2005 November - Ramblings of DarkMirage

Sage

November 6th, 2005
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I won’t be blogging at all for the next few days because I will be stucked in the middle of nowhere without internet access and fending off attacks from wild beasts and possibily savage cannibals. 幸運を祈ってくれ！ I suppose I should sleep early to prepare myself for tomorrow…but I just can’t stop playing Tick! Tack!. I like [...]

Survivor

November 9th, 2005
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I’m still alive. Thanks for (not) worrying. Reached home in the afternoon. took a shower and went right back to my regular schedule of non-stop internet time. A lot of catching-up yet to be done. Spent most of the afternoon playing Tick! Tack!. Managed to finish the Nerine (Blue) Ending. The story is way better [...]

Tamaki

November 10th, 2005
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It seems that I have reached a stage where I no longer watch any anime that I can get my hands on, because 70-80% of the new shows just don’t interest me. I’m really only actively following five series and only two of them are from the new season… Maybe I need a new obsession. [...]

MAX 2005 Day One

November 10th, 2005
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I wasted spent the whole day attending Macromedia MAX 2005 at Meritus Mandarin Hotel. It’s basically one huge product plug for Macromedia with talks by various Flash designers. I attended the Designer Track, which costs S$120 for students (paid for by the school), with four other guys. Today’s line-up for the Designer Track consists of [...]

Ichigo Mashimaro Vol.1

November 10th, 2005
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Unknowingly, I have fallen to the dark side. I bought Ichigo Mashimaro Vol.1 today out of boredom. And it’s good. Too damn sugary good. The cuteness! It hurts my teeth! Azumanga Daioh has nothing on Ichigo’s sugar level. 甘すぎ～ The story uhhh… book (at least the first volume) is about Nobue Itoh, a 16-year-old chain-smoking highschool [...]

X’mas

November 10th, 2005
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By the way, the huge Christmas tree in Ngee Ann City is completed. Shiny…

MAX 2005 Day Two

November 11th, 2005
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Finally, the longest week I’ve ever gone through is over. Three days of camping plus two days of talks and one night of Japanese lesson. もうダメだ。＿|￣|O Anyway, here’s a quick lowdown of the second day of Macromedia MAX 2005 Singapore. The speakers today were Jeremy Clark, Macromedia Flash Product Manager, Jared Tarbell of Levitated and Gallery [...]

Newtype December 2005

November 12th, 2005
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The December issue of Newtype just arrived at Kinokuniya today. Here’s a summary of the news and information that interest me.

Mai-HiME Movie?

November 12th, 2005
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The latest issue of Newtype also contains a three-page advertisement for Mai-HiME and Mai-Otome. It’s mostly nothing special, just a bunch of release dates for the DVDs and manga, but this single line is very interesting. 【毎回映像特典】舞衣が！なつきが！命が！！幻の劇場版「舞―ＨｉＭＥ２」予告 This line came from the description of Mai-Otome DVD Vol.1 First Pressing. The rest isn’t very important, but “劇場版「舞―ＨｉＭＥ２」予告” translates [...]

Kotori’s Chance?

November 12th, 2005
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Newtype December has spoilers for D.C.S.S. up to episode 23. Episode 20 to 22 are basically about Aisia and Sakura (one entire month worth of things I don’t care for). However, it seems that Kotori finally gets back into the race in episode 23. Woohoo! 沈黙の夏これまでことりや美春たちは、純一と音夢の恋人としての関係を祝福し、応援しようとしてきた。しかし、彼女たちの気持ちに、少しずつ変化が現れる。 Quick and crappy translation. Silent Summer Kotori, Miharu and the others have been [...]

See-Thru Monitor

November 12th, 2005
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My LCD monitor can turn transparent! Ok, I lied. The effect isn’t very good because my screen has a default blue tint to it (which, by the way, sucks for Photoshop). Also the matte surface of LCD screens just doesn’t look like smooth glass. I guess a laptop with a glossy (”TruBrite”, “CrystalBrite” or whatever the [...]

Taglines

November 12th, 2005
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You may have noticed that the subtitle of my blog changes each time you refresh. There are actually about thirty lines in total. 全ては月の朽ち果てた社から始まった・・・あなたはそこにいますか自由の翼と正義の剣君の姿は僕に似ている瞳を閉じて入れたら、悲しみも見えないと風のささやきが微笑みを誘うのずっと続いていく愛はある、絶対に人生の宝物を探しにいこう飛べない翼に意味はあるのでしょうか彼女が待つ、その大気の下で僕は僕のことが知りたい僕のかわいい殿下エッチなのはいけないと思います！バカばっか探し物は何ですか？見つけにくいものなんですか？会いたい、会えないただ当たり前のことしか起こらないこの町で空は青い、海は広い God’s in His Heaven, all’s right with the world 蒼き清浄なる世界のために！ I thought what I’d do was, I’d pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes The last love song on this little planet 宇宙と地上にひきさかれる恋人夜空に星が瞬くように、溶けた心は離れない神にも悪魔にもなれる男願ったのは束の間の安らぎ、叶ったのは永遠という贖罪フリクリ水に浮かんだ卵校庭のはずれにある伝説の樹の下で心を込めて其は古よりの定めの名。死を司る二人の処女ぐるぐるまわる私のかわいい人形 See if you [...]

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