Hey o/

Yeah, i know i know =/ i havn’t posted anything new in ages. Tbh, life hasn’t been great. Buuuut rather than get all emo on the subject, i’d rather try n post some new stuffs. =] Over the next few days i’ll try and catch you all up on my latest viewings of anime.

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Mmmmk, after a long time thinkin about it…this image gallery is phail. So…new idea, i would like readers of this site to post their talent. Any image you have drew or created thats anime themed would make for a better gallery i think.

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31/05/09

Oh man, im beat!

Hey readers, i gotta tell ya, I’m drained…

I have almost completed my projects and reports and all that other junk thats interfering with my precious anime. I guess I’ll just catch you up on whats been going on with me.
Well, for starters, i left Fiesta, more or less for good. My guild sorta disintegrated and I found a better free MMO to play….I mean waaay better. I’ll miss all my E-friends i made in Fiesta but they got my MSN so i hope they’ll use it. Besides, nothings ever forever.

...Cya around *StarDust*, it was fun.

Lets see, what else……oh yeah, I’m officially broke again, but i guess there’s nothing new there – . -‘ I really need to start lookin’ for a summer job to get some cash flowin’ in…but i get so wrapped up in my college stuff and anime and games that even if i could get i job, i doubt I’ll even enjoy it since I’d probably have to sacrifice a lot of my time on it, i barely have enough time as it is…

Ohh ohh!…i just started watching an anime called K-On and I’m already addicted, nothing makes you feel better than a “slice of life” anime like K-On. Its still not completely released so i have to wait before i can see past episode 9 which is a real downer since i was enjoying it so much. Some people think that just cause’ im a guy, the only animes i could possibly be interested in are ones with big robots or borderline hentai anime with plenty of T ‘n A……and, honestly, …..well, i do like those BUT, before you judge me….remember….I’M A GUY!

These K-On chick's rock da block...awesome characters.

This is another funny, cool bucha characters i love...The cast of Haruhi

ahh...the Lucky Star girls...who doesn't love 'em?

Anyway, what i was gonna say was that people find it wierd that my favorite anime’s are always the “slice of life” kind, like Ouran, K-On, Piano, Kannagi, Onegai, Haruihi Suzumiya, Kyou no Gononi and, of course, Lucky Star. I don’t think its wierd at all, what do you think?

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15/05/08

OMG..I’m sooo sorry readers. I’ve just been so busy cramming for my final exams and project deadlines that i just haven’t had time to blog…

Everyone has been cramming and studying pretty much non-stop since the deadlines for our projects were realeased ( our projects are to design and build a 7 page website and to design and create a scenario quest in Neverwinter Nights)…so i’ve basically been living in front of my computer..( well…nothing much new there…).

"GRAY!! THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE"......."ok....i'll be down in a sec..."

All this rushing around can’t be good for my health and if you’ve followed this blog, you’ll know how easilly i seem to get ill…..this is so bothersome.  I haven’t had a proper sleep in weeks, im restricted to like 5 hours max at the moment…

....must....study...Zzz Zzzz zzZzz

Even in college, were im supposed to be an energetic youth.. and be full of..umm..eagerness to learn and all that stuff, even in the place thats supposed to inspire my education… I JUST WANNA SHLEEP!!

This'll be me during my exams if i'm not carefull.....

Still….i can’t really complain.  If i stopped watching my anime or playing Fiesta, i probably wouldn’t be so drained… but i will never do that.  I made a choice…a choice to watch my anime no matter what…i have dedicated my free time to the acquisition and viewing of as many anime’s and manga’s as i can and it’s the one thing i can’t give up… and as for fiesta…umm…I DUN WANNA GIVE IT UP!! I know, i know,  im just making things harder for my self…..but i am….OTAKU!!

I AM OTAKU, AND NOBODY SAID IT WAS AN EASY LIFE.....I WILL PREVAIL...MWAHAHAHA

23/04/09

We're going to the pub, tra la la la laaaaaa!

Being spontaneous is an interesting prospect to me, to do something just cause you feel like it, what a great thing…..to be able to have that much freedom and to be able to shun responsibility, or at least…that’s what it’s like in the anime’s, right.  Although it’s never quite like that in real life, i still decided to give it a go…y’know, being spontaneous, so i decided to ask everyone out for a drink to see what happened (OK, going for a drink isn’t that spontaneous….unless it’s 13:45 during a college day.) I wasn’t expecting everyone to say “Ok, sure….let’s go”, I was surprised.

So, it was decided and we set of on the beginning our drinking quest….

We arrived at “The Foot of the Walk” restaurant and bar at about 14:15 and we started our usual “talking about absolute crap” conversation which seems to follow us wherever we are, it’s not a bad thing, it just makes us sound crazy to other people. We drank there for most of the day….i think, nobody was actually keeping track of time.  The food smelled so good so i just had to grab some lunch(I had a meatball marinara chiabata, mmmm.).

Food....Drink....Why'd we leave here again??

After we had our fill at this place we decided to head to the student pub, “Barramans”. This is a great little pub, it’s strange, it has an atmosphere that would make it OK if a biker gang just walked in….but didn’t throw any bottles or chairs and just had a friendly drink.  A weird description, i know, but it’s the kinda pub you could just see everyone being “friendly to the point of creepy” in, or maybe it’s just me.  My friends decided to play a joke on me by telling the whole pub that i like “Coldplay”….i don’t (not much of a prank ’til you realise this is like a rock/metal pub…), they’ve only done like 5 songs that i like… and when i say like, i just mean i can just stand to listen to them…i can’t even name half of them. We like Barramans but sometimes you just need a place that pitch black and louder than the “Booing” at a Coldplay concert (Nya ha ha, see what i did there?).

So, next,we decided to go to “The Opium”, by this point we where more or less a little drunk (By a “little Drunk”, i mean stupid enough to try and unscrew a light bulb that’s been on all day…with your bare hands…). I don’t even think we where there that long or even why we went…. but wherever Steph goes, we go…or at least i see this as a general rule, it’s not like we could stop her from going somewhere, but if we let her go alone she’d probably forget about us and not come back. The Opium isn’t that good of a club anyway so we decided to go to “The Hive”, which is a much better club… i think, i don’t really do clubs so i couldn’t tell a good one from a bad one.

So, there we where….The Hive. By this point i was unable to deny the fact i was drunk, it’s a good thing i can keep my composure when i’m drunk. The club was dark, loud, crowded, we where all pissed and i was …happy, i guess.  Unfortunately, like at most clubs, there’s always someone trying to start a fight….and this time they wanted to start it with me and my friends. I don’t remember much about it, just doing a lotta shouting…..that’s about it.  I’m pretty sure the guy’s that were trying to fight me and my mate’s where kicked outta the club….good riddance to bad trash. By this point my friends Kenny and Steph, decided they where gonna head home, so it was just me and my mate Alex.

Somehow between the point when Kenny and Steph left, and when me and Alex decided it was time to call it a night, i managed to slice my hand open on something. I vaguely remember slapping a hand dryer because it wouldn’t work when i put my hands under it, but the mystery will never be solved because i don’t even remember the taxi ride home….i still remember paying for it though.

When will my cats learn not to wake me when hungover?!

So that’s that, my day of spontinuity.  The day after was the real challange though, i had to get up for college but i was still a little drunk and my hand hurt like hell, not to mention the killer hang-over (Why do my cats always make the same mistakes, huh? Waking me up when i’m hungover, they shoulda learned by now).  Amazingly, everyone made it into college that day, i thought i was the only one geeky enough to go to college while feeling like that but i guess not…..Being spontaneous is a riskey business, isn’t it?

20/04/09

Ahhhh! Wat do i do, wat do i dooooo?!

Ahhhh!….i’m freaking out here, people.  So many little things have started to make me worry about my posting.  Ok, sure, my hit counter keeps going up, but nobodies leaving any comments.  It’s making me think that haredly anyone who visits actually reads my posts, *cries*..and i was trying so hard too.

*cries*...Waaaa!....i just don't know wat to doooo?!

Another thing i’m worried about is my blogs lifespan.  Someone told me that most new blogs, about 70% of them, die within the first 3 months.  Well its been about 3 months for my blog and i’m starting to wonder if my blog was ever even alive??  The only way i will know for sure is if the readers start commenting on the blog itself….so this is an appeal to all people who enjoy this blog, please leave a comment after reading so that i can tell if it was good or bad….that way i can imporve whatever needs to be made better.

*sigh*...this is all too troublesome to think about, ima go get a cookie...

Then again, maybe it’s just me being paranoid.  I’m one guy writing a blog to say what he thinks.  I never even intended to have many readers or a fan base or anythin, so why am  so eager to get comments…. I dunno, but i thinks it’s just because i want conformation, y’know, or else i might as well as be talking to a brick wall…. Well, success or failure, i’m still gonna post, afterall, im the one who’s enjoying doing all these postings.

19/04/09

My Easter holidays have been really quiet. I didn’t have any plans and it seems neither did anyone else.  Most people would have been bored stiff, but i had my anime, woot woot, and i have watched it diligently.

I almost skipped this gem of an anime....

Today i finished watching Ouran High School Host Club…..

When i started watching this, i thought it was ……a little weird at first, as if it was kinda Yaoi in nature…..towards the end of the first episode though, something happens to change my first impressions immediately, and i couldn’t stop laughing.  You should see this anime if you like that school comedy kinda thing, and who doesn’t?

Ouran is a very funny anime but it also has a good depth and character design is good.  Each character has a funny and interesting side so there’s plenty of quality in the story, so it’s really enjoyable.

I was also back on Fiesta today, i leveled again making me lvl 36. But it feels like gameplay is going soo slowly and is unreasonably difficult for a game thats just there for people to have fun in.  I’m starting to get irritated by the way Outspark do things, it just gets annoying.  Is my love for fiesta dieing??? Stay tuned and find out…..next week.

18/04/09

The Lucky Star girls....

Today i finally finished Lucky Star……and i wanted to cry, i never wanted it to end *sob…sob…*

Y’know what it’s like to just love a group of anime characters ( -.- …and i don’t mean like that you perv’s!), and then when you don’t get to see then in anything new you get a little sad because you miss it……. I feel nothing like that…. honestly… o.o ( LIES…LIES….I MISH YUU KONA-CHAN!!)

Ahh, Kona- chan.  The coolest depictation of an otaku ever… or should i say “Fujoshi”, a female otaku.  Every otaku likes to see a bit of themselves in her personallity, i know i do.  For Example, like Kona-Chan, i only ever really skimm when reading anime…. unless my PC is broken, then i’ll read it properly.  Other similarities are the way both of our characters destroy themselves by spending like 30 hours striaght on an MMORPG…

Her character is great and make’s people see many resemblences even if there really aren’t any obvious ones…. (^.^ awwe, if only i could meet a girl like that…), it’s just good character design at it’s best.

This was my wallpaper for like a year....thanx to whoever made it..XD

Sometimes i wander what the people who wrote for Lucky Star are like… I think they where either very anal about every word that went in the script… or are just a buncha friends sitting around, holding pens and notepads, having a laugh, writing whatever comes to mind…. Because, let’s face it people… nothing really happens in Lucky Star… and thats why it’s sooo successful.  The way the characters just mingle and talk and get on with their normal-ish lives… this is definately what we call a “slice of life” anime… no robots, no aliens, just normal-ish high schoolers…. Brilliant.

18.04.09

I know she's a chick and i'm a dude....but sick is sick..."I EMPATHISE WITH YOU, BLUE HAIRED ANIME PERSON"

Six days….. ^^

Six day’s is a long time to have writers block.  I’ve been wanting to do another post all week but i just cant think with this dang fever.  Huh? what?….I didn’t mention i was sick…..again.  What the hell did i do in my previous life to earn such …poor fortune?? (do i complain too much?….yyyuuup!).  Well, that doesn’t matter now, dose it.  I may still have a fever but at least i can type again.  Don’t get me wrong though…. even though i didn’t post, i was still able to add the video’s page this week along with a whole buncha great little videos, so please do take a peak.

Sometimes i wonder if  i’m dedicated enough to keep this blog interesting for you readers.  I honestly don’t know the answer to that, but i know that i don’t want to stop posting, and i know that i like the feeling i get when someone comments on my …my ..jabbering (*sigh* i didn’t even know what else to call it.. ^^), and i really like being able to reach people that are….well, beyond my reach (you don’t havta say it, i’ll do it myself….”Well Duh!” -.-).  It’s just feels like i’m talking to people more like me, and i like that.

If i was in High School with these people though, i'd probibly have graduated with honors.

My favourite thing about keeping this blog is getting new comments.  I like to hear what people think.  As does any person that puts a certain amount of effort into making something.  Although, i think my biggest problem as the author of this blog is that i’m a talentless writer that didn’t even finish high school or recieve any qualifications found therein (thats why my grammar is questionable and my spelling can be…um…wrong. Sometimes i don’t even bother with all that and i just try and add a bit of personality to my  writing..XD).  I guess this is why my blog doesn’t really have a linear path to it, i just go where i want and i take all of you with me…(Mwahahahaha).  I’m not an idiot or anything, high school just didn’t fit in my life at that time….shame, because finishing it and getting the qualifications woulda helped alot…..but i’m a sophisticated college guy now, so why the heck am i talking about high school..?  I have completely lost the plot, i guess this is why i shouldn’t post while feverish…lol.

12/04/09

Hey readers. Sorry about not posting in a while, but things have been tough this month.  A lack of money always brings me down a little.  I haven’t even been to the pub or had any kind of fun in weeks. Well, then again, I’ve had plenty of time to watch more anime….in fact i just finished watching “Vision of Escaflowne”.

escaflowne....the characters.

My first impressions of escaflowne were that the animation looked  typically mid 90’s, but after watching it for a while, i was captured by the intriguing story line.  Now, I’m not the kinda guy that gives away the plot…..so I’m just gonna say that this is well worth watching.

King Va'an of Fenalia...(I'm just guessing at the spelling here,ok.)

Apart from watching a lotta anime, I’ve also been living in Fiesta for a looooong time.  Once i start playing that game….i just get so addicted to it and i’ll play for a whole day and not even realise it.  It really should come with a warning….like…”CAUTION!….USERS MAY EXPERIENCE TIME-LOSS”, or…..”WARNING!…SUITABLE FOR TIMELORDS ONLY”….or something like that.  Then again, what else is there to do without any money.  It’s not like i can go out and have a social drink with my buddies……i really hate being broke.

Well, it’s Easter today…..i’m not religious but even this day has meaning to me, though, not in a positive way.  I hate chocolate, you see ( don’t look at me like that!  o.O ), and today is the day everyone tries to give me it in egg form.  My friends can’t believe i hate chocolate, and i bet neither can you, but thats just what makes me….me i guess.  I’m not the devil or the anti-christ, i just prefer savory snaks over sweet ones…..like…corn chips or a sandwhich.

Mmmm....Pie...

Oh….by the way, to make-up for my late posting, i added a new video’s page…..feel free to comment on it and even make a suggestion.  Hope you guy’s enjoy it.

27/03/09

Sob*….I kinda feel like crying today.  I have no money left and i just received my pay-check.  I had to spend it all on a new pair of glasses.  I lost my old pair a few months ago, so I’ve been having migraines every few days since then, but it’s really hard to study for tests when your head is splitting in half, so it was necessary to spend that much getting a new pair.

I wish i looked this cool with glasses....

Unfortunately, i have no luck.  I only have enough money for travel for the next few weeks so it will be interesting to see whats gonna happen, will i make it to college when i need to, or am i gonna get stranded.

On the plus side, people have always told me i suit glasses.  I dunno about that, but it’s nice to get a compliment like that once in a while.

25/03/09

Naruto lookin ready to kick ass.

Hey all…

I think it’s about time i criticize Naruto, it’s been 2 weeks since i started watching it.

I’ll start by commenting on the character design.  The main characters are pretty interesting.  They each have a detailed background story which adds depth to the overall quality of the animation….but, Naruto has an extremely bad habit of making poor, almost cliche sub-characters, and it’s not funny. I still like the anime, but Rock Lee is just sooo annoying.  I think his character and a few others are so annoying that i almost quit watching it altogeather…..but i’m glad i didn’t.

Naruto.....Unleashed.....i'd run if i where you o.O

Even though i like Naruto, there are still some things about it i would change….primarily all the filler episodes, such a pain.  Personally i think Naruto Shippuden is alot better than the first Naruto, although i still like the later series of Naruto sooo much.  My favourite character is obviously “The Copy Ninja”, Kagashi.  His sharingan has such cool powers, always an interesting guy. I’m stll watching shippuden so it’ll be interesting to see where the story’s going.  I’ll post some kool Naruto pics for your enjoyment.

Usually i just stick to watching shorter anime’s because it suits me better and i usually find that they have more quallity in animation and storyline, but i think Naruto can match alot of the shorter one’s for quallity in animation and the storyline ain’t half  bad either. Naruto gets a solid 8/10 in my opinion, 10/10 if it was targeted at a more adult audience, NO! thats not what i mean, you filthy minded perv’s…O.o,  i just mean it would be nicer to see less characters like Rock Lee and more like Kagashi or Sasuke.

Another ultra kool pic i'm considering making my new wallpaper....

23/03/09….*CELEBRATIONS*

Happy 100th to "Life as an Otaku" and a big thank you to all visitors.

Yaaaaay!…….I’m so happy everyone.  Today is the day this blog received 100 visits.  I know that compared to other blogs here on the web, 100 hits is minuscule in comparison…….but i think that’s it’s a great achievement (Considering i wasn’t expecting anybody to visit, 100’s pretty good, right?).

Relax, i won’t be making posts like this every time i get another hundred or so hits, this is just a one off.  I promise ^^( Unless i get to a thousand……just kidding.).  I just wanted to take the time to thank the people who visited and even more to the people who left positive comments.  So….umm…….Thank you.

22/03/09

Well……I’ve fully recovered from my day on Friday.  The day started off overcast and miserable, but by noon it was like freakin’ Benidorm or something!  Not that i’m complaining or anything, it’s just…..i’m Scottish……i have a melting point of 10 degrees Celsius!  And because the weather changes every 20 minutes here, i wasn’t sure what to wear (I was wearing a big-ass jacket and two shirts, one over the other because the day started off cloudy and overcast.  I wasn’t expecting to be BBQ’d,  i thought i was gonna die of heat stroke ^^).

The Japanese gardens were very relaxing, there’s just something really surreal about big pink tree’s, the ‘Sakura’ cherry blossom trees where in season.  We didn’t stay long because we where all dying for a frostie pint at the beer gardens, it was that kinda day, so we left early and headed to the pub.

We walked to the pub from the Japanese gardens, so by the time we got there we were all seeing big bottles of beer, dancing in circles, tempting us with chilled beads of condensation dripping down their bottle-necks…………or maybe the heat finally got to me.  Either way, it was nothing a tall, icey beer didn’t fix.  It was soooo relaxing just sitting out in the sun with a tall one and some good company.

Then the sun started dipping behind the few clouds on the horizon, and we decided it was time to go…….until i mentioned to my friends that my local pub’s karaoke night was on a Friday night.  Before i could even try and talk them into going……i was practically dragged there by my friend, and so the plot thickened.

So….there we were. Me, my friend, and my friend’s girlfriend, at my local.  The sun was gone but the crazy heat stuck around.  My friends girlfriend decided to wear a low-cut top so for most of the night i looked like this….

and he looked like this……

…and she looked like this…

I know both of them where just trying to wind me up, because thats what they’re like, but still……..the pressure i felt……it was like my eye’s where trying to escape from my head…> . <

Karaoke didn’t start for another hour, so i decided to humilliate my friend at a game of pool, which i did in spectacular fashion.  The karaoke was pretty good, better than usual, or maybe it was just the company…..My friends girl sung a few songs, she’s quite talented,….but both me and him where to chicken to sing (I say this even though i was singing my ass off along with everyone else……).  We decided to call it a night once it had gotten quiet.  All in all, it was a pretty good day.

19/03/09

There's no need to get confused anymore thanks to the Terminology page. XD

Hi all…..how’s it goin.  Good i hope.

Today i decided to add a new page to my blog for all you people that might not know what I’m talking about when i say something like Kawaii or Moe in my posts.  The Terminology page will be updated whenever i use a new word or discover a word that I’m likely to use so that all you readers will understand it.  My fellow Otaku should be fine and not need the page, but not everyone who reads this blog is one of us, or maybe they are but still haven’t learned much terminology yet.  Either way, I’m here to help.

If you would like a word added to the page, just let me know by leaving a comment, and i’ll be sure to put it in.

18/03/09

Yaaaaay!  I just recieved my first comment and i’m extastic. I’m happy that some people are actually reading this. 🙂

Anyway….down to business.

This week has been one of ….um….goodness.  Kinda vague, i know, but all i have done this week is download and watch new anime.  I finally caught up on my work and am relieved of a lot of pressure so now i can chillax and play Fiesta as much as i want.

I’ll tell you guy’s a little bit about the anime I’ve been watching over the last couple of days.  I’ve actually finished watching both series of this anime already so I’m on the prowl for something new.

This is the anime, Onegai – Please Teacher.  I was pessimistic that this would be a good anime because of the title, but the more Otaku i become, the more i realise that “You cant judge a doushinji by it’s cover”.  I think that’s how the saying goes.  It’s only 13 episode long but has a lot of quality to the animation and the storyline has been thought out well.  It’s as funny as it is emotionally involving and i really recommend this for a laugh.

Please Teacher, however, has a counter part series called Onegai – Please Twins.  Following a different storyline set 2 years after the events of Please Teacher, Please Twins is a story about estranged family and an awkward love triangle.  With just as much laughs as Please Teacher, i wish it ran longer.  Then i could continue watching it.  But, as all otaku know, a good series has to come to an end somehow, or else it’ll get stale and the experience tarnished.

My friends and i are gonna go to the Japanese gardens on Friday and have a little fun at the nearby beer garden.  My two favorite kinds of garden in the world.  I think Friday’s going to be memorable, or not……depends how much we drink.  I’ll let you know how it  goes.

16/03/09

This game.......it's like a black hole. Not even time can escape it.

Y’know, if i’m not carefull with my time, i’m gonna fall behind so much that i won’t be able to catch up with any work.  I have caught up a little, but now that i have discovered a free online mmorpg that is styled like an anime, my time has become very sparse.

Sometimes i think i should get my priorities straight……..and then i remember i already have.  Life without Anime or Games is very boring to me, and if i’m bored i can’t concentrait, and if i can’t concentrait i can’t get my work done.  My friends don’t understand how i can watch so much anime since there are only 24hrs in a day.  The way i look at it is that i need anime to function properly in my day to day routine.

And this game Fiesta, it’s crazy!  I say it’s crazy because it eats time!  I can start playing this game on a Friday, and literally, before i know it, it’s Tuesday again and i need to go to college.  It is a hell of a good game though.

11/03/09

Well, I’m still behind on my posts and have just been told I’ll need at least 30 in order to complete this unit. That doesn’t sound to hard but I’m not that much of a talker.  My last post was rather exceptional to that rule…..but i was somewhat drunk at the time(It was the drink talkin, not me..even if i agree with what it said…^^).  I have a habit of posting while intoxicated.  The last time i did something like that, i confessed my undying love to someone on a website called Chatango.  The plus side is she knows what I’m like when pissed so there where no ramifications, except for my embarrassment.

I think i may have conquered my Trojan infestation, my explorer.exe process problem seems to have disappeared, for now.

I finally finished downloading my 50GB worth of Naruto anime, I wanted to find out if it was good or not.  I haven’t made a decision yet.  I also got the Vampire Knight and Vampire Night – Guilty series, but haven’t seen them either so i also haven’t made a judgment on those ….yet.

I did, however, finally finish watching Death Note and i have to say…..it is an incredible anime.  It has such a deep and imaginative story line that i haven’t seen the likes of since i watched Wolfs Rain.  Basically, the quality of Death Note is an achievement on it’s own and should be viewed by anyone reading this post.

Ugh!…I’m sorry, I really have to stop doing this……..anytime i talk about anime i start commenting on it and analysing it, as if my opinion even matters.  But it is my biggest passion so i just can’t help myself sometimes^^.

09/03/09

Ahhh…Japan! I LOVE YOU!….And i’m gonna tell you readers why.  Take a look over the past 30 years and just look at what this tech-advanced nation has given us. Every time we think of something, they make us a better, cheaper, more compact and more reliable version.  Plus, they gave us Anime and Manga, the most amazingly varied forms of entertainment on the planet, matched only by Japans quirky games industry (don’t judge me).

A country that gave us a way to embarrass ourselves while drinking out, the humble karaoke machine, that i have rocked once or twice on my streets local boozer, a pub that owe’s it’s success to a nation of up-tight business men who know how to kick back and relax after a hard day’s work.

Japan is like Britain’s older yet more immature cousin that we hardly ever see anymore, except for during the crazy drunkenness at the annual UN Xmas party.  The solution?…..Bring them closer together by adopting some of there crazy culture.  But i don’t even need to suggest that, ’cause its already happening the world over.  We Otaku have spread the gospel of anime throughout the net, and the world is listening.

I read in a science magazine, (ugh!….even I think that sounds too geeky) that i found while waiting in the college library, (oh man!, now it sounds like i just hang out in the library. I don’t, i was waiting for a friend!) that Asimo, the worlds most technologically advanced, bipedal robot is coming to my home town of Edinburgh for the science festival.  I can’t wait to go see it, it’s so kawaii, it make’s me sound kinda gay when i talk about it.

I’m sooo gonna go see it as soon as it gets here.

08/03/09

Dammit. I really have fallen behind on my work now, and it’s all because of that son of a glitch “Vundo” trojan.  A severe trojan that not only add’s spyware and cookie trackers to your computer, but also causes your explorer.exe process to go insane……Seriously, it’s all i can do to keep my computer functioning, let alone remove Vundo.  I’ve tried every free option i could think of and nothing has worked so far.

Arrrrgh…..I know i’m gonna get chewed out by my tutors for falling behind, but my computer is my most prized possesion.  I know what your thinking,”Get your priorities straight, man.”.  Well, i already know i’m being stupid, but……my PC is the HUB of my entertainment and without it i have nothing to stay amused.  And, not to sound kinda cliche, you wouldn’t like me when i’m board.

So, basically, i’ve been getting my ass handed to me by Vundo ever since it attached itself to my computer. I swear….. my computer can handle millions of calculations a second, but it’s dumb enough to fall for a trojan horse attack.  If thats not a perfect vision of irony, i don’t know what is.

If anyone actually reads this blog and has a valid opinion of my next course of action, feel free to leave a comment of advice. Thanks.

25/02/09

Well, here we are again, another Wednesday, and I’m absent from college again. At this rate their going to think I’m playing truant. but once again I’m feeling like……..rubbish. my head hasn’t stopped spinning since yesterday evening and it’s making me sick as a dog. My friend Kenny could even testify to how bad i was yesterday. he came around to my place to get some of my manga and have a drink, but it wasn’t quite as fun as we hoped because of the way i was feeling. i thought i might be feeling like this because i put to much strain on my eyes and that i would be as right as rain by now, but unfortunately,  I’m not that lucky.

I’m just going to take it easy today, and we’re off college tomorrow, so i should be ready for Friday. i hope. until then it’s of to sleepsville for me.

17/02/09

Why....Why must the strings of my fate be constantly pulled by the hands of despair?

Well, I don’t think today’s post is going to be very interesting.  After all, I’m not even in college today.  Last night I hurt my knee so I can’t really go anywhere.

And even worse than the knee thing……my hard drive isn’t working.  To be honest, it hasn’t really been that good of a start to the week! (Think about it people!! Here i am, i have a free day off college…..and i can’t even watch my anime….AAAAAHHH!!  Kill Me NOW, Please…..)

The only bright side to all of this is that I can still get some of my work done at home.  I still can’t believe my hard drive is dead already…it’s practically brand new.  I should be able to get a  replacement or refund, I want the replacement.

I don’t have much else to say now so i think i’ll leave it at that.

11/02/09

NUUUUUUU!!...MY PRECIOUS HARD DRIVE!!!...ALL MY ANIME IS ON IT!!!!

I don’t exactly know what to talk about today, since nothing has really changed since yesterday.  I had to get up earlier than usual because i was woken by the sound of my external hard drive crunching, i almost had a fit.  I decided to try and repair it before i left for college.  It turned out to just be a rotating problem with the fan and was easily fixed.

I CAN FEEL THE POWER, MWAHAHAHA!!.....Um..i mean, sure, i'll gladly represent the class..

The only other slightly interesting thing that happened today was that i became the official “second” Student Representative (No!!…i don’t mean vice rep, we have the same position….i think.)  It is now him and I who will voice the opinion of the class (Mwahahaha!….).  It was decided that the last “Second President” was not doing an adequate enough job and was relieved from his role by a class vote.  Sucks for him…..but it works for me.  That’ll be two extra credits please (That’s not my reasons for doing this….honestly).

Besides, it might be fun to do…. ?

10/02/09

This is my college.....pretty kool, but small by other countries standards.

Just another day of education, nothing really worth writing about. We started another new class today, Information systems, tutored by Alison. I wish i could say it was the most amazing class of 2009 that I’ve had so far……i wish could say that, but the fact is that it is as boring as it sounds.  At least we’re not being taught by some frigid, overly strict tutor….Alison is actually quite alright.

Although i must say i wish i could just jump straight to Friday, then we could start our Game Design course properly.  I knew, as i’m sure everyone else did, that we had to be prepared to take the bad with the good, the boring technical classes with the fun, actually interesting ones.  But the longer i remain a student, the more i realise that all classes are important to progress.  All i have to do is look forward to completing this course so that i can advance into further education and hopefully, in the next few years, receive my HNC or HND. (HNC/HND = good qualifications = good job = lotsa money = more and more anime ^_^)

06/02/09

Today was a surprisingly good day. We started a new class at college today, it was the long awaited Games Design course. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but i was pleasantly surprised. It would appear that the game we are going to try and emulate is a game i am quite familiar with, Neverwinter Nights.

A game based on the “Dungeons and Dragons” rules of gameplay, I first played a few years ago and still have to this day. I was never really that into the game but it beats dying of boardom just listening to someone talk about it. For the first few week’s we get to play the game in order to get aquainted with it……Sounds good to me. I can’t wait to get stuck into it in the future.

I also just recently finished watching another anime series. It was called Elfen Lied.  I can hrdley express how much i loved this animei  It is short, but when it comes to anime, it’s quality over quantity that you should be looking for, and this anime certainly had stockpiles of quality.

I still have loads more unseen anime, but i think it may take a while to find something as good as this was.  Then again……i do love most anime’s which makes them kinda hard to critisize, so i think i’ll leave it at that.

Welcome

Hey, this my avatar. im really attached to it cuz it looks how i feel mostly =)

Hi, I’m Gray.  This is, of-course, not my real  photo (well duh!), but rather an avatar i’m using….(I’m just shy….i’m not at all ugly…..honestly.)  I don’t really need an avatar but…….i think it looks cooler than i do, kind of cooler….just a little bit anyway.

Dis iz the real me....i'll let yuu decide wats better.

Well, lets get started. I guess I’ll start by telling you a little bit about myself.  I am a college student studying IT (computer stuff…), was that predictable?…no matter.  I spend half my week studying there, or rather, I spend that time goofing off with my friends.  My friends are not Otaku, which makes our friendship all the more……unlikely.  I can talk to them about normal stuff, in a non-obsessive way, as long as i don’t get to into the discussion, we can talk quite comfortably about anime or games.  That’s only because both of them play games, sometimes, but only one of them watches anime, which makes him the guy i talk with mostly……..but he still isn’t Otaku, so sometimes I’ll loose him in the middle of a discussion…..y’know the scenario, right?  Your talkin’ with your buddy and then their eye’s will start to glaze over and by the time you finished speaking, they’ve completely lost track and have a blank exspression on their face, kinda like this….

Anyway, let’s get this post wrapped up.

I’ll do my best to post often and entertain…..but honestly, this blog is just a way for me to vent my crazy otaku-ness. (That’s not a real word, but you get my meaning, right?)

Hello world!

I made this with pain.NET using two other images. Nice, huh?

Let me start by welcoming you to my little blog, I appreciate your visit.  You have either chosen to read this blog because you…..A: are just browsing……….B: are also a fan of anime…..or……..C: your simply curious…  Well, the point of my blog is to tell you just how I live and what i get up to as an Otaku.  I’ll be honest here, there’s a good chance you will start to think I’m a little boring, or crazy…..or both. ^_^

Then again, if you find it even vaguely interesting, you might be inspired….only to watch more anime, but still……anyway…I hope you enjoy my posts.

I hope that readers of this blog will leave me lotsa comments, ok.