Comments on: Blog 216 > Time to Embrace, Rock or Die

By: xjaymanx

xjaymanx — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:34:43 +0000

@Duckie-chan: Ahh, don’t feel bad! Links or not, it helped me to think back and refresh my brain with how it happened. Yeah, decision was pretty obvious. So you know where I’m coming from. And I know where you’re coming from as well. Good luck! Can’t be easy for you, lol. Did my reply help?

By: lovelyduckie

lovelyduckie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:34:22 +0000

Yes! I feel bad you went to so much effort with all those links to answer my question. In a situation of house vs figures the winner is pretty obvious. I'm pulling back on the figure collecting A BIT for various reasons, one happened to be finances ;) .-= lovelyduckie´s last blog > Tales of the Abyss Review =-.

By: xjaymanx

xjaymanx — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:28:27 +0000

@Happy-Rats: Agreed. While it took me two chances, I was ultimately impressed and moved by the heartfelt relationship among the sisters. Sadly, I should've watched the OVA again beforehand, to refresh my memory more clearly. Maybe I'll do so later... if I remember, lol. @Duckie-chan: Heyyy, great question! So this might be a long reply, lol. But the short answer is: "Yes, saving money. Definitely." But here's the longer more-colorful answer. During the first half of 2008, not only did I buy a Nissan Murano (Blog 146), I was actually trying to sell my house. Hence, my elaborate step-by-step "Operation Rebox" (Blog 137, Blog 138). But ultimately, after about 6 months of searching and comparing neighborhoods and homes, I realized that I wanted to keep my house after all (Blog 144). Once I decided that, I needed to refocus my financial situation. For example, in November 2008 (Blog 174), I wrote: "Next up, anime figurines. But not just any random ones, these will probably be my final purchases… ever. Time to focus on computers and electronics, lol." This was about a month before I finally bought my long-desired 24-inch iMac (Blog 178). No other electronics since, lol. Then in January 2009 (Blog 185), I wrote: "Yup, final. Final Rei. Final figure. That is, I don’t plan to make any further figure purchases for a long time, if not forever. Obviously, I can’t predict the future, but that’s my current plan until my financial situation blossoms, lol. So to celebrate this *farewell*, let’s bring out all 4 of my Evangelion Gothloli girls in this mega-photoshoot." Like I wrote in my Anime Figure List: "... I started collecting in April 2006, stopped buying in September 2008, and stopped receiving in January 2009." That's about it, lol. Does this answer your question? ^_^

By: lovelyduckie

lovelyduckie — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:24:25 +0000

By the way I've been meaning to ask, you've stopped actively collecting figures right? Why did you choose to stop? Just curious. Money saver? .-= lovelyduckie´s last blog > Saving for a Trip to Japan =-.

By: super rats

super rats — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:24:07 +0000

I enjoyed ROD TV quite a bit. There's some cool effects they did with the paper magic and at times some very fluid animation for a tv series. I've always liked the whole idea of paper magic. While I think the OVA was more of a wow factor as far as the paper magic, I think I like the relationship amongst the three sisters better. .-= super rats´s last blog > Tomopop Interview =-.

By: xjaymanx

xjaymanx — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:42:27 +0000

@Coco-chan: {Pokes Coco-chan back} Haha, was it good for you too?

“Sankaku”? I know! Plus, if you enlarge the graph legend, both the estimated values of “DC” and “Sankaku” are one-tenth their values, just so I could fit them in the graph! So in fact, “Sankaku” climbs ten-times steeper than shown!… Ah, don’t worry about the numbers. Mine dropped just as much. But it’s all for amusement, and doesn’t reflect personal passion or the distractions of Real Life. Just worry about “picking up the pace” in Real Life.

P.S. So did you install Gmail video-chat yet? LOL.

By: Coco the Bean

Coco the Bean — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:56:22 +0000

*Pokes Guiness*

Whoa, just look at how much Sankaku has grown over time. ( ._.) My blog has dropped so much. ^^; Better pick up the pace! lol. Or maybe not, school is starting oh so very soon.