One more picture

This is a better one of Claire.

Found that quote

It's from the Mask of Zorro - great movie - lots of fun. And IMDB says that Zorro 2 is in pre-production. Coooooool.
I've warned Reeta that she needs to get to the Netflix queue before we send back our next DVD (probably tomorrow), unless she wants me monopolizing it with anime and Sinbad movies. No idle threat that, the next two discs up are "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" (arguably the best of the Harryhausen Sinbad movies), and Martian Successor: Nadesico, disc 1 (of six) although I may replace that with Firefly, disc 2. I'm so sorry I didn't get a chance to see that while it was on the air. (sigh)

Searching for a sense of the miraculous in everyday life...

Where does that quote come from? It sprang unbidden to mind last night, and it's bugging me now.
Bennet's taken the kids to walk the temple grounds, just a few blocks away. Reeta is lying down for a nap, trying to fight off a fluish kind of bug - complicated with her allergies. So, the house is quiet and peaceful, as it so rarely is, and as it should be on a Sunday afternoon. Being as it's Sunday, and a good chunk of time gets spent at Church, (About three hours every Sunday), one's thought naturally go to religion, faith, and God. Not necessarily in that order.
This is something I've never told anyone before, but every now and then, driving in the car by myself, I find that I start running through things in my mind as though I was being interviewed for a television spot. Not that I hope to be grilled by Barbara Walters on the subject of religion, but it gives me a framework to throw ideas around, and a way to ask myself questions that doesn't feel like I'm doubting my own faith. While I was tossing ideas around in the back of my head, I came to understand something new - not the first time that's happened, which is one of the reasons I do this exercise. I've never understood the story of Samson and Delilah. I always thought that Samson was at least eighteen different kinds of idiot for telling Delilah how to defeat his strength. I mean, he had already mentioned three or four different things, and they "mysteriously happened" to him. Didn't he realize what was going on? And I came to the realization that Samon had forgotten that the source of his strength was his relationship to God, not the length of his hair. I think that at that point, he believed that his strength came from his own body, not because of any kind of special relationship he had with Deity. So what if he told Delilah? It's not as though he was going to really lose his strength simply because he shaved his head. I mean, the very idea is ludicrous, isn't it. And yet, we all know what happened afterwards.
Like a lot of symbols, the symbol isn't the important thing - the important thing is what the symbol represents. Our flag is a symbol, and how we treat that symbol is a representation of the relationship we have with our country. Not that I'm really trying to sermonize to anyone else - just sort of preaching to myself over here in the corner. And I think I have a better understanding of a particular story, and why it's there for me to read.

And why should I care?

I once read a really good interview with Raymond E. Feist, who said that he got started in his writing through games. But the problem was that in a story, a room had to serve some kind of purpose, while in a game, it's just there to hold monsters and bad guys. That's not a good way to write a story, but it's okay for a game. (Raymond E. Feist wrote the Riftwar series, among other books. I have to say, I'm sort of running into the same problem. So far (two days in), I'm working on a classic space sim scenario - prevent the bombers from destroying a capital ship. And it'll probably take a couple more days to get the patrol back to the ship. What happens then? Why are they fighting? Is this stuff that should be set up BEFORE the patrol? Sigh. Thank goodness for rewrites. Right now I'm just happy to be getting something down on a page. Both here on the blog and in the project.

Today's been a little busy...

Not as busy as some people's, but fairly busy. Woke up early this morning for no reason I can put my finger on. Went to school for a Lexis certification class. Got my glasses repaired. Took Claire to her Primary activity. Ate Teriyaki chicken, and octopus dumplings - my first time for octopus dumplings. That was actually pretty good. Not great, but not bad. Something I could maybe get used to. Now, I have to get my lesson ready for tomorrow, do some reading for Monday, and exercise. As well as get tonight's writing in. No hey problema.
Claire decided she was tired around 6:30, and she went to bed. We tried to get her up for dinner (baked salmon - mmmmmm!), but she wouldn't have it.
I think Corbin's Gameboy is sound enhanced for your hearing enjoyment - as well as the hearing of everyone in a three block radius. I find that no matter how good a game is on the Gameboy, the music tends to get old pretty quick. So I usually game with the sound off, and earphones on - classical, movie soundtracks, anime music. Or classic movie anime soundtracks. Whatever.

Oh yeah, babe

Well, I'm much happier with tonight's writing than I was with last night's. It's not an easy thing to keep myself from immediately going back and re-writing stuff, though. I try my best to keep from doing it, but every now and then it just sort of creeps in.
It's been wierd. Writing again feels kind of strange. It's like you're meeting an old friend, and trying to get to know him all over again. You start to wonder if you still have things in common, you wonder where he's been, what he's done. Maybe he's wondering the same about you, but you can't tell really what's going on behind that inscrutable smile. Damn annoying, really. But I'm hoping that the ice has broken a little tonight.
Anyway, it's more productive than continuing my obsessive compulsive drive to play FFT:A. Things are getting harder for our friends in the magical world of Ivalice, and now I'm a little upset that I didn't level all my characters up more. I've got to seek out easy encounters so I can do that, but that means putting the story part of the game on hold. And it means Marche may have to wait a little longer to master the Double Sword technique. And I want someone I can link to, trade characters with, and spar with. Sigh.
Carol's in Texas. Did I mention that? Reeta's sister, Beth, is effaced 70%, and dilated to a 2, last we heard. I'm a little relieved, because it means that the poor kid's probably NOT going to be born on leap day. I'm betting we'll get a call early tomorrow, saying that Samuel Ryan has been born. Reeta's dad, Bennet is here, though. It's been nice having him here. Every boy needs his Mother, but there's something about having Dad around that makes everyone a little more comfortable. (Funny thing, I would have thought people would walk more lightly around Dad than Mom, but that's just not the case in Corbin's family - or in mine, for that matter.)
But it's when they're both there to help that thngs work out best.
I don't know why, but beyond my fascination for Pokemon games and the cartoon, I'm also collecting Pokemon cards. I'm not 100% sure why, as I never play the game, and doubt greatly that I ever will. I'm much more confident with Magic: The Gathering. (btw, has anyone come up with a p&p rpg that includes MTG spells for a magic system? Seems to me that'd be fun...). I usually get one pack of cards whenever Reeta and I go to Target for something. Lately, Claire's been doing it too, and I've got to say she got some sweet cards tonight - what looks like a nice foil Blaziken, a Combusken, and some others. I got a Magnemite, another Treecko, a foil Spoink, and some others. Not as impressive as Claire's haul, believe me. When I told her I was jealous, she offered me her cards. She is the absolute sweetest.
You know, she told her Mom to take her picture, and posed herself for the shot at House of Claire. She stacked the pillows, got up there, and Reeta shot the picture. She's a sweet, funny kid. And I am a lucky so and so to have such a great daughter.

Do I need an opera guy following me around?

Did you ever see that episode of Scrubs where the doctor wants someone to follow him around to let him know when he's about to do something stupid? Maybe that guy was yelling in my ear earlier, and I just couldn't hear him - but I'm committed, I have no idea for how long. And though tonight's sfproject is UTTER DRECK, with practice, I'll get better, right? Right? (a long and uncomfortable silence ensues)
Okay, I started two different things. And neither of them feels right. There's a scene I want to start out with in a swimming pool. We'll see if I can get that done tomorrow. And then we'll see if I can write it. (sigh). That which we persist in doing becomes easier, or so the man says.

What in the world?

So, now I have to attend Corbin's Blue and Gold banquet, read and respond to a complex hypo for Criminal Procedure tomorrow, work out (upper body tonight) and write from 11pm to midnight tonight. This is a good thing that I'll be busy. I've been really out of sorts all day today, and being busy will help me re-focus.
But I probably won't have time to do any real world-building today. I'm a little scared of what I've set myself up for with this writing project (see my last post). I don't want to step on anyone's toes creatively - or legally. So while I think that Freespace 2 or Independence War 2 make GREAT worlds to play or write in, I want to make sure that I'm not actually using their worlds. Which makes it fun for me to try to seperate out what it was that made those games fun for me (probably the sense that I was participating in a much bigger world that actually responded to things I was doing), and try to incorporate those elements into my own world. We'll see how successful I am.
I've always been a huge fan of Freespace 2 - to the point where my practice for Photoshop involved creating my own fan-art. You can see a poster I made HERE. A nice shot of Mars, some added stars, and a GTF Ulysses with a little engine flare added in for good measure. (although technically speaking, the engine flare should be white, not blue).

Artifical rights

I've been thinking about writing a book for some time. I've always wanted to write the great American novel. You know, "It was a dark and stormy night..." and all that jazz. Actually, it'd be a sci-fi mystery novel. And I know I just need to do it. I've got a great idea, but I'm scared to say anything about it because it is just an idea, and we run into the whole "expression is protected - idea is not" problem. Once I get it hammered out, maybe I'll put it on the web under a creative commons license. But until that happens, I'll just have to hide my light under the biggest, darkest bushel I can.
Or, the alternative would be to write each chapter, put it on a site with a CC license that required attribution and allowed derivative works - maybe it could become some kind of bizzare experiment in collaborative authorship. Hmmmm... that's a good idea. Instead of going ahead with the first book I was thinking about, how about a collaborative space opera? I'll spend one hour per night - btwn 11:00 PM and 12:00 AM writing, six days a week, with Sundays off. At the end of that time, whatever I wind up with will end up in the House of Claire. I'm not saying it'll be three pages a day, but I will put it up there with the aforementioned cc license. Comments, critiques, and re-writes will be welcome. I need to update the House anyway. So, no cheating, no throwing up something I've already written, an idea of the world I'm creating... This is going to be a lot of fun.

What Am I Listening to on those headphones?

You know, for a while now, I've had this feeling that nobody does jazz like the Japanese. Why? Because I listen to a lot of anime music. Now, I enjoy big band, I enjoy soundtrack music. In fact, when I buy a cd, chances are better that I'll be buying a soundtrack to a film than the latest Michelle Branch offering. Don't get me wrong, I like Michelle Branch, but I love listening to music that evokes a certain emotion in me, and that's exactly what soundtracks are intended to do.
Enter Yoko Kanno.
I first heard of Yoko Kanno when her name came up on the credits of "Cowboy Bebop" as the composer of the music. That music is just awesome. And it sounds like jazz. And it's really good. And I thought to myself "this guy writes some awesome music". (Yeah, I'm a sexist - see my earlier posts, in my defense, Japanese names are often written last name first, and besides, I don't know a lot of Japanese names off the top of my head - yeah, yeah, Yoko Ono, yeah, yeah, I don't know what I was thinking).
Of course, what I didn't realize was that I enjoyed her music before I ever heard of Cowboy Bebop. She also wrote the music to "Macross Plus", "Jin-Roh", and "Vision of Escaflowne". And now she's written the absolutely awesome music of "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" (GitS:SAC). Curious? Maybe you should be. The link above goes connects to a site with Real audio streams of her music. My personal favorites are "Tank"and "Rush" on the first Cowboy Bebop disc, "The Real Folk Blues" on the Cowboy Bebop: Vitaminless disc, "After, in the dark - Torch Song" on the first Macross Plus disc, and on the first GitS:SAC disc, "Inner Universe", "Velveteen", and "Where Does This Ocean Go".
And when you listen, remember a couple of things.
These are all the same composer.
She's Japanese.
And as far as I know, she's never had any formal musical training.

It was a day like any other...

Poor Claire.
She woke up in the middle of the night last night with pain in her legs. This happens occasionally - Reeta and I think it's growing pains. That being the case, it doesn't change the fact that it's still my little girl crying in the night because it hurts. :( Poor thing. She's sleeping late this morning, which is a good thing.
Reeta and I took the kids up to our exercise room last night so Reeta and I could exercise, and the kids could jump in the hot tub when we were done. Unfortunately, when we got there, we found that the hot tub had been emptied for cleaning. Those kids were dis-a-poin-ted. Poor kids. So, they came back to the house and took a hot bath (a poor substitute for the hot tub, I grant you). Reeta did that for them while I worked my lower body and abs. Here's an indication of how incredibly out of shape I am. After my abs exercises (which I probably overdid), last night I found that I could not sit up in bed without the support of my arms. Likewise this morning. I can't even cough properly. Also, you know how your muscles feel kind of rubbery and weak after a good workout? The exercise room is at the top of a long flight of stairs. Then you have to walk down the hill to the apartment. One of these days, I'm going to take a tumble down those stairs, and that'll be it for me.

However, because it was lower body that I was working last night, it meant that my hands were free for FFT:A. I'm now 27 hours in, and lamenting the fact that I never really read the instructions. ;)

Magical Girl Transformations...

Claire is usually so calm, but tonight, she's bouncing off the walls. She dumped out her entire toybox onto the floor. Getting from the hallway to her bed is now a much more delicate operation. She's calling me "Mom" to annoy me. (She knows how insecure I am in my masculinity, I guess). She's never been very good at playing by herself. It's not a lack of imagination, I think it's just a lack of practice. So, if Corbin isn't around to entertain her, that duty falls to me or her Mom.
Reeta thinks Claire's acting up because G'ma (Reeta's Mom) is out of town for two weeks, waiting for Beth (Reeta's sister) to have her baby. Ryan's due to be evicted from Mom's tummy this Sunday, but we'll see if it gets to a point where Beth has to deal with the concept of adverse possession. Ho, ho, ho!
Of course, I can laugh because
1) I'm a guy.
2) I'm obviously a horribly insensitive cretin who doesn't understand the sensitivity of the women around him. (Just heading the females off at the pass...)
I'm so happy I'm a guy.

Boys with toys

So, a lot of my weekend was soaked up playing FFT:A Wow. This is probably one of the best games I've played, regardless of system. That puts it on a very short list. What else goes on that?
Chrono Trigger, for the SNES.
Total Annihilation, for the PC.
Freespace 2, for the PC.
I'm a sucker for strategy, and old-school RPG's. Not that it shows, eh? Chrono Cross is up there, Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries is up there, and they're both a heck of a lot of fun, but this one just puts it over the top.
Now, there are a couple of games I really want to play - Knights of the Old Republic, Homeworld 2 (which I own, but my computer doesn't really have the cajones to run yet), and Half-Life 2, but as far as sheer FUN, these four are absolutely incredible. YMMV.

YOU ARE RULE 11!

You were designed to make sure that attorneys in federal cases make reasonable inquiries into fact or law before submitting pleadings, motions, or other papers. You were a real hardass in 1983, when you snuffed out all legal creativity from federal proceedings and embarassed well-meaning but overzealous attorneys. You loosened up a bit in 1993, when you began allowing plaintiffs to make allegations in their complaints that are likely to have evidenciary support after discovery, and when you allowed a 21 day period for the erring attorney to withdraw the errant motion. Sure, you keep everything running on the up and up, but it's clear that things would be a lot more fun without you around.


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And the truth is...

Man, that was a fun party. Reeta made banana bread (something she seems to say she's going to do a lot, but never seems to have time to do), and I helped (which is probably what sealed the deal). I was not a bit surprised by how well Reeta did. She held her own fairly well against not only law students but hardcore gamers alike. I was (while not surprised) impressed.
I really am a lucky so and so to have her in my life. I don't share this a lot, but when Reeta and I went on our first date, everything went surprisingly well. Amazingly well. Disturbingly well. I had never had a date go that well before in my entire life. And that night, as I was saying my prayers, I asked if this was something I should follow up on. And the wierdest thing happened. I got the very distinct feeling that this was the stupidest question God had gotten all night, but He was going to answer it anyway, because it seemed like I really needed the help. Essentially it was a gentle but loving "Um...Yes". And that's when I knew that I was going to spend the rest of my life with her.
I drive her nuts with my obsessive gaming, my tantrums, my occasional whiny attitude, my fascination with cartoons (although now she watches Naruto with me), and she's always been there for me, and she puts up with me. Most of the time she's rather polite about it. ^.^' I honestly wouldn't be the guy I am today without her. We should all be so lucky as to have someone like that looking out for us.

Sleepover Night

Is every Friday night in my house. Claire gets to sleep with Corbin and Grandma. Last night, however, Reeta and I took the kids up to the exercise room with us. They wanted to get into the hot tub, so we brought the suits, and all took a dip after Reeta and I worked out. (Upper body weight training for me, aerobics for Reeta). But because we always work out really late, it wound up being about midnight before we got home.
Then, of course, because it's sleepover night (and unbeknownst to me), the kids put in a movie and started watching. So, about 2:00 AM, Claire comes toddling into my bedroom, asking for someone to come sit with her and rub her back so she can get to sleep.
We were not amused. Poor little girl.
In other news, Netflix (so far) seems pretty cool. Also, my sweetie let me buy a new game for the GameBoy (we had a gift certificate at Target). After much consideration, I decided on this. After all, I can pick up Golden Sun: Lost Age off of eBay, and Metroid: Zero Mission can wait for a while.
Now I must study before heading off to the Baron Munchausen party later this afternoon. STUDY!!!

The Definition of Insanity

So, I've been working out off and on for about a month. I've been really good for the last two weeks. And what have I accomplished?
1. Really sore arms on at least two occasions.
2. Sweat
3. Zero weight loss
4. Zero increase in muscular tone
5. A growing Japanese vocabulary (Now I can say "Shinjuku park isn't over there. It's right here.")
But I'm not quitting yet. I've decided to keep it up for at least two months, and see where we go from there. Reeta says she thinks I've lost inches (especially in the legs), but the legs aren't where I need the inches gone from, dang it. (sigh).

So now what?

Well, I finished Golden Sun tonight. It didn't take too long at all. It's a little disappointing, considering that I was in the same place for two days (due to IMMENSE study loads) to find that I had less than twenty minutes of actual play time left. (sigh). And now on to the sequel - Golden Sun - The Lost Age. That is, if I actually owned TLA.
So now I'm wondering what to play next? Metroid: Zero Mission or TLA? Not that any of this has any bearing on the price of tea in China.
We had a good class this morning with Wendy Gordon. She led a really good discussion on fair use and market failure, and the thought that money isn't the end-all be-all of things to look at when considering damage, fair use, etc. Lockean property consideration reared its ugly head at one point. Fun times, fun times.
I don't suppose anyone out there would sell me a copy of TLA for cheap? ^.^ I'll keep a weather eye peeled on eBay.

And the show goes on...

Somebody stop the school - I wanna get off and go lie down. I'm starting to feel like Slurms MacKenzie. Wimmy Wham Wham Wazzle! All right! (I am such a huge Futurama geek.) I also do a mean Zapp Brannigan impression.
Well, I finished the reading and reaction piece right around 3 am. Of course, being up so late working on that, having a lot of adrenaline coursing through my system, what do I do?
Adult Swim on Cartoon Network, baby. A little Witch Hunter Robin, a little InuYasha. Booyah! Long story short - 4:30 I think is when I finally dropped off to sleep. Curse You, Big O!

And the winner is...

Phew. Marathon day coming closer to a close. I wish I could go home and pull the covers over my head and SLEEP. Feeling slightly dizzy. Probably due to a lack of food. Unfortunately, I still have a heck of a lot of reading to do for tomorrow - have to finish Prof. Gordon's two articles, write my reaction piece and questions, and then I can dream sweet dreams of sugar plums, or whatnot.
Whatnot, of course, is a Nintendo Gamecube and Pokemon Colisseum. At last, a way to get my beloved Cyndaquil into Ruby/Sapphire. Maybe for my birthday (August 13th, for anyone who cares...)
And I'm off!!

And blogging life suddenly becomes SO much easier...

Adding a blogroll to the blog just made it a heck of a lot easier to add links to the links bar. Hallelujah! I'm not much for code, (although I feel it's important that I know how to make a basic webpage) and CSS looks kind of scary to me. I need to learn it, but I haven't had a chance yet. Now, with the blogroll in place, I just have to make one little click on something in my Links bar, and -POOF!- the link is automatically added to my blog.
Wahoo, I say.

Bad Ideas and Natural Consequences

Ugh. Not sitting in the hot tub last night qualifies as a VERY VERY BAD IDEA. My arms are really, really sore. My right arm is SO sore, that I can't bend it without gritting my teeth a little bit. I should have planted myself in that hot tub for a few minutes. Ow.
In other news, I have high hopes that the hair-restorative shampoo my mother gave me for Valentine's Day (Love ya, Mom!) may be working. All of a sudden I see a ton of fine little hairs on my head which I don't remember being there in the past. Of course, it's like peach fuzz, and I'm not sure that it wasn't there before, but at this point I'm cautiously optimistic.
I'm watching a tape of Monday's Partnership Tax class - Bogdanski is as entertaining as ever, but I really need to get through this so I can get the tape to a fellow student. So, I'm skipping his story about the crazy guy that came to his house at 11:30 the other night.

What in the world?

Man, I'm hungry. I had a fairly good workout, and I'm ready for bed. Usually I sit in the hot tub after, to cool down, but tonight I decided to head home. Got a good jump on Crim Pro for tomorrow, but I'm a little worried about being ready for Partnership Tax tomorrow. I've got a lot to do tomorrow - lots of studying. Lots and lots and lots of studying - hopefully I'm at a point where I can explain the law to someone who doesn't want to hear it tomorrow. We're talking about searches incident to arrest. Just a couple of cases, I briefed them, and I covered the stuff we went over last time. A lot of reading, but I'm confident for THAT class tomorrow anyway.
I'm going to my happy place now... ^.^

You'd think I'd have learned better by now...

Well, I really embarassed myself today in copyright class - I totally forgot what the doctrine of "seperability" entails. (Basically, can you mentally seperate the copyrightable stuff from the useful article - like knowing the difference btwn a t-shirt and the design on it).
It's kind of depressing to embarass yourself like that in front of a visiting faculty member who's so respected in the IP community. And it's raining, so that's more depressing still... And I've been listening to some really depresing piano music today, so that's even MORE depressing... time for an attitude adjustment.
Even still, I'm glad Prof. Gordon was there today, because she said something that I think I really need to take to heart - that the whole point of being a lawyer is to explain something (the law, why the law supports you instead of someone else) in a clear, compelling, unmistakeable way to someone who couldn't care less (a judge or jury).
So, the bottom line is, unless I can do that in a class, I just need to stifle that urge to raise my hand, and keep my big mouth shut. ^.^' And I need to be able to do that in an exam, so that I can give my professors some assurance that when it comes to negotiating with others that I'll be able to explain myself that way. It's no longer about knowing the law - it's about internalizing it to a point where it becomes a framework for conversation. Can I do that? It's going to take a lot more in-depth involvement and commitment than I've shown to this point. Am I even capable of that?
Hell, yeah. I believe that anyone can improve. Someone once said "That which we persist in doing eventually becomes easier; not because the nature of the thing has changed, but because our ability has increased". And if anyone remembers where that quote comes from, please remind me. ;-)

Soreness

Just got back from a workout. I exercise late at night, because I just don't have any other time to get up there. Besides, I usually have the workout room to myself any time after 10 or 11 pm, so I don't have to worry about being embarassed by my gut. (I'm working on it, says middle-age-man). Hopefully, I'll be able to move my arms in the morning.
Man, I'm tired.
Witch Hunter Robin started tonight on Adult Swim, and I missed it - working out, and learning Japanese. So, I'm going to have to tape the second showing at 3:00 AM. Hopefully I won't be awake for it. (Unless I get on the GameBoy for another Golden Sun session - accursed addictive RPG's... must get Final Fantasy Tactics Advance... though it will consume my EVERY WAKING MOMENT... also must get Metroid Zero Mission... have rain check at Target for great sale that ended Saturday... they were out.
Also, I've finally talked my wife into trying Netflix. What finally did it? A bill for $15.00 in late fees at Blockbuster. When I explained that Netflix was $20.00 a month, and there were NO late fees, she agreed (finally) to try it. We'll probably start next week.

Okay, one more thing...

Because I want to have SOMETHING to read up here other than just "Hey, I'm switching to Blogger.com".
I'm really looking forward to this week - Wendy Gordon, an IP professor from back East (Boston) is going to be visiting the law school. Members of the IPSO were invited to have lunch with her tomorrow, and I signed right up. I'm always interested in talking about copyright, learning more about the nuances of fair use, etc. (And hey, click on the above link, and consider buying a beer glass to help our fundraising, eh?)
Especially with all the anime downloading I do. Now, let me say right now, IANAL yet, so I can't comment on whether or not fansubbing and downloading is legal or not. What I WILL say is that the anime publishers/distributors here in the States are VERY much aware of the phenomenon, and they seem to have developed an understanding where they agree not to sue the fansubbers, and the fansubbers agree to
stop translation and distribution as soon as a series becomes licensed for distro here in the States. That doesn't always go smoothly, and I think the community is just sort of waiting for some idiot to ruin things for everyone, but at least so far, that's how the fansub community has survived.
And that's the reason I have to wait until April for Cartoon Network to run Gundam SEED so I can see what's going to happen to Kira, Asran, Frey, and the rest of them. Hopefully, it'll run as part of their Adult Swim programming block, as the consensus is that the editing there will be lighter, if any is done at all. I seem to recall that they ran FLCL and bragged that they only made one edit for the whole series. (Of course, it's a short OAV, and it was showing really late at night). Let's hope that holds true for G:S, and that the dub is decent.

And that seems like a good switch...

As I learn more HTML coding, I'll have to throw pictures up and different things, but as for right now, the old blog stuff is located at the "oldblog" page.

A switch may be in order...

Well, I've been blogging with WebCrimson, which was great, but I sometimes had a hard time finding things. So, I've been thinking that I'll give blogger.com a try. I'll take a look at this, and see what I think after a try or two.
And admittedly, this is a lot easier to understand and work with. And it's a lot cleaner interface.