Ya know... for a while I was wondering what I was working my ass off so hard for... now that I find my pay going down the drain at light speed despite the fact that I've worked every single day for the last week, I have a pretty good idea... bloody driving lessons~!!! *kicks all driving instructors/schools in general for being so bloody damn expensive* Taking into account that I haven't even had driving lessons for a month and that I'm already $300 outta pocket, I'm seriously bemoaning the blow to my bank account. Let's not even mention the amount that I actually have to pay to take my test and GET my licence.... and that I haven't even done my Xmas shopping yet... *growls* Not happy~!!
But anyways, onto more happier topics... and other reasons why my bank balance is in its very poor condition... ^^;;; though these reasons make me ever so much more happier than the last...
It's been almost two weeks since I blogged last -- and for good reason... I haven't even been on the net coz I've just been too tired... see above mention of working every single day this week, starting last sunday and going till yesterday (saturday). Friday was meant to have been my one day off and my veg out day. Then I get a wake up call from my boss saying that the girl who was meant to show up hadn't, and that he needed me there. So I had to drag my sleepy ass outta bed and get to work on my one day off.... *slumps* me is soo dead.... Thank everything under the stars that I had a day off today and one tomorrow... although I'm having a driving lesson tomorrow.... *growls* Mi!!
But anyways, enough of my whining... onto better stuff... Since the last post, I have finished Chobits. *grins* And loved it a LOT~~!!! Yeah, it may be a slightly perverted series, but still very very gorgeous~!! And what pleased me but also freaked me out..? It was a happy ending~!!! Well... granted Angelic Layer had a happy ending too, but Angelic Layer didn't exactly have a big emphasis on romantic relationships... And this is CLAMP we're talking about!! This is the CLAMP that tore the Subaru/Seishirou relationship up despite the fact that they spent seven tankoubans of Tokyo Babylon building it up!! Excuse me while I wander off to wonder what CLAMP were on when they wrote the story! *LOL* Not that I'm not happy with it!! I think I would have felt distinctly displeased if the ending hadn't happened as it did... but then that's nothing new, I've been distinctly displeased with CLAMP ever since they killed Seishirou off... though Sakurazukamori!Subaru slightly made up for that.... *L* But still, Chobits was gorgeous~! Very much looking forward to getting DVDs ^_^
But speaking of getting stuff, my Backgammons came in~~~!!! ^___________^ Extremely cute piccies of the Saiyuki boys~!! But alas, there was only one tiny little sketch of Tokitou and none of Kubo-chan... *sighs* A bit disappointed, but not too much *grins* Still staring at Sanzo on the cover of Backgammon 2 and drooling.... *droools* And totally totally lovable piccy of Goku in Backgammon 3 ^_^ To quote Minekura-san, "Itsumo no Bakasaru ja naku" *huggles* totemo kawaii desu~~!
Bad thing about it though? I paid a very pretty penny for them... ^^;;; Not that I begrudge them that... but still... considering that there'll be two new Minekura artbooks coming out Dec 26th and Jan 26th, containing recent Saiyuki and Gaiden (and hopefully Wild Adapter) piccies, you can be sure that I'll be paying another very pretty penny for them when the February shipment comes in.... I really don't know whether to grumble or be happy... so for now I'll just resort to staring at Goku.... *grins* Also as a point to note, the new artbooks will no longer be called "Backgammon"... since Minekura switched publishers for Saiyuki from Enix to Issaisha, I presume that the rights for "Backgammon" also belong to Enix... thus since the new artbooks are being published by Issaisha, they'll be marketed under the name "Salty-dog" 1 & 2.... *sweatdrops* She comes up with the weirdest names, I swear....
Also with Xmas coming up and me desperately wracking my brains to think up Xmas pressies for friends and family, I realised one very important thing. I wasn't getting myself a present... *L* So yeah... I figured that I deserved a present after having worked so hard since I've been on holidays and I was quick to remedy that since I knew exactly what I wanted. So now I am the proud owner of the beginning of the Kyoto hen of Rurouni Kenshin on DVD *huggles DVDs* Will continue to get them as they come out and I'll go back and get the beginning ones when my bank balance is feeling better, but that doesn't really bother me. I'm getting the good stuff first afterall ^__________^
Watched 16 episodes last night after coming home from my aunt's for dinner -- around midnight. Finished this morning around 6:30am *grins* And came to the inevitable conclusion that, again, it was well worth the pretty penny I spent to get them. Rurouni Kenshin is one of the few series in which I'm hard pressed to dislike/hate any of the characters. Seriously, I love almost all of them... And having just seen the episode where Kenshin masters the Ama Kakeru Ryuu no Hirameki, I'm effectively reminded that I really REALLY love the shishou/deshi relationship between Kenshin and Hiko Seijuurou ^_^
But anyways, in other anime news, continuing to watch other anime, like Witch Hunter Robin and Samurai Deeper Kyou, in both of which (up to ep 18) everything that has been nicely puttering along was just thrown to Hell and is getting very very interesting!! Also since I'm in the lull between series after finishing Chobits, I've also been starting a lotta of the new series. Naruto was surprisingly good after the first 3 eps in which things were pretty slow going. Will definitely continue that series... especially coz Kakashi has Inoue Kazuhiko's voice and just really really REALLY reminds me of Yuki... though a relatively more genki Yuki.... ^^;;;;;
Also saw Get Backers... in which I was surprised to hear Kanna Nobutoshi's voice (formerly Hayashi Nobutoshi of Fushigi Yuugi's Tasuki fame) coz Midou Ban sounded a LOT like Tasuki ^_^ And then recognised Tobita Nobuo's voice as Dr. Jackal after a few lines coz it just so distinctly reminded me of Tomo... after which I proceeded to shudder... *L* Saw the first three eps of Spiral and is waiting for it to get better... this one definitely has potential... seiyuus include Suzumura Kenichi, Mitsuishi Kotono, Onosaka Masaya and Asano Mayumi sounding like anything BUT Hisoka... ^^;;; which was kinda scary...
Saw the first three eps of Mirage of Blaze (Honoo no Mirage) and is slightly confused... not the best of starts and is debatable whether I'm gonna continue this one... plot seems kinda flimsy... also waiting for things to get a bit shounen-ai-ish but in the mean time, loving Hayami Shou's voice... *drools* I could listen to that voice all day..... Also recognized Seki Toshihiko, Seki Tomokazu and Matsumoto Yasunori... who also happens to be in Get Backers ^^;;
And then there's Gundam Seed... ^_^ Despite the fact that I was reluctant to see it because of the character design it's turned out to be very good after 3 eps. But people have to admit that while Strike Gundam has more add-ons and may have more power, in terms of design, it doesn't even come close to that of Wing Gundam and the subsequent Wing Zero and Zero Custom. I dunno, I just find it a bit too plain... though I much prefer it over the strange-ness that was the Turn A gundams... In terms of characters, even though Kira looks like a girl half the time, I still can't help but like him after 3 eps... voiced by Hoshi Souichirou... resemblance to Goku perhaps?? *shrugs* Dunno... But yeah, and voices, let's not even mention the voices aside from the fact that it is literally an ALL STAR CAST. I've known this for quite a while and some of the names which were thrown around in the first episode already have been Mitsuishi Kotono, Hoshi Souichirou, Seki Tomokazu, Seki Toshihiko, Kuwashima Houko, Koyasu Takehito and Ishida Akira... Though putting some of the voices to the faces have been an eye opener... The worst one probably being Seki Toshihiko as Cruz, the Zech-lookalike with mask and a perm job... ^^;;;;; While I don't think that it'll come close to the degree with which I love GWing to bits, I'm expecting GSeed to give me a helluva ride ^_^
But speaking of recognising voices, from an episode of Witch Hunter Robin I recently watched, I've found that I'm able to recognize Ueda Yuuji's voice from just hearing him pant... *sweatdrops* Why?? I have no idea... I just heard it and went, that's SO Ueda Yuuji.... ^^;;;; And this is even before I did my recent Kenshin rerun... so given that the latest incarnations of Ueda Yuuji's voice I've heard are Ueda Hiroyasu from Chobits and Kakyou from X, neither of which are given to pant, I really don't know how that came about... ^^;;;; Slightly freaky...
So yeah, that's what's been happening to me recently, now I must go and get some sleep so that I'll be awake for my driving lesson in 10 hours... *sighs* Oi oi.... *grins* must refrain from watching Kenshin again.....
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