I just got back from seeing Paranorman.  If you haven't seen it, do.  If you have, see it again.  Yes, it's PG, and the message is directed at 10 year olds, but it's beautifully executed and the visuals and voices are in perfect sync, both in terms of the dialogue matching the "lip flapping" and the character designs and characterizations by the

I actually started this post a couple of weeks ago:

I just noticed how long it's been since I've posted here.  It's been kind of busy and disjointed.

Let's see -- spent a week in Florida visiting family, which was nice R&R.  Wish I could have brought the weather back with me.  (There's something about getting on a plane when it's sunny and ( Read more... )

Just found out that the second season of Sekai'ichi Hatsukoi started last week.  So I just sat down and caught up with the first two episodes.

So now I'm happy.

And now, back to Mirage of Blaze.

All 50 episodes.

Pretty impressive.

I'm reminded that much of Chicago is built on swamps and old beaches.

It snowed last night --- all night.  (So much for the lunar eclipse, and I was even up early enough to have caught the end of it -- if I could have seen anything but the rosy glow of mercury vapor lamps against the clouds.)  And today the temperature is in the low 30s.  Everything ( Read more... )

Sort of shows what an exciting life I lead.

How many times have I watched Gakuen Heaven?  And yesterday, I finally figured out the joke in the cat's name.

And why do you suppose Youka Nitta re-uses character names?

Yes, I actually got up off my reclusive little butt and went to a movie last night.  Saw Shelter, a feature from Jonah Markowitz that got all sorts of buzz at last year's Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Chicago.

I'm not sure it's up to all the hype, but I enjoyed it, if for no other reason than that I was really in the mood for a nice "boy meets ( Read more... )