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blog 002 ~ first real blog post!

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Ignis from Chaos Gate Jingai Makyo | Image from AnimeCornerStore.com

ah, after several days of tinkering and tweaking with this new blog (since monday the 27th), finally posted a new non-LJ non-test post!… on top of that, finally received my shipment of my 1/7-scale “ignis” figure… NICE! can’t wait to take photos!

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blog 001 ~ testing 1 2 3

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

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testing… 1, 2, 3… yup, using my favorite wallpaper photo of my 1/7-scale “kiddy grade” figures to test the pic-uploading and header-changing functions of this new blog… works beautifully!

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post 426 ~ thanksgiving weekend (test post)

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Tsubasa & Hikaru from Figure 17
Figure 17 ~ Tsubasa & Hikaru | Image from Google Search

on late-thursday, very-early-friday, finished the rarely-known yet unexpectedly powerful and heartfelt slice-of-life drama “figure 17” (5 stars), in which a shy 10-year-old girl moves from the city to the country with her widowed dad, grows accustomed to her new life and new school, and one night, something falls from the sky which thrusts her into a secret high-tech life of fighting and killing deadly creatures… all while living the country life of a 10-year-old schoolgirl, with both uplifting daydreams and tearful tragedies, as best as she can with her newly-created “twin sister”… in fact, this series affected me so much that my depression returned temporarily since that day… my chat with anna helped me to smile… on saturday, also finished the hilarious high-school-meets-yakuza comedy “gokusen” (4 stars)… in addition to these, i’ve been actively watching “air gear” (13 of 25 so far; 4 stars), “eureka seven” (36 of 50 so far; 5 stars), and “kare kano (his and her circumstances)” (20 of 26 so far; 5 stars)… TONS of emotions in these… or rather, perhaps my situation has made me more sensitive to feeling these emotions…

oh yeah, on friday, received my “lara croft in wet suit” figure (from my post 424)… NICE! ;)))

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remix 075 ~ walled melancholy

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

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walled melancholy

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remix 074 ~ framed melancholy

Monday, November 20th, 2006

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framed melancholy

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remix 073 ~ i danced with john travolta

Monday, November 20th, 2006

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i danced with john travolta

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post 424 ~ tomb raider phase! again?

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

Lara Croft in Wetsuit (TR2) | Image from ActionFigures.About.com

post 424 ~ yup, before i knew it, i’m in my “tomb raider” phase again!

i remember finishing the classic TR1 and TR2 games (for PC) in the mid-to-late 90s, and even worked halfway into TR3 as late as 2000-2001… (before “The Matrix” saga consumed me)… last month, i added “TR: Legend” (XP) to my wish list, and this week, for my x-mas wish list, it re-ignited my interest once again… today, i even purchased a 1/6-scale 9-inch “Lara Croft in Wetsuit (TR2)” figure on ebay!

BUT yesterday, my ex told me she planned on getting (or telling someone to get) “TR: Legend” for x-mas, for her recently-purchased XBOX 360!… whoa, at first, i was jealous (well, maybe i still am, lol)… but then, hey– i could play it for free, and maybe the controls won’t be as familiar as a computer keyboard… who knows?… in any case, today i decided to flash back and install my old pre-XP TR3 once more, but some of the audio and video sequences skip and repeat like a broken record, gah!… fortunately, the XP-compatible TR2, TR3, and TR4 versions are less than $9 each (including shipping) on ebay, hehehe ;)))

p.s. other than the “jedi knight” and “enter the matrix” games, “tomb raider” is the only other title i’ve felt strongly enough to actually FINISH!… ah, the good old days ;)

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