I finished watching a twenty-somethin' episode anime and just wanted it to mean something so here I am just typing away. So YOU CAN SKIP DOWN to the paragraph labeled "The very Brief Review" unless you wanna get to know me a bit better. Right now I'm having a good laugh because I have typed a little more of everything that is NOT the review.

If anything this is a blip anime you can look up somewhere online for reviews/summary and just maybe think about when you have A LOT of time on your hands. And I'm warning you now that I'm the kind of person that stuff just GROWS ON. For example I'm actually considering in the far reaches in the back of my mind to watch all the episodes of Gilmore Girls, but not as much as I'd rather watch all of Farscape or Andromeda etc. other stuff first. Also, Real World: Cancun for some reason...

This is pretty much a brief review I could have posted this somewhere on a manga or anime blog, but I thought I'd save time/effort and maybe get an idea of the anime/manga interest in the Dtoid communtiy. I am not saying I recommend this anime because I measure things as "like" and "dislike". So this probably won't help you that much in determining whether or not you think it's worth watching. I just felt like writing about this anime series that I had seen recently because it made me feel very conflicted for some reason (well more conflicted than I usually anyway, which is almost never). Also it gives me a bit to write about since news around my life is fairly slow right now. I won't give a summary as you can pretty much look that over anywhere else (plus I hate being a spoiler, so I'll try to keep that outta the picture). So you may want to read a few reviews or a summary before reading this no that it will make much difference, but here goes...

--- The very Brief Review: ---
I kept wanting to strangle the two main characters because their relationship was hella frustrating to watch. It was so back an forth. I only really liked the shy character and the bits of humor throughout the whole series. For me it was worth watching once. And I might consider watching it again sometime in the future because I'm a glutton for punishment. This anime did not exaclty leave me satisfied and I wished there was more. It was just one of those series that I saw as a collection of at Best Buy. There's no nudity, so too bad for the hentai lovers out there. There's only like maybe pg-13 nudity there, but mostly it's focused on the relationships.



My favorite anime would have to be: Berserk. (Getting hooked on that anime might have been what made me like Suzuka in the end).

I make lists of stuff I want to eventually get around to watching, reading, listening, playing etc. Mostly I type all my lists in "notepad" on my cell phone. It really is handy if you don't want to keep track of a slip of paper. I have a whole list of movies, lyrics to songs (I have yet to look up artists/titles) and t.v. series that I have yet to see. Right now I'm catching back up on Buffy The Vampire Slayer because I was one of those people who got lazy at keeping track. Then I got hooked back on Joss Whedon through Angel and then Firefly. And currently I am finishing up a personal Buffy TVS marathon (meaning I haven't watched much else when I'm not eating, sleeping and other stuff).

Other things I'm into:
Comics: Wormwood, Conan, Sandman, Spawn.
And a whole bunch of other stuff that I don't feel like listing, but if you have animes/series/comics YOU THINK EVERYONE SHOULD SEE ONCE in their lives go ahead and recommend. Watchmen was definitely worth reading, I think I'll reread it again whenever I think I'll want to watch the movie again.

Mental note: Get around to watching "Doctor Who" and all the other "Star Treks" (I got hooked through Voyager).

Just saying thanks to Dtoid!
- and special thanks to Sterling for tapping Rocket XL on the shoulder to ship the swag. Also if you're new Dtoiders (like me) haven't gotten into the FORUMS yet, check it out!

I'd like to say I'm terrible with first impressions because I sometimes let things go unchecked and that's not cool. Hopefully a unmasked pic of me will be a better start in the right direction. Also, this is a bit of a scrapbook post for me because the odds of me winning for being shameless are not going to be as likely in the future. I fully intend to continue participating in the contests. Not just because of the prizes, but because I like looking at the stuff I think up and comparing with other Dtoiders. I have no intention of posting so much FAILs in the future and limit to submitting my 1-2 entries when I’ve thought them out. For the contest I just wanted to try and poke fun of everyone and everything that was remotely decent which other Dtoiders were not taking shots at. I didn’t intend my entries to be funny, but I just went with shortsighted snaps at whomever and whatever I thought up. And the funny thing is that this was not a well thought out plan. I just went with whatever seemed to fit the contest requirements (REMEMBER NO PORN) whenever I had some free time (proof being anti-social most of the time pays off huh?). Well, that’s why I have you guys now. I'll restrain myself from ever being that obnoxious again, though I thought it was more "desperate persistence". Whatever works right? I think the win went to both my heads for a while, but I've calmed down and slept the win off. Now I'm calm, cool... WHO AM I KIDDING THE SWAG IS FREAKIN' AWE-SOME!!!!! (citing caps from Dale). I gotta tell you FAILing that much eats away at your soul. I hope none of you who are new or relatively new (like me) Dtoiders EVER do that. Maybe lurk for a while.

Now I feel brave enough to post my pic so... Okay, feel free to take your shots at my imperfections and how ugly my tan lines are.


Oh also, around the same time I got the swag I saw The Darkness in a store that was half price off and decided to pick it up because I’m a fan of the comics too.

Anyone know where I can get an Unreal Tournament 3 faceplate? Why this one? well duh, cause it's Red.

Belated Intro HammerShark [got carried away a little,WARNING bit EXPLICIT] -
[Thought this was a bit of a rant. I don't feel I normally type this much as I'll mention about
in my writing]

About my writing:
In one of my previous posts it seemed like half of you understood what I was saying and the other half did not. I have taken some tips from Cataract to heart and started typing this post on MS Word and gutted out the smilies (an old online IM habit ehhhck…). There are few people I can go to in order to criticize my writing. The people who know me personally are not interested in writings like this because it is not being graded for a class. Even if I asked a friend to read through my writing I would be reluctant to do so because if they take their time (or skim) it either makes sense or they feel that instinctive pressure to “please a friend”. I wish I knew a few more “pricks” like Cataract who are more critical on writing. I am not an expert on “stream of consciousness”, but from what little I know about it I feel my writing is a bit like that. Separating my online personality from my academic and real world one can be a bit distracting too because some of the stuff I say online is not stuff I would normally say in real life. So the best I can offer Dtoiders now is that I will try to be more aware of my writing and try to take what I have learned in class and apply it. Though part of what I enjoy about outside writings such as this is retaining immaturity instead of just being intoxicated or impaired in anyway as an excuse to do so. And I am not particularly fond of essay writing/structure because my writing has mostly been done out of obligation. I have no problem reading other peoples’ writings, but something about writing “perfectly” agitates me. I have no real explanation why. Oh well.. I’ll see what some of your responses are to this and take in any tips as I remain at Dtoid.

My background:
I’m Asian American (genetically speaking just Chinese). At this point I have spent about half my life in Columbus, Ohio and reside now in SF. Some might call me “whitewashed”, but I guess that is the case if you do not have many experiences with people who are remotely “ghetto” (still not entirely sure of the definition of the word). I think I am somewhat literate and believe it’s easier I have no accent, though sometimes I speak a bit of mix between my shoddy understandings of either language. I am reminded of Bruce Willis in “Fifth Element”, “English and Bad English” except for me it’s just mostly bad English. I have a feeling I over think or am careless about certain things which is why my life is sometimes extremely organized and otherwise it is chaos. I just seem to go from one stage to another unaware of my changes or at least I don’t give it much thought as I should. Likes: some retro stuff like in references on the right of my blog, and since I’m just a bit lazy to list the rest just whatever else I feel like “I like”. I feel I’m kinda like Hamza, I get turned on by teasers of women images (especially “tatas”) and a fascination with sharks mostly hammerheads because of their “electro sensory pores (courtesy of ‘animal planet’ or was it ‘blue planet’? whatever).”

Gaming experience:
Watched and played a lot of games with my cousins back in Columbus. Mosty stuff like: Megaman, Tekkens, Crash Bandicoot, Rampage, Samurai Shodown, Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct. I’m a bit more attracted to shooter games because early on while staying at hotels my brother and I would find stuff like Area 51, House of Dead etc. Though I like shooting and fighting about the same. When the PS1 still only had tekken 1 or 2 I would play those forever. On 9/11 all I was doing was playing FF8 because I saw the news parameter thingie (didn’t bother to read the d^mn title till later on). That’s a bit how outta hand gaming had got for me, but currently I’m pretty lax on gaming as described in “about me.”

[WARNING next part is a bit explicit and rare occurrence]
Nothing really shocks me anymore. Stuff like old people bumping uglies, rats bumping uglies or people streaking. It’s just stuff like that makes me look at least twice to make sure it’s real, then I can point, verbally abuse/praise and get a good laugh. When people say stuff like “I have to go pee” I say stuff like, “Announce it to the world!”. I like doing stuff like that for some reason. I feel I could make out with a transsexual, who would have to be a VERY convincing woman, for an hour, find out the truth and still let them down politely. I’d even probably ask to be best friends and request them to be topless as much as possible. I can even say if I were in prison and the other inmates would not leave me in solitude I would *mess” with a dude as long as someone taped that dangler and mouth, put a paperbag over his head and stapled a playboy mag to his back. Plus I think it’d be kinda fun to: turn the pages, feel like you’re seeing different women, build a rep and know you’re pwning someone who probably deserves to be emasculated all at the same time. That’s how secure I am about being straight (“the penetrator”) and the lengths at which I’d go to mess with someone and y’know… get “cruel and unusual”. Otherwise I’d just wack off when I need to and hang out by myself or with people who know how to stay chill. Sorry, probably too much info. But that’s how it is with me. There’s never really too much info. I don’t really know if that makes me REALLY mature or immature… [I take full responsibility for this paragraph and promise to never put stuff like this again unless permitted. ALSO I AM WILLING TO HIDE THIS POST IF ASKED TO. Hope not to get banned….] I’ll probably get a lot of heated commentary for this….. Won’t be surprised if I don’t.

Don’t have many close friends (probably because of stuff like the previous paragraph… just kidding, loosing stuff like that is rare with me, but it’s just one of those impulsive rare random events). It’s not that I’m not likeable because I’m told I act pretty normal in social situations when I want to. It’s that I do not keep in touch very well. I feel I am very independent of other people. This post for example, I do not expect many people to read it, but feel like doing it anyway. The closest I am to having friends is if I were to e-mail people in my address book once every two months just to see how things are. And I still haven’t done that yet (been procrastinating on that little project for like forever). That probably says a bit about my “need” for companionship and “emotional voids” whatever those things are (attempt at humor).

If you want to know when I’m not interested in socializing with you I will: answer every question or shrug, not ask any questions of my own and just smile till you pi^^ off. Usually I’m well mannered, but that’s how hard it is to gauge me if you haven’t met me in person. I know… I’m a freak blah blah blah…. But there are worse things I could be and frankly I take “freak” as a complement as I am a reader of too many comics etc. “time killing” literature. And honestly I really do believe we still live in times similar to the comics on Conan the Cimmerian, maybe a bit domesticated, but rooted from the same stuff. I have no idea how much sense this makes, but like I said I’m trying through “self-improvement” and maybe at some point that’ll be enough. Feel free to leave criticisms and other unpredictable comments.

"HOT FLOSSY BABES!" - June 1st

Idk if this is worth mentioning, but it is fairly retro right? It seems like a classic to me as a source of shallow and immature behavior. Kickin' Link bu++ and pickin' up cheesy one liners.

I have always liked Carl and the other links cause the humor is pretty interesting. O'malley and Carl always smackin' each other around. Good times. I have not come across a game of the series yet, and would have mixed feelings about it if such a thing came into existence. I guess it would most likely be an abomination if Alias and etc. movies as a games is an example.

Anywho I only bring thing up because as 9AM (Pacific Standard Time - PST). It looks like they're having a small morning marathon on Sci-Fi (for me CH 71). Gripe and leave praise about this subject, whatever you want. This was just on my mind and made me feel a little nostalgic of simpler times. =D

My own view on piracy is sketchy at best. I finish a lot of games very slowly, so it is pointless for me to get an R4. Once I start a game it is important for me to finish it. I have difficulty switching from game to game. The main reason I bought the DS was to kill long periods of time (like most of your out there). ^_^

However, after looking at past comments it seems weird that things happen to balance out. That people who feel they can afford games buy them, people who don't, don't. This reminds me of that one episode of "American Dad" where the main character befriends a Satanist. In the end they accept one another and just stay friends. I'm just using this as an example of extremes like meat vs. veggies etc.. So I guess it's the same with people who use the R4. People who want to, will, people who don't, won't. And I refuse to rag on anyone who takes the extreme of either argument because...

I could break a deep dish pizza or some chili cheese fries with any of you out there. Under the right circumstances...
=D

People will disagree, on that, we just accept "to each their own" and go our separate ways. However, on the few things we do agree with (Dtoid's greatness) it's just proof that we accept people for who they are, despite my stating the obvious here. I hope I don't sound like a philosopher made of cheese, or is it cheesie philosopher?

The question:
Can you bring R4s onto planes?

I know this has been talked about to death, but I was searching through the older blogs and nobody answered this. Also it seems that there has been little talk about it on the net period. I've googled and found only a few entries that are so very questionable.

I don't want people to incriminate themselves, so either personal/friend's experience of "Waldos" and the fearless are welcome.

For example:
"'Waldo' took an R4 to vacation without fuss."

Someone's probably already posted on this. But I'd still like input/thoughts. It's one of the things I'm currently playing. Some of you may have seen the similarities or haven't played it yet. I just want to see what some of your opinions are on either of the two or both. I like the gameplay of the game well enough because you can choose guns, legs, pods and bombs. I haven't gotten around to playing online because the story mode is more convenient to play in different places.

BEWARE, story mode has a tad more dialogue than I'd like, but fighting the computer is still keeps me interested in the game. And I enjoy it all the more because when they offer me handicaps I'm like "psssh...". I like beating the computer without handicaps.

I really like the freedom of movement in the arena and combining different gear to produce different results. They both remind me of mini versions/remote controlled gundams.

I'm kinda nostalgic to look for and rewatch the series of Medabots on DVD because I liked MetaBee's quick wit and the weird/ridiculous plot & villains.

Getting back to Custom Robo. The arenas/dioramas are especially awesome because you can get even more free movement from street battles. Anywho, just looking for some input.

AAANNNNDDD!
MOST IMPORTANT!!!
>>>>>>> if you guys know any other games like this
for the DS/PS2/PC you recommend or are currently
playing, "share!" plz?