This'll be a short post because I've been 1)struggling to finish Ch.47 of Pretty Face by Wednesday and 2)working nonstop on my damn 10-12 page research paper. I'm doing it over the issue of the birth control pill in Japan, and it's actually pretty interesting, but I can't find any sources that explore the link between Shinto and purity of the body ( Read more... )

Geez, this song brings back so many memories. The Anime Club at UT used to show "Nurse Angel Ririka," a really lame magical girl show with a great theme song. (The sad thing is that the manga is by Koi Ikeno, author of "Tokimeki Tonight," a favorite series of mine.) I remember everyone bitching about how bad the show was, but I swear one of the ( Read more... )

How did I spend my Thanksgiving, you ask?


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I found this on Yahoo News awhile back and thought I'd share:
Pharmacists refuse customers birth control pills
Does this freak anyone else out? The fact that a pharmacist could withold my birth control pills despite the fact that they're legal and I have a perscription for them is very disturbing and sad. (Luckily, I live in Austin, probably the ( Read more... )

This past weekend my fiance and I went to the Renaissance Festival in Houston (aka Renfest). It was pretty fun, but really it's kind of odd unless you're really into medieval reinactment. For example, all the prices are in British pounds (actually that kinda makes sense because everything is really expensive ^_^) I brought some nice souvenirs, ( Read more... )

I can't help it; I have to register my disgust over "Some Kind of Monster." I'm so damn glad I didn't pay money to see it. Metallica has truly become pathetic. I used to think they were cool; I enjoyed everything from "Kill 'Em All" to "The Black Album," but the men I once admired have become old, conformist, and pathetic. This movie is a big ( Read more... )

Happy belated birthday to me! My birthday was on the 19th, and as a present, my wonderful fiance got me the DVD of the 1st season of King of the Hill. (I LOVE King of the Hill, especially the episode where Peggy has to teach Sex Ed. That one always makes me laugh. ^_^) He and I also went to the Alamo Drafthouse (no kids are allowed 'cause they ( Read more... )

Ya know, riding the bus everywhere really isn't all that bad. It's a bit time consuming, and there are always tons of parents riding with their 3+ kids, but it's better than walking. The #15 goes right by UT, so after a brisk 15-minute walk, I'm right in front of my building. I'm kinda scared as to what'll happen when it gets to be winter, but I'm ( Read more... )

3:00 - Rundberg Lane and I-35 ( Read more... )

This post is dedicated to gifted_one, whose ignorance and hatred of anime forced me to defend it.

Last night my fiance and I watched "Mazes and Monsters," a movie that apparently started a big controversy over Dungeons & Dragons in the mid 80s. After seeing it, my first reaction was, "THIS piece of crap started a controversy?! God, people really ( Read more... )