Archive for the 'Smorgasbord' Category

On anime watching and more books for sale

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

It’s actually been a long while since I’ve gone to TT. School work, as can be expected, has become a heavier burden. I don’t even know the new anime that will come out, and I still haven’t watched Kurenai. If any of you guys can recommend me anime from the previous season (aside from Kurenai, […]

Clearing things up: why I’m writing about literature in a supposedly anime blog, passions, and history

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

I thought that I had already resolved this issue with my writing in the past, but a close friend of mine had asked me why I wrote about literature so much. I also believe I have alienated some people with regard to my writing style, use of rhetoric, or some idiosyncrasy of mine, so I […]

April Fools: … full of sound and fury, signifying nothing?

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

While I still disdain saturnine’s actions on IRC, I applaud the collaborative efforts of the ABC in their performance of a very elaborate joke on those who were ignorant. I must say, however, that while its mechanism and its execution were flawless, it wasn’t funny. But since the essence of April Fools’ is primarily practical […]

Subtlety in anime and media: True Tears of Lust, Caution

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

In NovaJinx’s post regarding True Tears and its perception by many, he stated that quite a number of people have failed to appreciate the subtlety of True Tears. He continues that people dislike ‘nothing happening’ throughout the episodes. I cannot corroborate True Tears’s subtlety just as I will not condemn those people who dislike the […]

In search of beauty: a survey of excellent movies

Friday, January 18th, 2008

There is not very much to write about anime, and although Kimikiss has already updated, I have not procured the episode yet. I observed that Moyashimon has updated also; I am unsure, however, if the last three episodes done by kiki_delivers are merely raws (the overly detailed description alongside the series’s title and episode number […]

First post of the new year!

Friday, January 4th, 2008

First and foremost, I wish everyone a happy new year. Although I do know the greetings are delayed, I have not exactly been indolent these past few days. Since school is once more imminent, I decided to finally finish Mansfield Park; with this goal, I had to refrain from the Internet to progress with Austen’s […]

Smorgasbord - 2 - In the midst of brainstorming

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

School has started and it is among the reasons why I have not written a post for the past few days, but the real reason as to why I have not yet written anything is because I am still in the middle of reading Wole Soyinka’s The Interpreters. I have a lot of things to […]

Smorgasbord - a brand new feature!

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Because I do not want to be a pessimist, I will simply say that class started off a bit challenging. With that said, it is to be expected that the posts I will have written will be a lot slower than my output these past few weeks. Still, because I have a desire not to […]