Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Long Time No Post

It's been a while since I've posted, and it still seems I have practically no one reading my posts anyways, so it doesn't really matter.

Just wanted to report on things for anyone who could care. I got done with this school year, by the skin of my teeth(good grades,bad attendence due to sickness), and by the looks of it, next year may be an all online school-year. This will lead to me getting time to do college classes early and by some odd law, almost for free. So, yipee to online schooling. Yipee to shorter school hours. Yipee to my own schedule.

Also, got a Devil May Cry 4 for my 360, and it is an awesome game. I would say, probably about a 9.2 out of 10. If it had more replayability other than just working to get S-Ranks on everything and more rewards to match that, it would be a 10 out of 10, because it already has the formula, gameplay, graphics, and story.

In other news about things I think are good, I watched an anime series recently called "Ergo Proxy" and I have to say, it has become my all time favorite anime. It has a slow story start, yet it doesn't. It's the subtle details it throws at you in the beginning then revealing some of what those were, then introducing more subtle details to keep back the tide of boredom to the intellectual viewers. By the end of the 23 episode series, all the subtle details come clear, just in time to help with the climax. This is a dramatic and sometimes very dark(emotionally) show that involves a plot and characters you clearly care for, and hidden philosophy you didn't know you liked. Topped off with a fresher look on sci-fi(not your average android vs. human story as it first appears) and the best ENGLISH voice acting I've ever heard in an anime. The main character's voice actors are 5 stars, but even the extras and smaller characters have at least a 4 star aura. Liam O'brien(Illidan Stormrage-WoW) voices the male lead(my favorite voice actor), Megan Hollingshead voices the female lead Re-l Mayer, and Travis Willingham(Roy Mustang-FMA) voices Re-l's personal Entourage(secretary style android).

I also have been watching more videos from Phillyd.tv, one of my favorite online thinkers. He speaks out with a scent of humor to catch your attention, but keeps a sarcastic, yet surprisingly true tone on things in news today. He isn't a celeb basher or any of the more mainstream types, but speaks more on all subjects that are in the news(from the politics to the celebs, to the gadgets to the world news). Though a sarcastic review is what you expect from him everytime you turn his vids on, you get more than you bargained for, getting a dose of some critical thinking material occasionally). I would definitely recommend checking him out for almost everyone(Warning-some of his comments will make you think he's racist at times, but he just doesn't like the way he keeps encountering people who abuse their race as a wall to prevent them from getting hit by the law and the real world, which is usually the things he talks about when speaking on race).

And last but not least, check out http://www.rewards1.com/index.php?referrer_id=99881 , it is one of those rare real deal survey websites, and you can ask for pretty much anything that's on EBay or Amazon, as long as it's appropriate(no guns, or adult material, or paintball, etc.).

That's all I have to say for now, hope to get some people to read.

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