This is a ’summary’ post of R2 – 21. While I do not usually write summary posts, I have given in to the requests of a friend and promised her to write properly on the occurrences of this episode. While I am in doubt whether the post will come out decently (reasons can be seen later), I shall try my best to write smart and sharp reflections. In the end, it’s not actually a summary post.

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I have a new theme, if that isn’t obvious yet. This is primarily because of mellow_bunny’s efforts: he designed my new theme from scratch based on what I wanted. Since I wanted a theme based on the color violet or permutations of it, he dutifully created my theme based on that sole desire, which is what I have currently. I love this theme a lot more than the vanilla Chocolate Candy theme I had for two years. It truly gives some sort of personality to this blog of mine, and I’m happy about that: thank you very much, Michael.

I made you click, didn’t I? This post is not a hate-filled invective, however. (more…)

Fyodor Dostoevsky, the great Russian author, has four major novels that are recognized (even until today) to be among the greatest in literature. To date, the most popular novel among these four is Crime and Punishment. One of his other novels, although lesser-known than C&P, is Demons.

Demons was partially inspired by Sergei Nechayev, one of the leaders of the Nihilist movement, who was so single-minded in his goal of revolution that he disregarded morality: he did not mind political violence and murder. He was so single-minded that he alienated even his friends and family. (more…)

I am currently celebrating the gifts of a four-day weekend: aside from the regular weekend, there are also two consecutive holidays, thus the absence of classes. It has been quite some time since I have been able to enjoy free time such as this: because of the break, I have been able to pick up on my reading and watching anime.

I have refrained from spending anything on books last week: it was because I just bought Skullcandy headphones as well as a bevy of novels the week before that. I was relatively successful in that period of fasting, despite my desire as a bibliophile, to purchase more novels: I had already spent a significant amount of money, so I had promised myself to regenerate my lost savings before I went on another binge. In fact, I firmly believed that I could have done so for about a month as I still had a backlog of novels to annihilate. (more…)

I love my dad: he has been one of my primary inspirations in my pursuit of knowledge, and he has been an excellent (even if flawed) parent. He always loved waking me and my siblings very early in the morning so that we wouldn’t suffer heavy traffic and wouldn’t be late at school. He often preached of time’s fickleness: when one really needed to be early, life often throws curveballs just to make one late. He probably paraphrased Murphy’s Law, but his prudence (even if it was uncomfortable for us) often helped us avoid accidents. (more…)

Most of the time, I try to put my money where my mouth is: just a while ago, I finished “reading” Finnegans Wake. I didn’t read the novel just so I can brag about it to others (although that’s a plus); on the contrary, I’m even quite ashamed that I wasted time reading it. I have a personal sense of duty, however, (especially with regard to books) to finish what I’ve started. I may not finish perfectly; I may end with haste; but I will try to finish what I began. (more…)

Hello!

I’ve had a bevy of exams last week and couldn’t really update as planned. In addition, there are also reports to be made, so a proper update will (hopefully) come later this week.

On other news, there’s a book sale in our university. Aside from obtaining a rare Virginia Woolf hardbound novel, and Camus’s shorter works, I’ve also bought six Faulkner novels or compilations that I don’t have as yet. I’m so happy!

I’ve promised myself that I will finish Finnegans Wake first, however, so reading those would have to come later. Also, my backlog of books has once again bloated to almost 20.

I’m looking forward to enjoying Code Geass R2. Until then!

I am really a fan of The Sound and the Fury. But I am also really a fan of Cowboy Bebop. I’m not angry with Daniel for responding to my ‘bait,’ but I really think that Cowboy Bebop has more parallels to The Sound and the Fury than is obvious and that it is more than ‘a well-written, yet cheap, airport thriller.‘ (more…)