I realize that it's already May and I only posted once all of April X_X   That's some pretty bad ratios considering that at a min I want to post once a week. Instead about once a week I've been writing out massive emails and sending them to all my friends instead of posting here. The reason is there are only 1-2 readers who actually visit this journal and/or read it because of being a friend, where as emails tend to be read by the 6 or so people I send them to.
But I end up feeling bad about this place especially since I enjoy typing sooooo much. (In fact it was thanks to Wed's pop quiz that I realized I'm a lot better at spelling when typing then I am oral, for example taking 7 seconds to spell out Otaku >_>).

To read everything, and it's quite a lot since I guess I'm kinda making up for lack of posts, it's past the break but it just felt far to long to post normally so ya............

 

 

Tags: random

According to Anime News Network, Little, Brown (an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA, same as Yen Press the wonderful company that finally gave us Spiral AND will be bringing us the Haruhi Manga) has acquired the series from Kadokawa Shoten in a joint venture with Yen Press. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will publish Nagaru Tanigawa's Haruhi Suzumiya light novels in English starting in April of 2009.

This is some pretty exciting news. There have been rumors flying around since fall of 06 that the novels would be getting licensed, it might have taken a year and a half since then for it to come true, but at least it has.  The only sad thing T_T I have to wait a year before the first novel is planned to be released. And with the announcements from KyoAni about their current plans with both Haruhi and FMP it may not be till fall 09 or even 2010 before we see the next seasons of those anime.

I don't currently have plans to buy the manga, it may change, but the light novels are where it is at. Much like FMP and Crest of the Stars.... OH I should look around to see if there were any announcements during my 8 months away if Banner of the Stars novels got licensed or not.

Tags: haruhi, news

As you all should know by now. I'm part of the AZ National Guard. And being a member of the Guard means I am to serve 1 weekend a month and 2 weeks a year.
I just found out that those 2 weeks a year may pose an annoyance to me unfortunately. See, I had been arranging plans with my friends to try and get us all to go to a real anime convention. IE, one that has multiple japanese guests and has been around for at least 10 years.
Well, the con we had decided one was A-kon. During my convention crazy summer of 06, that convention left the best impression on me. And I wanted to try talking my friends into joining me.
Well, I find out today that the 2 weeks a year, just so happens to start the Monday before that convention. >_>  I have been told that I still have hope, that if I put in a request to my chain of command that I can show up late, or work something else out with them.
But it's just of all the weeks to have my 2 weeks fall on it has to be this one. -_-


Also, I found out today that when you have cavities between your teeth, it somehow requires even more drilling then the usual kind. T_T  Just hearing that drill makes my teeth hurt.
Though talking about drills makes me think of TTGL, and TTGL is so awesome that well, I feel a bit better.

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I should have seen it coming back when I was trying to watch the HQ version of Bartender(I was REALLY BORED). Or maybe when trying to play that uber highquality version of the Air TV opening. But no, I would tell myself that they were just poor encodings and that it couldn't possibly be my computer.
T_T

I get back after 8 months and after spending 3 days downloading enough anime to last me at least until the end of the week I discover that these HQ videos are ALL to much for my poor old Desktop. Even the HQ version of the Haruhi skittles AMV is too much for this poor old machine. -_-

This would normally be when I pull out my wallet and start shopping around for some upgrade parts on the internet. But, I actually got myself a really awesome laptop back in October. 1 to celebrate my survival of Basic, and 2 so that I would have awesome laptop fun at AIT. (to bad that AIT part didn't actually happen, stupid rules and them not allowing laptops.)
So I don't actually need a new computer. My laptop can play all these videos perfectly, infact it can play several of them at the same time then I hit that fun new vista window scroll feature and show it off to my friends for all of 5 seconds cause so far that's the only Ahhhhhh factor I've found in Vista.

The Question, really becomes, what should I do with my desktop. Since I've got back all I've really been doing with it is downloading through it. And I've got a really awesome laptop which I was planning to use for my gaming and anime watching anyways.
So first thing that comes to mind is, "can I turn it into a torrenting machine, that I can control from my laptop?" 
That really is what I want to do with this poor old machine. Maybe more research is needed.
But in any case. It's sad that my desktop is falling so far that it can no longer even play the anime that I download.
Though I did only spend $600 on this thing, back in 2005. I'm hoping that my laptop can survive at least 3 years before It starts feeling this kind of pain.

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Yep, Gamefly was actually a pretty awesome idea for when I was stuck in the barracks for a couple months with nothing more to play with then handhelds. But now that I'm back in the real world I have SOOOOOOo many games that have been sitting on the backburner that I really have no reason to continue with it for now.
But I do admit that it was a good service, and would actually recommend it for the gamer who has the time and doesn't feel like buying every game they want to play. But unlike that kind of gamer, I tend to spend money on games and then forget about the ones that I was playing, that's why it took a year before I finally beat Twilight Princess.

Tags: videogames

Long time and no see.
It was just over 8 months ago that I left this desert to become a man. And what better way of becoming a man then joining the army.... well National Guard in my case but still the army.
So now I return to you all slightly older, in far better shape(I want to see any of you pull off 45+Pushups, 57+situps, and a 15:30TwoMileRun), and very anime deprived. I also miss my friends but really, it's all about the anime and videogames I've been missing. (Before you all worry I do have Brawl)

But YES!, I have returned and as such I have many things that I must accomplish within these next couple days. More on this later. Actually maybe more on everything later, this will be enough for now. A notification that I am back. And of course would like to meet up with those I know, like Miroku and such(I don't know if anyone else will even read this..... I don't even know if Miroku would ever read this.)

Until I have more free time~

Tags: random

Today is the day before I actually graduate from Basic training. It was a crazy busy 2 months, and I'm glad I'm finally outside of that lockdown I've been in for that entire time. 
But in this time there's has been FAR to many things released, the 2nd disc of Karas, More Haruhi, the last .hack ps2 game, and SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many new shows are starting up not to mention all the ones I missed thanks to having to leave.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh how I wish I could have a Laptop and PS2 today and more freetime then I ever deserve.

Just some information on my situation, I'm currently using a library computer to do all this while still at basic. I'll be graduating tomorrow and continuing on to AIT, located at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Should be arriving there sometime around Sat, or early Sunday. I'll then have to go through processing, find out about schooling and where I'll be living for the next 22 weeks, and then I'm not really sure what will happen.
From what I've been told, Fort Gordon doesn't allow laptops for the first 4 weeks, but after that they should be ok, and since it's a Fort with the main purpose of educating people on devices for communication and technology I shouldn't have any problems with wifi and the such, and at that point I'll begin the long process of catching up in everthing I'm falling behind in.

Though the .hack game may have to wait a good while till I get the ability to have a PS2 again.
But I do have the ability to bring things like my cell phone and DS and such with me, so I'll be playing plenty of that and using more minutes than I really should. First mission, beat the second Phoenix Wright game so that I'm ready for #3 which should be released rather soon, then I'll start playing all those DS games I've somehow missed like Megaman ZX which I REALLY wonder how I never played this one when I LOVED the Zero games for Advance, and there should be many many more games that I can't even think of right now. I'm planning to look into getting a gamefly account or something if they'll let me.

I'll talk more about my actual Basic adventure when I have more time, right now I'm supposed to be spending time with my family, it's family day and they came all the way up here to Fort Jackson, SC. to spend time with me so I really should get back to them.

Tags: basic, random

Just letting everyone know(who reads my LJ at least), that I'll be leaving for Basic then AIT Thursday, April 26th 2007. Currently looks like I'll be gone till around February 2008, hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on a laptop after basic.

So ya, that's why I'll be dropping off the face of the earth for a while. But I'm sure I'll return eventually.

Tags: goodbye

It took me till I was half way through the book before I noticed that on this cover Harry is actually wearing the Pendant Horcrux.

After two surprisingly eventful days I have finally finished Harry Potter book 7, the last in this great series of books. Because I'm sure I'll leak spoilers I'll be posting the rest of what I have to say after the cut, so you have been warned.

Tags: harry potter, random

After making sure I was there at 9am to get some of the first tickets. And then proceeding to receive one of the first 100 copies sold that night, at the bookstore I went to at least.
I then went home and have made it 6 chapters in. I must say, things are even better then I had hoped. And now, since I've been up for a straight 24 hours, and my eyes are revolting making it a pain to read. I'll be taking a quick nap. With plans to wake up as quickly as possible to return to the reading. And eventually today go to that Pokemon Tournament that Gamestop is holding.

Tags: harry potter, random