So, I've been on quite a binge lately, finishing a number of anime shows (is it just me that feels a rather intense feeling of sadness when a good show reaches its closure? Maybe it's because the endings of animes often feel so rushed and unfinished ( Read more... )

I was gonna make Gogol Bordello's Start Wearing Purple the song of the day, but that I already used it as the last song of the day, so we'll make Mano Negra - King of Bongo the song of the day instead.

Today's song of the day is Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple, because it's so awesome, and it's just so hard to imagine they are a New York band...

So it's April 1, and I've blown my entertainment budget. I went to my favorite French boutique (SF-bokhandeln...), and picked up an imported Mirrormask DVD, Exalted 2nd edition + Storyteller's Guide, and my favorite "epic" boardgame, Struggle of Empires, because I really don't want to see it go out of print one more time without picking it up. To ( Read more... )

God dammit. My old trusty keyboard (a classic sturdy Keytronic model) just gave up. First the right shift-key went, and as I pathetically tried to fix it, the ä-button right next to it got stuck, and then the shift-key fell right off. Garbage ( Read more... )

Song of the day is despite the terribly inconvenient name Patti Smith's Land: Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/Le Mer(De).

Now to make some grub.

I think I mentioned Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid before, talking about the new shows of the season, but I didn't mention how happy I am to see a new season of the show. Especially the second season was some of the best anime I've seen, especially in the comedy genre... It's interesting how the show has progressed - first season was a mix of ( Read more... )

Found this somewhere, thought it was fairly funny. All I ever learned, I learned from anime ( Read more... )

Today's song of the day is Eskimo Joe's Life Is Better With You.

Yep, I am now a proud uncle. The family line is secured thanks to my little sister. Maybe that means my mother will stop nagging at me about it. :)