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Monster – complete!

Thursday, February 11th, 2010 at 12:47 am

My decrease in posts the last few days has been directly related to my reading of this manga, Monster

A total of 162 chapters, the first volume (Ch1-8) set an awesome premise, full of moral dilemmas and some very real, interesting characters. I thought the story after that was good. Not great. It kept my attention, but just good. But after hitting chapter 70, I began to blow through the rest of the manga, totally addicted to the story and immersed in the world. I could not stop reading, every event seemed to lead into a more intriguing event. A giant puzzle with every chapter slowing revealing small pieces until you see the complete picture.

I doubt I would say I loved this series if the end did not carry out exactly as it did. I was very slightly disappointed with it until I re-read it and realized the true beauty of it. It was perfect. Everything was perfectly done.

I would love to re-read and analyze everything if this didn’t take me so long to read in the first place. Maybe someday. It definitely satisfied my need for some good thought provoking material. Sadly, I think that because I rushed through a lot of it, I didn’t give it the thought it probably deserved. I think I’ll pace myself next time…(yeah right…)

Anyways, very happy. I suggest the read if you liked Death Note (Anime)…or Se7en…or want something dark, disturbing, morally thought provoking….

Now please stand by as I return you to your regularly scheduled life, already in progress.

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I need engrish lessons

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 11:36 pm

Putting the you in impri-you-vement is unpossible amirite? (sorry, that’s 2 Simpsons quotes in one line…making no sense whatsoever)

In my last post, I felt both limited in vocabulary as well as…unable to express my thoughts and emotions well enough in written form. While I said writing is not a goal of mine…I am currently unsatisfied with my skill level in this matter. I just need to improve a bit. So far, http://www.synonym.com/synonyms/ is my most used site while I write.

I need to read a dictionary and a thesaurus. And a book on Grade 8 English for Dummies.
All 3 sound very boring.

I’ll just continue reading Monster…I don’t know what the point of this post was.

So tired.

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Valentine’s day is coming…

Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 6:11 pm

One of my most despised days of the year. A day I choose not to leave my home despite pleas from my girlfriend to “go out and do something”. Clearly she sees the day in a very different way than I.

I hate Valentine’s day.

There’s this scene in The Simpsons which makes me think of Valentine’s day every time I watch it. The one where Mr. Burns falls in love with Marge (Season 4, Episode 5 – Marge Gets a Job). In an infatuated high over Marge, Mr. Burns cries out over the PA System: “Everyone who has found true love may leave early today!”. The power plant employees all flee with delight as the scene pans to one guy with a sad, empty look on his face and a tear rolling down his cheek as he wipes it away.

For me, this is what Valentine’s day is about. A day that kicks people who are down.

Obviously, this day is meant to be viewed more as a celebration of love. But I don’t see it that way. Love is not a race, it comes when it comes. There is no reward for being in love when others aren’t. Love does not need a day for it to be celebrated.

I would consider myself a hopeless romantic. I like sappy chick flicks. I like the Notebook, Serendipity, Moulin Rouge, and A Walk to Remember. I get touched and my heart melts when I feel love, a love that manages to triumph over any obstacle.

But I don’t feel that love on Valentine’s day. Not in the slightest.

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By the way, has anyone seen my manhood? I seem to have misplaced it while writing this post…

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An “Å“abnormal”Â amount of blogging

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 8:44 pm

I can explain. 4 months prior to this, I had been living with my girlfriend. Not only living with her, working with her as well. We would walk to work together, we’d leave work together, we’d eat lunch together. Literally 23/7 time together on average. I’m serious, 23/7. That’s a lot. Because of this, I always had someone to bounce random thoughts and ideas off of. A second presence or mind beside me. Suddenly, she left (for school! not cuz I’m fail boyfriend!).

The sudden independence and silence resulted in a lot of thinking and depression. My head was bursting with thoughts and ideas with no outlet. Thankfully, I started this blog. The release of my thoughts really help the sudden loneliness I have been experiencing. The (one way) communication is still significantly better than none. I have absolutely no doubt that when my girlfriend returns from school, my blogging will dramatically decrease. Also, the key with irrelevant content is that I could probably go on forever. And you, the reader, don’t have to read anything…I’m doing this for me. BTW – I love my readers and their comments <3 So yes, admittedly an abnormal amount of blogging. I’m sure I’ll revert to a normal amount soon enough…

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My dad vacuumed up one of my hamsters!

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 8:21 pm

Note: it wasn’t through the…spinning bottom part of the vacuum, it was with the tube part…and the hamster, though badly injured, survived and lived a somewhat full life.

This actually happened a while ago, before my current hamsters. Still, I couldn’t believe my father had done that. Obviously it was an accident, my father loves my hamsters as much as me. He had so much guilt when he told me, I was shocked, angry, and disappointed, but I didn’t let it show. He felt bad enough already.

But…you know that voice in your head that says “nothing good can come of this”…where was that voice?! was the voice saying “what does hamsters + vacuum = ?”

I guess sh!t happens beyond my understanding…

It makes me question how I was raised though…I turned out okay minus the social anxiety problems, the mild OCD, the mild ADD, the paranoia, and the self-consciousness….right? hmmm….wait a sec…