My Christmas break is here! Words cannot express how overjoyed I am now that finals are finally over and we are finally on Christmas break! Let's celebrate with a big update blog. Hurray!!!!!!!!
So anyways... Now that the Gertsmann deal is over, you would notice that I am still here. Many thanks to the Hotspot episode addressing the issue and GS member Juradai for convincing me to stay. I'll leave it at that because I am a little sick of the issue myself. I was going to include a blog saying this two weeks before this but…you know…finals came at me at full force…
I would also like to apologize for being a little late on some of your blogs. As I previously said, we had finals these past two weeks. Our school deemed it wise to stretch out finals over two weeks and have normal classes going on while taking them. Though for most classes I believe this has helped to not demolish my grade, the plan out was still horribly done and I hope it changes for finals. I've also been spending a heck of a lot of time dealing with Colleges and SAT stuff that I have to get through, so yeah its been a little busy around here.
As for my Christmas list goes, there isn't anything on it. This is the first year that it has ever been like this and I'm still feeling a little odd for not wanting anything. I have a huge extended family that always give me a ton of good stuff, but when I think about it this year, I just don't want anything. I was thinking about getting a high end computer, but then it came to me that I was moving out pretty soon for college and I might as well just deal with mine for another year or so.
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Games
Let's see, for games I have only been playing CoD4. I have been having a decent time with the multiplayer but I really think that there needs to be a VIP mode to make it perfect. Most of my friends are getting the game for Christmas so you know what that means…Search and Destroy clan! I have also been playing the game on Veteran in a futile attempt to get all of the achievements for the game. Call of Duty games are perhaps the most frustrating experience when playing on Veteran. ALL enemy fire is directed to the head and there is A LOT of enemy fire. I am stuck on this one level where you have to wait for a helicopter evacuation while fending off against a constant stream of enemies coming from everywhere around you. After that, you have to carry your injured comrade to the helicopter while enemy fire is flying at you. It is VERY frustrating. I have played previous CoD games on Veteran and there have been plenty of other moments in this campaign that were very frustrating but none of them match this situation. Well, if anybody wants to play some MP in CoD4 sometime, just send an invite. Though I most likely will not accept the invite if I am in the middle of a Campaign mission.
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Anime
I have a bunch of anime to talk about too. Since last time we met, I finished Mai Hime, resumed and finished Azumanga Daioh, and finished Welcome to the NHK.
Let's talk Mai Hime. This anime has perhaps the worst dialogue and characters that I have every seen. It hasn't been since I watched Ai Yori Aoshi that I was talking to my computer, telling it to shut up. The sheer hate that I felt for each character is something that I don't even understand. They came off as corny, unreal, and just stupid. I know that some people liked this anime a lot but even after trying to like it, I still ended up hating it. I give credit where credit is due though. I found the premise, especially at the end interesting, and I also found episodes 20-26 very enjoyable. If it weren't for the crappy dialogue and bad characters, this anime would have probably been a very good anime.
As for Azumanga, I found this anime hilarious. Every episode had me lolling. This anime was able to come off as so funny and good because it has a really strong cast of characters that became very well developed over the course of the show. However, this show pretty much sacrificed plot for characters and pretty much has no plot whatsoever. This still stands out in the Comedy world because of its ability to conduct humor in a non sexually related way, something that is getting harder and harder to find these days.
I recently just saw Welcome to the NHK, and I wasn't really expecting much from it. However this turned out to be a very good anime with great direction, great characters, great plot and a premise in which its viewers can relate to. I found this one very funny because at many points, it was like staring at a dramatized version of my life. Almost all aspects of this anime are top notch and I highly recommend this one to anyone who is familiar with the nerd/otaku lifestyel.
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Have a happy Christmas everybody. If you don't celebrate Christmas then, enjoy your break off from school or work. Thanks for reading, I know this must have been a pain in the ass to read, and until next time.
BTW… I'm kind of missing the high def videos from when I was a subscriber…ah well…
Note: This was written on Thursday but due to being busy, I couldn't post it.