yawn

I've been so tired most of this week.

For some reason, on Sunday I got very little sleep. I've no real idea why - I just didn't feel very tired and so didn't sleep. But then on Monday I must admit I didn't feel bad as such - mentally a big sluggish, maybe, but not too bad.

However, Monday night I had a terrible nights sleep. I felt really hot for some reason, even though it wasn't really hot weather. Then at about 3:30am something woke me up - I haven't a clue what - and I struggled to get back to sleep.

It's really tough for me at this time of year (close to the Summer Solstice - the longest day of the year) as it almost doesn't get dark. I mean, it gets dark as in it's not light, but it's not dark in the same way it is in the middle of winter. Add to that potential moonlight and it makes it difficult for me to sleep.

I'm kinda weird in that I need for it to be silent and dark when I try to go to sleep. I'm a big fan of earplugs for that reason, but I've also tried sleep masks and those just don't work. What I've had to do in my current lodgings is fasten black bin bags to the curtains with safety pins, because it has white curtains. White curtains are almost useless at blocking out light.

Anyway, Tuesday the lack of sleep really caught up with me. I had some important work to do and I really struggled to get it done as my mind just kept drifting away.

Even in the evening I really struggled to even make my dinner. It was like some Herculean effort just to do a baked potato :/. I certainly wasn't in the mood to continue with scanning stuff. Oh - dunno if I mentioned that the new Japanese mags did turn up, on Monday. That makes two whole months worth of mags to scan, plus the next Megami turns up next week, I believe.

So, anyway, Tuesday night I was hopping that my body would just say "enough is enough" and I'd be out like a light. Well that kinda happened - I got off quickly, but, then the most bizarre thing happened.

In the middle of the night, with an almighty crash, one of my posters fell of the wall, waking me up. I know - how totally random is that? I did get back to sleep quite quickly, but still it meant I was fairly knackered still on Wednesday.

However, I did manage to summon up the willpower to do some scanning on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. I only got through the first animedia and a bit of the first newtype though, so still loads to do. I also watched the following:

Higepiyo was bonkers. This is bonkers in a good way - a mildly deranged comedy, rather than a shouty madcap one. I have to admit there were some patchiness though - episode 3 raised hardly a smile from me, whereas 4 had me belly-laughing towards the end. But overall it's a series I'd buy, I think - especially as it's a series of shorts, so even the duff eps wouldn't drag.

Queen's Blade. The first episode featured the Worst Translation Evar. It was so bad it was almost like watching it without subtitles as it made little sense. However, eps 2 and 3 were better translated and I have to say I didn't it was all that bad.

I'd seen a lot of people proclaiming it as the worst thing ever, but these people are idiots. I've mentioned before I don't understood the almost militant prudishness that seems to be quite prevalent in modern anime fans. It's like the very idea of sex offends them.

Not that there's any sex in Queens Blade (well, not in the first 3 eps anyway) but there are lots of exposed nipples and a general cheesecake pervasiveness. But what can you expect, it's inspired by an erotic fighting game where the aim is to get the girls naked. And it's not like it isn't quite self aware - they know what they're doing and they're having fun with it. The result isn't exactly ground-breaking, but it isn't the worst thing evar either.

Y'know it's been a bit weird lately as there's been shed loads for me to blog about, but I'm also kinda aware my posts are becoming giganto-huge. For example, there's BB10 stuff and the whole F1 shenanigans which I've hardly mentioned.