Jan 17-18 | Evangelion Gothloli Rei | Enlarge

Dammit! Seems like my posts are taking longer and longer to assemble, lol. But no worries. It’s worth it. Including this week. Not only do we dive into the wretched world of Wikis, Wikipedia and Wookieepedia, we also float along a WordPress upgrade, and wade through a massive photoshoot of Evangelion Gothlolis, both red-haired and blue-haired. Did I mention Danny Choo too? Yup, no doubt, it’s a three-headed mega-post. But you know why? Ahh, to celebrate something else… My final figure. Interested?

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Dec 21 | Angry Mimi Sign | Enlarge

Ah, what a year it’s been! For my last mega-post of 2008, I tackle another mixed bag of “Rock Band” sessions, a year’s truckload of anime speed-reviews and faves, and a sparkly sprinkle of otaku thanks and wishes. So happy holidays and all the rest. Now on with the show…

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Property of Mimi’s Rage | T-Shirt Modeled by Lindsay@Zazzle | Click for more

Oooh, a new post… Ahhh, the lazy rainy-to-sunny holidays… Awww, thanx again Mimi-chan for your gracious mention of our Zazzle T-shirts. Like I commented on your post, 50% of the proceeds will be donated to your college fund~ because MIT is freakin’ expensive! Moreover, thanx to Lindsay@Zazzle for modelling our virtual T-shirt image~ doesn’t she make the shirt look smexy?

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Angsty Momo | Angry Mimi Mascot | Click for 1680px wallpaper

Yup, Angsty Momo. If you’ve visited Mimi’s blog last week, you’ll recognize her pink-haired teen mascot, lol. In a nutshell, her name is Momo. An angsty 17-year-old only-child with some curious tastes. And an interstellar genius in the year 2409 EYE (Earth Year Equivalent), lol. Here are the 750×750 square and 1680×1050 wallpaper versions. ^_^

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Nov 4 | Lisa Before the Alkaline Trio Concert | Click to enlarge

Yup, another dose of chaotic anime, scorching figures, and random personal events shot-from-the-hip, lol. Since my roommate might be moving out next month, mid-December, due to her financial crunch, here’s our first pic-of-the-post in honor of Lisa. More details below. Maybe. Enjoy the ride!

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Audio Broadcast | MP3 Length 13:33 Minutes | Click to play

xJAYMANx_broadcast
Saturday, 9:15pm, 11 Oct 2008
MP3 Length 13:33 Minutes

• OP – “Into the Battlefield” from Crows Zero [2007].
• Stuffy nose, cold weather, Miko sick, hope u feel better
• Rearranging house, plasma TV soon, remove old wood shelves, TV stand, sit on floor
• Behind on blogs, website to design
• Mimi‘s comment on high-school classroom, feng shui?
• Lisa is home, Guiness the dog is there
• Danny’s blog, Mimi’s comment on hikikomori vs. otaku
• Behind on TV shows and anime, Harry Potter 5
• Lucky Star OVA, Sayonara Mr. Despair (Zetsubou Sensei), WTF LOL, 4 of 5 stars
• Star Wars (Clone Wars) TV, Roughnecks (Starship Troopers), good formula for kids, Yoda!
• Crows Zero, 8 Mile, Eminem, Lose Yourself, D12
• Treadmill, hours editing a blog post, pain in the butt, life of a blogger, too lazy to write up
• ED – “Lose Yourself” from 8 Mile [2002] by Eminem.

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Mimi Says | Click to enlarge

Hahaha, when I read the last line of this blog post, the words suddenly called to me, begging for a Despair poster, lol. But what image to use? So I hopped onto Google. Then somehow, I don’t remember how, I stumbled upon this random image of Danny Choo and his buddy Hector Garcia taking a break from their Imperial trooping earlier this year. And voila, this poster was born! Frivolous? Sure. Mindless? Maybe. But I couldn’t help it, hehe. ^_~

Yoda and Maxi in Soul Calibur 4 | Click to enlarge wallpaper

“You will know… when you are calm, at peace, passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack… No, no, there is no why. Nothing more will I teach you today. Clear your mind of questions.”
~ Master Yoda, Star Wars Episode V.

Previously in Part 2 [Link]

• Mish [waves]: Hi Katt!
• Katt [waves back]: Hey Mish! Wow, I like the red!
• Mish [touches her hair]: Thanks. Just had it done. Hi Takeshi.
• Tack: Hey Michelle. Looks really good!
• Mish [smiles]: Thanks… So what’s so funny? I could hear u guys all the way from the library.
• K: Haha, it’s nothing. Just some stupid guy talk.
• Mish: U sure?
• K: Yeah, we’re sure.
• T: We’re stupid. Can’t u tell?
• Mish: U guys aren’t stupid. Just “otaku”.
• K [shocked]: Hey! When did u learn to use that word?
• Mish: What? Otaku? U guys taught me that just the other day!
• K and T [look at each other]: …
• T [turns to Mish]: Really?
• Mish: U forgot already?
• T: Ahhh, wait… Oh yeah! The mall!
• K: Hmmm, that’s right.
• Mish: Yeah! U know, sometimes I think u two are hopeless.
• K: Yeah.
• T: Well, u just missed Jimi. She practically yelled at us.
• Mish: Hehe, but Jimi’s too cute.
• K: If u say so.
• Mish: Anyway… I meant to ask u, since you’re the experts.
• K: Sure. Go ahead.
• Mish: Do u know where I can find some cute cat-ears?
• K and T [look at each other]: …
• K and T [together]: Hahaha!
• Mish [confused]: What? What’s so funny?

• Tack [laughs]: Haha, so u haven’t seen Jimi yet?
• Mish: Ummm, nooo. Why? What? She isn’t wearing cat-ears around campus, is she?
• Katt [smiles]: Yup, u got it!
• Mish: Nooo wayyy! You’re joking, right?
• T: Would we joke?
• Mish [thinks]: But now that I think about it, it definitely fits her. Hopping down the hall. Skipping up the steps…
• T: Scratching our eyes out.
• K: Haha, no question. Unfortunately…
• Mish: Unfortunately?
• K [turns, winks at T]: You’re right. We were joking.
• Mish: What!?!
• T [nods at K, turns to Mish]: Haha, yeah, you’re such an easy target!
• Mish [smacks K's shoulder]: I can’t believe u guys. Really, I can’t believe u.
• T [laughs]: What? Didn’t u just say we were hopeless?
• Mish: I was just being polite.
• K: Haha, polite? How is that being polite?
• T: Hahaha!
• Mish [looks down]: Forget it. I’ll ask somebody else.
• K: Hey wait, wait.
• T: Come on, Mish, we’re just teasing. So why do ya need cat-ears?
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Yoda and Tira in Soul Calibur 4 | Click to enlarge wallpaper

“But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.”
~ Master Yoda, Star Wars Episode V.

Previously in Part 1 [Link]

• Jimi [points]: I think you’re both wrong.
• Katt [surprised]: Oh shit! Where’d u come from?
• Jimi: Huh? I was sitting right there. U just didn’t realize it. As usual.
• K: Yeah, whatever.
• Jimi: Hmmm, wasn’t Tack here a second ago?
• Tack [runs back, blushes]: I’m here! I’m here! Hey Jimi.
• Jimi: Hey Tack.
• K [annoyed]: Christ, are u cosplaying again?
• Jimi [sighs]: Why do guys always ask me that? Just because I’m wearing cat-ears doesn’t mean I’m cosplaying. I just couldn’t find my other hair-band, okay?
• K: And the mini-skirt?
• Jimi: So now I can’t wear a mini-skirt? It’s the only thing that matched my outfit. Jeez!
• T [blushes]: I think it’s cute.
• Jimi: Thank u, Tack. I think so too.
• K: Wait a second.
• T and Jimi: What?
• K: You said we’re “both wrong”? How’s that?
• T: Both wrong about what?
• K: She said we’re both wrong about Danny. Right?
• Jimi: Exactly.
• T: What? How can we be BOTH wrong?
• Jimi: Because I’m right.
• K and T [look at each other]: Huh? Explanation please?

• Jimi [sighs]: You guys were talking about popularity and enjoyment and sensitivity…
• Tack: What’s wrong with…
• Katt [shrugs]: Yeah, so?
• J [sits]: Oh god, u guys sound like old ladies. Did u exchange apple-pie recipes too?
• K and T: …
• Jimi: Reality is much darker than that.
• K: You’re wearing cat-ears and you’re gonna talk to us about reality?
• T: Hahaha, good one.
• Jimi: Who else? Because like every other guy, you’re too distracted, or too stupid, to figure it out. Playing with your little dolls. Lifting up their little skirts. And peeking at their little panties. Awww, how cute.
• K [annoyed]: Christ, here she goes again.
• T [blushes]: They’re called figures…
• Jimi [ignores them]: But since you’re not as stupid as other guys, I’ll tell u anyway. Because u…
• Jimi and K [at the same time]: …don’t have a choice.
• K: Yeah, we got it, we got it. Are u gonna tell us?
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Darth Vader in Soul Calibur 4 | Click to enlarge wallpaper

“I’m taking an awful risk, Vader. This had better work.”
~ Governor Tarkin, Star Wars Episode IV.

Part 1

• Tack [smiling]: Hey Katt! What’s up?
• Katt [lazily]: Hey, not much…
• T: What’s wrong? U sound bummed…
• K: I just visited DannyChoo.com this morning. He had another figure post…
• T: Sounds cool!
• K: …mixed with some of his inspirational wisdom again.
• T [confused]: What’s wrong with that? U like those, don’t u?
• K [nods]: Yeah, I do. Usually I do. But something bugged me this time…
• T: Oh, really?
• K: Yeah…
• T: What’s that?
• K: Well, u know that Cosby quote that Danny always likes to reference?
• T: Oh yeah, something like “…the secret to failure is trying to please everybody.” Yeah?
• K [nods]: Yeah… Actually, it’s pretty similar to that Lincoln quote “… can’t please all of the people all of the time”, yada yada.
• T: Hey, that’s true! So what about it?
• K: Well, I got to thinking about it… If Danny isn’t trying to please everybody, why does he keep on floating his polls and requests for opinions, et cetera. Isn’t he trying to please everyone?
• T [laughs]: No way! Come on, Katt! Wait, you’re talking about his new portal design, right? He’s definitely not doing that.
• K: Are u sure?
• T [nods]: Yeah! He’s just trying to design the best experience for regular and potentially-regular visitors. But not ALL his visitors.
• K: Huh? Potentially regular?
• T: Sure! Why would Danny want to keep new readers who didn’t like figures or anime?
• K: Yeah, that makes sense.
• T: Not only that, if he wanted to please ALL his readers, he’d design his site for IE6, IE5, IE4… But that would be stupid.
• K [nods]: Yeah… Or he could just be lazy, and not make the time to be backward-compatible.
• T: Hahaha, good one. I guess that makes us ALL lazy, hahaha.
• K [laughs]: Hahaha, yeah… I dunno.
• T: What?
• K: It still bugs me.
• T: Really?
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Afro Samurai | Click to enlarge wallpaper

Finally! A little late, but who cares? Some 18-19 months after its original broadcast, I’ve finally finished my 25th anime title of the year: “Afro Samurai”. Stylishly violent and almost-romantically post-apocalyptic, this 5-episode gem paints quite a refreshingly retro-futuristic view of hell-on-earth, life-long revenge, and inexplicable survival. Haha, Samuel L. Jackson voices the titular lead as well as his babbling sidekick, and why not? A bad-ass playing a bad-ass. Nuff sed, lol. Despite the brevity of the miniseries, the revealing flashbacks cast a shadowy depth to a seemingly simplistic quest. Quite impressive. Four of five stars. Can’t wait for the second season!

Now that that’s outta the way, time for some red-eyed ranting, lol.

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Blade Star Wave | Click to enlarge

Well, yesterday (Saturday), spent a few hours experimenting with a new “Blade” design; integrated (1) previously drawn art, (2) recently downloaded Photoshop brushes, and (3) new geometric elements. And I’m definitely pleased with the results! But pleasing Melanie and Christine is an entirely different matter, lol.

On a more puzzling note…

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Colonel Panic | Click for more

Yeah-yeah, I know I’m cheating, lol. But Danny’s post “Kernel Panic” is another gem. Besides, if Danny can hijack my posts, then maybe I can hijack his? No? Meanwhile my comment was as follows. LOL.

The BSOD is pretty rare on my 2-year-old Dell/XP laptop. But forget about that~ Wouldn’t it make a *great* anime name? Colonel Panic! Colonel Panic! Where’s Lieutenant Distress? ^_~

Human Pets & Masters | Click to enlarge

Hey, ever heard of Human Pets?… If you haven’t, it’s a community which was born within the Facebook network, where humans buy, sell, feed and pet other “human” pets (or themselves), and have a fun time being animals, lol. But because this is gonna be a weird multi-topic post, I’ll leave the “Human Pets” for last, haha.

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