{"id":593,"date":"2008-09-06T02:06:02","date_gmt":"2008-09-06T10:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/?p=593"},"modified":"2008-09-06T07:57:44","modified_gmt":"2008-09-06T15:57:44","slug":"blog-159-saber-hectic-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2008\/09\/06\/blog-159-saber-hectic-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog 159 > Saber-Hectic September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div align=\"center\"><a target=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-content\/wallpapers-anime\/xjaymanx_figma_saber_0001_800.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-content\/wallpapers-anime\/xjaymanx_figma_saber_0001_450.jpg?w=545\" alt=\"Figma Saber\" title=\"Figma Saber\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Suddenly Acquired Figma Saber | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Yeah, another grinding week in the real world. Office-chained client-work for IBM continues to be grueling. I continue to endure burn-out mode while my blood-shot eyes (including my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2008\/07\/31\/blog-145-vegas-in-july\/#comment-653\">supernatural left eye<\/a>, lol) approach boil-out mode. Yet despite it all, I manage to limp along with anime and web design as my crutches, lol. So, in no particular order, a few highlights over the last couple weeks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Slapped together a last-minute website for <a target=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catiavitoria.com\/\">Catia Vitoria &#8211; Muay Thai Fighter<\/a> in a few eye-burning nights.\n<li>Received an out-of-the-void email thanking me for keeping my <a target=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructfic.com\">ConstructFic<\/a> Matrix-fanfic website alive for all these years, lol.\n<li>Replaced the near-dead battery in my 6-month-owned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2008\/08\/03\/blog-146-human-pets-masters\/\">Jemma Chernaya<\/a>. Time flies! Uh, I mean, time drives!\n<li>Triggered by <a target=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/angryloli.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/keitai-e.html\">this post<\/a> to reminisce about my geeky high-school Sci-Fi &#038; Fantasy Club and its &#8220;Futures&#8221; magazine. Back then, I was geeky enough to be Vice-President, haha.\n<li>Faced some minor drama <a target=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/puppy52.com\/2008\/09\/fall-2008-tumblring.html\">fighting over a fallen puppy<\/a>.\n<li>Began sketching a new 3rd *Mirai* fanart. Hopefully I&#8217;ll finish it before 2009?\n<li>Received my combined shipment of 3 suddenly acquired figures (SAFs): Figma Fate-Stay Saber [#84], Figma Code-Geass Lelouch [#83], and Little-Busters Yuiko [#82].\n<li>Also received notification that my new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2007\/07\/25\/blog-099-weapons-in-the-wind\/\">Edelweiss Fumie<\/a> figure (pre-ordered 13 months ago) should be shipping any day now [#85].\n<li>Yeah, I know I stopped ordering in June at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/anime\/anime-figure-list\/\">87 figures<\/a>, but they still come in months later. Plus in August, I just had to order my first-4 Figmas to see what the play-acting and stop-motion fuss was all about. Okay, maybe I&#8217;ll stop at 91 figures. Just like 400+ CDs in college, 200+ DVDs during marriage, and 90+ figures as a bachelor again, maybe I&#8217;ll find something new to collect~~ like MONEY this time, lol.\n<li>Continued my current anime-watching list: &#8220;Bleach &#8211; S1&#8221;, &#8220;Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad&#8221;, &#8220;Code Geass &#8211; R2&#8221;, &#8220;Vampire Knight &#8211; S1&#8221;, &#8220;Kiddy Grade&#8221; (3rd-4th time but 1st time with Japanese audio, English subs).\n<li>Finished 26th-29th anime title of the year: [#29] 3-ep 2004 anime OVA &#8220;Phantom &#8211; The Animation&#8221; (wow, obscure title but unexpectedly breath-taking, 4 of 5 stars), [#28] 27-ep &#8220;Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann&#8221; (double-wow, heart-pumping yet heart-breaking final-7 episodes, finally worthy of 5 of 5 stars!), [#27] 47-ep &#8220;NANA&#8221; (wow, still a sweeping and soaring, bittersweet and melancholic rock-and-roll masterpiece, 5 of 5 stars!), [#26] 2007 anime film &#8220;Appleseed &#8211; Ex Machina&#8221; (not bad, slick and slammin&#8217; 4 of 5 stars).\n<li>Also finished the 26-ep &#8220;Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex&#8221; (3rd-4th time but 1st time with Japanese audio, English subs).\n<li>Also watched &#8220;Harry Potter III &#8211; Azkaban&#8221;, 2007 high-school comedy &#8220;Superbad&#8221;, and &#8220;Katt Williams &#8211; The Pimp Chronicles&#8221;.\n<li>Even continued to read &#8220;Catcher in the Rye&#8221;, lol. Yup, actual reading! Never read the 1951 classic in high school, but ever since watching &#8220;Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex&#8221; again, and since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2008\/08\/31\/blog-157-my-anime-roommate\/\">my roommate<\/a> had a copy of it, I thought &#8220;Why not?&#8221; Currently about 40% of the way through. >_<\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suddenly Acquired Figma Saber | Click to enlarge Yeah, another grinding week in the real world. Office-chained client-work for IBM continues to be grueling. I continue to endure burn-out mode while my blood-shot eyes (including my supernatural left eye, lol) approach boil-out mode. Yet despite it all, I manage to limp along with anime and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2008\/09\/06\/blog-159-saber-hectic-september\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[106,89,36,129,64,56],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7rIwb-9z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":94,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/04\/12\/post-341-fate-in-numbers\/","url_meta":{"origin":593,"position":0},"title":"post 341 ~ fate in numbers\u2026","author":"xjaymanx","date":"April 12, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"post 341 ~ fate in numbers... congrats to the fastest friends to be safe from the \"passover\" cut-off, lol... (see \"safe list\" on previous post 340)... as for other news... 5 days ~ returned to the office after 5 days either sick at home or working from home... while our\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fate\/Stay &amp; Fate\/Hollow&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fate\/Stay &amp; Fate\/Hollow","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/category\/anime-titles\/fatestay-fatehollow\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/09\/19\/post-395-knight-saber\/","url_meta":{"origin":593,"position":1},"title":"post 395 ~ knight saber!","author":"xjaymanx","date":"September 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"post 395 ~ well, monday morning, i got an email from the LasVegasOtaku.org forum\/admin (ganguro) that myself and one other guy (sirhc) were chosen and welcomed as the newest staff writers for the fan-organized Subarashii blog\/zine... apparently, the editor (rukia) liked our sample reviews and forum behavior (not bad!)... now\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fate\/Stay &amp; Fate\/Hollow&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fate\/Stay &amp; Fate\/Hollow","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/category\/anime-titles\/fatestay-fatehollow\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":93,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/04\/05\/post-339-anime-sci-fi-and-fantasy\/","url_meta":{"origin":593,"position":2},"title":"post 339 ~ anime, sci-fi, and fantasy!","author":"xjaymanx","date":"April 5, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"post 339 ~ okay-okay, it's been 11 days ;))) dark saber ~ first of all, gotta get this!... \"saber\" from the adult \"fate\/hollow\" games\/manga... about 7.5 inches (19 cm) high!... i think i'm in love, hehehe ;)))... click to enlarge. $42 at animenation.com | $60 at yesasia.com hentai figures ~\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fate\/Stay &amp; Fate\/Hollow&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fate\/Stay &amp; Fate\/Hollow","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/category\/anime-titles\/fatestay-fatehollow\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":242,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2007\/03\/11\/blog-044-fateful-circumstances\/","url_meta":{"origin":593,"position":3},"title":"Blog 044 > Fateful Circumstances!","author":"xjaymanx","date":"March 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo 003 by xJAYMANx | Click for all 47 Ah, springtime! Quite fitting for another sunny light-hearted photoshoot! This time, from another top-favorite romantic-comedy series, and one of the most-beloved love stories in anime history, Kare Kano (or His & Her Circumstances; here's my review), we introduce the unforgettable boy-and-girl\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Anime Figure&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Anime Figure","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/category\/anime-figure\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":102,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/05\/23\/post-352-anime-marathon\/","url_meta":{"origin":593,"position":4},"title":"post 352 ~ anime marathon\u2026","author":"xjaymanx","date":"May 23, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"\"genshiken\" (2005) post 352 ~ anime marathon over the weekend... well, pretty close to one, hehe... genshiken ~ short but sweet!... finished the 12-ep first season... ah, the hilarious college antics of an animated-porn-loving \"otaku\" club... in addition to the anime, spent about 2-3 hours reading the manga versions at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blood+&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blood+","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/category\/anime-titles\/blood\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/05\/20\/post-351-figure-this-updated\/","url_meta":{"origin":593,"position":5},"title":"post 351 ~ figure this\u2026 updated\u2026","author":"xjaymanx","date":"May 20, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"\"saber\" \"galhound\" (pic 1) \"galhound\" (pic 2) \"rin\" (in center) \"rin\" (in center) \"rin\" post 351 ~ a new figure!... joining \"saber\" from the anime \"fate stay night\" is... \"galhound\" from masamune shirow's manga \"intron depot\", the first figure that ever caught my eye, and wanted to get for years!!!...\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Anime Figure&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Anime Figure","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/category\/anime-figure\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612,"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}