March 2005
Bleh
Posted By: Shoju on March 28, 2005 2:46 A.M. (PST)

Whee!  The FrontPage extensions on my site messed up a while ago, and I couldn't publish any new posts.  In the mean time, I actually started a Live Journal.  >_>  With this back in action, I hopefully won't have to touch that thing for a while.

Aside from the extension mess up, it seems the server my site is hosted on wasn't responding on 22 through 24.  I probably lost about 3,000 hits.  Meh.

I bought a ticket to the More Friends concert on May 16.  Hopefully, nothing gets in my way of seeing this concert.  Last year, I was completely denied from going to the Dear Friends concert.  -_-'

Gundam Seed Destiny 23 was awesome.  Kira owning everyone was alright, but Heine's death made me really happy.  I didn't like him at all when he first showed up, and I'm glad he's dead.  The fighting in this episode was actually above average.  Gouf had some great moves, even though I didn't like the pilot.  Next episode should be great too since Miriallia meets up with Athrun and Kira.  It'd be cool if Dearka shows up too.

One Piece 227-228 was great.  They're really starting the Water 7 arc, and I can't wait to see Karifa(Null switched the spelling of her name in their latest scanlated chapter) animated.

I got around to reading the Battle Royale novel after having it for almost a year.  It really was better than the movie.

I'm sad that School Rumble has to end at episode 26.  After watching the raws up to episode 25, it's earned its spot on my favorites list at #15.

I'll talk about hotlinking again since it's way too far down now.  No hotlinking is to be done for signatures and/or profiles.  If you want the pics for your sig or profile, save it and upload to your choice of image hosts and mooch off their bandwidth.  I am making the 403 page with this message that will exist until April 4.  Once it becomes April 5, I'm making the 403 page painful to look at for all who try to hotlink.  Linking to the image is okay; hotlinking is not.  If they don't know the difference, I guess they'll learn the hard way.  >=)

Current favorite Song:  Kokoro no Chizu - BOYSTYLE

Stop Tazmo
Posted By: Shoju on March 17, 2005 4:03 A.M. (PST)

Naruto's latest episode contains a lot of filler of the background of Kimimaro.  This filler is good like how Tenten vs. Temari filler fight was good.  While it can be contested whether or not this filler is canon for the manga, it does add to the story when the manga didn't quite do it's job.  In the manga, little was known about Kimimaro's past and his death didn't really mean much.  Making up this past adds more to Kimimaro's character and makes his appearance more creditable.

The latest raws of the big Shounen Jump 3 (One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach) were released today. 

In One Piece chapter 359, it's revealed that Robin wasn't really turning her back on her friends.  She was really turning her back on the world so that her friends could live.  Also, Sanji finally showing up was kick ass.

In Naruto 252, Naruto's secret about the kyuubi is revealed to Sakura and Temari.  It also appears Sakura is still obsessed over Sasuke.  -_-'

Finally, the last thing I have to talk about is Tazmo.  He is currently the webmaster of the famous NarutoFan site.  I have only recently heard about the Tazmo-Kane fued, but after reading up on everything I have come to side with Kane.  Tazmo is a little fucker that needs to have his ass kicked.  Tazmo is basically stealing people's money as they donate and join the useless NarutoFan PLUS.  To read up on all the dirt on Tazmo, go to:

http://www.stoptazmo.com/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=d39cfa42a29f673b3d59ded7bb4cd15e

The stickies at the top(the ones that begin with "Announcement") will show you exactly what kind of scum Tazmo really is.  Even Inane has turned their back on Tazmo.  If you look at page 18 of Chapter 250, you will see that NarutoFan is no longer supposed to be distributing Inane's releases.  Boycott NarutoFan; Tazmo is no good to the Anime community.

Current favorite Song:  Kokoro no Chizu - BOYSTYLE

Tenjho Tenge
Posted By: Shoju on March 6, 2005 12:20 A.M. (PST)

I recently finished playing through Metal Gear Solid 3.  I thought it was pretty good.  Definitely a lot better than MGS 2.

It's been known for some time that CMX would be editing the Tenjho Tenge manga, but I had hoped the mangaka and fan outrage would have changed their minds.  The first volume has been released and the edits are littered throughout it.  The fans are angry, and this time, I agree with them.  Tenjho Tenge is clearly a mature manga with all the sex and violence.  Naruto is kiddish; it makes sense to market it to kids.  Tenjho Tenge is mature, it should be fucking marketed to adults!  A site has been put up with the hope that CMX will release an uncut version.

Current favorite Song:  Life is Like a Boat - Rie Fu

Meh
Posted By: Shoju on March 4, 2005 2:47 A.M. (PST)

I modified my "about me" page.  I haven't written a new bio yet, and I have no plans to start on it anytime soon.  My Life, the Universe, and Everything article will do just fine for now.

December 2004 was when the search engines started noticing my site, and my traffic was actually decent.  Feburary, that traffic was tripled.  I really didn't mind a few people hot linking a few pics to post on other sites/boards, but I noticed some people hotlinking my pics for they're signature on some boards.  This is a big no-no.  Stealing bandwidth like that is bad, so I activated the hotlinking protection.  =P
If you'd like to be able to hotlink my pics on your board or site, e-mail me with your domain and I'll add you to the allow list.  No hotlinking into signatures or profiles though. 

School Rumble has a great chance at actually getting on my favorites list.  Harima deserves someone to comfort him.

Air has been good so far.  It's a lot like Kanon.  Uguu~ > Gaou  =P

Beyond the Clouds is a great movie.  It's been a long wait since the trailer was released a long, long time ago.  Voices of a Distant Star was pretty good, and Beyond the Clouds was even better.

Maaya Sakamoto is among the first three guest announced for AX 05.  There's a chance that I won't be able to make it to this years AX 05, but if I do make it, I'll definitely look forward to her panel.  I also hope she'll do a little bit of singing.

Current favorite Song:  Life is Like a Boat - Rie Fu