what's up, what's down, what's sideways, in and out...
~-= B L E A C H =-~
No, I'm not talking about Clorox or anything laudry detergent related...I'm talking about this:
It's my current obsession (this japanese anime/manga series). I've now made "Bittorrent" a permanent part of my daily being. I've been able to find many japanese animes through this P2P method - and these animes are already english subtitled, for instant enjoyment ^_^ Of course, downloading takes days, sometimes weeks - 'cause it all depends on whether the files I want are really floating around in cyberspace, available for download - since it's P2P, I have to have a user/owner, aka "seeder", online, who already has the file or even file portion, in order to download.
So, how did I become so attached to this anime called "Bleach"? Well, when my PC returned from PC Outlet a while back (Myloe's bro Lawrence works there), I discovered I already had 110 episodes of this anime, stored on my hard drive, all courtesy of Lawrence. So, I had free time on my off days. I started watching. A few episodes a night after coming home from work quickly turned into full-on episode watching marathons on days-off. I was able to finish those 110 episodes fairly fast, I'd say, in 2 weeks. And mind you, these episodes were only shown weekly originally (I think over the past 4 or 5 years in japan) - so I compressed 110 weeks of episodes into 2 weeks, just because I had all those episodes readily available :-D
Then, I was able to locate the fansub group that has been releasing the anime episodes via bittorrent, and I am now always current in the episodes. Since this is an ongoing anime in Japan still, I am watching the same episode from Japan, just 2-3 days after its original japan air-date. I am up-to-date. How kick-ass is that?
'Cause normally, if we follow the rules and shit, people like me usually have to wait for some video company in America to realize how kick-ass the anime is, which is usually, years later, before licensing and releasing it to the american audience. Case in point - Dragonball. The series was already so old by the time it finally made it to america.
So, I've really lucked out. With a fast internet connection, downloading such anime goodness is heavenly!
Now, many and most anime TV shows are based on manga, or they all started out as manga (like japanese comics), and became adapted for TV shows. Actually, many series are still being released as manga at the same time as the TV show! So, what I have been working so feverishly on this past week - the downloading of the whole manga series, up to the most currently released chapter.
So, I am also current with the Bleach manga :-D and I have to say, the TV show follows the manga very closely - so much that when I read the manga, I can see the exact same picture that I watched from the TV show in my head - some of the manga drawings are exactly the same thing shown in the TV show! It's cool :-D But, the manga has been mainly black & white, so I really love the TV show just because it's in color, and in motion :-P
So, if you ever wanna watch Bleach, I say, doozo! It's been an entertaining series so far - I can't wait for each new installment every week.
~-= W H A T E L S E =-~
Val's back from her biz/vacation trip. She got to see Ness and Vic in Cali, as well as a couple of our cousins. She got to see Chelle and James in Vegas.
Speaking of trips, I should be going on one soon myself ;-D But, I'll be on annual leave already on February 28. I'm gonna try my best to at least cram a little for my NCLEX test. I'm still waiting for my "Authorization to test" aka ATT, so I can actually schedule the test date and time. But, I've figured out what day is best for me to actually test - March 27 (after I return from my trip, and before I return to work). I figured this out based on my biorhythm.
What the heck is that? Well, when I took my LPN exam, I based my test date on my biorhythm calculation, which was furnished by my review instructor. She also gave me and the other students a good-luck charm that day, as I recall. And, I guess I just want to do the same thing again with this test - to kind of keep the luck and possibly better my chance at passing :-P
So, this site has a free biorhythm program for download: http://www.whitestranger.com/biorhythms_for_free.htm
Based on this program, the best intellectual day I will have is on March 27 - and I remember my instructor saying that the intellectual peak is the best test-taking time :-D So, there you have it.
You guys should give it a try too - it shows you high and low levels of emotional, physical, intellectual, intuitive, etc. It's pretty cool.
Well, I think that's all I'm gonna write, so lemme leave y'all with one more piece of eye candy:
it's us 4 Cruz brats - at the airport when Vic and Ness left. You like? :-D
No, I'm not talking about Clorox or anything laudry detergent related...I'm talking about this:
It's my current obsession (this japanese anime/manga series). I've now made "Bittorrent" a permanent part of my daily being. I've been able to find many japanese animes through this P2P method - and these animes are already english subtitled, for instant enjoyment ^_^ Of course, downloading takes days, sometimes weeks - 'cause it all depends on whether the files I want are really floating around in cyberspace, available for download - since it's P2P, I have to have a user/owner, aka "seeder", online, who already has the file or even file portion, in order to download.
So, how did I become so attached to this anime called "Bleach"? Well, when my PC returned from PC Outlet a while back (Myloe's bro Lawrence works there), I discovered I already had 110 episodes of this anime, stored on my hard drive, all courtesy of Lawrence. So, I had free time on my off days. I started watching. A few episodes a night after coming home from work quickly turned into full-on episode watching marathons on days-off. I was able to finish those 110 episodes fairly fast, I'd say, in 2 weeks. And mind you, these episodes were only shown weekly originally (I think over the past 4 or 5 years in japan) - so I compressed 110 weeks of episodes into 2 weeks, just because I had all those episodes readily available :-D
Then, I was able to locate the fansub group that has been releasing the anime episodes via bittorrent, and I am now always current in the episodes. Since this is an ongoing anime in Japan still, I am watching the same episode from Japan, just 2-3 days after its original japan air-date. I am up-to-date. How kick-ass is that?
'Cause normally, if we follow the rules and shit, people like me usually have to wait for some video company in America to realize how kick-ass the anime is, which is usually, years later, before licensing and releasing it to the american audience. Case in point - Dragonball. The series was already so old by the time it finally made it to america.
So, I've really lucked out. With a fast internet connection, downloading such anime goodness is heavenly!
Now, many and most anime TV shows are based on manga, or they all started out as manga (like japanese comics), and became adapted for TV shows. Actually, many series are still being released as manga at the same time as the TV show! So, what I have been working so feverishly on this past week - the downloading of the whole manga series, up to the most currently released chapter.
So, I am also current with the Bleach manga :-D and I have to say, the TV show follows the manga very closely - so much that when I read the manga, I can see the exact same picture that I watched from the TV show in my head - some of the manga drawings are exactly the same thing shown in the TV show! It's cool :-D But, the manga has been mainly black & white, so I really love the TV show just because it's in color, and in motion :-P
So, if you ever wanna watch Bleach, I say, doozo! It's been an entertaining series so far - I can't wait for each new installment every week.
~-= W H A T E L S E =-~
Val's back from her biz/vacation trip. She got to see Ness and Vic in Cali, as well as a couple of our cousins. She got to see Chelle and James in Vegas.
Speaking of trips, I should be going on one soon myself ;-D But, I'll be on annual leave already on February 28. I'm gonna try my best to at least cram a little for my NCLEX test. I'm still waiting for my "Authorization to test" aka ATT, so I can actually schedule the test date and time. But, I've figured out what day is best for me to actually test - March 27 (after I return from my trip, and before I return to work). I figured this out based on my biorhythm.
What the heck is that? Well, when I took my LPN exam, I based my test date on my biorhythm calculation, which was furnished by my review instructor. She also gave me and the other students a good-luck charm that day, as I recall. And, I guess I just want to do the same thing again with this test - to kind of keep the luck and possibly better my chance at passing :-P
So, this site has a free biorhythm program for download: http://www.whitestranger.com/biorhythms_for_free.htm
Based on this program, the best intellectual day I will have is on March 27 - and I remember my instructor saying that the intellectual peak is the best test-taking time :-D So, there you have it.
You guys should give it a try too - it shows you high and low levels of emotional, physical, intellectual, intuitive, etc. It's pretty cool.
Well, I think that's all I'm gonna write, so lemme leave y'all with one more piece of eye candy:
it's us 4 Cruz brats - at the airport when Vic and Ness left. You like? :-D
I like!
Posted by
sabete |
2/25/2007 08:32:00 AM