February 2003
• Eh
Posted By: Shoju on February 27, 2003 7:15 P.M. (PST)

Well, my pc has been up for 5 days now with no problems.  Also, I just read one of my DVD-Rs just fine.  A winner is me.  =P

I got the March Newtype today.  The Black Rose centerfold was not as good as I would have liked it to be.  I am eagerly awaiting for Anime-keep and ANBU to sub the next 2 episodes of Kiddy Grade.
When I heard about Cartoon Network showing Evangelion uncut, I knew that was bullshit.  Yesterday, they proved me right.  Go on over to Anime News Network to see the long list of edits done on episode 2.
I don't think I posted my thoughts about the final OVA of Gate Keepers 21.  I thought the whole thing was very good for being so compacted.  The whole thing was very serious and dark.  That automatically made it good for me.  Rika and Ayane are my favorite characters.  Its too bad they probably won't get any more character development.  Showing an adult version of Ukiyia was alright, but I would have been much happier with adult Kaoru!!! :(

Damn it, I ordered 4 Initial D model kits from Ebay and the Onegai Teacher manga and a t-shirt that says "Anime Freak" from Animenation.  Nothing has come in yet. :(

The NWO pay-per-view was pretty much crap.  I like the new Rock.  Him being a heel is a good change.  With him coming to RAW, I think this is a set up for Goldberg to come in and have a fued with the Rock.  It wouldn't make sense for him to go to Smackdown and fued with the Rock there since Bischoff would be the most obvious person to bring in Goldberg(Storyline-wise of course.).

School sucks.  I have a stupid research paper to do and the notes are due Monday.  I have a essay due a week from this Friday about the "American Dream."  Gah.  At least tomorrow, I'll miss my English and Pre-Calc classes for some test.  Only good thing about school for me is '4 of 4.'

When I'm done with this stupid research paper, I *might* have time to do a big update.  With all this room now, I can up more pics, another shrine, and some other stuff.

Last note:  A car is just not fun when there is no stick-shift... 
• Bleh
Posted By: Shoju on February 25, 2003 6:59 P.M. (PST)

Well, I've been busy with some computer problems.  About a week ago, my pc started crashing with some kind of "parrity error."  About the same one I got last year before spring break.  That ended up with my pc sitting at Fry's Electronics for a week just to figure out that my anime hard drive had blown.  So, after I got the parrity message a few times playing some games, I stopped my file servers on mIRC.  I backed almost everything on my anime hard drive and then some things on my regular hard drive.  Then I defragged my anime hard drive in about 6-8 hours.  Then I started on my regular hard drive.  It was around 36 hours later when it was 78% done when I decided that would be enough.  Then for the next few days, at night instead of leaving the computer on, I put it in standby hoping that would let my hard drives rest.  Now, except for a few things, my pc seems to be okay.  My DVD drive however seems to be fucked up.  It reads normal DVDs just fine, but it won't read any of my DVD-Rs that I have burned.  Chobits is one of the series I have burned on DVD-R and deleted from my pc...

I'll post my pc stats for future reference.

PC Name: NAVI
PC description: Deathscythe Hell Custom
Processors: 2 AMD MP 1800+ (1.5 Ghz)
Vid card: GeForce3 Ti500
RAM: 2 Gigs
CD-RW: Plextor 40/12/40
DVD: Pioneer DVR 103 (2x DVD-R/1x DVD-RW/8x CD-R)
Hard drives: 2 120 gig Western Digital (really only 111 gig)
C Drive Name: Odin IV - named after Norse God (IV represents number of formats)
D Drive Name: Fenix IV- named after my favorite Starcraft hero (IV represents number of formats)
Sound card: SB Gamer Audigy
Speakers: Klipsch 4.1
Monitor: 19" ViewSonic A95f
Keyboard: Microsoft Office Keyboard (I picked this because of the Cut/Copy/Paste buttons)
Mouse: Logitech Dual Optical Mouse

Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto got really good at episode 6.

Lastly, I'm moving my site to http://members.lycos.co.uk/mercenary689/ 
Please update your links.
• My Day
Posted By: Shoju on February 15, 2003 1:45 A.M. (PST)

I watched Naruto 19 and Kiddy Grade 16 today.  Zabuza's death was nicely done.  I'm still not happy with the DBZ-pace of the series though.  
I was worried about episode 16 of Kiddy Grade. With the title "Look/Back," it looked like it was going to be a flashback episode.  Gonzo didn't disappoint, however, and the episode did a good job telling about Eclair's beginning after her memory was somehow erased.  There were some flashback scenes, but the whole episode was about that, so it's still looking good for my ultimate list.

I had a nice lazy day today.  I spent most the beginning of the day watching the 3rd DVD of Kare Kano and Gone In 60 Seconds on TNT at the end.  In between, I did my usual surfing the internet and lurking around GameFAQs' message boards.  My DVD drive is acting weird right now.  It probably needs to be cleaned because whenever I try to copy some episodes to my hard drives, it freezes up my PC.  I need to go out and get one of those compressed gas thingies.  So no Chobits reviews yet.

I'm paid-pre-registered for AX 2003.  Now, my friend just has to send his money and I have to get my lazy-ass dad to reserve a room at the Marriot/Hilton.
• <Rant>
Posted By: Shoju on February 11, 2003 11:58 P.M. (PST)

Yesterday was a nice day...

Out of the new animes that just started a few weeks ago, only Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto seems interesting.  Wolfs Rain hasn't sparked anything for me yet, but I watch a few more episodes of it.

I have a strange feeling about the Bischoff vs. Austin match at No Way Out.  It seems like a shitty idea, and I can usually bear the normal shit.

Valentine's day.  I have no school that day, so I won't have to see all the bullshit stuff around my school. ^_^  Now for my rant on this stupid day.
This day is just made up as an excuse to show your appreciation for someone.  This is stupid because you should be showing your appreciation all year long!  Not just one day!
</rant>

Hmm.  I thought I had more to write.  Meh.  Maybe it will come to me later.
• Naoru dekirukagirisouki onegai
Posted By: Shoju on February 8, 2003 1:50 A.M. (PST)

No new Chobits reviews yet.  I just found out some shitty news earlier today.  I hope she's okay...

I have written another article.  It's about my beliefs in life, the universe, and everything else.  This article will probably have more parts to it as my pathetic life goes on.