I asked this very question to my friend, Jon, and his response was "You're both". Didn't really help in regards to the personality test I was filling out.
For the more observant of you out there, you may be able to tell that I've had a play about with the design of my blog page. I increased the width of my header image so now all the text in my entries should be nicely spaced out instead of being bunched together like before. I also changed the font I used for the name of my blog to one called "Beast Machines". Looks a bit slicker now, no?
AnimeSoc went quite nicely this week. I'm glad the crowd seemed to like Kimi ga Nozomu Eien so much, its a personal favourite of mine and you won't find a better drama anime out there (or at least I've not found it yet). Throwing the car crash scene in as the hook for the series almost seals the deal with most viewers and they're pretty much roped in for the remaining twelve episodes. The ending is also one of the most emotionally beautiful I've seen, I wouldn't be surprised if a number of people shed tears just as I did when I first watched the series last year.
I received my exam results too on Thursday and much to my surprise, I actually did pretty damn well! I was originally expecting a fail in economics but I ended up getting a 2.1 in every module from last semester. Annoyingly, I actually performed better in two economics modules than in my marketing major. Ah well, a good start nonetheless and let's hope I can keep it up.
Because of workload and other constraints and restrictions on my life, I've returned home to Birmingham for the weekend instead of next week. Didn't really do much at all last night; watched the latest episode of Bleach, Sakura Wars, and read the latest book (as hard as it seems, I DO read) I've bought which turned out to be utter tripe. Titled "Wrong About Japan", its about a journalist who's taken a passing interest in his twelve year old son's new found fascination with anime and manga. In a quest to discover the side of Japan often portrayed in anime, they set of on a journey to Tokyo where they meet various renowned anime directors and manga artists; notable examples include Tomino of Gundam fame, and Miyazaki of Ghibli fame. The problem I found with this book was that it didn't seem to cater for any audience well at all; it asks too much of newbie anime-manga fans, or those with a vague interest in Japanese culture, and it expects too little from those with more experience on the aforementioned subject matters. I'm not actually surprised at the outcome of the book since it was recommended to me in Edge magazine, those of you who share my passion for gaming will know of my opinions in regards to the monthly periodical.
Today, I ventured over to my favourite loitering location/store, Nostalgia & Comics. To my amazement, they'd managed to stock a set of the Kaiyodo licensed Neon Genesis Evangelion action figures. Already owning a Bandai Soul of Chogokin Unit 01, and Kaiyodo's End of Evangelion Unit 02, I decided to pick up the blue and yellow varients of Unit 00 and the gangly looking Unit 03. While I'm quite impressed with the two Unit 00s, my thoughts on Unit 03 are less than stellar. As soon as it came out of the packaging (rather nice actually), one of the chest armour pieces fell off. I tried to super glue it back on but being painted vinyl rather than bare plastic, it wasn't having any of it. After that, I tried to swap the heads and necks around and the extended version snapped on me. Again, I tried to glue it back together but to no avail. Thankfully, it comes with so many different pieces that I've managed to salvage it by having it in a standing pose. Tomorrow, I'll have to get some UHU glue to glue down that pesky piece of armour...
My parents who are finally fed up of the VHS format, and the rate at which they go through VCRs, have asked me for my advice in regards to a DVD recorder. They've given me a budget of £500 and I feel like a kid in a sweet shop (or "candy store" for those from the other side of the pond). I'm currently looking at three different models from Sony; one at £299 is - and + compatible and is pretty much the entry model; the next at £399 is the same as the former, but features a built in Freeview digital TV decoder; and the daddy of them all coming in at £499 is also like the entry model, but features a 200gb hard disk. It took me almost fifteen minutes to explain the differences between the - and + formats to both my parents so I think I'll probably just recommend the entry model to them. I have also suggested that they only use the recorder for recording purposes, and that they should use their dedicated Sony DVD player for playback to reduce wear and tear.
Right, time to meet some friends for dinner. For the remainder of the weekend, make it a good'un.
