Links!!

Just a quick update!! I have added a 'Links' tab on the menu bar at the top. I will post links to various texts that I have talked about in the blog. The links will be mainly for manga and manhwa, but I will try to post links to other texts that I have mentioned. For example, If you check it out, I have posted a link for the Disney animation Beauty and the Beast. Anyways, enjoy!!

Tragedy

After discussing tragedy stories in other forums, I thought I might start my own here. So this will be just a quick update.

So, when I read or watch something, one of my favourite genres is tragedy because it evokes that emotion, but what makes a good tragedy? Thinking about it, tragedy covers such a broad range of topics. When we say tragic, do we mean something emotionally tragic, where the majority of the story is spent developing the characters within the story to a point where we grow attached to them? Of course the best ones for me are also intertwined with romance, because the ending always leave you hoping for a miracle that will never come. The best example of this would be Koizora, as not only does it spend the time developing the characters and such, but it is also a manga version of a semi-biographical work. That sense of reality makes it all the more tragic once we reach the climax of the story. A few other fictional series I can think of with similar elements include Mucha Kucha Daisuki, Wasurerarenai and Socrates in Love. There are also ones with the promise of tragedy but despite all the hardships, a miracle occurs and no-one dies. The most supreme example of this, and one of my personal favourites is Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu. In terms of tragedy, there are also the sports novels where one becomes incapable of pursuing there dream, but through hard work and determination (and a montage) are able to overcome their obstacles to rise to the top. Unfortunately, I have no such examples, but I hope you understand what I am talking about. Another type of tragedy I have become fond of include battle/war type series. Ayashi no Ceres, and to a lesser extent Immortal Rain although I didn't find the latter all that tragic, where it shows the emotional and physical loss of a world gone power and science mad. Yes, I am a sci-fi nerd, what of it?

If you have no idea what I am talking about, because you know jack all about manga and the like, more relevant versions of what I am talking about include Romeo and Juliet and Titanic.

So what I want to ask is what is tragedy to you? I would like to know if you have read/watched anything that would be defined as a tragedy and what you thought of it. Please leave any comments in the message board to the right or the comment section below, I would love to hear what everyone thinks!

Also, the links go to hosting sites of the respective manga series mentioned. No download required for any of the links. Being fair to scanlators and the like, I have tried to use Botato Comics where possible.

Why, oh Why?

Hey! So, where to start. Last week of university for the semester (yay!). I was meant to go to a revision lecture yesterday, but dad seemed to have other plans. He told me before he left that I could drive my car to uni (at the moment we share the car) but when it came to going, I couldn't find the keys. Searching like a mad woman, i couldn't find them inside or outside the house. Calling my mother, we both assumed that dad had taken the keys with him. After half an hour with no word, in a last ditch effort to find my keys, I went to look in the car. And were the keys? IN THE F******* CAR!! When I told my dad that I couldn't find the keys, he remained adamant that he told me the location of the keys, but still, what would possess someone to leave the keys in the ignition of the car. He might as well stick a sign on the window that says 'Steal Me'. Needless to say, I missed my all important lecture, so I was fairly annoyed.

Another of my lectures provided a memorable experience. We had our lecturer and tutor do a little mock of Titanic to theme song 'My Heart Will Go On' by Celine Dion. Unfortunately, I don't have any pics of videos of said incident, but I can confirm that I was crying from laughter :D.

I nearly had a car accident as well today. Some idiot in a 4WD thought because his car is bigger than mine that I would automatically move for him, getting hit by cars in the oncoming direction. I hate people who drive 4WD because they all have this mentally that they are bigger than every one else. Inferiority complex much! A ridiculous amount of people who drive this idiot machines don't even use it for its intended purpose, because lets be honest, some people just can't go a couple of hours without their skinny caramel latte's. In case I haven't made my point, I don't own or drive, nor do I intend to own or drive a 4WD.

In other news, I watched Beauty and the Beast today. Although I have the Disney classic on DVD, I haven't watched it recently and I have definitely been missing out. The art is still fantastic and I really wish I could draw and paint like that. If any of you remember, It is the last Disney animation to be completely drawn my hand, none of this 3D animation crap that kids today are subjected to. I feel sorry for them.

I have also been reading Goong recently. Firstly, it is a Korean Manhwa and I really don't know what to say about this one. Apparently the last of the chapters were uploaded in English yesterday, and if that is in fact the case, I am severely disappointed. The plot itself is amazing, It is set in current times, although in an alternate reality where the history of the world is altered slightly so Korea is not only united, but ruled by a monarchy. It focuses of the customs of the monarchy and life inside the palace (translated to be 'Goong' hence the title) and the constant power struggle within the monarchy for status. The plot of the story is amazing, quite different from your standard series. The characters are very intricate and well thought out, the relationships between the characters are extremely complex and part of the series is based on the journey to understanding these characters and relationships. The art is fantastic, especially the SD components of the series. However, the ending absolutely ruins it for me. To read 27 volumes only to be left with that kind of vague ending without the plot even being resolved of who will ultimately be king is nothing short of disappointment. I am sincerely hoping that the information about it being the end is a lie, and that the series is only on hiatus (has not been published since mid 2011) or there will be a sequal or even spin-off (as much as I hate spin-offs) series of some form. So if you are not one who is annoyed by the ending and reads only for the journey, then get on it people, but if crap endings annoy you like me, then please, for the love of pocky, please do not read, you will be disappointed.

On a side note, i attempted to read Kirakira 100% but gave up after 2 chapters because I already figured out how it was gonna go down and there was nothing to hook me into the plot, so I figured why bother

Anyways, that is about it for now! I'll be sure to update you all soon

Overload

On Everything! Seriously. I am having a serious rant about everything at the moment because I can. So lets start from the beginning. On Friday Morning, I was given the task of driving my mum to the airport. I was up at 4am we had plenty of time to drive there, because you know, it's the airport, so security take forever. Anyway, being 5am at the time, you wouldn't think there would be that much traffic on the road, so I decided to drive through the city. Boy was I wrong. Literally, minutes before we drove through the route I wanted to go, there was a massive car accident which caused the cars involve to catch fire, so the road was immediately closed. Forced to do a u-turn and time running out to get to the airport, I made the executive decision to try another route, alas, ended up completely lost. Just when we lost all hope that mum would not make it to the airport in time, we found the landmark which would lead us to our destination, thus we followed the aforementioned landmark until we arrived, arriving with no less than 3 minutes till the cut off time for the flight. And this is all before 6am.

Luckily, my luck changed after this point, I was fortunate enough to complete and submit my final assessment for the semester, so I have my free time back !! However, I was lacking sleep at this point, so I don't remember much of the remainder of the day's happenings. Saturday was also an up-down day. Thinking it was my day off, I was ready to chill the day away, when I got a call last minute to work Dreamtime at the G, One of the biggest AFL games of the year. Three hours later, I am at the MCG working, and let me tell you, one of the most amazing experiences of my life, despite the fact that I was working. It was invaluable experience and I hope I get to work there again through my agency. For the record, I work in the members area, not one of the fast food stalls. It might sound weird if I was speaking so highly of hot chips and hot dogs. On a sidenote, yay for Sydney demolishing Melbourne, always good when my team gets up. Continuing on, getting home after working was a hassle. I hopped on a train which would take me home. I don't like trains as it is, so imagine my fear when the train kept stuttering along the tracks. It got to the point where I couldn't handle the jumping and had to get off, so I sat at a train station for 30 minutes waiting for the next train in what seemed like arctic weather. Although, upon reflection, I was probably more scared the 30 seconds it took me to walk to my car when I got off the train the second time in the fear of getting jumped.

Moving on, after working today, I can confirm I have absolutely no ambition to pursue a career in childcare. Enough said!

I have recently been reading 'Boy of the female wolf'. I don't know what to think of it, because there is no real plot. I mean, it's just a girl pretending to be a guy because she feels like, a bunch of people belting the crap out one another, and the jealous love rival trying to reek havoc. I know a lot of manga/manhwa are like this and are very cliched, but at least there was some plot. The characters have very little back story and as I mentioned, other than the love triangle/square etc. there is very relatively little story. Such as, even though it is categorized as 'school life', although majority of it is set in a campus setting, very little emphasis is placed on the school, and more so on the fighting happening in school. It's like the school is just a setting rather than a plot. I guess I would recommend if anyone is after a simple read, but I definitely don't think I will be reading it again.

Anyhoo, that's it for now, hope to write again soon! :)

Celebrate good times

Just a quick update. As the title suggests, we should all celebrate good times. So what am I celebrating: Completing all my uni assessments for my first semester. In true spirit, I did a victory lap around the house. Barring some monumental screw up in the exam, then I have passed my first semester! And with this it means I finally have my time back, so I will be able to write more about my happening and what I read and watch, like I am currently doing, but now in more depth as I have more time. Also, I have been putting this off, but I am compiling a list "the laws of shoujo manga". It's something me and my friend have been joking about doing for a while just to poke fun at plot holes and such.

Anyway, for the meantime, here is the Sailor Moon Drinking Game that me and my friend made up, it kind of only works for season 1 though, best to play to the dubbed version, but as mentioned on the link, it can be modified. 

Also, as you can probably see, I have added a 'bonus content' page which I will fill with various odd bits over time. Enjoy!!

Home, Sweet Home

And thank goodness for that. Never ever again will I be doing an update from my mobile, I can't format the blog the way I like it and it doesn't look very pretty. Such a shame, because I had free time while waiting for my friends to meet me so we could do a group assignment. Also, hooray, only two more days until I am completely free from assignments...only the exams!

Moving on! Quite an interesting day, I had to explain why I don't like watching reality television. Understandably given the high caliber of intellectual content I can obtain from channels such as MTV, I think people can understand why I have this view. I just think it's stupid. End of story!

Another few days, another series read. I have been reading Immortal Rain and I don't really know what to think of it. I guess the best way to describe it would be if Scrapped Princess and Ceres, Celestial Legend could have a baby, this would be it. It was tagged as a tragedy, but it didn't really make me feel anything. Maybe it's because I like tragedies on an emotional level rather than an everybody dies/violence level. Or maybe I have become desensitized by reading and seeing so much. Then again, I guess it's based on which characters you like. I found the plot predictable at times, I mean when Rain (Methuselah) died the first time, I knew he wasn't dead, because if he was then the plot would be finished and the next 6 volumes would be meaningless. Also, A good point that someone pointed out in the forums is that technically, Rain is a Pedo. I mean, he is 624 years old and is going after a 14/15 year old. I got a good laugh out of this because I never thought of it like that, so kudos. If you like your sci-fi, supernatural stuff, then get on it guys.

Just to update the footytips, I got a grand total of 3/9. In 3 years this is the worse round score I have ever got so I am bitterly disappointed. Although it's not my fault, all the crap teams won.

As promised, new message board is up, it is a lot cleaner than the previous one, no ads and such so feel free to leave a message and I will get back to you, I'd like to talk to everyone here :)

Also, last thing, I was at a party about a week and a half ago, and now this is a video from it where a gas lighter exploded, kind of. I don't know what happens exactly because I had left at this point, but watch it, and listen to the conversation in the background :)

Up and go!!

Literally!! This is the first time since starting my blog that I have updated while up and about. Not that I am doing anything important, I am just waiting to do a group assignment so I had a few minutes to spare. Anyway, because my phone decided its going to play silly buggers, I guess I'll leave it here for now and do a full blog tonight. Bye