Reposting my 11/11/11 nerdosity. So many elevens in this screencap!
I think I've survived to at least 3 possible apocalypses in my lifetime. Bring it on, end of Mayan calendar! I dare you!
I had a fun Saturday last weekend. My brothers and I went to the local anime con. It's nothing extraordinary and the name is so embarrassing (really, Expotaku?!) but this year it was a large improvement compared to last year's. More people, more shops, more variety on cosplays, more events, more geekdom. I also tried Street Fighter on 3DS (the 3D actually looks okay, but I go cross-eyed XD) and archery (and I was TERRIBLE!).
Of course, more shops = compulsive buying like a boss.
→ two Suzumiya Haruhi novels, now I'm only missing one from the relased here
→ Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt (I'm madly in love with this book, you guys, it is witty and visually appealing)
→ Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey DVD boxset
→ three pins: the FMA cross-and-snake symbol, a pokéball, trollface
→ some fanart postcards for charity
→ a Fullmetal Alchemist T-shirt with Ed and Al which I'm still waiting to see if it shrinks in the drier (it was the smallest man size and I'm a petit woman but I dun curr)
→ a box of strawberry Pocky (tasted good, but wasn't as delicious as I thought)
→ a Boo Buddy-shaped rubber ball keychain (best thing I bought)
→ three cellphone charms: a red koopa shell, a Totodile, a Piplup
→ two Pokémon plushies: a Darumaka and a Sandile. Totally overpriced but I couldn't let them rot in a sea of kawaii blobs. The ones on my team are fierce.
As for my brothers, Ale spent his money on four new video games, but he's not playing them yet. Danny actually bought a fancy State Alchemist watch. As much as an asshole he is and as different as he is from me, I love that he likes FMA (he watched Brotherhood but one day I'll convince him to read the manga). The most amazing thing is that his favorite character is Alex Louis Armstrong. Goes to show that you can love a character who's the opposite of yourself!
Then I spent two days of extreme pain from carrying weight and wielding a bow. And that day of the month. And emotional exhaustion. Sunday sucked as much as Saturday ruled.
Oh, and my copy of Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero came on the mail today. Finally! Also, that bastard of a book is huge like a J.K. Rowling novel. Reading it on ebook first, I didn't realize how verbose Riordan has become.
I had a fun Saturday last weekend. My brothers and I went to the local anime con. It's nothing extraordinary and the name is so embarrassing (really, Expotaku?!) but this year it was a large improvement compared to last year's. More people, more shops, more variety on cosplays, more events, more geekdom. I also tried Street Fighter on 3DS (the 3D actually looks okay, but I go cross-eyed XD) and archery (and I was TERRIBLE!).
Of course, more shops = compulsive buying like a boss.
→ two Suzumiya Haruhi novels, now I'm only missing one from the relased here
→ Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt (I'm madly in love with this book, you guys, it is witty and visually appealing)
→ Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey DVD boxset
→ three pins: the FMA cross-and-snake symbol, a pokéball, trollface
→ some fanart postcards for charity
→ a Fullmetal Alchemist T-shirt with Ed and Al which I'm still waiting to see if it shrinks in the drier (it was the smallest man size and I'm a petit woman but I dun curr)
→ a box of strawberry Pocky (tasted good, but wasn't as delicious as I thought)
→ a Boo Buddy-shaped rubber ball keychain (best thing I bought)
→ three cellphone charms: a red koopa shell, a Totodile, a Piplup
→ two Pokémon plushies: a Darumaka and a Sandile. Totally overpriced but I couldn't let them rot in a sea of kawaii blobs. The ones on my team are fierce.
As for my brothers, Ale spent his money on four new video games, but he's not playing them yet. Danny actually bought a fancy State Alchemist watch. As much as an asshole he is and as different as he is from me, I love that he likes FMA (he watched Brotherhood but one day I'll convince him to read the manga). The most amazing thing is that his favorite character is Alex Louis Armstrong. Goes to show that you can love a character who's the opposite of yourself!
Then I spent two days of extreme pain from carrying weight and wielding a bow. And that day of the month. And emotional exhaustion. Sunday sucked as much as Saturday ruled.
Oh, and my copy of Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero came on the mail today. Finally! Also, that bastard of a book is huge like a J.K. Rowling novel. Reading it on ebook first, I didn't realize how verbose Riordan has become.
I think I spent almost 100 euros in manga
Aug. 13th, 2008 06:26 pmI went to the local Comics Fair today downtown, and took a chance to get up to date with my collections. I didn't get any cool merchandising, as everything was Naruto-Bleach-DeathNote-Dragonball-Squeenix or pretty obscure stuff. I was tempted to buy the CLAMP in 3-D Land figurine of Chunhyang, and a One Piece bag, and a Goomba plushie, but as I was deciding the stands closed for lunch (except for one, leaving a honest "BRB going to watch The Dark Knight" note). So in the end, I only got comics. However, I couldn't find the RK Kanzenban volume so after having lunch myself in the mall food court -om nom nom Burger King brownies~- I went to FNAC to get it. I sort of wanted to buy at least one graphic novel that wasn't manga, probably an Usagi Yojimbo volume. But I saw a special edition of Monty Python and the Holy Grail at FNAC for 10 bucks, and I guess that's a less weeaboo geeky thing to buy than Usagi.
Either way, my buys:
- Fruits Basket 20 to 23 (finished!!)
- Fullmetal Alchemist 13 to 15
- Gintama 4 and 5
- Mushishi 6 and 7
- XXXHOLiC 12
- Rurouni Kenshin Kanzenban 1
- ...the Monty Python DVD, yeah
- New earphones for mp3 player
Either way, my buys:
- Fruits Basket 20 to 23 (finished!!)
- Fullmetal Alchemist 13 to 15
- Gintama 4 and 5
- Mushishi 6 and 7
- XXXHOLiC 12
- Rurouni Kenshin Kanzenban 1
- ...the Monty Python DVD, yeah
- New earphones for mp3 player
The more you know~
Dec. 7th, 2007 01:51 amYou can ignore this post. It's some lolmeta info I found that might be in handy for CCS fanfic or roleplay.
I just learned through![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ic_secrets that the long dress-like Chinese tunic Clow/Eriol wears is called cheongsam.
Also, the weird knots substituting buttons with a loop to fasten you see in Mandarin-styled clothes? They're called frog.
One thing leads to another, and then I'm staring at online store catalogs for Chinese/Mandarin clothes, particularly male. Yeah, I know. I've been back to RPing Eriol for not even a week, and I'm already doing this kind of crap.
I just learned through
ic_secrets that the long dress-like Chinese tunic Clow/Eriol wears is called cheongsam.Also, the weird knots substituting buttons with a loop to fasten you see in Mandarin-styled clothes? They're called frog.
One thing leads to another, and then I'm staring at online store catalogs for Chinese/Mandarin clothes, particularly male. Yeah, I know. I've been back to RPing Eriol for not even a week, and I'm already doing this kind of crap.
A WINRAR IS ME
Aug. 15th, 2007 09:06 pmETA because I KNEW I was forgetting something:
Happy belated birthday,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
arcadia_! LO siento, se me pasó ;_;
**********
Well, I went withinouekun today to the local Comics Fair. Every year, there are stands with geeky crap to buy. It's different from a con in the fact it's sucky and outdoors and with less entertainment value. I did see someone cosplaying a Nana character, and a girl who suspiciously looked like Death from The Sandman.
The best item this year: a Bender (from Futurama, yeah) action figure on drags. The box said, of course, Gender Bender XD Puntastic! I also liked a Goomba toy.
Manga I bought:
- FMA #6
- Fruits Basket #17
- Tsubasa #13
But here's the best story. In a stand, they were selling CLAMP in 3D Land figures. I ask how much the Watanuki one, but the lady tells me they sell the boxes, closed, gashapon style, you don't get to choose. So basically, you're lucky if you get one you like. So I shake my head, and we go on. But after a while, I decide to gamble. Either way, if I get one I don't like, I can always sell it on eBay. If I didn't try my luck, I'd be regretting it all week.
So I return to the stand. The lady gives me four boxes -from the Wata + Subaru + Kotoko & Sumomo + Hina + Ashura collection- to choose from. Gritting teeth, I choose the second one from the left.
I pay my shit. While I get the change, I breathe and open the box.
I got Watanuki, guys. I'm a bloody Jedi.
HOW LUCKY OMG GHJGDSDHJGSD AJKHJDGHJKAGDH. AWESOME.
Happy belated birthday,
arcadia_! LO siento, se me pasó ;_;**********
Well, I went with
inouekun today to the local Comics Fair. Every year, there are stands with geeky crap to buy. It's different from a con in the fact it's sucky and outdoors and with less entertainment value. I did see someone cosplaying a Nana character, and a girl who suspiciously looked like Death from The Sandman.The best item this year: a Bender (from Futurama, yeah) action figure on drags. The box said, of course, Gender Bender XD Puntastic! I also liked a Goomba toy.
Manga I bought:
- FMA #6
- Fruits Basket #17
- Tsubasa #13
But here's the best story. In a stand, they were selling CLAMP in 3D Land figures. I ask how much the Watanuki one, but the lady tells me they sell the boxes, closed, gashapon style, you don't get to choose. So basically, you're lucky if you get one you like. So I shake my head, and we go on. But after a while, I decide to gamble. Either way, if I get one I don't like, I can always sell it on eBay. If I didn't try my luck, I'd be regretting it all week.
So I return to the stand. The lady gives me four boxes -from the Wata + Subaru + Kotoko & Sumomo + Hina + Ashura collection- to choose from. Gritting teeth, I choose the second one from the left.
I pay my shit. While I get the change, I breathe and open the box.
I got Watanuki, guys. I'm a bloody Jedi.
HOW LUCKY OMG GHJGDSDHJGSD AJKHJDGHJKAGDH. AWESOME.
Cabrones de Norma
Mar. 30th, 2007 09:10 amVisto en su foro:
(Traducción: claro que acertaste, pero no te vamos a decir cuál es, lololol.)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH~~~~~
QueSeaSoelToLargQueSeaSoelToLargQueSeaSoelToLargQue...
Es que a ver, coño, bias aparte. Un character book de ésos están bien y son interesantes de leer, pero no aportan tanto. El libraco (también conocido como Cute Mascot Overload por unos y The Clow/Yuuko shippers' Bible por otros) tiene al menos nuevo canon que nunca sale en lostres dos mangas implicados.
Claro está, el problema radica en que es más fácil, desde el punto de vista de la compañía, decantarse por un character guide porque no es tan obscuro y una gran cantidad de los fans lo consideraría. Que de paso, en contenido es bastante similar ala mierda de las revistas de CLAMP no Kiseki el cual vendió; es más fácil hacer comparativas y especulaciones. El Soel to Larg es un frikismo del tamaño de la Torre de Tokyo, y no hay precedentes de ninguna compañía occidental sacando tal engendro en cristiano.
Por otro lado, la gente que se compró TODA la antología CLAMP
a) o somos demasiado freaks coleccionistas
b) o queríamos las figuritas badly, por lo que nuestra fascinación por lo "kawaii" puede con nosotros
c) o todas las anteriores.
Vamos, por las revistas no creo que hubiese muchos que las compraran. Considerando que Soel to Larg es artbook, merchandising y "kawaii" todo al mismo tiempo, no es tan descabellado pensar que haya más de un incauto, servidora y amigos españoles en el fandom excluidos, que se compre esta cosa. En especial después del derroche de sacarina de cierta historia extra del installment 10 del kiseki, que para el ajeno al metacanon podría o no resultar intrigante (...creo).
El punto de todo esto: Si ellos sacan el Soel to Larg, les beso los pies y me arruino comprándoles esa cosa al precio que haga falta. Sí, con todo y que lo tengo en japonés, yo soy la primera que se los compro, porque al final de cuentas yo les puse la maldita idea en estudio y conviene a mis intereses. Si sacan el character guide... cuando haya plata, o cuando haya descuentos por geeky holidays (léase feria del comic local o el Día del Orgullo Friki).
Maru
[...] Me habéis dejado con el misterio con eso de "un nuevo volumen especial de CLAMP". Me quedo con dos posibilidades: Un Character Guide de TRC o el libro Soel to Larg: Mokona Modoki no Bouken. ¿He acertado?. La verdad, espero que sea la segunda opción. Un saludo. ^__^
Redacción
Apuntamos tus votos... y no vamos a decirte si has acertado o no, claro, que hay que mantener el suspense.
(Traducción: claro que acertaste, pero no te vamos a decir cuál es, lololol.)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH~~~~~
QueSeaSoelToLargQueSeaSoelToLargQueSeaSoelToLargQue...
Es que a ver, coño, bias aparte. Un character book de ésos están bien y son interesantes de leer, pero no aportan tanto. El libraco (también conocido como Cute Mascot Overload por unos y The Clow/Yuuko shippers' Bible por otros) tiene al menos nuevo canon que nunca sale en los
Claro está, el problema radica en que es más fácil, desde el punto de vista de la compañía, decantarse por un character guide porque no es tan obscuro y una gran cantidad de los fans lo consideraría. Que de paso, en contenido es bastante similar a
Por otro lado, la gente que se compró TODA la antología CLAMP
a) o somos demasiado freaks coleccionistas
b) o queríamos las figuritas badly, por lo que nuestra fascinación por lo "kawaii" puede con nosotros
c) o todas las anteriores.
Vamos, por las revistas no creo que hubiese muchos que las compraran. Considerando que Soel to Larg es artbook, merchandising y "kawaii" todo al mismo tiempo, no es tan descabellado pensar que haya más de un incauto, servidora y amigos españoles en el fandom excluidos, que se compre esta cosa. En especial después del derroche de sacarina de cierta historia extra del installment 10 del kiseki, que para el ajeno al metacanon podría o no resultar intrigante (...creo).
El punto de todo esto: Si ellos sacan el Soel to Larg, les beso los pies y me arruino comprándoles esa cosa al precio que haga falta. Sí, con todo y que lo tengo en japonés, yo soy la primera que se los compro, porque al final de cuentas yo les puse la maldita idea en estudio y conviene a mis intereses. Si sacan el character guide... cuando haya plata, o cuando haya descuentos por geeky holidays (léase feria del comic local o el Día del Orgullo Friki).
