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Leaving for Katsucon at 2. It'll be a weekend of fun with my college friends and getting to see some from high school! Aural Vampire concert tonight! See you Sunday! -CF Quote of the Day: Be alert, the world needs more lerts.
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So, I have Netflix now. Had it since the end of last month. I want some recommendations of stuff I should watch, mainly anime. But other stuff is fine too. Here is what is in my queue so far: Gurren Lagann: Vol. 1Dead Space: DownfallBeast Wars Transformers Seasons 1-3Homestarrunner: Everything ElseStrong Bad Emails (Hey at least I'll finally get around to watching them. )GravitationInterstella 5555 (Daft Punk)With all the discs I have like 30 in my queue, but I want to know what else you all think I should watch. Kohaku
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Save my love sugu ni Save your dream with your dance konya dake toki hanatareru PARADISE sagashiteru boy You are my gravity gravity gravity kimi to yukeru mirai ima hirogatteku You are my gravity gravity gravity hikari motome tobou we can fly high Make a move motto Make your day as you want yoru o saki TIGHT ni kizamu Party tunes tomenaide boy I'll be your gravity gravity gravity kinou made no RULE ima tobikoeteku I'll be your gravity gravity gravity jiyuu no katachi sae we can change now You are my gravity gravity gravity kimi to yukeru mirai ima hirogatteku You are my gravity gravity gravity hikari motome tobou we can fly high I'll be your gravity gravity gravity kinou made no RULE ima tobikoeteku I'll be your gravity gravity gravity jiyuu no katachi sae we can change now
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Does anyone know where i can download Lucky Star Epesodes 17-23? Thanks
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So I had a great idea last year to make a New Year's Resolution to watch more anime! And then a few days later I wanted to specifically watch The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Now, if you go back to that first linked page, I listed out a few other things I wanted to do. I read quite a bit of manga, so I'm satisfied with that. But I didn't watch any of those anime listed. (Though I did watch Excel Saga.) I obtained enough sets to my content so far, and I've built a lot, such as a whole Toa team. Quick! I have two weeks left! I have FLCL with me from a friend! I better hurry! I did watch Firefly. That's cool enough to counter missing some anime. Wow, this blog entry went longer than I thought. Anyway, I wanted to watch more anime, but did not. Maybe next year I'll try to build more Lego? -CF Quote of the Day: If bankers can count, why are there eight windows and only four tellers?
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On Friday afternoon and Saturday I went to Nekocon 11. I was very excited, heading off to a new con with people I didn't know. But I did meet up with another friend and her friend, so that made it more enjoyable, along with another friend. It was fun. It was good. Not the best con I've been to, but a friend said they've done better in the past, so maybe it has potential. But on a good note: I did enjoy it and myself. It was nice to not worry about homework and instead surround myself with 7,000 like-minded people. The panels I went to were good. Let's see, what did I do: Hung around until later at night, when then I was complicating going to the rave or another panel (which escapes now), when I happened to stumble in upon "Are You a Werewolf?" They dragged me in and everyone was sitting in a circle. ... "Is this like Mafia?" "Yeah." "Cool! I'm in!" So I ended up playing Mafia for 2+ hours! That was fun. On Saturday I went to the 501st Legion's panel. (These guys dress up very accurately like Star Wars bad guys. They do a lot of charity events. They say it's really nice to give back to the community.) They were awesome. Since there wasn't a panel planned the hour after them, we stayed chatting with them for another hour! They passed bits of their armor and guns around to the audience and were just overall fun to talk to. Their costumes (Storm troopers, pilots, Boba Fett) were very impressive. Better yet, they'll be at my local Toys R Us this Saturday for Toys for Tots! I am so there. I also cosplayed at Train Heartnet/Black Cat, which a few people commented on. Better yet, I met another Train, along with a Sven, Rinslett, and Eve. This made my day, for I had not seen another Train cosplayer at Katsucon and couldn't find the Sven my friends said was there. So my friend got pix of all 5 of us. The rest of the con was OK. There weren't a lot of panels to go to, and the friends I was hanging out with were sort of indifferent to panels or just chilling. This is where the con could have improved, because there was not a bunch of stuff going on. The Dealer's room and definitely the Artist's Alley could have used some work. I don't know if I'll go back next year. But I'm glad I went this year. On the plus side, my friend had the best L (from Deathnote) cosplay there. She was practically always in character: hunched, chewing on a thumbnail, white shirt, jeans, shaggy black hair, a Deathnote and handcuffs. -CF Quote of the Day: Can I trade this job for what's behind door #2?
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I really really really want a Portal wallpaper "Have I lied to you? I mean, in this room?" but I can't find one on the interwebs. Anyone have one? Please? Edit: Something like this. -CF Quote of the Day: Chaos, panic, and disorder. My work here is done.
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In just a few short hours, I will be heading off to Nekocon! Should be fun. Cool stuff is bound to happen. I'm so excited! I'm really looking forward to the 501st Legion panel. Be back Sunday! ~Fox Quote of the Day: Time flies like a dead chipmunk on an airplane strangling a fish.
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I got back home from break last Saturday and my brother showed me a new song he had acquired. I had, of course, already heard of it; but now, now I could listen to it whenever I wanted! Caramelldansen is finally mine!!! -CF Quote of the Day: Allow me to introduce my selves.
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Blasting the Transformers' Score "Arrival to Earth" as you are driving. -CF Quote of the Day: On a shirt: Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew Up.
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I decided to look around online and listen to some Nami Tamaki music, as all I have is her Greeting CD. And what a great CD at that. But considering there is more out there, I'd love to get some of it. After listening to a selection, I came to the conclusion that I would like it get Specialty and Make Progress. I hope you clicked on those links. Let me tell you, I am not willing to spend $60+ on one CD. Ever. I'm lucky my friend just gave me the Advent Children soundtrack because I'm not paying for that either unless it drops down to the price of a normal CD. People have bought those CD's, so I can't ask if anyone actually buys at that price, but really now, does anyone buy at that price? I've searched elsewhere (and have not bought anything off Amazon except school books before) but just can't find a good deal. Maybe at a con, but I can never find the music dealer in the Dealers' Room. I also doubt iTunes would have j-pop, but I'll find out when/if I get an iPod. -CF Quote of the Day: Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
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I was at Borders today browsing the manga section, and I noticed they had Tsubasa #17. So I took said manga and made a beeline to the couches to catch up on one of my favorite stories. I was confused. (Granted, I had to leave about 10 pages into it, but that didn't matter.) Actually, I was confused at the end of #16, wondering what had happened to Sayoran. So if anyone feels like filling me in on what's been going on and why what happened at the end of #16 happened, either in a spoiler box or a PM, it'd be appreciated. -CF Quote of the Day: His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like socks in a dryer without Cling Free.
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Well, I'm back from ACen, or Anime Central and now it is time for story time and a ton of pictures, most of which you can see in the Maj gallery. I should say the pictures are large so if you use dial up or have an older computer they might not load right away. Of course, onto the stories and some of my favorite cosplays. The Light Yagami here is me. Bonus points to whomever finds the pic of me taking a potato chip and eating it! Right away we saw a spectacular Midna. Mario, Luigi, and Peach. There is a funnier picture with Mario and I later on... Tonberry. Need I say more? Ryuk hung out with us for awhile on Friday. Sadly we didn't find the lady who had apples. He eventually got apples from elsewhere. Toon Link was looking for a prop, so after a discussion with her she wanted a Deku leaf... which she found. Majora! Three gunslingers Dante, Vash, and Nero Eyebrows. Hitsugaya and Matsumoto. Many people took pictures of us while we were hanging out waiting for the doors to open... Bioshock. I found Waldo! Where? At ACen! Snake in a box. Zant of the Twilight Realm. Final Fantasy cosplay. When blades meet... Hitsugaya vs. Sephiroth! Falco, Wolf, Star Fax... err... Fox. Zombie Zack and Aeris. Cloudberg. Piranha Plant was a favorite, quite the awesome costume. Aaaahh!!! The guy who got beheaded hung out with us for awhile. A Light and Cloud fangirl. She was in love with me when I was Light. Neku from The World Ends With You! Coin get! GENO!! Battle #1. Many people got pictures of this battle pose. Battle #2. I must not be on the good side of Nintendo characters... (Link and I might have gotten yelled at for battling. It was worth it though. ) Those are only a few of my favorites. There are a ton of other awesome pictures in the gallery so check it out! Any favorites that you saw in the gallery? Discuss them here! Fun Facts: On Saturday I had my picture taken about 89 times and on Sunday about 48 times. On Saturday I was glomped 3 times and on Sunday 17 times. There were a lot of Toshiro's on Saturday not as many on Sunday. Sadly, we had to leave early on Sunday otherwise those numbers would be higher. Of course... I'm not done tomorrow I'll go over the stuff I got. And some more detailed stories. Kohaku
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Are you a ninja in a pirate kind of way? Or... A pirate in a ninja kind of way? I'd say I'm a ninja-pirate in a Jedi kind of way. -CF Quote of the Day: It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall...but became a big pop star.
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Saturday was the Sakura Matsuri, the Japanese Cherry Blossom Street Festival! Here in Washington, D. C., the Japanese gave us some cherry blossom trees back in the day. So every year, upon their bloom (give or take some days/weeks), we celebrate Japanese culture! The Sakura Matsuri is really fun for us otaku (anime fans) because we like Japanese culture so much. Luckily the Japan-America Society of Washington D. C. recognized this and added in J-pop Land, a section specifically for anime! More on that later. Upon arriving, there are lots of tents filled with various Japanese goodies. From food to wood art, green tea ice cream to Go (google it, it's a game), there is plenty to do and watch demonstrated. There are a couple of performing art stages, too. My favorite performers were the Tamagawa University Dance and Taiko Group, Mitsumassyu, and a friend and I watched some Jujitsu. Sadly, we missed out on Nen Daiko, a drum ensemble. They're supposed to be really good. Hopefully I can catch them at Anime USA next year, as I also missed out on them this year. Mitsumassyu is a J-Pop group direct from Japan for it's 3rd year in a row! They're a fun group that sound great, and like most (all?) J-Pop, their songs are upbeat and happy. (Despite me not knowing any Japanese past "konnichiwa.") Sadly, I'll be in college next year and probably can't make the Sakura Matsuri. But I've had fun the past three years I've gone. For those of you that felt like reading all that, here's a reward: "Sakura" means "cherry blossom" in Japanese, and "matsuri" is "festival" (I'm pretty sure), hence "Sakura Matsuri." (Sakura is also the name of the main character for Card Captor Sakura, and Tsubasa. If you watch Bleach, then you know that Kuchiki Byakuya's Zanpaktou's name is "Senbon zakura" (Thousand Cherry Blossoms)) -CF Quote of the Day: Be nice to your kids, they will be the ones choosing your nursing home.
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I'm all registered and paid up for ACen. For those of you who don't know it is a convention with cosplay and all that good anime stuff. And it'll be my first! *is excited* It'll be May 16th-18th and does take place in Rosemont, Illinois. Besides being down there for Anime... there are three Lego Stores down there... and I must get to one of them! Lego, Anime, Gaming! What's not to love?! *dies from the awesomeness* Anyway, I'll be going down with some friends, staying in a hotel, and all that good stuff. Of course, I'll bring my laptop and digital camera so I can post plenty of pictures for everyone! If anyone plans on going be sure to tell me. And I will be trying to make it to Brickfair later this year... Not sure on that just yet. Kohaku
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I want to borrow an anime series from my friend for Easter Break next week, but can't decide which. Know anything about...? I'm stuck between Escaflowne and Martian Successor Nadesico. I've seen the first 2 episodes of each. She has all of Nadesico and all but the end of Escaflowne. Escaflowne looks really cool, considering it's this mysterious steampunky mecha that's sort of alive (it came from an egg), but I figure that it's more popular so I have more chance of finding a copy to borrow next year in college. (Would it be bad if I missed the last episodes and watched the movie?) Nadesico is a space show, sort of. Actually, I don't know a whole lot. It's supposed to be like Neon Genesis Evangelion (which I love but my parents hate, so slight dilemma there) but takes a route of its own (good!). I figure I should be safe. I don't think either would have fan service, but I wouldn't know for sure. (You can never really tell.) The reason I bring this up is because the moment my dad sees skin (he's almost always in the same room as me while I'm watching anime) he'll tell me to turn it off. (Well, it only happened for Evangelion's End of Eva, but...) He'll also not like it if there's too many bad words.... So, which should I borrow? If you have seen either or both, or know anything about them, your opinion is greatly appreciated! -CF Quote of the Day: I've been on a vegetarian diet for 3 weeks, and never have my houseplants look so good to me. -Daniel Lybra
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Have I blogged yet that I really like the .hack manga series? In fact, the .hack// Legend of the Twilight manga trilogy was my first manga series I bought. I heard rumors since last October, but now, finally, I see that there is a second manga series! Borders.com has registered that they have .hack/ / G.U.+! (The only question is when can I get it? Once I have some money, obviously, but more so a topic of time to read. (And I still have 7 more Black Cat manga to buy.)) .hack is about a web, virtual reality RPG. A brother and sister log on to "The World" and go along with the basics of the game, including meeting and making friends with other online characters. Later, weird things start happening and a mystery is revealed, the team of friends working to get to the bottom of it so they can keep enjoying The World. Despite my lack of interest in RPG's, I really enjoyed this because I like the fantasy theme and the cool things that can happen because it's an RPG. (It helps explain RPG's, too.) Being my first manga, this has a special place in my heart. -CF PS, This looks interesting. Quote of the Day: Knowledge is power, power corrupts. Study hard, be evil.
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First, for the non-anime fans: Halo//Ghost Busters//Jack Sparrow//Storm//Tim the Enchanter//Willy Wonka Now, for us otaku: Katsucon 14 has some great cosplayers. Cosplay is the anime con term for "Costume playing," in which fans (otaku) dress up (and sometimes act) as their favorite anime characters. Very popular at anime cons, I knew that after having attended two (I realized this after my first, actually) that I just had to join in on the cosplaying fun. I took pix at Katsucon, despite me saying I wouldn't bug people for them. Without further ado, here they are: Cosplay Chess (Basically, each character is assigned a chess piece/position. Two other people are playing chess to the side, and they tell which character to move and attack another. It's pretty cool, because everyone is in character, especially for the attacking part.) My friends (and me) Tsubasa (the first pic I took. I was so excited to see Fai's staff from afar I just had to get a pic) Ed Elric and Ed Elric. (Love that staff in the anime) And Roy Mustang Transformers (It can be done!) Vash the Stampeed Chi L Pocky! Don Kanonji (Hmm, I missed out on Ichigo....) For T-Hybrid, the only Digimon I could find, and then the pic turns out blurry. Ouran High School Host Club For bio djinnie (There's another Haruhi in my Flickr, find it, I think you'll like it.) For Omi For Omi For Omi (Find the rest) Here is my Flickr, but they can be found in the Photo's set as well. But feel free to sift through pages for better pix than the small square thumbnails. (If you search my tags "Katsucon" you'll be fine) -CF Quote of the Day: You're thirsty. You look around. There is a glass of water on a table. 1: The glass is half-full. 2: The glass is half-empty. 3: The water is obviously poisoned.
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Black Cat Cosplay! Debuted at Katsucon 14. "I've come to deliver some bad luck." I was cosplaying this guy. More photos here and Flickr here. I want to have the cloak as well, but I haven't found one yet. Oh, well, it was still a cool cosplay. I got my picture taken about 5+ times, and other people knew who I was. Topic for the gun (Hades) here. (or discuss it here if that is dead or locked.) Pix of the gun. -CF Quote of the Day: This week's stupid instruction: On a packet of peanuts: WARNING: MAY CONTAIN NUTS.
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Katsucon 14 was this past weekend. (Feb 15-17, President's Day weekend.) I was able to attend all three days due to a half day of school on Friday! My friends and I walked to the metro right after, three of us in costume! Upon arriving and registering (or in my case and a friend and her brother, picking up our pre-reg badges), we headed off to Artist's Alley. (Thinking FUNimation had free stuff there, when it was really in the Merchant's Hall.) The Alley is really cool, it's something to come back to again and again. Everyone here is really talented. I bought some buttons (OK. A lot of buttons.) for myself, and I got couple small pieces of art for friends that couldn't make it this year. I also picked up an Anime USA 2007 shirt next to the Alley for $10, a good deal on one of last year's con shirt. We headed down to the Merchant's Hall (again, something that gets visited more than once) and browsed, I didn't get anything on Friday. In the end I bought two Transformers pins (Autobot and Decepticon logos, respectively) a really cool FMA button down shirt (it's amazing. Maybe I'll take a pic eventually.) and some other things. (No Anime or Manga, as I can get it discounted at Borders with a coupon or at Anime Pavillion (near my house) which is always 20% off). Sunday I did exchange cash with some vendors so my friends could get some sharp items, as I was the only 18 year old in my group. Let's see...I bought a Sephiroth sword and a Keyblade, and some small items. Another associate of mine picked up a "Death Note" (Which actually had the rules and all of Light's notes in it, plus blank pages.) We went to the Opening Ceremonies, which wasn't more than just announcing the guests (who I've never heard about or the anime they've VA'd for, though they got the NGE Asuka VA in....). Later were some AMV's (Anime Music Videos) until we ran off to the Geek Comedy Tour 3000. The GCT was amazingly hilarious! So much so we all saw it again on Saturday with our friends that didn't come Friday. It's 6 stand up comedians that tell geeky/sci-fi jokes that their audience wouldn't get ("we would receive looks of puzzlement and confusion") so they formed and took their jokes to the people who would understand them. There was also Cosplay Chess, a workshop to help Anime Clubs and their conundrums, just to name a few more of the many events offered to us. I cosplayed all three days, I'll get those pix up on Tuesday. Tomorrow I'll show you all the other cosplays I took pix of. (Including FF for Omi and Haruhi for bio djinnie.) It's not an entry you'll want to miss! Overall it was a great time, and I think the best part was hanging out with my friends. That doesn't happen often outside school. (Now I have homework to do on Monday, including reading all of Picture of Dorian Grey.) -CF Quote of the Day: He who dies must never live again. Wait a sec. That's not right.
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Katsucon 14 is Friday! Katsucon is an anime convention in Washington, D. C. It's probably the biggest one in DC. (The biggest con would probably be Otakon in Baltimore, MD.) This will be the first con I attend all three days of! My school has a half day Friday so a bunch of friends and I are taking the Metro down (approx. 5 blocks away) to the hotel after school. As I said earlier, I'll be cosplaying as Black Cat. The costume is pretty much done, as I never got the cloak. I just spent the last two hours making the holster and fixing up my costume. I'll have pix up next week. On the topic of pix, Omi wants me to take some, so I'll bring my camera (on Saturday), but I'm not going to be the annoying fan-boy that bugs people for pix. If someone approaches me then I'll take a pic of them or something as well. (I won't be online until Sunday night, as I won't be home until midnight Friday and Saturday.) Hope I can find some good deals in the Dealers' Room. And the Game Room will be fun, as Katsu has an amazing Game Room with games from the 80's to today. -CF Quote of the Day: I am nobody, and nobody is perfect. Therefore I am perfect. - Omicron
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Kohaku
