Wages went in sometime yesterday--I honestly can't get my head around what happens with my pay any more. It's not the end of the month and it's not the last Friday. It just seems to be "sort of towards the end... ish" :/.
But at least it means something of a reprieve - loans still not materialised. In the letter it mentioned something about the 5th of August--I hope it's not that they're waiting till then. The whole point of getting a loan is that I need the money now. Delaying it seems pointless. Especially since it means both my old loan and c-card payments will come out, and the whole point is to reduce/remove those as soon as possible :/.
Got a message saying the new megami is on the way, so I should have that next week some time. Hopefully I can pump in some artbook scanning this long w/end to clear a few of them out of the way.
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
oops
Looks like I'm fucked with my wage.
It turned out that I didn't get paid last Friday at all... Which is actually a bit of an issue--I'm positive I'm supposed to get paid on the last Friday in the month, which was last Friday.
Either way, it means I am probably without any cash to my name until Thursday, when I definitely will get paid.
I've therefore got just about everything crossed that the loan gets sorted today. If not I could be in some deep, deep shit, as I know I've got a couple of cheques that are due to come out as well as the direct debit for my car loan repayments due sometime this week.
I'm really in the hands of fate for this one :(.
Finished Look to Windward. Definitely a cracking book.
I also got the aircon up and running when I got back from work, and the evening was therefore a whole lot more pleasant than it otherwise would have been. Standing in front of the cold air blasting out of an aircon unit when the world outside is swelteringly hot is probably one of the most enjoyable experiences in the world.
It turned out that I didn't get paid last Friday at all... Which is actually a bit of an issue--I'm positive I'm supposed to get paid on the last Friday in the month, which was last Friday.
Either way, it means I am probably without any cash to my name until Thursday, when I definitely will get paid.
I've therefore got just about everything crossed that the loan gets sorted today. If not I could be in some deep, deep shit, as I know I've got a couple of cheques that are due to come out as well as the direct debit for my car loan repayments due sometime this week.
I'm really in the hands of fate for this one :(.
Finished Look to Windward. Definitely a cracking book.
I also got the aircon up and running when I got back from work, and the evening was therefore a whole lot more pleasant than it otherwise would have been. Standing in front of the cold air blasting out of an aircon unit when the world outside is swelteringly hot is probably one of the most enjoyable experiences in the world.
Monday, 28 July 2008
Swelteridge
A few years back now I bought an air conditioner.
The reason was because we'd had such a hot summer the year before I'd gotten virtually no sleep. I find it very difficult to sleep when it gets above a certain temperature at night. It's especially difficult in this country, I find, as heat is always accompanied by humidity (I presume because we're an island nation).
The aircon was awesome and allowed me to get a lot more sleep and be a lot more comfortable during the ensuing hot summer.
However, the last couple of summers have been total non-events, with almost constant rain (remember the big floods). So I've kinda moth-balled the aircon unit. I mean, the unit is still by it's window, but I've put all the pipes and bits away in some box somewhere, as is usually my way given my cramped living quarters.
But ironically this w/end was of course sweltering and I really could have done with having my aircon going. Especially last night, when it was just so muggy when I was trying to sleep.
The problem is also made worse by the fact that I live next to a river, so any open window is just a big invitation for all manner of flying bugs to wander in. Which is especially annoying at night when they're attracted by the lights. Running the aircon means all the windows are closed, and I even have a special cut-out I put over the window the aircon pokes out of so that no heat gets back in.
Tonight I shall make it my mission to get the aircon out and back working again. Luckily, I have next Friday and Monday off, so the chaos of half-opened boxes this causes shouldn't be a hassle for too long as I can tidy up then.
Finally finished off Ai Yori Aoshi. I've got the sequel "Enishi"to watch next. I've a horrible feeling this will be terrible, as the end of the first series kinda didn't leave anything open--it ended and was a proper end, so what can they put in a sequel?
I'm still of the opinion Ai Yori Aoshi is disappointing. There was some real flashes of greatness in the show. It could have been such a good straight romantic story with a sort of Romeo and Juliet feel. But instead we get half that and half "generic harem show". It just seemed such a... well, a waste.
I've nearly finished ploughing through Look to Windward, which is one of the Culture Novels by Ian M Banks. It was for a long time the last, but I believe he's done a new culture novel, "Matter".
When Banks is on form, as he most definitely is in Windward, I enjoy his stuff so much. They end up being the sorts of books that make me remember why I love reading and why I enjoy writing too. Sometimes I forget, when I'm struggling with something that's a bit more turgid. The Lord of the Rings, for example, made me forget for the best part of two years.
I'm pretty sure I've now read all the Banks sci-fi stuff (well, except Matter, which isn't out in pb yet). I've often wondered whether I should check out the non-sci-fi stuff--maybe later when I clear some more of my other unread books.
I also achieved my main objective for the w/end. trismugistus.com has been updated!
I've added a review of the quite good, but not quite great Ergo Proxy.
I also worked on a whole series of weeks of updates. These include a further 5 reviews, two wallpapers and associated character psd files, so that's ten weeks worth seeing the site clear up until the end of September, I believe.
It's also my plan to get scan-city up and working over my upcoming long-weekend, with lots of lovely artbooks to download. Whether I go for a super-splooge approach and get all the scans up at once (current favourite) or do it in a more phased approach I'm not sure yet, but at least it will be active.
The reason was because we'd had such a hot summer the year before I'd gotten virtually no sleep. I find it very difficult to sleep when it gets above a certain temperature at night. It's especially difficult in this country, I find, as heat is always accompanied by humidity (I presume because we're an island nation).
The aircon was awesome and allowed me to get a lot more sleep and be a lot more comfortable during the ensuing hot summer.
However, the last couple of summers have been total non-events, with almost constant rain (remember the big floods). So I've kinda moth-balled the aircon unit. I mean, the unit is still by it's window, but I've put all the pipes and bits away in some box somewhere, as is usually my way given my cramped living quarters.
But ironically this w/end was of course sweltering and I really could have done with having my aircon going. Especially last night, when it was just so muggy when I was trying to sleep.
The problem is also made worse by the fact that I live next to a river, so any open window is just a big invitation for all manner of flying bugs to wander in. Which is especially annoying at night when they're attracted by the lights. Running the aircon means all the windows are closed, and I even have a special cut-out I put over the window the aircon pokes out of so that no heat gets back in.
Tonight I shall make it my mission to get the aircon out and back working again. Luckily, I have next Friday and Monday off, so the chaos of half-opened boxes this causes shouldn't be a hassle for too long as I can tidy up then.
Finally finished off Ai Yori Aoshi. I've got the sequel "Enishi"to watch next. I've a horrible feeling this will be terrible, as the end of the first series kinda didn't leave anything open--it ended and was a proper end, so what can they put in a sequel?
I'm still of the opinion Ai Yori Aoshi is disappointing. There was some real flashes of greatness in the show. It could have been such a good straight romantic story with a sort of Romeo and Juliet feel. But instead we get half that and half "generic harem show". It just seemed such a... well, a waste.
I've nearly finished ploughing through Look to Windward, which is one of the Culture Novels by Ian M Banks. It was for a long time the last, but I believe he's done a new culture novel, "Matter".
When Banks is on form, as he most definitely is in Windward, I enjoy his stuff so much. They end up being the sorts of books that make me remember why I love reading and why I enjoy writing too. Sometimes I forget, when I'm struggling with something that's a bit more turgid. The Lord of the Rings, for example, made me forget for the best part of two years.
I'm pretty sure I've now read all the Banks sci-fi stuff (well, except Matter, which isn't out in pb yet). I've often wondered whether I should check out the non-sci-fi stuff--maybe later when I clear some more of my other unread books.
I also achieved my main objective for the w/end. trismugistus.com has been updated!
I've added a review of the quite good, but not quite great Ergo Proxy.
I also worked on a whole series of weeks of updates. These include a further 5 reviews, two wallpapers and associated character psd files, so that's ten weeks worth seeing the site clear up until the end of September, I believe.
It's also my plan to get scan-city up and working over my upcoming long-weekend, with lots of lovely artbooks to download. Whether I go for a super-splooge approach and get all the scans up at once (current favourite) or do it in a more phased approach I'm not sure yet, but at least it will be active.
Friday, 25 July 2008
salvation
Loan documents turned up last night, finally.
I was beginning to get more than a little worried as the end of the month approached. If it isn't all set up by then, things could get a little hairy for me.
My other irons in the fire seem to be bearing some fruit as well, though again, they seem to have taken an awfully long time to get there. I dunno, maybe it's just because of the pressure situation that it's seemed that way.
Luckily this month I'm sorta okay because pay day happens to be a bit earlier (for reasons there's no point detailing) but it does mean I get a little bit of wiggle room in terms of timing. If it was next month, I'd be in deep shit.
I'm hoping to have a fairly relaxing weekend this weekend. My only real goal is to get some site updates under way again. It's been too long since I actively updated my sites.
The problem is there's never enough time to do all the hobbies I have. For example, just recently I've been reading a lot, which means other things have to drop out to make room for it. But that means they start building up.
It's like I've done virtually no walling for what must be the best part of 6 months. But then where would I have found the time?
Part of me wants to scale back--give greater focus to fewer things. The problem is it's the variety that's a big part of what makes the individual things fun. If I spent all my time on one or two things, I'd become bored very quickly and then end up doing other stuff anyway.
I was beginning to get more than a little worried as the end of the month approached. If it isn't all set up by then, things could get a little hairy for me.
My other irons in the fire seem to be bearing some fruit as well, though again, they seem to have taken an awfully long time to get there. I dunno, maybe it's just because of the pressure situation that it's seemed that way.
Luckily this month I'm sorta okay because pay day happens to be a bit earlier (for reasons there's no point detailing) but it does mean I get a little bit of wiggle room in terms of timing. If it was next month, I'd be in deep shit.
I'm hoping to have a fairly relaxing weekend this weekend. My only real goal is to get some site updates under way again. It's been too long since I actively updated my sites.
The problem is there's never enough time to do all the hobbies I have. For example, just recently I've been reading a lot, which means other things have to drop out to make room for it. But that means they start building up.
It's like I've done virtually no walling for what must be the best part of 6 months. But then where would I have found the time?
Part of me wants to scale back--give greater focus to fewer things. The problem is it's the variety that's a big part of what makes the individual things fun. If I spent all my time on one or two things, I'd become bored very quickly and then end up doing other stuff anyway.
Thursday, 24 July 2008
odd names
This news article on the BBC has tickled me.
What a very peculiar thing to do - naming your child Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. I mean, it doesn't even make sense as an expression :/.
On the one hand I'm of the "poor kid" frame of mind, but on the other I'm thinking "lol".
Pretty slow just recently--still knackered after Tuesday so I've not really done much except watch a bit of telly.
Gadget show had there summer special on Monday. Suzi Perry in a bikini--life isn't all bad :D.
What a very peculiar thing to do - naming your child Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. I mean, it doesn't even make sense as an expression :/.
On the one hand I'm of the "poor kid" frame of mind, but on the other I'm thinking "lol".
Pretty slow just recently--still knackered after Tuesday so I've not really done much except watch a bit of telly.
Gadget show had there summer special on Monday. Suzi Perry in a bikini--life isn't all bad :D.
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
yesterday's meeting
So the meetings actually went pretty damn well yesterday.
The day itself was a horrifyingly long nightmare of trains, tubes, trams, hot & sticky journeys, long walks in shoes and all that rubbish, but the meeting itself was fine.
I had to get up at 5:45 to get a 7:00 train from Farnham. The journey from Farnham to London Waterloo always takes bloody ages, even though, to give some idea of the actual distance you could drive it in 20 minutes by Car (traffic not withstanding).
Then went on the tube to St Pancreas, which was fairly smooth. It was a little busy, but just that bit too early for the commuting hordes to appear, I think.
St. Pancreas you have to walk miles in to get to the actual platforms and there was a huge, 40 minute wait for the train. It was the quick train (only one stop) so it took about 1.5 hours (compare that to the hour it takes to get from Farnham to Waterloo :/).
Then there's a tram in Nottingham, but we got a bit lost when we got off so we walked around a bit much.
The meetings lasted about 4 hours, I think, then I headed off on the tram, this time walking straight there in less than 5 minutes.
Got to the station and the info there is crap - it's really hard to work out which platform is which and you've no idea until you actually get down onto a platform, so inevitably you pick the wrong one and have to go back up and come down on another platform.
The train took ages before it set off--a good 45 minute wait. And it was a stopping service, so it took two hours. Unfortunately, I also had someone sat opposite me so I couldn't stretch out my legs properly.
We got into St Pancreas at a couple minutes past six, which is tail end of rush hour, so the tube was pretty busy. Grabbed a bite to eat and the next train for Farnham was at about seven, so I was back home for about 8:30 with the car journey back home.
So in summary I set off from Farnham at 7am and got back to Farnham at 8pm. Four hour meeting means I spent 9 hours "in transit".
You may have gotten the impression I'm not hugely enamoured of public transport. You'd be right.
Oh, and it cost £120 each for us to have the pleasure of this 9 hour trek. (And that's excluding the £4.50 for car park at Farnham station and the £2.60 for the tram).
Also to go to Nottingham by car is about 180 miles. So call it 400 miles round trip. That's approximately a tank of petrol for me. At today's prices that works out to about £40. Even if you call it £50 or double it to two tanks at £80, that would still make it £160 cheaper than using public transport.
The day itself was a horrifyingly long nightmare of trains, tubes, trams, hot & sticky journeys, long walks in shoes and all that rubbish, but the meeting itself was fine.
I had to get up at 5:45 to get a 7:00 train from Farnham. The journey from Farnham to London Waterloo always takes bloody ages, even though, to give some idea of the actual distance you could drive it in 20 minutes by Car (traffic not withstanding).
Then went on the tube to St Pancreas, which was fairly smooth. It was a little busy, but just that bit too early for the commuting hordes to appear, I think.
St. Pancreas you have to walk miles in to get to the actual platforms and there was a huge, 40 minute wait for the train. It was the quick train (only one stop) so it took about 1.5 hours (compare that to the hour it takes to get from Farnham to Waterloo :/).
Then there's a tram in Nottingham, but we got a bit lost when we got off so we walked around a bit much.
The meetings lasted about 4 hours, I think, then I headed off on the tram, this time walking straight there in less than 5 minutes.
Got to the station and the info there is crap - it's really hard to work out which platform is which and you've no idea until you actually get down onto a platform, so inevitably you pick the wrong one and have to go back up and come down on another platform.
The train took ages before it set off--a good 45 minute wait. And it was a stopping service, so it took two hours. Unfortunately, I also had someone sat opposite me so I couldn't stretch out my legs properly.
We got into St Pancreas at a couple minutes past six, which is tail end of rush hour, so the tube was pretty busy. Grabbed a bite to eat and the next train for Farnham was at about seven, so I was back home for about 8:30 with the car journey back home.
So in summary I set off from Farnham at 7am and got back to Farnham at 8pm. Four hour meeting means I spent 9 hours "in transit".
You may have gotten the impression I'm not hugely enamoured of public transport. You'd be right.
Oh, and it cost £120 each for us to have the pleasure of this 9 hour trek. (And that's excluding the £4.50 for car park at Farnham station and the £2.60 for the tram).
Also to go to Nottingham by car is about 180 miles. So call it 400 miles round trip. That's approximately a tank of petrol for me. At today's prices that works out to about £40. Even if you call it £50 or double it to two tanks at £80, that would still make it £160 cheaper than using public transport.
Monday, 21 July 2008
Naughty me
I think I just got a telling off.
It was kinda disguised as 'advice' but I'm pretty sure it was really a telling off.
Ironically, I wouldn't even be in this situation if they hadn't sacked the person who really should be attending this meeting tomorrow. But that's not an excuse - my communication skills are appalling, I've always known that, but still, it does smart a bit.
Y'see somehow, I've ended up with more responsibility. Really on this contract I just do the grunt work. It's the person they got rid of, the former project manager, that understands it, that manages it and decides what's what. I just crank the handle each month.
But the new person in charge of me knows next to nothing about stats. So I end with the job of coverign that angle... but unfortunately I don't know a lot about stats either. Not in terms of detail, and the meeting tomorrow sounds like it's going to focus on detail.
Well, that's really cheered me up :(. I was doing quite well recently, but this has really put a kibosh on my mood.
I just want to curl up in a ball and let the world do its thing without me.
It was kinda disguised as 'advice' but I'm pretty sure it was really a telling off.
Ironically, I wouldn't even be in this situation if they hadn't sacked the person who really should be attending this meeting tomorrow. But that's not an excuse - my communication skills are appalling, I've always known that, but still, it does smart a bit.
Y'see somehow, I've ended up with more responsibility. Really on this contract I just do the grunt work. It's the person they got rid of, the former project manager, that understands it, that manages it and decides what's what. I just crank the handle each month.
But the new person in charge of me knows next to nothing about stats. So I end with the job of coverign that angle... but unfortunately I don't know a lot about stats either. Not in terms of detail, and the meeting tomorrow sounds like it's going to focus on detail.
Well, that's really cheered me up :(. I was doing quite well recently, but this has really put a kibosh on my mood.
I just want to curl up in a ball and let the world do its thing without me.
long day
I've got to go up to Nottingham for work tomorrow. It's for a meeting (well, two meetings) but it's one hell of a way to go.
What makes it worse is I've really no interest in attending either of the meetings. The first is to do with security (*yawn*) and the second is to meet a new supplier that our customer has hired.
This second meeting could go either way--either they're going to be good, or they're going to be a pain in the arse. I'm kinda bracing myself for the second.
The most annoying thing is that I think I'm going to be relied upon as some sort of "guru" of statistics. I'm really not--they fired the person on this contract who is. If this situation comes up I'm just going to put on a blank face and say "I don't know" a lot. It's hardly my fault they got rid of the other guy :/.
This last weekend I polished off the last few outstanding magazine scans. My mission now is not to let it all slip again. I need to keep up the momentum and scan all these artbooks I've got piled up.
In terms of new anime shows I've most recently watched:
I'm still waiting on the documents to sign for the loan. I hope they get here pretty soon, as it would be very annoying to exceed my overdraft limit simply because the documents took so long to get to me :/.
What makes it worse is I've really no interest in attending either of the meetings. The first is to do with security (*yawn*) and the second is to meet a new supplier that our customer has hired.
This second meeting could go either way--either they're going to be good, or they're going to be a pain in the arse. I'm kinda bracing myself for the second.
The most annoying thing is that I think I'm going to be relied upon as some sort of "guru" of statistics. I'm really not--they fired the person on this contract who is. If this situation comes up I'm just going to put on a blank face and say "I don't know" a lot. It's hardly my fault they got rid of the other guy :/.
This last weekend I polished off the last few outstanding magazine scans. My mission now is not to let it all slip again. I need to keep up the momentum and scan all these artbooks I've got piled up.
In terms of new anime shows I've most recently watched:
- Zettai Karen Children: It's distinctly average. I mean, it's not actively bad in any sense, it's just so very "seen it all before". There is also a slightly uncomfortable feel to it - a bit like Kodomo no Jikan last year, but not so extreme. One of the ten year old girls behaves like a "dirty old man" and it just doesn't quite sit right for some reason - maybe if she was 13 or 14, but 10 just seems a bit young.
- Itazura Na Kiss: Now this was a surprise. I had no real expectations going in, but it really charmed me. Admittedly it's not hugely original, though it is a bit convoluted to explain in a short blurb like this. It's a fairly gentle romantic comedy at heart, but with a female protagonist and more aimed at girls than boys, but still it's really well done.
- Allison to Lillia: Only watched one episode of this so far, but I'm really liking what I've seen. Possibly another highlight of the season.
I'm still waiting on the documents to sign for the loan. I hope they get here pretty soon, as it would be very annoying to exceed my overdraft limit simply because the documents took so long to get to me :/.
Friday, 18 July 2008
skint
I'm totally skint.
It's all entirely my fault - over the last few years I've been spending money like it was going out of fashion. You'll have picked that up from me talking about how I've so many unwatched DVDs and unread books, etc, etc.
But I've also done things that really didn't make sense. Like I bought a new car, which I did need, but for some reason I fixated on getting a particular model (one of the highest spec ones in the range) instead of thinking about the one I could best afford.
Thankfully, it looks like I've been able to take out a loan just recently that gives me a lot more breathing room. Basically, it allows me to consolidate four debts into one and whilst that does of course mean I'll be paying off a larger total sum for longer, it also means my monthly outgoings will come a lot more into balance.
Hopefully it'll mean I can also pay off another couple of debts with the money it frees up. But if not, it at least means I can afford things like food and petrol :/.
I also hope I've broken the back of my over-spending ways. I'm using all the stuff I've bought to kinda distract myself - the more time I spend actually sitting watching anime DVDs, the less time I've got for sitting on the net buying anime DVDs.
It's all entirely my fault - over the last few years I've been spending money like it was going out of fashion. You'll have picked that up from me talking about how I've so many unwatched DVDs and unread books, etc, etc.
But I've also done things that really didn't make sense. Like I bought a new car, which I did need, but for some reason I fixated on getting a particular model (one of the highest spec ones in the range) instead of thinking about the one I could best afford.
Thankfully, it looks like I've been able to take out a loan just recently that gives me a lot more breathing room. Basically, it allows me to consolidate four debts into one and whilst that does of course mean I'll be paying off a larger total sum for longer, it also means my monthly outgoings will come a lot more into balance.
Hopefully it'll mean I can also pay off another couple of debts with the money it frees up. But if not, it at least means I can afford things like food and petrol :/.
I also hope I've broken the back of my over-spending ways. I'm using all the stuff I've bought to kinda distract myself - the more time I spend actually sitting watching anime DVDs, the less time I've got for sitting on the net buying anime DVDs.
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Not an ant to be seen
Well, there's been no sign of the ants at all this last couple of days. I didn't take any action (because I forget, tbh), but I'd better get some ant stuff for if/when they come back.
Scanned animedia last night. I also watched some more of Wagaya no Oinarisama and I'm really not sure if I can work it out.
It's sort of like a "monster of the week" show, but it also seems to be trying to mix in romantic comedy and other elements. It's almost like a "slice of life" show in some ways... but slice of life if a fox-spirit moved in with you :/.
I was also unsure if I liked it or not, but I'll err on the side of yes, I think.
I put some stuff on e-bay last w/end (the first bunch of stuff following the clear-out the other w/end). However, I've been getting a bit annoyed with e-bay. Things that are worth considerable amounts of money are selling for like, 5p and 10p. It was getting to a situation where the effort and expense of parcelling stuff up and taking it down to the post office was far more than the money I was getting for it.
Especially when you think that, as well as what it costs to send, paypal take a fee and e-bay charge both an insertion fee and take a cut of whatever it sells for. In fact, I bet it was costing me money on some occasions.
As such, I've put many of the items on with more realistic starting bids and reasonable "buy it now" prices. I did this for ones where it would kinda break my heart if they sold for small amounts of money. I'd rather keep them and be skint than see them go for less than a pound.
I used to do this when I first started using e-bay, but the items often didn't sell for several weeks (plus I'd have to drop the amounts) so I'd get stacked up fees.
But fuck it - if people aren't willing to pay a reasonable amount of money for second-hand but genuine retail products and not pirates, rips and fansubs, then fuck 'em.
Scanned animedia last night. I also watched some more of Wagaya no Oinarisama and I'm really not sure if I can work it out.
It's sort of like a "monster of the week" show, but it also seems to be trying to mix in romantic comedy and other elements. It's almost like a "slice of life" show in some ways... but slice of life if a fox-spirit moved in with you :/.
I was also unsure if I liked it or not, but I'll err on the side of yes, I think.
I put some stuff on e-bay last w/end (the first bunch of stuff following the clear-out the other w/end). However, I've been getting a bit annoyed with e-bay. Things that are worth considerable amounts of money are selling for like, 5p and 10p. It was getting to a situation where the effort and expense of parcelling stuff up and taking it down to the post office was far more than the money I was getting for it.
Especially when you think that, as well as what it costs to send, paypal take a fee and e-bay charge both an insertion fee and take a cut of whatever it sells for. In fact, I bet it was costing me money on some occasions.
As such, I've put many of the items on with more realistic starting bids and reasonable "buy it now" prices. I did this for ones where it would kinda break my heart if they sold for small amounts of money. I'd rather keep them and be skint than see them go for less than a pound.
I used to do this when I first started using e-bay, but the items often didn't sell for several weeks (plus I'd have to drop the amounts) so I'd get stacked up fees.
But fuck it - if people aren't willing to pay a reasonable amount of money for second-hand but genuine retail products and not pirates, rips and fansubs, then fuck 'em.
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
my anime list
Between bits of work, I've been playing about with myanimelist.net today.
I'm the sort of person that likes lists of stuff and it's kinda fun recalling all the stuff I've watched/read.
Here's my page - http://myanimelist.net/animelist/trismugistus.
I've not much else to say today, really - not much has happened just recently :/.
I'm the sort of person that likes lists of stuff and it's kinda fun recalling all the stuff I've watched/read.
Here's my page - http://myanimelist.net/animelist/trismugistus.
I've not much else to say today, really - not much has happened just recently :/.
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
new mags
As I'd hoped, this month's animage, animedia and newtype were waiting for me when I got back.
There's definitely more pics this month than there were a few months ago. Animedia has some scannable stuff in the back, for example, and newtype is groaning with stuff.
No weird freeby stuff this month. They don't half give away some odd things with the Japanese mags - key chains and playing cards and tissues are among the oddest I've got. Not that I'm complaining, it's just interesting the cultural differences.
There's definitely more pics this month than there were a few months ago. Animedia has some scannable stuff in the back, for example, and newtype is groaning with stuff.
No weird freeby stuff this month. They don't half give away some odd things with the Japanese mags - key chains and playing cards and tissues are among the oddest I've got. Not that I'm complaining, it's just interesting the cultural differences.
Monday, 14 July 2008
ants
Ants seem to be getting in my kitchen, somehow. Not at all sure how or where they're coming in.
I'd seen a few odd ones kicking about before, but I discovered a shed load of them making a bee-line (or ant-line if you will) for a tin of golden syrup that had a few drips down the outside of the tin (ants love sweet stuff).
I cleaned the cupboard and put everything in sealed plastic bags, so that should discourage them a lot, but I'll need to get some ant powder or something. I'd actually been trying to buy some when I saw the random ants, but it was really difficult to find any in the supermarket for some reason. I guess I can look in homebase or something - I'm sure they'll have something.
Polished off the magazine scans this weekend with the last two animages. I wouldn't be surprised if the next newtype, animedia and animage arrive today or tomorrow, so I'll have to get them done too and then the decks are cleared for me to attack all those artbooks I've got piled up.
Only managed to have a look at a couple of new anime series while I was doing the animage's, as it's actually a really easy mag to scan (it has the bit of having to un-glue it, but then the pages are all nice and easy to scan). The series were:
I also finished off the second disk of Gurren Lagann. The second disk was all stuff I've not seen before and I'm thankful that my opinion formed from the first few eps is definitely vindicated. It's a really, really great show.
Though I'm again struck the animation quality is kinda all over the place. Plus the chara designs often seem very, er, fluid. I don't really mind, but it can be a little distracting at times.
Also watched a few more Ai Yori Aoshi eps and I'm disappointed again. Some nice little "flashes" of the romantic comedy / slice of life stuff that really works, but mostly it was still grinding away at the generic harem style show stuff. Ah well.
Looks like the first season of Code Geass is finally getting its DVD release in August too. This was some very good news to compensate for the woes that have resulted from ADV's continuing slide into death's slow embrace.
What I'm referring to is that basically ADV have lost the licences to all of the shows they picked up recently. Now thankfully, the shows have mostly been transferred to Funimation, so I'm sure in the fullness of time they'll come out through them, but unfortunately two shows I'm collecting (Red Garden and Welcome to NHK) were literally at last volume release stage and they've now gone into limbo.
This is annoying on so many levels - I can't finish watching the shows; I've no idea when Funimation will release their versions; I've no idea if they'll keep the same number of eps per disk or use the same style for their releases and, in the fullness of time, I've no idea how it will work for resale. I'd bought both with the collectors boxes so it kinda makes the problem even worse.
*sigh*
Still, at least Funimation have announced release dates for Black Lagoon: Second Barrage and Hellsing: Ultimate (which they picked up from when Genoen pulled out of North America).
The western DVD Anime field seems to be in nothing less than a state of crisis. Let's hope official download/internet type stuff starts to pick up the slack - and quick. Not that I don't vastly prefer DVDs, but electronic files is a lot better than nothing at all.
Lastly, this weekend I actually started working on some updates for my websites. It'll be a while before I'm back in full flow, but I think I'm finally out of my non-productive slump.
It's weird when I get so much done - I end up wondering why all my weekends aren't like that.
I'd seen a few odd ones kicking about before, but I discovered a shed load of them making a bee-line (or ant-line if you will) for a tin of golden syrup that had a few drips down the outside of the tin (ants love sweet stuff).
I cleaned the cupboard and put everything in sealed plastic bags, so that should discourage them a lot, but I'll need to get some ant powder or something. I'd actually been trying to buy some when I saw the random ants, but it was really difficult to find any in the supermarket for some reason. I guess I can look in homebase or something - I'm sure they'll have something.
Polished off the magazine scans this weekend with the last two animages. I wouldn't be surprised if the next newtype, animedia and animage arrive today or tomorrow, so I'll have to get them done too and then the decks are cleared for me to attack all those artbooks I've got piled up.
Only managed to have a look at a couple of new anime series while I was doing the animage's, as it's actually a really easy mag to scan (it has the bit of having to un-glue it, but then the pages are all nice and easy to scan). The series were:
- To Love-Ru: watched some more of this and it's distinctly okay. My opinion didn't really change from what I said a few days ago.
- Library Wars: This was really good, actually. I didn't know much about it at all going in, but it's quite a nice show. The premise is a little hokey, but the real story is more of a love story than anything else, and it focuses on the relationships. Strangely, it reminded me of Full Metal Panic, for some reason, but with less in the way of an obvious comedic set-up.
- Wagaya no Oinarisama: just started and don't know quite what to make of it yet. I'd assumed it was a romantic comedy in a similar vein to kanokon from the pictures I'd seen, but it wasn't really like that.
I also finished off the second disk of Gurren Lagann. The second disk was all stuff I've not seen before and I'm thankful that my opinion formed from the first few eps is definitely vindicated. It's a really, really great show.
Though I'm again struck the animation quality is kinda all over the place. Plus the chara designs often seem very, er, fluid. I don't really mind, but it can be a little distracting at times.
Also watched a few more Ai Yori Aoshi eps and I'm disappointed again. Some nice little "flashes" of the romantic comedy / slice of life stuff that really works, but mostly it was still grinding away at the generic harem style show stuff. Ah well.
Looks like the first season of Code Geass is finally getting its DVD release in August too. This was some very good news to compensate for the woes that have resulted from ADV's continuing slide into death's slow embrace.
What I'm referring to is that basically ADV have lost the licences to all of the shows they picked up recently. Now thankfully, the shows have mostly been transferred to Funimation, so I'm sure in the fullness of time they'll come out through them, but unfortunately two shows I'm collecting (Red Garden and Welcome to NHK) were literally at last volume release stage and they've now gone into limbo.
This is annoying on so many levels - I can't finish watching the shows; I've no idea when Funimation will release their versions; I've no idea if they'll keep the same number of eps per disk or use the same style for their releases and, in the fullness of time, I've no idea how it will work for resale. I'd bought both with the collectors boxes so it kinda makes the problem even worse.
*sigh*
Still, at least Funimation have announced release dates for Black Lagoon: Second Barrage and Hellsing: Ultimate (which they picked up from when Genoen pulled out of North America).
The western DVD Anime field seems to be in nothing less than a state of crisis. Let's hope official download/internet type stuff starts to pick up the slack - and quick. Not that I don't vastly prefer DVDs, but electronic files is a lot better than nothing at all.
Lastly, this weekend I actually started working on some updates for my websites. It'll be a while before I'm back in full flow, but I think I'm finally out of my non-productive slump.
It's weird when I get so much done - I end up wondering why all my weekends aren't like that.
Friday, 11 July 2008
the mother of all tweaks
For a while now I've been working on and off on my first proper novel, Man in the Loop (MitL).
The central core of the novel is sort of about existentialism. The basic idea is that the main character is actually a "brain in a jar" who's plugged into a computer world.
He doesn't know he's a brain in a jar (well, maybe at the end) but the real thing he doesn't know is that actually when he was a proper human he was a serial killer. The idea was that in order to have this man in the loop system, the government has to use psychos because their brains work differently.
The MitL system was designed as essentially an Unmanned Vehicle (in this case planes) with an operator 'in the loop' but not actually on-board. But normal people couldn't operate it properly so they end up using serial killers who have been executed by the state.
So it's also about morality - you've got the US government who are supposedly all "democracy and freedom" using people against their will who they've actually put to death. The US is embroiled in a huge war in the middle east that covers the entire region and represents an escalation of the 'war on terror', but is also really a resource grab. They've had to use things like MitL to 'get the job done', as it were.
To juxtapose this, I had a female terrorist whose entire family had been killed when the Americans had mistakenly bombed her village. The idea was she would be responsible for bombing the MitL facility.
The idea also was to tell her story in reverse, where the other story would be forwards. So at the beginning she seems to be the bad guy, he the good, whereas by the end you realise it's more the other way around.
I've been working away on this for ages now and have loads of it written, but I've been struggling a bit and skirting around some of the difficult bits (meaning dodgy story elements) and I've kinda realised that there's a much better way for me to tell the story.
Essentially I can instead contrast the MitL guy's story against his original capture. In other words, it can be a detective story 'with a twist'. I could have the MitL man seeing what seems to be another person but is actually himself as a serial killer "leaking" into his own computer world. At the same time, the other thread could be the detectives tracking him down.
The problem is that it means totally abandoning at least two thirds of what I've written. It's a lot stronger and simpler way of doing things, though, and won't involve quite so many dodgy stuff.
A lot of what I've written is kinda comic-booky. I mean some of the characters almost have moments where they go "Muhahahaha" in a maniacal laugh stylee :/. But it was the only way I could think of bridging between the plot strands. Plus the terrorst is kinda cheesey.
I guess I need to bite the bullet.
The central core of the novel is sort of about existentialism. The basic idea is that the main character is actually a "brain in a jar" who's plugged into a computer world.
He doesn't know he's a brain in a jar (well, maybe at the end) but the real thing he doesn't know is that actually when he was a proper human he was a serial killer. The idea was that in order to have this man in the loop system, the government has to use psychos because their brains work differently.
The MitL system was designed as essentially an Unmanned Vehicle (in this case planes) with an operator 'in the loop' but not actually on-board. But normal people couldn't operate it properly so they end up using serial killers who have been executed by the state.
So it's also about morality - you've got the US government who are supposedly all "democracy and freedom" using people against their will who they've actually put to death. The US is embroiled in a huge war in the middle east that covers the entire region and represents an escalation of the 'war on terror', but is also really a resource grab. They've had to use things like MitL to 'get the job done', as it were.
To juxtapose this, I had a female terrorist whose entire family had been killed when the Americans had mistakenly bombed her village. The idea was she would be responsible for bombing the MitL facility.
The idea also was to tell her story in reverse, where the other story would be forwards. So at the beginning she seems to be the bad guy, he the good, whereas by the end you realise it's more the other way around.
I've been working away on this for ages now and have loads of it written, but I've been struggling a bit and skirting around some of the difficult bits (meaning dodgy story elements) and I've kinda realised that there's a much better way for me to tell the story.
Essentially I can instead contrast the MitL guy's story against his original capture. In other words, it can be a detective story 'with a twist'. I could have the MitL man seeing what seems to be another person but is actually himself as a serial killer "leaking" into his own computer world. At the same time, the other thread could be the detectives tracking him down.
The problem is that it means totally abandoning at least two thirds of what I've written. It's a lot stronger and simpler way of doing things, though, and won't involve quite so many dodgy stuff.
A lot of what I've written is kinda comic-booky. I mean some of the characters almost have moments where they go "Muhahahaha" in a maniacal laugh stylee :/. But it was the only way I could think of bridging between the plot strands. Plus the terrorst is kinda cheesey.
I guess I need to bite the bullet.
knackered
I'm so knackered today.
Had a meeting yesterday which basically meant I was in the car all day, which is probably the main reason why.
I just don't feel like doing anything - it's the sort of day I wished we worked flexi and I could have had either a lie in or I could go home a little earlier.
Had a meeting yesterday which basically meant I was in the car all day, which is probably the main reason why.
I just don't feel like doing anything - it's the sort of day I wished we worked flexi and I could have had either a lie in or I could go home a little earlier.
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
kettles
How come kettles are always 1.7litres?
I've never figured that out it's such a random number. Why not 1.5litres? Or 2 litres?
And besides, they never actually take 1.7 litres anyway. If you actually fill them up that much then when it boils, it will bubble out of the spout, which is more than a little dangerous.
It just seems stupid to me - designed but not properly tested.
Well, just got an e-mail telling me newtype, animedia and animage are on the way, so I should have them early next week. I still need to scan the previous two animages, but I'm awful close to clearing the decks for magazine scans, so hopefully I can tackle some of the artbooks.
You never know, I may update scan-city.org with some more scans too at some point.
I've never figured that out it's such a random number. Why not 1.5litres? Or 2 litres?
And besides, they never actually take 1.7 litres anyway. If you actually fill them up that much then when it boils, it will bubble out of the spout, which is more than a little dangerous.
It just seems stupid to me - designed but not properly tested.
Well, just got an e-mail telling me newtype, animedia and animage are on the way, so I should have them early next week. I still need to scan the previous two animages, but I'm awful close to clearing the decks for magazine scans, so hopefully I can tackle some of the artbooks.
You never know, I may update scan-city.org with some more scans too at some point.
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
back to work
Well, w/end off is over, so it's back to work... :(
Achieved quite a bit over he w/end. Moved my stuff around, sorted through a lot of boxes. Got four box-crates of stuff to sell on e-bay, chucked 3 or 4 black binbags worth of rubbish away.
I didn't quite achieve everything I wanted to on that front, though. It's always more knackering than you think it's going to be sorting though stuff. There's all the heavy lifting of course, but when you have limited space like I do you end up shuffling lots of things back and forth to make room and then there's all the thinking things through - "should I keep this, should I sell that?" Ah well, I'm sure there will be more opportunities.
Anyway, I also did a shed load of scanning while I was off. All I have left are two animage mags. Animage is the one that is glued, so I spent time unglueing it rather than scanning it, so it's all ready to go now. The next target is the huge pile of artbooks that are waiting for scanning. There are literally more than a dozen of them, though some have more images than others.
And obviously I've been watching fansubs while I've been scanning. Here are some thoughts:
You'll also notice the last three were kinda shoujo type series. There seem to have been a lot of these this year. Maybe it's just that I happen to have watched three of them (I tend to be utterly random when picking what order to watch things in).
Achieved quite a bit over he w/end. Moved my stuff around, sorted through a lot of boxes. Got four box-crates of stuff to sell on e-bay, chucked 3 or 4 black binbags worth of rubbish away.
I didn't quite achieve everything I wanted to on that front, though. It's always more knackering than you think it's going to be sorting though stuff. There's all the heavy lifting of course, but when you have limited space like I do you end up shuffling lots of things back and forth to make room and then there's all the thinking things through - "should I keep this, should I sell that?" Ah well, I'm sure there will be more opportunities.
Anyway, I also did a shed load of scanning while I was off. All I have left are two animage mags. Animage is the one that is glued, so I spent time unglueing it rather than scanning it, so it's all ready to go now. The next target is the huge pile of artbooks that are waiting for scanning. There are literally more than a dozen of them, though some have more images than others.
And obviously I've been watching fansubs while I've been scanning. Here are some thoughts:
- Kure-nai: watched a few more of these and I quite like it. It's more of a character piece than an action piece, but seems well realised.
- To Love-Ru: it's a fairly standard hot alien girl comes to earth and causes havoc in a young boys life series, but it's quite well done. Also doesn't seem to take itself too seriously and echii shows are never a bad thing in my particular book.
- Macross Frontier: Yeah, pretty good. This one seems to suffer with the same issue I've always had with macross series, though, being unusual pacing. In macross shows there always seems to be huge action sequences that are really exciting, but then you get equally huge periods of almost nothing at all happening. It unfortunately ends up making the quite bits seem more boring than they actually are.
- Penguin Girl (Penguin Musume Heart): I ended up just not quite liking this one enough. I dunno, it seemed like it didn't quite meet its potential, somehow. I mean, it's a comedy with a character who is anime/manga obsessed and there seem to have been a lot of those recently, so maybe that's why I found it a little disappointing.
- Kamen No Maid Guy: Again, I felt a little disappointed for some reason. This one has a really nice premise of a big tough guy (think fist of the north star chara) whose working as a maid for a hot, young heiress. However, I dunno, it never really seemed to get going. Not there is a slight caveat to that - the translation in the fansub translation was really poor, and also character tend to speak very quickly, so the text would be quite difficult to read anyway, even if it wasn't badly written. So perhaps that hampered my enjoyment.
- Nabari no Ou: I didn't find it all that engaging. I was also a bit confused by what it is - I wasn't sure if it was aimed at boys or girls, as it seems to have that classic "yaoi pretty boy" character design, but the subject matter is distinctly shounen in nature (ninjas and hidden powers and prophecies - not really my cup of tea) and there's a couple of female characters that sort of seem like love interests for the male lead. It was a bit sort of jumbled up.
- Junjo Romantica: didn't get very far with this. It's, well, let's just say it's not a show aimed at me :). I guess if you're a fan of the whole yaoi/boylove thing this is a good example of the genre, but it's not my cup of tea.
- Vampire Knight: Ugh. It's got vampires and a girl lead - it's like a distillation of all that appalling hormonal teenage girl dribble that I roll my eyes at on Urbis. Sorry, I'm sure it has it's fans and not wanting to slate it - it's probably better than all that - but count me out.
You'll also notice the last three were kinda shoujo type series. There seem to have been a lot of these this year. Maybe it's just that I happen to have watched three of them (I tend to be utterly random when picking what order to watch things in).
Thursday, 3 July 2008
big gun(s)
My new yoko (from Gurren Lagann) figure turned up last night. It's really rather nice, although there's a bit of dodgyness with the gun.
I've got a few figures where they're holding things like guns. They're always separate items that you have to slot in, but normally if they're long (like a pole or a spear) the item itself breaks in two so that you can easily slide it between their fingers and then pop on the end pieces.
However, with this yoko figure, the gun doesn't break and you have to bend her fingers in order to get the gun in. I mean, obviously they're plastic so her fingers do bend and go back to how they were, but still it's a bit of a heart-stopping moment prizing her fingers apart. It's certainly not something I'd want to do over-and-over again.
Also started watching Ai Yori Aoshi last night - got through six eps. I'm a little disappointed, tbh. The first three eps were really nice - sort of a romantic comedy/slice of life thing with ecchi that looked like it was going to be something a bit special. Then suddenly, in episode four it degenerates into a fairly standard harem style show.
Not that I don't like those sorts of shows, just the sudden change was a bit of a shock, plus I've seen loads of those already. What the first 3 eps were was something different and a bit more interesting.
It's weird - it changes so suddenly it's almost like they had one writer and then he suddenly got fired when the studio found out that he wasn't doing a proper harem show. I'm sure it's actually based on a manga where the same thing happens, but still it's a really sudden shift.
Well, my 4 day weekend beckons. Hopefully I'll get everything done that I want/need to, but either way it's going to be nice to have a bit of time away from work.
I've got a few figures where they're holding things like guns. They're always separate items that you have to slot in, but normally if they're long (like a pole or a spear) the item itself breaks in two so that you can easily slide it between their fingers and then pop on the end pieces.
However, with this yoko figure, the gun doesn't break and you have to bend her fingers in order to get the gun in. I mean, obviously they're plastic so her fingers do bend and go back to how they were, but still it's a bit of a heart-stopping moment prizing her fingers apart. It's certainly not something I'd want to do over-and-over again.
Also started watching Ai Yori Aoshi last night - got through six eps. I'm a little disappointed, tbh. The first three eps were really nice - sort of a romantic comedy/slice of life thing with ecchi that looked like it was going to be something a bit special. Then suddenly, in episode four it degenerates into a fairly standard harem style show.
Not that I don't like those sorts of shows, just the sudden change was a bit of a shock, plus I've seen loads of those already. What the first 3 eps were was something different and a bit more interesting.
It's weird - it changes so suddenly it's almost like they had one writer and then he suddenly got fired when the studio found out that he wasn't doing a proper harem show. I'm sure it's actually based on a manga where the same thing happens, but still it's a really sudden shift.
Well, my 4 day weekend beckons. Hopefully I'll get everything done that I want/need to, but either way it's going to be nice to have a bit of time away from work.
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
thinking in moments
Part of the problem I have with the way my imagination seems to work when I'm writing is that it operates in snatched, often very visual moments.
Take for instance this piece. It's currently the third part of a longer piece. But it didn't start that way.
It started as a random cool thing that I thought up and wrote down. I then wove it into the story--indeed, the story almost developed around that piece. The part went through about 5 revisions, but that opening line--servos stuttering into life--never really changed.
This is really a mixed bag. It can be really frustrating having only a "cool bit" and not being able to properly weave anything else around it.
It can also be annoying. Sometimes by the time I've thought of the plot some other cool bit will be in my imagination which has absolutely no relevance the the previous cool bit.
But on the other hand, it can be exciting not knowing quite what's going to pop out of my head next.
Take for instance this piece. It's currently the third part of a longer piece. But it didn't start that way.
It started as a random cool thing that I thought up and wrote down. I then wove it into the story--indeed, the story almost developed around that piece. The part went through about 5 revisions, but that opening line--servos stuttering into life--never really changed.
This is really a mixed bag. It can be really frustrating having only a "cool bit" and not being able to properly weave anything else around it.
It can also be annoying. Sometimes by the time I've thought of the plot some other cool bit will be in my imagination which has absolutely no relevance the the previous cool bit.
But on the other hand, it can be exciting not knowing quite what's going to pop out of my head next.
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
stuck in
I'm really getting stuck into all the stuff I had stacked up from the last few months.
I've finished Genshiken and all the extras. Great show and nice to have stuff like director interviews and other extras on anime DVDs, even if they don't really add any particular insight. Expect a review over on trismugistus.com whenever I get around to it.
I'm also about half way through the piled up anime magazines I need to scan, so that's good. As I've mentioned I watch anime fansubs while I'm scanning.
So far I've attacked:
What else?
Oh yeah - watched I Am Legend. What can I say? Disappointing somehow doesn't quite cover it. I mean I quite like Will Smith and there are some nice bits, but I dunno, the film just felt really flat somehow. Not sure if I'll review it or not.
Also watched the first disk in the first Gurren Lagann release. It's currently being released as three * 2-diskers with (virtually) no extras and sub only, though I understand there will be a more 'normal' release later in the year. I'm into new episodes (ie more than I'd seen from fansubs) now and I'm not disappointed.
One of the advantages of stopping fansubs after 3/4 eps is that when I watch the DVDs it's not like rewatching a show - it's new to me. The disadvantage is that I can become disappointed if it tails off later in the series and it can feel like I've wasted my money.
With Gurren (and the same will happen with Geass) I'm also a little hampered that I've built it up (hyped it) to such a degree in my own head that the show is predestined to be disappointing. The cure is to wait for ages before watching so it feels 'fresh' but it's also this mental build up that makes it difficult to wait :/.
I've finished Genshiken and all the extras. Great show and nice to have stuff like director interviews and other extras on anime DVDs, even if they don't really add any particular insight. Expect a review over on trismugistus.com whenever I get around to it.
I'm also about half way through the piled up anime magazines I need to scan, so that's good. As I've mentioned I watch anime fansubs while I'm scanning.
So far I've attacked:
- Persona Trinity Soul: I was surprised, it seems quite good. Some of those homoerotic undertones going on I feel, but I've no problems with that, just an observation.
- Mnemosyne: This I really liked. There's nothing truly new or unique about the show, and it cherry picks a lot of good ideas/concepts, but I quite like how it's all come together. It's also pretty damn adult in tone, which is at least some relief from all the moe and cutesy that anime can be at times.
- Kanokon: Again, I actually liked it. It's one of those shows were a dweeby/wimpy male protagonist finds himself subject to the affections of just about every girl that knows him (whether overt and in-your-face or more subtle and hidden). They're never realistic shows and should never be taken for more than what they are, but this one is reasonable enough. Though perhaps my opinion is swayed by the two things that set kanokon apart: the use of spirits (which translates into catgirls and other mildly furry elements) and fanservice that borders on pornography. I'm a sucker for those things.
- Kure-nai: just started, so I haven't formed an opinion yet... other than it has the most misleading opening title animation I've ever seen. It and the show seem to be at almost complete opposites :/.
What else?
Oh yeah - watched I Am Legend. What can I say? Disappointing somehow doesn't quite cover it. I mean I quite like Will Smith and there are some nice bits, but I dunno, the film just felt really flat somehow. Not sure if I'll review it or not.
Also watched the first disk in the first Gurren Lagann release. It's currently being released as three * 2-diskers with (virtually) no extras and sub only, though I understand there will be a more 'normal' release later in the year. I'm into new episodes (ie more than I'd seen from fansubs) now and I'm not disappointed.
One of the advantages of stopping fansubs after 3/4 eps is that when I watch the DVDs it's not like rewatching a show - it's new to me. The disadvantage is that I can become disappointed if it tails off later in the series and it can feel like I've wasted my money.
With Gurren (and the same will happen with Geass) I'm also a little hampered that I've built it up (hyped it) to such a degree in my own head that the show is predestined to be disappointing. The cure is to wait for ages before watching so it feels 'fresh' but it's also this mental build up that makes it difficult to wait :/.
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