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Soulless manga Review
The Soulless manga is one that I would recommend to anyone. If you’ve read Gail Carriger’s novels, the manga is an excellent adaptation. If you haven’t, then this book is an excellent introduction to the series and will likely make you want to pick up the books and tear through them. The artist, Rem, has a wonderful style that brings the ( Read more... ) -
Life and Research
So, I've had a busy couple of months. May saw the launch of my research survey, the end of another school year, and Anime North. The entire month of June was lost to moving out of the duplex that my sister and I have lived in with various roommates for the past four or five years, which included clearing a lot of accumulated crap out of the ( Read more... ) -
Survey update
Posted an update on the survey so far over at fromtheether, with a limited analysis of the statistics for the first hundred respondents. -
Fandom Survey
Hello! I’m currently doing research on fandom and fan conventions for my doctoral dissertation in Cultural Anthropology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Specifically, I’m looking at the relationship between fandom participation and convention attendance and the ways that fan culture manifests online versus in-person ( Read more... ) -
Christmas!
So, who wants a Christmas card this year? Comments are screened, so please respond with you address in case I don't have it. -
Sometimes I love the interwebs and am frightened by it
So, I randomly got an IM today from the Yahoo screen name "mediansalmon" which started off with "I don't believe your lies." So, not understanding the context for this my response was "?" After a second the other person responded not with an explanation, as one would expect if it was someone I know (and really most of my friends are weird enough ( Read more... ) -
Eurovision 2009
It's that time again! Mmm Eurovision. Gotta love a song contest that encompasses all of Europe. Actually got to watch the semi-finals live, but missed the finals (might get to see the recast).
This years winners were:
1. Norway - "Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak
2. Iceland - "Is it True?" by Yohanna
3. Azerbaijan - "Always" by AySel and ( Read more... ) -
Suikdoen crack
Found a fan made video featuring the main characters from all the Suikoden games. I can't stop watching it... It's surprisingly good for a fan made video... Makes me wish there was actually an anime for Suikoden (twould be awesome!)
