Januar the 18th and 19th: I would rather not be typing....
....but since watching the last three episodes of Denno Coil is not going to help me study for my Japanese quiz tomorrow (neither is this admittedly but I'm going to do it afterwards!) I figured I'd better restrain myself at get to the typing.
So why the resurgence of interest in Denno Coil? And Gankutsuo while I'm at it? Well, earlier I wanted to see something good before Heckle Night at anime club and Gankutsuo seemed like a good idea (and it was, blasted through three episodes before I had to make dinner) and then after Heckle Night (it was one of the Dragon Ball movies, really short, pointless, was a total pain to get the audio to work on this thing, and lordy, the abridged series didn't need to do much to the dialogue did they?) I needed something good. And, since not only do I need to finish this series but I have also declared January cyber=punk month, Denno (Dennoh?) Coil fit the bill. Holyholyholyholyholy,I forgot how GOOD this series is. Seriously, it starts off in the world most of us would love to live in: computer imaging everywhere to use and manipulate if you know how, running from over zealous authorities, and generally having fun with it. And then it gets deeper, lives are at stake, and it looks like there is an enormous government/cyber company (I can't actually tell if they're separated which is never a good sign) conspiracy. Awesome. This is one of my favorite anime of all time, it may be that favorite when I end the series. Just, nothing else in anime has come as close to working the plot, the characters, the backstory, just everything, so well into each other.
So what have I been doing when I haven't been watching anime? Well, I did watch the premier of the new season of Project Runway and wow, not a sports designer in the mix this time is there? Almost everyone seems experimental/couture and I must admit, that side of the industry doesn't interest me as much. Sure it looks great, but half the cosplays I see people do are about that intricate, sometimes a bit better made since they're made to be seen close up, and people can actually wear them for more than an hour. So these days I'm much more impressed by someone who makes sports wear (which seems to be the catch-all area of pratical wear), especially since I've tried to design stuff like that and it's hard. Fun but hard to make something that makes you go "Yes, I could wear this around school and if I take a sudden excurison into the woods. And machine-washable as well!" Well, maybe my problem there is that I'm still not an awesome constructionist. I'm working on it but, I'm not sure how to improve right now with my sewing. Expand my fabric choices? Try to make my own designs? Just sew more? Who knows but I do care.
On Monday I also went out to shoot some photos for Black & White. Think I got between 10 and 15 on that roll of film, and I think a few turned out well. I really want one to turn out well since, to get the photo without my shadow in it, I had to stand in some snow while I adjusted the settings and shot. In sandals in ankle deep snow (in my defense, the snow has melted in a lot of places but not in the shade appaerntly). My roomie seems to think I'm an idiot for trying to wear sandals in the first place.
Speaking of her, on Monday morning at 1:30 (AM), I was sitting on my bed, trying to get one last round of knitting in before I turned in (I really don't like double pointed needles know) when she pokes her head in, goes "Oops," and walks out. WTF? Alright, the last time I came in that late or later you weren't even there for the weekend! So you have no basis to think that I wouldn't be in the room at this time, and I don't even know where she went. She came back in after I went to bed (so, 2:30/3-ish?) and said nothing about it. And like I said, she's still sleeping a ton and I mentioned it to my mom when I called her. Yes I called my mom, I really wanted to (even though my voice has this habit of cracking and my eyes of doing this thing called crying when I do call her) and she seemed really happy I called. My dad had made a comment that he thinks me leaving home is hard for her (should mention that both my parents lived at home for a number of years when they were in college) so she probably does want me to call home more. So it was good to talk to her and get caught up in the world (Did that Mass senator die or something? What was up with The Late Night Show? ect) and I mentioned my roommate problems. She said that my roommate might be sick (mentally was the implication, like, depressed) and told me to keep an eye on her sleeping and stuff and mention it to the RA if it got worse. Not sure what my RA would do about it but I will keep it in mind, my mom has much better consul than I do.
Tuesday, yay that's today! And oh crap almost 11. Quickly then, I got up, was annoyed that the roomie came back since I didn't want to disturb her with the sewing machine, was happy when she quickly left, finished sewing the DramaCon skirt (gah, problems!), got another book for The Counterculture, went to Society & Tech (my teacher is str~range!), went to library to knit and read, found my counterculture class was cancled, came back, and wasted my mind by watching anime.
Whew, still got a few more minutes before I have to pack it up and study Japanese. Gah, is it just on the vocab or conjugating the adjectives as well?!?!? Signing off to study both.
So why the resurgence of interest in Denno Coil? And Gankutsuo while I'm at it? Well, earlier I wanted to see something good before Heckle Night at anime club and Gankutsuo seemed like a good idea (and it was, blasted through three episodes before I had to make dinner) and then after Heckle Night (it was one of the Dragon Ball movies, really short, pointless, was a total pain to get the audio to work on this thing, and lordy, the abridged series didn't need to do much to the dialogue did they?) I needed something good. And, since not only do I need to finish this series but I have also declared January cyber=punk month, Denno (Dennoh?) Coil fit the bill. Holyholyholyholyholy,I forgot how GOOD this series is. Seriously, it starts off in the world most of us would love to live in: computer imaging everywhere to use and manipulate if you know how, running from over zealous authorities, and generally having fun with it. And then it gets deeper, lives are at stake, and it looks like there is an enormous government/cyber company (I can't actually tell if they're separated which is never a good sign) conspiracy. Awesome. This is one of my favorite anime of all time, it may be that favorite when I end the series. Just, nothing else in anime has come as close to working the plot, the characters, the backstory, just everything, so well into each other.
So what have I been doing when I haven't been watching anime? Well, I did watch the premier of the new season of Project Runway and wow, not a sports designer in the mix this time is there? Almost everyone seems experimental/couture and I must admit, that side of the industry doesn't interest me as much. Sure it looks great, but half the cosplays I see people do are about that intricate, sometimes a bit better made since they're made to be seen close up, and people can actually wear them for more than an hour. So these days I'm much more impressed by someone who makes sports wear (which seems to be the catch-all area of pratical wear), especially since I've tried to design stuff like that and it's hard. Fun but hard to make something that makes you go "Yes, I could wear this around school and if I take a sudden excurison into the woods. And machine-washable as well!" Well, maybe my problem there is that I'm still not an awesome constructionist. I'm working on it but, I'm not sure how to improve right now with my sewing. Expand my fabric choices? Try to make my own designs? Just sew more? Who knows but I do care.
On Monday I also went out to shoot some photos for Black & White. Think I got between 10 and 15 on that roll of film, and I think a few turned out well. I really want one to turn out well since, to get the photo without my shadow in it, I had to stand in some snow while I adjusted the settings and shot. In sandals in ankle deep snow (in my defense, the snow has melted in a lot of places but not in the shade appaerntly). My roomie seems to think I'm an idiot for trying to wear sandals in the first place.
Speaking of her, on Monday morning at 1:30 (AM), I was sitting on my bed, trying to get one last round of knitting in before I turned in (I really don't like double pointed needles know) when she pokes her head in, goes "Oops," and walks out. WTF? Alright, the last time I came in that late or later you weren't even there for the weekend! So you have no basis to think that I wouldn't be in the room at this time, and I don't even know where she went. She came back in after I went to bed (so, 2:30/3-ish?) and said nothing about it. And like I said, she's still sleeping a ton and I mentioned it to my mom when I called her. Yes I called my mom, I really wanted to (even though my voice has this habit of cracking and my eyes of doing this thing called crying when I do call her) and she seemed really happy I called. My dad had made a comment that he thinks me leaving home is hard for her (should mention that both my parents lived at home for a number of years when they were in college) so she probably does want me to call home more. So it was good to talk to her and get caught up in the world (Did that Mass senator die or something? What was up with The Late Night Show? ect) and I mentioned my roommate problems. She said that my roommate might be sick (mentally was the implication, like, depressed) and told me to keep an eye on her sleeping and stuff and mention it to the RA if it got worse. Not sure what my RA would do about it but I will keep it in mind, my mom has much better consul than I do.
Tuesday, yay that's today! And oh crap almost 11. Quickly then, I got up, was annoyed that the roomie came back since I didn't want to disturb her with the sewing machine, was happy when she quickly left, finished sewing the DramaCon skirt (gah, problems!), got another book for The Counterculture, went to Society & Tech (my teacher is str~range!), went to library to knit and read, found my counterculture class was cancled, came back, and wasted my mind by watching anime.
Whew, still got a few more minutes before I have to pack it up and study Japanese. Gah, is it just on the vocab or conjugating the adjectives as well?!?!? Signing off to study both.