Thanks, doing alright at the moment, hope the same is true for you.

Ah, alright. The Kanon part looks nice, though. Always a prudent choice.

Well, that's no coincidence. I skimmed your post on it, but I didn't want to read it all before I had actually seen the episode.

You're right. Must've been my mind playing tricks on me. There is certainly no strange and unexplained attraction to purple-haired sweethearts on my end; that would just be wrong.

Ohh what sort of blog? I love blogs!

&& yes, it looks kinda cool. I am a bit disappointed though, but hairdressers never do it spot on. -__- hehe xx

Hi ~ You're welcome! I always accept friend requests ^^;;

& things are going awesomely, just had my hair cut yaay ~ what about you? xx

A little bit of both, but I'll live.

Nice looking background; can't argue with the theme. You even worked one of her songs into the catchphrase, you clever bastard.

I'd better get to watching that working episode, for my Yamada fix. I need more of that purple-haired, short and adorable woman... she sort of reminds me of someone... probably just my imagination.

Ey.

Sorry about not answering until now, I had a mess of a day yesterday.

I hope that blogging business isn't too complicated, because I'm pretty much useless when it comes to most things technology-related. I'm not even kidding; you'd think I was 80 when the computer came out.

Yeah, you're right. That's the correct attitude; it's never to late to learn something.

I would say that it's generally true that you won't know who's dangerous just by looking at them here either, but if you see someone who looks like he lives on the streets, chances are he's an addict. There are a lot of good programs in place to help these people though, so it's not like every bum is violent crime waiting to happen.

English (and Norwegian) classes here are mostly the same. I enjoyed English immensely, but Norwegian, not so much. It's too tightly focused on only a few aspects of literary history. I remember when we used to write stories, I think we stopped doing that in junior high. I always misunderstood the intent; I thought it was about writing an interesting story, but it's actually just about following the structure of the type of text you're writing, in addition to grammar and spelling of course. Which is understandable, you're writing an exam, not a book, after all.

A lot of people, myself included, don't realize it while they're growing up. With the whole coming of age thing, hormones going into overdrive and just generally "finding yourself" and trying desperately to fit in, adolescence is often not an easy time to see the big picture. Most people are either intoxicated by youth, or having trouble just staying afloat. A Goofy Movie is a nice Disney movie. It's pretty corny, but it has some genuinely nice moments and a bit of humor, plus some cool songs. I think I watched it a few dozen times growing up, so I still remember most of it.

I hear ya. One is a nice, happy medium. Some company, but won't turn your home into a zoo. :P

I had actually downloaded Skype, but forgotten all about it until you mentioned it just now. I made an account now, it's IaDagon. (That's what I typed under "Skype name", that is the account, right?)

As for the post, I thought that with Shakugan no Shana III this season, and Zero no Tsukaima IV the next, I'd write a comparison between the two series, and give a short little mini-review/retrospective of them, and what we could reasonably expect form these seasons. There are a lot of similarities, the two protagonists both have the same pair of voice actors, they're both by JC Staff and they both have a fantasy setting. In addition, they're bonded nostalgically to me.

There is no off button. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. The younger you are, the easier it is, I think, even if it's not from birth. Younger people just have a natural way with learning things... which makes me sort of worried I wasted too much of my time. :P

There aren't *that* many homeless people or anything, but there are a lot of parks around where I live, plus it's near a river, so it's an area they tend to congregate in. As a general rule, most people who are addicted to heavy drugs (mostly heroin here) could be considered dangerous. Even those who are nice overall won't be pleasant to deal with when they've missed a fix. Most of them sustain their habit begging and committing petty crimes, but they're generally not out to hurt anyone. They're desperate people, so accidents do happen. Because of the high level of welfare and social security in Norway (it's a highly socialized country) it's rare for someone to be living on the street if he is not at the very least a hopeless alcoholic; but more likely a hard-drug addict. In fact, the word "homeless" is almost never used in Norwegian. A person living on the street is referred to as a"narkis", which is derogative term for someone addicted to narcotics. I've had both good and bad experiences with these kinds of people, and I have a great deal of sympathy for many of them, as I reckon most of them had some pretty messed up circumstances that led them down that road. A good deal of them do things to sustain their addiction that make sympathizing with them almost impossible, though. /rant over

Nice metaphors, I'm not surprised you like writing. It's a nice idea, getting input from different perspectives all gathered in one place. I was taking a stroll earlier and thought of something I could write a post about on your blog, but it's just a one-shot, not something that could be made into a series of posts... I think.

It's good that you're thinking of your folks. Seems like a lot of people these days don't do enough of that. There's nothing worse than seeing someone who's a complete ingrate and don't even consider all the effort that went into raising them. If you've ever seen "A Goofy Movie", the saddest scene to me was always when Goofy was sitting alone in the car, rejected by his son for taking him to a "lame vacation." All the guy wanted to do was spend some quality time with his son. Luckily there's a happy ending, but that scene always stuck with him.

Being an only-child is getting a lot more common. My parents had unexpected twins, they were originally only intending to have two kids. Also, all three of my siblings are girls, and nowhere close to my age (oldest is 17 and the twins are 14), so I never considered them "friends" growing up. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side, there's a whole bunch of noise and a lot less attention growing up with three younger sisters, I can tell you that much.

Sounds like she is indeed. My mother's pretty sharp too, though we disagree about a lot of stuff, I always enjoy having discussions and debates with her. Learning a whole new language is always a challenge, and a lot of us take for granted how intricate and messy English can be to learn from scratch. My native language is much the same, even people who speak it fluently as a second language often fumble some of the grammar, because there's simply no easy rule to follow on a lot of it. I respect anyone who makes an effort, I've tried my hand at German, and quit pretty quickly. :P

I'm not sure, it's probably something to do with food, yeah. I'd wager that it's helping the homeless and drug addicts (often one and the same), as there are a lot of those around unfortunately. But it might be something completely different.

I find that everything gets better on a dark, rainy night. There's one here right now. I like to save a lot of things I enjoy for the night and evening. I just don't feel right early in the morning. It has its moments, but I largely prefer the cover of night. You're right about the audience thing, they'll keep you on your toes, for better and worse. Once you raise those expectations, there's no going back!

Ah yes, the ATM question, that's a classic. It's funny looking back at all the misconceptions and straight up absurdities that filled my mind back then, but I suppose it's nothing to be ashamed of, everyone has to go through it. I know what you mean, there's a debt you'll never be able to repay right there, but I'm sure your parents are more than happy with their investment. Creative gifts are something parents appreciate especially, I think, it shows you put some effort and thought into it. I wish I could pay them back somehow too, especially considering they're far from rich. Raising four kids will do that to you.

Exactly right.

That's pretty funny. I was just walking by a volunteer center earlier today thinking about what they actually do in there. Maybe I should go down there and volunteer at some point.

I didn't know about your writing style in particular, but I enjoy dark and gloomy fiction to a great extent. I don't write much, but I'm a pretty "dark" person, though I don't usually talk about it, since I don't feel like dragging other people who aren't ready down the rabbit hole. Fundamentally, I think reality is pretty messed up, and I often enjoy fiction that revels in that fact, whether it's actually set in our world or not. Of course, I love stuff that exaggerates and puts focus on escapism and wholesomeness as well; otherwise the world of anime would not be of much interest to me. Even gloomy ol' me likes moe.

Gratitude is a wonderful thing to be on the receiving end of indeed. I think that's another thing that's just inconceivable as a child; being happier to give than to receive. At least it was to me. I could never understand how someone would get more joy out of giving presents than receiving them on Christmas.

HAHA yeah I'll stop Don't even get how those people day all that uh... language?

Yeah I can totally tell that feeling is great, nice and peaceful ^w^ Although I'm curious whether you encounter monsters when sailing. Like in spirit tracks you encounter monsters while on the train... so just curious

Gomen gomen!! Really I do apologize *scratches head* No worries blood's all cleaned up? I suppose >.< Next would be uh... Keima and his games? Yokkyun!!

Haha yeah I suppose your right... Although I don't get it CORRECT!! Naruto will utterly incinerate the... contents of your wallet!!! Umhm.. well aren't all one-shots like that? And indeed the manga art really DIDN'T HELP!! ARRGGHH!!

BTW are you up to date with the hayate manga? Or are you up to where uh... the anime ended? And also... Season 3's soon ^.^