Mood: Delicious Music: David Eisley - Sweet Victory So yeah got a new gamertag. VICTORY M18 just didn't cut it for me after a while. I would have picked TrueSalvation but some other fucker took MY NAME. Hope whoever it is better takes good care of it and brings GLORY to the account.Anyways, after mulling over it about for months now I finally decided to change it. So what did I choose? Trueilicous of course! Now you ask why the hell did I change it to Trueilicous? Cause I figured VICTORY M18 was pretty cool, just not unique. I mean victory is an awesome word and all, but meh nothing that rolls off your tongue. So somehow in my head I got to thinking "the sweet taste of victory" and connected that with my name, True. Putting A & B together my mind created"Trueilicous" and I was just like "FUCK YES THAT IS SWEET (lol no pun intended)" Not only does it hold a connection to my old account with the 'taste of victory is delicious' but it has my name in it as well making it a good put together. So yeah I'm happy with my gamertag change!
Mood: CellularMusic: Lupe Fiasco - The Coolest Fuck yes I got a new cellphone. Yeah I know I had the Black Berry Curve for Christmas but that had a piece of shit battery and stopped working in less then a month. So I went to AT&T and they were like "well I guess you can either wait to get a new battery in a few days or pick out a new phone. We won't charge you retail price but the one as if you were getting a contract even though you already have one"So I'm all "Hmm sure why the Hell not?" Started playing with all the phones in the stores. Flip phones? Psh that was so high school. Sliders? Girly phone. Black Berry? I'll wait till I start my career. Iphone? It'll run out of style in a couple a months. LG Vu? Oh what this!?! All touch screen? I can watch live T.V. on it? I can record music on it? Two megapixal camera and it actually feels like a camera? I can make videos and send them to others via text? Oh and I can switch from numpad to QWERTY keypad in a single tap? Fuck yeah this is the phone for me! I love it and its only a day and I can't stop playing with it XD Now time to go buy a ScanDisk so I can put some music on it!
Mood: Patriotic Music: Ray Charles - America The BeautifulWhat a historic day for America. Our first black president is sworn in today. He inherits two wars and an economic crisis. It will be tough and hard times ahead and many challenges await Mr. Obama during his four year term. I know many people see him as some 'savior' so to speak, but they'll have to realize that thing will not be fixed immediately and will take some time. What we have to do as American citizens is support our president and do to the best of our ability to help one another as we are a country that should be united. I don't understand those who are ready to attack Obama as soon as he comes into office and are actually hoping for his failure. Why the fuck would you want? If he does a bad job as a president that means are country goes deeper into the shit hole. The economic problems don't get solved and people suffer even more. Is that the price you'd like to pay just to say 'ha I was right about him'? Really we should all hope that he does do a good job and insures that our country goes back into the right path and return to its glory that was lost during the Bush adminstration. Also, best wishes to Mr. Bush as well. Even though he wasn't a wonderful president he did what he thought was best for this country and even if I may have disagreed with numerous of his decisions, I think he's still a great person. Now he can enjoy his time on his Texas ranch with a well deserved vacation. President Obama's speech wasn't powerfully moving as others such as FDR or JFK, but he got the message across. We have problems in this country that we need to fix and we should help each other on this long and hard journey to get back on track. A change is needed and the time to act is now.'Hope over Fear'
Mood: NerdyMusic: School House Rock - Conjunction Junction
So another year another semester of school starting. This semester isn't too bad and looks to be only 13 credits. Only thing I'm worried about is Calculus since the professor is a real hard ass.Here's my schedule for the spring!Multivariable Calculus - 8:45 to 9:30 am Tuesday and Thursday. Theory of Personal Finance - 11:30-12:30 am Tuesday & ThursdayChild Psychology - 2:30-2:45pm Monday & WednesdayManagerial Economics 7:40-9:30 pm Wednesday nightAs said earlier Economics and Psychology are fine since they are my majors and I love the classes. Only math is gonna suck since we can't use calculators in the class. School starts January 26th and ends May 12th. Should be fun I suppose.
Mood: Otaku!?! Music: Blast of wind - Saori Kiuji (Kaze no Stigma OP) Kaze no Stigma (24 episodes)So I saw it all of yesterday and finished the 24th episode...two hours ago with my friend. It was pretty cool watching it with him on 72 inch plasma screen in high definition. A lot of pizza boxes, Chinese takeout, chips, and soda. Quite an experience of laziness I dare say! Overall I'd say it was a mediocre anime. Not insanely epic nor insanely lame, just kinda in the middle. What really drew me to it was the elemental basis and the sort of feudal draw with different clans. And elemental mages in common day times? Yes please!The main character, Kazuma, is just super badass. I think that's what kept me in watching the anime all the way through. He's a different take since his personality is quite intriguing with someone who was weak and outcasted by his family when he was younger, yet overtime over comes that and becomes really powerful. He's cool, clever, strong, dark, snide, greedy, funny, lazy, maniac, and so much more. A good mix of both good and bad which can be only described as simply 'badass'. He's dimensional that even though he is overpowered there is a part of him that shows his inert weakness (i.e. his past and relations with a special girl) and his self goal to protect everything he holds precious (yeah overdone theme, but I like cliches). That said the main female lead is quite intriguing as well. At first Ayano is hot headed, clumsy, rash, and head strong, but as the series progresses she develops very well and matures greatly as she develops her personality through her adventures with Kazuma. She wants to become stronger and live up to her clans honor as well as get as strong as Kazuma. I like how she says "I don't want to stand behind you and be protected; I want to be there to be there beside you and help you" and really struck to me as a vast improvement in not only her physical strength, but her mentality as well. And of course the Kazuma x Ayano moments that are presented in almost every episode are great. I absolutely love the fact that Kazuma isn't your typical male character that gets beat down by his female counterpart (yes even though I LOVE the tsundere archetype, it's great to see a male character who actually has spine and not take a beating for doing something perverted, and Kazuma is a God damn sex fiend). I think the realization of Ayano's feelings for Kazuma were well progressed over the series as she came to hate his antics and personality to slowly develop admiration and potential love for him. Instances where she would crave his touch or blush by the way he made sensual moves toward her. Yeah its a strong sexual tension between the two (then again Kazuma is fine with his sexuality and Ayano is the one who becomes seriously embarrassed) and whenever they interact its just puts a smile on my face because its a relationship that's full of both happiness and sadness, yet when they are together they bring out the best in each other. I like the fact that her relation with him includes her constant struggle to become as strong as him, as well as protect what she feels is important to her plus holding up her families honor. Kazuma himself with his little actions whether its a hug or a kiss on the nose/neck are sweet, but his words have more meaning to me especially when he says "You'll grow into a fine woman one day" or "Ciu Ling, you'll always be in my heart, but looks like I have room for someone else as well" really made me enjoy the dynamic and interaction between the two of them.Now even with these two great characters the series displayed plenty of weaknesses. The plot itself is quite frankly very weak and I find myself disinterested in it compared to the characters. The mini story arcs felt fillerish and not entertaining at points. The fights were alright at best, despite the interesting spin with elemental fusion. I have to admit I do find wind becoming a favorite element with the way Kazuma's character is done, but when you've see one elemental attack, you've basically seen them all.Also it lacked a lot of depth and I would have enjoyed if it went deeper into the different elemental clans as well as how Kazuma acquired his wind powers (though I guess to be fair to the anime studio they were only working based on novel 5 and it hasn't been explained too much in detail in there either). I would have liked to see more of the story tied around them instead of going off on lots of side quests with wacky adventures (though the ones that focused on Kazuma and Ayano were sort of a guilty pleasure as I enjoyed their interaction a lot) and I'd like to see Kazuma deal more with the Kannagi. The last few episodes weren't great even though it opened up a lot about Kazuma's past once he was exiled from the Kannagi and we learned a little bit about his life after and so. But, still would have been good to see how he became a contractor with the Wind King, what was the deal with Amalgest, what happened with him and Ciu Ling, and just how he became so powerful. What will Kazuma do now after this incident and how will it effect the plot? A lot of missing pieces to the puzzle and you are left with an incomplete picture that takes away from the series. Despite that I still found it an enjoyable anime and had a good time with my friend. The last episode is open ended and even though its been almost two years it seems there won't be a second season due to the author of the light novels still being sick (I pray he gets better and starts writing). Even with my deep seated hatred for Gonzo, I have to admit they did an 'ok' job with this anime and didn't totally butcher it like their other projects. Series gets a 6/10 for keeping me entertained but not delivering on many accounts. Just feels like a lot of wasted potential, but again I guess I can't fault it due to it being based on an incomplete light novels series. I guess that's the price you pay for watching things that aren't completed and have been stalled with no clear track of progress in the future. I must say it has opened up my interest in elemental powers and Japanese folklore and given a good male/female lead, but other than that nothing memorable will be left.I'd love to see a sequel but I guess that's all based on the author's health and release of the light novels for source materials. Plus with Gonzo filing for bankruptcy (thank the Otaku Gods) I hope a better anime studio picks it up like Bones or KyoAni. I'd like to read the light novels but I'm not a fan of keeping up with things that don't have steady track of getting released.
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