What has it been? 3 months since I last updated? Well nevermind. There hasn't really been much to say apart from my daily lack of sleep while continuously trying to finish work and gaming on the side. It's kinda like a little experiment on how the human body can cope with only 5-6 hours of sleep a day. The only odd thing is that I kinda get this tingly feeling every now and then. I think it's because of the lack of sleep. I hope. Plus I'm forgetting things lately too, like yesterday I took my laptop to uni. Picked up the power lead before I left, put it on the table, picked up my bag and left without the power lead. I only realised when I took my laptop out in the library. I don't remember what I said but it must have been either very bad or very loud since everyone around me was looking at me.
*Yawns*
It's Easter, finally. 10 weeks of work and 5 weeks of holiday. Great you would think, no? Well they expect 4 weeks of work from you during it. OK, I'm supposed to revise and all but then why the hell did they call this a holiday? Why can't they just schedule the exams a little later than 14th May? We pay around 3000 a year, or 12000 if you're international student, not including living expenses and for what? 23 weeks of teaching with minimal help. Yeah. Worth it. Anyway, after Wednesday or something I'll be working my ass off going in for the exams with the hundreds of past exam papers and my notes scattered around somewhere.
Animoo. So tactfully coined by VGCats webcomic. One word, Nodame. OK, two words, Nodame Cantabile. Those of you who are into music, you should know what Cantabile stands for. For those not in the know, it means "singable" or "songlike" (according to Wikipedia, the source of all crappy knowledge that we didn't think we wanted to know). Nodame, or Noda, is a girl in the best music school in Tokyo while the protagonist, Chiaki, a self-centred, egotistic and brilliant musical genius tries to get transfer into conducting from his current piano course. The story follows Chiaki and the parasitic like Nodame who falls instantly in love with him when he teaches her a piece of music while meeting up with other misfits in the university/academy.
The story to Nodame Cantabile is not totally original but it is a welcome change to Death Note, which seems to be going downhill lately. I'm enjoying watching the whole thing in perfect clarity since the rip is from a HD Channel in Japan (which I think is the same one that shows Bartender). I think the art looks like it was from the guy who did slam dunk, but on a much simpler level, which works since the show is supposed to be portrayed that way. That plus Tomokazu Seki (Sagara Sousuke, Full Metal Panic and Domon Kashuu, G Gundam) and Ayako Kawasumi (Osaka or Ayumu Kasuga, Azumanga Daioh and Fuu, Samurai Champloo) makes the show so much more enjoyable since their voices match the personalities of their characters.
Anyhoo, it's almost 10pm and I'm sleepy. For some reason I'm back in the LSE for one day as I'm picking up more notes and a cheque (My society owes me something like £30-40). I'll update this again whenever I feel like it and if you don't like it, I'll be sure to shed a gentle tear for you.
Comment if you want, just don't expect me to take much notice of them (probably).
