I turned 30 this past year and figured I’d take a hard look at my life. The ultimate goal here is improvement, not reflection. That’s why the following 10 items, while all inspired by specific incidents, are cast in terms […]
Tag: i got 99 problems but writers block aint one
Talk-A-Raptor -5
Watamote – 0:05 Welcome to the N.H.K. – 1:44 Attack on Titan – 2:33 Oreimo Specials – 3:08 Redline – 4:23 Princess Tutu – 5:09 Umineko no Naku Koro ni VN – 5:56 Kanji Damage – 6:35
Shakugan no Shana III: A Primer on Fade-ins
Intrigued by the power of the fade-in? Shakugan no Shana III has all your answers. If an ending transition exists, Shana III has used it (spoiler warnings): 1. No fade-in, standard ending sequence: episodes 5–7 and 9. The kind of […]
Baka-Raptor and the Filler of Big
I’ve recently been doing a lot of spring cleaning around the site, part of which included drastically reducing the size of my drafts folder from 170 to 99. Many of the deletions are partially reproduced below. Since these are among […]
I Watch Anime Alone
The manliest song without an AMV? Anything worth doing is worth doing alone. Can’t exercise by yourself? See if I care when you get a heart attack. Don’t want to eat alone? Go ahead and starve. People who need others […]
Anime Seasons: Who Cares?
You do not live in Japan. A new season of anime means new anime airs on TV in Japan, which is a country you do not live in, unless you’re a disillusioned expatriate who has yet to learn that watching […]
Initial D: Don’t Miss It
I recently took a six-hour Defensive Driving class to get a car insurance discount. The instructor spent the whole class telling me that driving would get me killed, falsely accused of statutory rape, and escheat my life savings to the […]
Reading Sucks
This may come as a surprise to many of you, but once upon a time I used to like reading. It’s true. Seriously. I’m not kidding. It was as recently as the eighth grade. For one particular assignment, my English […]