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1. Some friends came over after karaoke for an after-party party and the first thing one said when he saw Olly walk in the room? "Woah. That's... that's a really good-looking cat." But of course! Objectively Beautiful Olly is objectively beautiful. 2. The first new episode of Suzumiya Haruhi was wonderful. Wonderful. 3. Started playing the Megaten game Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army! which has to be one of the best titles I've ever heard. I'll write up a review of it once I've played it through, but so far it is magnificent. Tags: anime, games, olly cat
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Draw. Erase. Draw. Erase. Draw. Over and over again. I didn't manage to draw what I was trying to draw, so I erased the bits that didn't work and turned it into something else. IT'S STILL LAME. ( Swings )Tags: art, monster
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The last few days I've been experiencing bouts of irresistible drowsiness. I've been lethargic and weak and useless beyond belief. I even almost fell asleep on my feet during a lesson yesterday. Swaying precariously, eyelids fluttering closed, and only coming back to consciousness because I would have fallen over otherwise. "Am I ill?" I asked myself. "Is it some sort of penance for bragging about having an kickass immune system last week?" It would serve me right. It really would. It took me far longer than it should have done to realise that I was sabotaging myself with hayfever tablets. Yesterday, I took double the recommended dose because I was sneezing from the minute I woke up and that utterly enraged me. "Ahahaha! Well done, genius!" Is what a grinning Olly would say. I went to the doctors and used my health insurance to get some new medicine. I hope that's the end of that. Also, I have been playing this Tower Defence Game far more than I should. It is an utter pointless waste of time. I am resolved to stop. If I have time to kill, then I should be looking at kanji flashcards or drawing. I should be exp grinding for skill points, not frittering away my time murdering little pixel men running across a field.I hope that's the end of that too. Tags: complaining petulantly
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1) New Scientist has an article about this bloke who uses echolocation to find his way around. 2) Forget fantasies of ninjas versus pirates. Apparently, according to the Chinese news, in the real world, we have dolphins versus pirates. Dolphins tend to be portrayed as gentle, enlightened, peace-loving creatures but this article makes you think: those “thousands of dolphins” must have formed a mob before the Somali ship started making threatening movements. There’s no way they could have massed in time, otherwise- surely. So... are we to take it that the dolphins were in a mob already, presumably looking for trouble to start so they could get in on some vigilante action? 3) Ants "incredibly successful" at cultivating fungi because they don’t bother with boys. An all female ant group in the Amazon has forgone sexual reproduction in favour of cloning. Apparently, they think boys are a waste of energy. Can we call them the Daughters of the Amazon? Apologies for lame, semi-obscure Vertigo comics-related pun.Tags: bugs, links, weird news
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I went to get contact lenses today, because I thought I might as well get my money's worth out of my stupid health insurance. It turned out that it didn't make the slightest bit of difference whether I had it or not. Ahahahahaha *sob*. Then I got an iPhone, because Softbank is giving them away for free! The 8gig is free and the 16gig is 480yen a month, which is still very close to free. When I got home, Olly Cat laughed at me and asked me if I was having an early mid-life crisis or something. Shut up, Olly Cat! What do you know! You're just a stupid cat scientist! Go invent something! Jeez! The contact lenses will be good for the summer. I always imagine that on hot days, my eyes are warmer than they need to be because the spectacles act like a little greenhouse. (Nonsensical imagination is nonsensical.) On the other hand, I really identify with being a glasses-type. I'll still be a glasses-type even if I'm not wearing glasses. It's like how I'm gaijin, even if I don't look it. Still, when I nod to other bespectacled humans I pass on the street, instead of nodding back with solidarity, they might just be confused and bewildered. I like to think that even if I am not overtly bespectacled, my fellow glasses-types will recognise me as one of them.There are some photos under the cut of Miwa wearing glasses. She's this girl who looks a bit like the Lanithro. ( Megane taipu )Tags: nonsense, photos, slice of life
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Shoujo Kakumei Utena Monster A Softer World John Webster Joy Division Persona Silent Hill Brideshead Revisited Maria-sama ga Miteru Manic Street Preachers Project Zero Neil Gaiman K J Parker girlsarepretty.com The Zombie Apocalypse China Mieville Battlestar Galactica Bleach Percy Bysshe Shelley Sarah Connor Chronicles SCC: Jesse/Riley - Where's the fic? Black Lagoon Starcraft Lovecraftian themes Lord Byron Nana Clone Manga Shelley/Byron/Shelley |
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