Date: 2009-09-03 22:39 Subject: Cross post. Security: Public Music: Okami - Masami Ueda - Giving Susano-o a Ride

So I bought this game called The Path where stuff happens.

Date: 2009-08-04 00:32 Subject: Wait--what? Security: Public

Did I ever make a post about this?

If not:

Eeeeeeeeeee!

Date: 2009-08-01 02:06 Subject: The Internet Ruins Things Security: Public

[01:04] Caster: I think hentai ruined me.
[01:04] daJollyMole: >_>
[01:04] daJollyMole: lol
[01:04] daJollyMole: Why has hentai ruined you, Caster? >_>
[01:07] Caster: Remember that Alice thing?
[01:07] daJollyMole: Yes...
[01:07] Caster: I asked my girlfriend's older sister who's editing the anthology for a copy of a Circlet Press book (same publisher as the Alice Anthology).
[01:08] Caster: And I just keep on thinking to myself: "Huh, Not as great as some hentai I've seen."

Date: 2009-07-31 04:27 Subject: A cross post from Inky_Text. Security: Public Music: K-On! - Toyasaki Aki & Hisaka Youko & Satou Satomi & Kotobuki Minako - Don't say "lazy"

( Animuuuuu )

Date: 2009-06-20 13:59 Subject: Music. Security: Public Music: e General OC ReMix - Winamp *** 391. katethegreat19 - Final Fantasy IX The Rose General OC ReMix

Katethegreat19's Final Fantasy IX remix: The Rose General.

Here's a preview of the song on Youtube. Mind the cheesy image slide show though.

Date: 2009-03-18 13:50 Subject: Dogs Chickens! Security: Public

Chickens Playing Cards.

Date: 2009-02-27 23:28 Subject: To Love You More... Security: Public

I heard a song on Classical 96.3 FM. All I could remember was that it was called "To Love You More". I tried googling and youtubing it.

I'm pretty sure, when I listened to the song on the radio, Celine Dion wasn't singing.

So, I checked the Classical 96.3 FM website and found that it was actually a version played by Lucia Miracelli. Getting the whole album that the song is on would be too expensive. But it seems buying the individual MP3 is impossible for Canadians.

I hate region locking.

Edit: Oh, nevermind, found a copy.

Date: 2009-02-20 02:21 Subject: And now I want sushi. Security: Public

How to Eat Sushi

(Don't mind the porn ads, the movie's funny!)

Date: 2009-02-17 12:37 Subject: Work. Security: Public

I was planning on practicing the violin a lot today but last night at work some idiot left a broken glass in one of the dish washing baskets and I ended up cutting my finger on it.

I suppose this gives me a chance to transcribe some music though.

Date: 2009-02-12 23:09 Subject: Felt like sharing. Security: Public

RideBack. One of the best shows this anime season. The show also has some of the best opening and ending themes (crank the volume up, both are better when heard loud).

I hope both the manga and anime are eventually licensed in North America.

Date: 2009-02-12 12:38 Subject: 0.09 Security: Public Music: iny, zyko - Submarine Attack Into The Deep OC ReMix - Winamp *** 243. Destiny, zyko - Submarine Atta

Nine cents away from free shipping.

And i don't know what to add either.

Date: 2009-02-12 01:36 Subject: Wow. I've missed this. Security: Public Music: Serial Experiments Lain - Boa - Duvet - Winamp *** 120. Serial Experiments Lain - Boa - Duvet

Browsing through ANN brought my attention back to Serial Experiments Lain.

I remember I used to have the opening theme--Duvet--on my MP3 playlist on my old computer.

Nostalgia and reminiscence...

It's uncomfortable.

For some reason.

Date: 2009-02-07 22:05 Subject: Whee! Security: Public Music: . Diggi Dis - Chrono Cross Who Stole My Stars OC ReMix - Winamp *** 244. Diggi Dis - Chrono Cross Wh

Yotsuba to be picked up by Yen Press.

Yen Press is quickly becoming one of my favourite publishers.

Date: 2009-02-06 22:37 Subject: Moving. Security: Public

I've been thinking about moving Inky Text to some other blogging website like Blogger or Wordpress. They just have a neater look than LJ does. Plus, moving Inky Text would give a good reason to redesign how all of my stuff is displayed and organized--I've already got a few ideas floating around in my head like dedicated pages/table of contents for the long/serialized works.

And it would also give me a good reason to come up with something to replace "Inky Text". So lame. I don't even know how or why I came up with that.

Date: 2009-02-06 21:37 Subject: Genshiken Volume Seven. Security: Public Music: ] - Winamp *** 554. Project Chaos - Xenon Odyssey - Lava Passion [WIP]

Sasahara: Nobody's hiring! Should I just give up?
Next panel text: MANGA EDITOR WANTED

If I only had such luck. I suppose that's the great thing about being a fictional character, unless your creator is a cruelly sadistic/abysmally melancholic bastard, luck tends to work in your favour.

Now I really regret being lazy and just for cruising through university. I don't regret taking the programs and courses that I did, but I definitely should've paid more attention to what I was going to do after I graduated and worked towards putting myself in a better starting position. Things like networking, or taking Professor Gillespie up on that research opportunity program, or joining the school newspaper.

Even though I did all the work and got a diploma, it still feels as if I'm at square one.

Just recently I think I sort of kind of decided that I'd like to be a copy editor or proof reader. If I had came up with that five years ago, I would've gone into the Professional Writing program instead of Anthropology. I also would've started a sort of portfolio sooner I guess. And somehow make more connections with publishing companies. Or something. I don't know--that's my problem in the first place, not knowing.

I submitted a resume for a copy editor job at Harlequin. I was sort of ambivalent about the decision at first, it's not like women's romantic lit is my favourite genre. Then I learned that Harlequin has a romantic manga imprint (Ginger Blossom, strangely, I can't find any information about it on the website other than a few references in some press releases) and I suddenly thought it would be so awesome if I could work my way into that department.

Date: 2009-02-05 23:27 Subject: A. B. C. D. E. F... Security: Public Music: ffe - Red Alarm Red Dimension OC ReMix - Winamp *** 371. McVaffe - Red Alarm Red Dimension OC ReMix

Finally finished adapting the first of the ToraDora! light novels. Or rather, finished a "draft" of it. About a quarter of the way through the work, I realized that I didn't like some of the original style decisions I went with. So, before I start work on the second book, I'm gonna re-do some of the first book. I should work more on Phest and Vahl, too. I practically have the entire idea for the rest of the story in my head, I should get it all out before I forget or something.

I've been thinking about this for a while. The neat thing about Internet publication is that it's possible the finished product isn't finished at all because it can be edited/reworked at any time. The obvious problem with this though is that it can be annoying to readers, it's sort of like reading multiple editions of the book--if that kind of thing annoys you: you wonder what was changed, you wonder if re-reading the work is worth it just to find whatever is different.

Date: 2009-02-04 15:23 Subject: Birdy. Security: Public Music: aDora! - Etude Bird - Winamp *** 667. ToraDora! - Etude Bird

ToraDora!'s Etude Bird.

PDF file of my transcription.

MIDI file of my transcription. For some reason, the MIDI is really quiet (at least on my end), so you might need to crank the volume up.

Date: 2009-02-03 23:00 Subject: Whoa. Security: Public Music: tsteps of Kindness - Winamp *** 669. ToraDora! - Footsteps of Kindness

Anybody else confused by the spelling and pronunciation of the word/exclamation "whoa"?

"Woah" makes sense to me. The dictionary says "whoa" is an alternative spelling for "woah", but I don't have a clue as to how this alternative spelling could have come about.