In August, ten years from now…

– Spring season final picks

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(Jen: In case you’re wondering, yep I finally moved! XD)

Before I get swamped with presentations and papers next week (with translation and portfolio designing stuck in between), I figured I’ll write up my final picks of spring season since I’ve pretty much had my minds made and that I won’t have time to write it up during the week. (T_T) Spring season is better than I expected to some extent, but then again it only also had a certain number of shows that interested me enough to stay on the list. Overall though, I’m just glad that noitaminA this season didn’t disappoint.

Listed in order of how much I look toward then, probably.

Pipe Dreaming

I got my own domain! I’m pretty excited to introduce http://www.in-assumption.com to you, a pretty spontaneous purchase from last night. Honestly, I’ve been too free these days that it scares me sometimes. Hence, in a plan too re-busy myself, I decided to get myself a long-wanted domain and re-immense myself into web-designing again along with creative writing plans. Of course, I’m moving this blog it my lovely own domain, even though making my custom theme is going to come at a later time since I need to warm up again with html 5 and self-learn php. Spring sure feels nice. ^_^

But other than that, I’m a bit sad that now Star Driver and Bakuman have ended. (Didn’t really get interested in any Spring shows yet, so far just the inn series was anywhere close to interesting. I suppose I’ll just wait on the two noitaminA series. Gee, I wonder if it’s me getting picky each year, or there really isn’t anything interesting among the 42 shows out so far!?)

I went on a shopping spree again last weekend and bought a full load of spring clothes. –sigh- Must go find job for the summer and get funding, I wish life could be like Sailor Moon, and then I can get benefactors like Haruka and Michiru, how in the world did they manage to do that. –_- Anyway, but I have noticed a change in my own clothing taste, or maybe it’s just another aspect of my taste. It’s not necessarily a bad thing I suppose. Or maybe it’s just spring, who knows?

Finals and paper are coming up, which means the term is almost over. Time even runs faster in Spring, ne? I’ve been getting better at my writer’s block and finally got some inspirations for my time-traveling novel. (Originally Hotel Longstreet, but now that I moved the setting, I don’t even know what the title is anymore. ^^;;) Maybe first person POV would a good change, who knows? Hope I’ll have luck with Sachi and her gang. XD

Maybe everything changes because it’s just spring, for once, I’d even want a 黄粱梦(pipe dream). And, of course, the adventure of life still goes on even without a certain radiance…

P.S. The Place Promised in Our Early Days OST is seriously good too, I’m in love with Tenmon’s compositions!

P.P.S. A Beautiful Mind, the book, is seriously as good as the movie, at least!

Limonium

…and as usual, nothing good comes whenever I double-post..

Pandora Hearts 59…my dear Elliott…

In a way I’m just a tad bit glad that someone up there made me forgot all about manga on my birthday. Because honestly, sensei, what kind of birthday present is this? =_= (Even Kuroshitsuji was so effing awesome.) I mean, I sort of see this coming, but it’s just so hard to accept another one of my favorite character’s passing. (LIVE, pull another joke sensei, we won’t hate it at all!!!~) Even though he was all glorified and what not, probably something Elliott would have wanted,, heh. (=_=) Sometimes I wonder why in the world I read all these bloody and dark stuff. (o.O) Knowing that I’m hopeless obsessed with fictional characters and will get sad over them, I still pull myself into these stuff. sigh, 自作自受啊~~

And this is my temporary Spring Season 2011 watchlist (42 shows wtf), only because I figured I’ll forget to post it eventually and I need to get my poor poor Elliott out of my mind (and that new volume cover, come on, using Sea Lavender, which symbolize remembrance, on his jacket?!?!?! Don’t do this to me)-

The Tentative List

• Nichijou
• Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san (well, I’m not exactly sure stuffed anime demons will run a good show –_-‘ But detective thing at least gives me a bit Conan and Gosick vibes?)
• Hen Zemi (?) (No this is a joke, well, I’ll probably watch this )
• Hanasaku Iruha (errr, country hot spring, shot 1, let’s see how this goes)
• STEINS;GATE (with a title like that, I’m in)
• A-channel (giving it a shot solely because of Slices of Life categorizing…)
• Ao no Exocist (title reason XD)
• C (screw the full name for next title’s sake, noitaminA is making a comeback! I can feel the Eden of the East vibes already! ^_^)
• Ano Himita Hana no Namae wo Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai (first for a title like that, yeah I’m watching, second, it’s noitaminA, given a chance automatically)

There are a few other interesting series, but due to time concerns and GPA concerns, I’ll be very skeptical on adding them on the list. (I will, however, be very happy to kick something off of this list hoho. )

And, for the adventure of life to probably go on, this is my new tentative favorite (well he might become permanent at this rate XD) and continue to obsess over Onerepublic’s “Come Home.”

The better half of me…

…And I’m nineteen, well 4 days ago. Another year just sort of slipped by, I thought about writing up a reflection, but when the new year and my birthday are merely 3 months apart, there’s not much more to summarize and reflect about. (Well, technically a quarter has passed, and company-wise we’d be doing a quarter analysis, ne? ^^;;)

Well I’ve been thinking about those subtle changes when I woke up this morning though, it came a bit as surprise to myself sometimes because they just come so fast and without a sound. Sometimes it’s a bit scary how one-way life is, that once you’ve made a turning point you’d probably never go back to the same intersection the same again. As vague as that sounds, it comes to you so truth time after time.

Freshman college year comes a bit cruel at times. You get burdened with fresh worries that you’d never really brood over back in 12-year mandatory education. You get thrown into surprising situations that learning how to deal with them come as fresh lessons sometimes. You worry about totally different aspects of life and self for the first time… It’s a bit alarming to see how quick you’ve changed in that mere half a year, seemly a taste of how fast life and time move on, really how “time waits for no one.”

That sounded a bit morbid, ne? o.O Well, I’ve been having fun these days actually. Onerepublic concert last Thursday was so good that I didn’t want to leave after it ended. Yesterday’s late birthday party was more than I expected and we ended up karaoking for four hours straight after delicious Chinese food. (plus restocked on dorm food too. :3) I guess this different kind of fun and lifestyle is what fueled my realization of this change. It’s a bit hard to describe in words sometimes, but it feels like that the boat of my life has changed its course of sail in this past year, and despite different kinds of iceberg are faced, it’s still a very stimulating adventure. Next year’s housing has been settled and classes soon, I feel an even bigger wave coming next year, and maybe next year’s life would be even more ridiculous than Paradise Kiss at this rate. (not that I rele mind. :3)

And talk about adventures, I’ve been a bit scared to watch Star Driver this week because of the upcoming climax, I wish wholeheartedly for a non WakoxTaku ending. (but then again, luck hasn’t really been on my side these days. =_=)

So the adventure of life goes on… and I wonder when I don’t have to sail alone. ^^;;;

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Flashback of the Sky I saw that Day…

…And I zoomed off of the planet to somewhere again, didn’t I?

Heh, the last thing I thought would happen right after I posted my cheery and light-hearted Spring Break musing was the earthquake in Japan. o.O My friend/future roomie and I have been following the Fukushima Daiichi incidents for days now, pretty scary and serious stuff. (Well, she was more concerned than I am and watched like two documentaries on past nuclear incidents, including Chernobyl, and was animatedly telling me all those stuff she saw. Yeah, I declined that offer, as scary as it is, I don’t want to have nightmares right now. =_=) I bet it’s a mess right now in those areas in Japan. (and with rescue dogs go on missing and what not… (o.O)(=_=)) Plus Libya is not any better off, -sigh-, the world is a pretty hot mess right now, and with those dooms day theory stuff too. (=_=)

On a lighter note, in my own little world probably situated in fairyland right now, my weeks have been relatively relaxing and enjoyable, despite my complete lack of appearance online. (besides facebook games and the ever so addictive neopets for some reason) 3 papers for Chinese last week was not fun, but heh, at least I managed to find a somewhat decent topic for the final term paper. (Anybody heard about DINK becoming popular in Chinese urban society these days? Yeah I heard it from Fei Cheng Wu Rao(非诚勿扰), now my friend is going to comment with confidence that the show is pretty dang educating) And no exam this week means “yay I can finally have time to work on junk stuff I’m interested in hoho.” XDD Even though I have discovered with one of my best friends that Atlanta/Emory night life is pretty exciting after all, hence, still less sleep time for me. (T_T oh well, at least they count for some work-out times XD) Hm, other than that, what else, what else, well, good weather these days just plain means that I like to waste my time out with friends on walks and some Starbucks treats. (hoho evening strolls with gooses? Yes please.)

As predictive as I can be, I will be having little productive results this week either. (Dooley’s week here, probably worse than spirit week/theme week/what not from high school) I will continue be thankful for the Japanese anime/manga industry for being hardworking and producing animanga for me to enjoy overseas despite in a pinch right now. Hence I will continue to gawk at Sugata’s costume from the recent episode and watch the new Conan two-ep case.

And the adventure of life goes on, I will try and write more reflexive posts, and I’m sure like Takuto-kun, we pull out miracles when it’s a pinch. Optimism is gold. XD

On rather dismissive note, I’m now obsessed with Waka Waka. So, waka waka eh eh… -3-

Up in the Clouds…

I found it incredibly distressing that MAL only allows 10 favorite characters. Technically speaking, that of course, is quite a reasonable in every possible angle. But just for a fictional characters-obsessed 花痴 like me, it’ is incredibly frustrating to contemplate on which older fav. I’d be willing to sacrifice in order to add a new one on my list. And obviously that had simply reduced the number of female characters on my list. (I’m now down to one, and I really don’t want to remove my awesome witch-san. T_T) Such a realistic taste of scarcity. =_= (well, kind of a stretch I know…)

Anyway, yes, I am on Spring Break and incredibly bored, and too impatient to fill out that Target job page when it seems like it’ll take decades to fill out. (But in the end I know that I’ll still finish it despite all the procrastination. Way of life I guess?0

So amidst of all the randomness, I managed to update my MAL and looked up Spring season preview. Dear Jen, I was almost happily composing an email to you saying that they are doing a shounen-ai series in the new season when I saw this. But then I read the summary and had to withdraw that thought. Well, I’m pretty sure that Studio DEEN will probably roll out one in the near future when they already have such an affinity for it these days. –_-; Anyhow, overall, I have no idea about my spring watch list even after reading the preview. Some of the shows were ridiculous and make me sigh about the anime industry. (Like the 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku one that I had to send a screenshot to my friend on gchat, or the clichéness of AT-X shows. =_=) A few looked interesting as always, even though half of the winter shows looked interesting and turned out all weird. >.> I’m hoping that NoitaminA won’t disappoint this upcoming season at least. (or else I guess I’m better off go back to reading manga only haha.)

It’s been a while since I ranted about animanga, ne? Maybe I’ll write up something about what I’m watching right now, even though right now I don’t have enough enthusiasm to even do a season impression. =_= Meh, the adventure of my anime life still goes on slowly…

On a completely unrelated note, I’m hopelessly obsessed with this for some reason.

Oh, and yes, theme change, just because…