but I think it could've maybe been handled in a different way. Now, whether or not Shikamaru continues with the smoking habit in subsequent chapters, I don't know. I haven't read far enough ahead as of yet. And I can't believe I typed this much about this thing...
Anyway, enough about that. Most of my weekend was uneventful. I didn't even bother getting out of my pajamas on Saturday.
Birthdays Today: Mia Farrow [Maria de Lourdes Villers]
Actress
b: 1945 -
Also, when mom called to see again about replacing my keyboard, she got disconnected due to 'technical difficulties'. Technical difficulties my ass. At this point, I'm willing to chuck the service coverage and just buy me a new frakkin' keyboard...
We're all set to take a walk through of the Barbie Dream Home Saturday at 10:00. I have a pretty good feeling about this... *rubs lucky rabbit foot just in case*
I bought the latest volumes of Naruto (at Wal-Mart of all places) and read them over the weekend. Only one thing kind of bothers me. When Asuma is killed by Hidan, Shikamaru and the rest of his team are all set to track him and his associate down to avenge their Master's death. Fine. However, one thing the editor of the English versions seemed to edit was the fact that Shikamaru had taken up smoking to, I dunno, honor his fallen Master. Now, I'm not one to endorse smoking. I know when I discovered my cousin started up with it, I was bitterly disappointed. But in this particular case, it was a relevant plot point. However, in the English version, they just eliminated the cigarette... not the hand motions associated with smoking a cigarette. So, basically, Shika was smoking invisible cigarettes. It's something that is definitely noticeable. He makes hand motions in one chapter where he's stubbing out a cigarette and pocketing the butt. In the original version of the chapter (which I pulled up to compare), it definitely makes it clear that's what he's doing. Viz's version? It just looks like he's making strange hand gestures near the ground and then clenching his fists. In another chapter, it looks like he's lighting mid air.
Now, I can kind of understand why Viz would be a little squeamish about portraying a 15-year-old smoking especially considering their demographic for this particular title, but I think it could've maybe been handled in a different way. Now, whether or not Shikamaru continues with the smoking habit in subsequent chapters, I don't know. I haven't read far enough ahead as of yet. And I can't believe I typed this much about this thing...
Anyway, enough about that. Most of my weekend was uneventful. I didn't even bother getting out of my pajamas on Saturday.
Birthdays Today: Mia Farrow [Maria de Lourdes Villers]
Actress
b: 1945 -