She Isn't Taking This Seriously

No! I want to take it seriously, really! But, you know...summer...and, I'm trying to write this long thing, and see, the best part about having a job and not being in school was no homework, and this is just like homework. And while I could, if I needed to, throw something together in school to meet a deadline and get a grade, this is different, 'cause the goal is not to look like an @#$. Plus stress makes me sleepy.

In the meantime, please do read the most awesome comic located here: http://www.drmcninja.com/

RIP Shojo Beat

To my surprise, although I suppose I shouldn't have been, Viz cancelled Shojo Beat and we'll all be a little poorer for having to wait longer to find out what happens in Vampire Knight (legally). Viz was stingy with the details on why the decision was made, which makes it hard not to think badly of them.

At any rate, with Anime Insider's unceremonious dumping a few months ago, this makes the second high interest YA magazine to make a recent fall. Bad times.

Tardy to the Party

I started One Piece several days ago now, and I'm COMPLETELY taken with it. I see why it's widely adored (I like my entertainment to be escapist). I'm on volume 14, and it's just swell. I'm in Pirate Love. I haven't wanted to be a pirate this badly since the fifth grade.

I don't think I can add anything to what's already been said about this series; Sleep is for the Weak has a nice review that sums it up well (they sum up most stuff pretty well). All that remains is for me to be properly embarrassed by how long it took for me to finally pick this one up.

I am seriously considering a One Piece themed tattoo.

Cobwebs in the Closet

I have been considering for several days now my poor neglected Closet, how I could make some use of it and whether I really have anything to add to the Innernets. Not that there aren't plenty of useless things on the Innernets. But still. The Closet might well serve some purpose beyond housing my fabulous digital shoe collection.

While I try to think of something useful to say, I will in the meantime unveil my plan for infesting the library with kodama (Princess Mononoke style). I'm not sure how I will achieve this. I imagine it will involve yarn and patience.

I Didn't Mean to Leave Forever

Really, I didn't.

Just checking in briefly to say, I'm pretty sure it's still "library," not "liberry." Why do I hear that so much?

Well, Well. And Here We Are.

Gee, it looks like I've reached the 23rd Thing. Gosh.

There really have been so many discoveries. For instance, I've discovered way more about Dan than I ever knew there was to know. And that my 23 Thinger has seen at least one anime that I have. Didi has never played Portal, but should. 'Cause everybody should. But all of these things just bring us closer as friends and colleagues! And that's really what 2.0 is all about, isn't it?

I've picked up some useful stuff. I use Google Reader now, and I check it every day. I think Google Docs will become more useful in the future as it gets a bit more tricked out, like Office (love me some Publisher and Powerpoint). I look foward to Twittering, even if the root is uncomfortably close to "twit." Rollyo sucks, but not everything is a winner.

I hope my posts have been at least mildly entertaining for you. It's been a good idea, and I apprieciate the chance to get nudged out of my comfort zones and explore--I don't get that opportunity much, so this has been fun.

NetLibrary and Overdrive, Nothing Clever Here

I looked at a picture book in NetLibrary, because that didn't seem to be the kind of thing that readily lent itself to ebook form. The book was The Burro and the Basket. The illustrations showed up pretty nicely, I assume, except for having to scroll to see all of the picture. The weird thing was, there were great gaps of white space just where I would have thought text should have been. The text was then typed, smaller than I'm used to for a picture book, and in a kind of weird way and sterile typeface: it seems to have been wiped out from its original location and retyped at the bottom for the digitization. Why? There is no paper copy in the system, so I can't check on how it looked in physical form. A great mystery.

I have been through the Overdrive tutorial. Hooray for anime downloads. Yay for Read or Die, which is just awesome. It really doesn't get much better than secret agents of the British Library saving the world, now, does it?