The Park

What can you do if you have gazillion of books and a limited space? Ah, creative thinking is a must.

Bah. If readers from The Blog haven’t heard from me til Monday, chances are I’m buried alive beneath my collection.

“… that girl taught me how to suck head.”, said a sixty-ish old man.

Actually, we were talking about seafood, particularly shrimp and crawfish.

Ugh. I own the ten novels of Saiukoku Monogatari. Unfortunately, my Japanese reading skills rely purely on kana. Even though I’m eager to devour the texts, I am unable to do so. Isn’t this pathetic?

According to Reika, the first tanko of the manga will be released next month. I know I’ll be grabbing that one too. With illustrations to guide me (and hopefully some furigana), it’ll probably be a better read for me. Heck, I’m already struggling with my translation project, hence forth called as The Project. And Bara no tame ni ain’t supposed to be a hard read.

*le sigh*

I need a cheering squad.

What will you do when you hear anime music, jpop, and jrock in the operating room?

a. Be taken aback and stupidly forget your task at hand.

b. Eye the surgeons strangely before the anaesthesiologist nudges you for their drugs.

c. Idiotically make conversation with the clueless nurses on the music of choice.

d. Hum along anime music all day long.

e. All of the above.

Damn. Jpop. Color me surprised. I’ve heard a variety of music genres blaring from the iPod speakers (it’s always iPods. /shrugs), ranging from classical to rap. But never other music in foreign languages except for the occasional opera. It’s the head surgeon’s preference. Heck, someone had even opted for Disco once. I remember that particular case very well, since I had to immediately step out of the room to control my laughter. Very unprofessional of me, but I can’t help it. I mean, how do you respond to Staying Alive?

This little incident caught me off guard. And it tickled my funny bone. Now, I know which OR staff that brought some anime stuff during Hurricane Rita ride out thing.

Hmmm. I wonder if he (the dude in question) had ever encountered The Blog. Scratch that. I wonder if he ever encountered any anime blogs at all. Call me vain, but I harbor hopes to meet someone in the flesh who’ll tell me that they’ve visited The Blog. And no, not the forced visit kind.

A couple years ago, the anime blogosphere has been a small friendly community. Fast forward, present day. Grrr. Argh.

Now, it is littered with jerks whose noses are high up in the air, pretending to be better than the masses. Okay, maybe one or two noses. But still, puh-lease. Give me a break. If you disrespect someone else’s opinion, how can I respect yours.

Jason Miao of Blogsuki fame recently posted an article regarding overhype, underrated, overrated series of spring ‘06, particularly on Haruhi (the melancholy one), killer loli (not referring to Lucy), and Nana (the uber-soap). His verbose and delightful editorial fuels a heated discussion. While I do not agree with most of his points - in addition to my cluelessness of NBA references –, I find some of his arguments intelligent and almost convincing (but not quite). Although I do think the post is mostly about semantics and a matter of taste, anyway. For the record, I don’t care for Haruhi, nor Nana. Give me Black Lagoon or SaiMono instead. ’nuff said.

Anyhow, my ire comes down to a couple commenters who seems to delight in bashing and cursing. One mocks some of Omni’s readers, which I can easily ignore. But another dude, T_T|||, irritates me. He says, and I quote:

Haha! I see tonnes of morons! If you like a show, then go ahead and like it. If you hate a show, you can jolly well don’t give a flying fuck about it.

If people are going to change the way the enjoy their shows just to be in line with the opinions of the public and dumb blogs, THEY ARE FUCKING MORONS!

And stop arguing over definitions kudasai. Preferences? Ratings? Killer hentai karmen loli? Fuck these shit. NO ONE CAN TRULY JUDGE AN ANIME’S WORTH. I CAN SAY NARUTO ANIME’S A PIECE OF SHIT WITH STUPID PLOTS AND FILLERS BUT OTHERS CAN SAY IT’S A GEM OF ALL ANIMES TO HAVE A NINJA ON A JOURNEY COUNSELLING RETARDS LIKE HIM. So what are oyu going to judge an anime based on? The animation quality? The story? FUCK. Noein has the best animation FTWWTFBBQ. Disagree? You suck.

If you don’t get what I’m saying, you suck more.

Okay, yes. Such a wonderful response. I want to beg him to marry me now. Yes, because cursing and looking down at others makes him so manly and macho. Troll, anyone?

I single this person out, since this dude is the same one who started calling those who blog per episodes “stupid”. In his mind, only editorials and fig reviews deserve to be hailed as worthy. Um, uh, okay… But we call it an anime blog because what again? Oh yes, because we can talk about things about anime. And I digress. Heck, I’m bitter.

Anyhow, I must reiterate what I’ve stated before. I love the anime blogosphere, but there is one too many bad apples. Anime watching, manga reading, anime blogging are hobbies supposed to be fun. It should enable you to relax and enjoy reviews and debates. But if you start a path of insults, bad blood appears. And so do flame wars of death.

Slightly OT. Hah, I would like to hear Jason’s response to all this hoopla. He has a knack for creating mind-numbing discussions. No offense intended. Uh, maybe a little. Oh, and I want to read Jeff’s comments on this too. His sardonic prose is a constant delight to readers everywhere, this blogger included. I think. It’s a shame I’m not on his reading list. I guess I’m not witty. Oh, I meant worthy. Hee.

No links to the said post because, one, I am a wuss. Two, I don’t want a trackback leading to this post. Three, I don’t want a flame war (even though I’m partly at fault for writing this). Four, I hate confrontations. And have I mentioned that I’m a wuss? ;p