Unwanted Commentary

The weekend was a mixed bag, being neither good nor bad entirely. Not that it was really bad at any point, but I'd say there were some down moments, particularly on Saturday; which, didn't really pan out the way I had hopped.

There were some enjoyable moments, most notably getting to watch Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind! I wanted to blog about this movie and gush over it, but that moment has passed and I think it will more than suffice to say that it was better than I remembered. I was disappointed that the burned copy I watched didn't seem to have the Japanese with English subtitles option. I'm hopeful that when it arrives from Netflix these options will be available. The movie has so many great scenes, wonderful visuals and unbelieveable imagination. The English dubbing is good, but I think you get a better feel with the Japanese dialouge. I was pleased that I actually could pick up on the deleted twenty minutes of film cut from the orginal US release. Great movie...check it out!

I watched the final three episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5 and it was astounding! Season 5 is widely regarded as the pinnacle of the series and I can see why, it was so heavy and so well done.

Other viewing treats were Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 and a surprisingly good Samurai X Vol. 1. Bubblegum Crisis had nothing to do with bubblegum and I admit that I'm perplexed by the title. I can only assume its some wacky Japanese shenanigans, but the episodes themselves were pretty good. The most fun was listening to the Japanese voice actors say "Knight Sabers" and "boomers". Samurai X is set in feudal Japan in the 19th century and is based on that period, though the story is fictional. Superb animation and an engaging story, I highly recommend it!

The low point of the weekend was Saturday night. I went to a party that the apartment mgmt. was putting on; it promised free food, drink and entertainment. The food ended up being hot dogs with mustard; the free drinks were so-so margaritas and domestic American beer (ick). The entertainment was obnoxious blaring techno music that started giving me a headache before I left. I had hoped some of my neighbors would show, but they didn't, so I knew no one there and I don't mingle well. The crowd, while having some eye candy, wasn't my crowd, i.e. the upperly trendy yuppie types *sigh*. At least the evening was nice and the property they held the party at is very swanky, but after two hours I couldn't take it anymore and went home.

Getting home sucked too, because everyone else seemed to be out and about, all my online friends were awol and it wasn't till Trinity got home that the evening picked up. We created slutty female Night Elf toons on a PVP server and ran around leveling my character up till around three in the morning. That was a good time. I guess some people might find it weird for a guy to make a female character, but you people can go fuck yourselves.

HARRRRRRRRR