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A dream

July 7, 2011
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Before going to sleep last night i did the first episode of Nyanpire, and i guess it had some influence on my dreams. At least the very last one i still vaguely remember. Mostly just impressions remain, but i know one thing for sure: it was hell of a cool dream.

I was in a huge, huge jungle with my group or tribe. I get the feeling that we were once ambushed by vampires, but i can’t actually remember that part, and because of that we were all humanoid nyanpires (sic). We were wandering around the forest and encountered other tribes. There was an ice tribe (yeah, in the middle of the jungle), there was a tribe who used plants i think, and there was one more, but i really can’t remember that. And there was some common enemy that we, my tribe were running from, but the other tribes decided to stand against them – and against us as well, in cases.

Before waking up the last scene was me standing on the side of a small lake or river, with a village on my left, looking at the very high waterfall in front of me, because the enemy was coming from that direction, and it felt as if they were catching up.

It was really a cool dream. We should totally have devices to record dreams. This would make an amazing Hollywood movie.

A feast for crows

July 5, 2011
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I guess i read the first three books of the Song of Ice and Fire too quickly. Now i’m at the fourth one, and i don’t feel the urge to continue with it. Most of the book is set in King’s Landing, and let me be honest, i don’t give the slightest fuck about Cersei Lannsiter slowly going mad with power. Neither do i care how Brienne of Tarth is searching for a girl she will never find. And seriously, two or three chapters for Arya and Samwell each? Seriously? The only ones who have some kind of a story going on? (Though the ironman chapters weren’t bad either.)

I don’t even complain about how half of the characters don’t even appear in the book, if there will be Tyrion and Bran and Daenerys chapters i’ll be happy enough. At least with so much dead boring babble set in King’s Landing in the Feast for Crows, there will be less left for the Dance of Dragons. You know, if it has to be about the game of thrones, at least give me more chapters set in Dorne. Or more of Stannis. A game of thrones with one player on scene is hardly a game of thrones at all.

Not to mention that the slowness of the storytelling and the totally pointless page-long descriptions are even harder to suffer when there’s nothing happening anyway.

I’m seriously thinking of fast-forward reading the rest of the book, because otherwise…

Peach

July 5, 2011
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After i picked up today’s worth of papers from another class i’ve attended a grand total of one times, i went to deposit some cash to my account. Luckily the five-digit financial aid of my parents arrived today packed along my favorite dark chocolate and some cookies from my gran. I had to put in a few thousand because otherwise my cell provider couldn’t grab this month’s charge. They couldn’t last month, because i had exactly as much money as i claimed: none. (Not that i have that much more now.) As a result, i can only receive with my phone, not call/send. Lovely. Not that i have that much luck with my cell. I don’t even want to remember the dreadful days when they told me that computer data is not included in the unlimited data plan and thus i made myself a debt of six digits… Anyway.

Now when i was leaving the post office with a lighter pocket, there came a woman (girl) who brought along a touch of peachy aroma in the air. That moment something moved in me my stomach and i decided that i’ve to get some peaches. So i did. Probably will end up in a milkshake.

Battle LA

June 30, 2011
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I think i’ve seen the trailer of this movie once quite long ago, not sure where, might’ve been on a flight back/to Japan, anyway, i decided i should check this out. I liked the old Independence Day movie, and this seemed just the same.

It is.

“World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles” is its full title, and the movie is just as original as its title shows (no matter the Original Film logo at the beginning). In the very first scenes an army guy uses the phrase “textbook military invasion”. Well, this movie is a “textbook military movie”.

There are invading aliens, there are the heroic marines who fight them, there are the poor civilians caught up inbetween (and of course the marines are trying to save them), there’s even the standard flashback to the day before the action starts so that the viewers will get attached to the characters (not happened), there’s the usual officer with a failure in his past that cost many lives…

It’s really a textbook military movie, but at least it doesn’t claim anything else. It was good enough.

Alice (the 2009 one)

June 30, 2011
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I checked the 2009 Alice movie, because why not, but after watching it i can tell you why not: it’s bad. Sad but true. It looks cool, but the only characters who had any kind of character to them were the (Mad) Hatter and the Knight, everyone else was either annoying, plain and/or stupid.

The movie’s a Hollywood touch on the Alice in Wonderland theme, set god knows how long after the “Alice of legends” set foot in Wonderland and stirred some trouble. Most characters show up again, but only in name, so even if there’s a Caterpillar, even if there’s a cat with the grin, they don’t play any role and are there just for being there.

The story is dumb, all the running around and trying to do something totally different every ten minutes doesn’t help either. It’s just the C-grade Hollywood stock and of course there’s a kissing scene too, telling the world again that the ideal American girl is a slut.

You shouldn’t watch this movie unless you have your girl (replace as fitting for your sexual preferences) beside you and you wouldn’t be watching the movie anyway.

Hardcover vs paperback

June 29, 2011
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I bought the first four volumes of the Song of Ice and Fire (you know, the Game of Thrones books) a while ago, and as i just started with the fourth, i checked out Amazon to get the fifth one. I know it’s not published yet, but it’d be nice to get my hands on it as soon as it is (though it might not have the best effects on my grades, released a week before my exams start), so i looked around for a paperback edition to match the other four. I found one, from some third party merchant who didn’t even bother to upload a cover picture and not to mention claims that it will be released a year from now. That wouldn’t be nice for sure, i’ll want to read it as soon as possible, but i’d prefer paperback.

First, the other four are paperback. Also, i like how paperback books show that they are used. They get worn much easier, but when it comes to my bag, so do hardcover books, and hardcover books look much worse when the binding’s edges get worn.

True, hardcover books are indeed stronger and probably last longer. But they don’t show use near as much as paperbacks and feel much less personal because of that. And they are heavier.

Either way, i’ll just get the hardcover anyway if i can’t get the paperback soon.

Shorts

June 22, 2011
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I’ll gotta go buy myself some shorts. I have three as of now, one decommissioned by the earlier accident with the lemonade bottle, one that’s both long and warm, so not really fit for a purpose, and one that is exactly the same color as the shirt i’m wearing today (green), so if i’d put that on i’d look like a humanoid spinach. Conclusion: i’ve to go buy some shorts.

Plans ruined

June 9, 2011
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I was planning to go to the gym in the second period today, then run a few miles on the grounds, but it was not meant to be. Even though i woke up in time, made myself a porridge (it’s been a while since i last done that) to fuel up, the gym was taken by a class, and thus my plans are ruined. This leaves me no choice but to either go in the fourth period or after classes. (And i’d prefer the latter then.) Damn.

Starbucks Caffe Verona

June 2, 2011
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After two years, i bought Verona again. Actually this was probably the first coffee i ever bought in a Starbucks, and until i tried Italian roast, definitely my favorite (not so definitely after that). I found a few beans in one piece in the ground package, and crunched them for the taste, and it was amazing. It’s roasted black, but it doesn’t have a hint of the dark charcoal taste typical of such roasts. It’s fresh, surely dark, but in a colorful way, something like watching colorful birds fly at dusk through a forest’s canopy. The espresso’s foam is darker than anything i’ve ever seen, and it emphasizes the dark, thick, somewhat chocolate-ish taste of the brew. The aroma itself reminds me of some sweetish cocktail that nevertheless kicks in so hard a few minutes later that you find yourself partying hard. It’s not as bitter as i’d have expected from such a dark roast. I definitely favor this over the bitter smokiness of Italian roast.

Summer

May 25, 2011
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Stuff that i’d translate: Kamisama Dolls, Blood-C, No. 6, Dantalian no Shoka, R-15. If they are not simulcasted, then it’s only a matter of which group will let me do it. R-15 would be on WhyNot, that’s for sure.

Stuff that could even end up good: Usagi Drop, Mayo Chiki, Nekogami Yaoyorozu, Nyanpire the animation, Sacred Seven. We’ll see.