Archive for July, 2009

Birthdays

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
birthdays

They come once a year, while others once every leap year. They celebrate neither the moment when the first spark of synapse occurred nor the first heartbeat of the fetus, but the moment which they’re delivered and timed by the doctors.

Happy depressing birthday to me (soon).

By the way, I’m currently following tsugumomo manga. Cool shit. Previewing it soon.

Mental Aging

Sunday, July 12th, 2009
mental-aging

It’s just a matter which had crossed my mind a minute ago. I was thinking about how little my attachment to anime, manga and gaming has become over these years. I could still remember back then I was an avid visitor of iichan and its /dqn/ board. I’ve even followed the raid of a certain white-extremist American internet radio personality, the early days of cracky-chan, the day when first rendition of niconico medley was posted up, and all that.

Nowadays I don’t seem to follow all that anymore. I don’t visit gensokyo.org, I don’t really practice all my touhou games on a daily basis like I used to, I don’t follow 4-6 animes at a time anymore. I don’t go all out on downloading every single mmorpg out there and test each of them.

It’s all those thoughts which I got myself thinking ‘am I mentally aging rapidly?’

Let’s put in abit of data (note that it may not be entirely accurate):

Kevyn @ 2005
Anime downloads per day: 1-12 episodes
Anime series followed simultaneously: 1-6
Touhou activity: Daily

Kevyn @ 2009
Anime downloads per day: 0-4 episodes
Anime series followed simultaneously: 0-3
Touhou activity: Weekly/Fortnightly

Even based on 3 different data alone you’ll see that I’ve greatly slowed down in these areas within 4 years time, almost to a grinding halt if you may call it. My interest in anime I just about as strong as when I started following my first series, but I just don’t know why something’s stopping me from watching them. Perhaps its my assignment load. I’ve just realised that my anime watching frequency dropped a lot when I started working as a trainee.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to forcefully bring myself with follow a bunch of animes. Perhaps my interests have shifted to manga instead. I find my manga reading had increase gradually during that period of 4 years as well.

Perhaps it’s the raw, unfiltered story-telling and visual value which the manga-ka presents itself towards their readers without going through the frequently watered down anime productions of today. I find myself wanting to read only the original story-line.

I just hope my mental aging won’t continue to be that bad or else one day you’ll find me getting all amused by looking the cracks of a wall.

I’m really tired so this entry is probably going to have retarded amounts of grammatical errors. Sorry for that.

I will recommend a few mangas in the next upcoming posts. Stay tuned and good night.

Wrecked

Saturday, July 4th, 2009
wrecked

Somehow I’m totally in a state of disarray as of late. My head is totally blank right now as I’m typing this out. I heard that once you get too depressed it’ll be hard to recover. That’s when anti-depressants comes in to aid recovery. I wonder whether I’m in that threshold already.

I hate myself for being this weak.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH LIFE?

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-life

I’LL TELL YOU WHAT’S FUCKING WRONG WITH LIFE. A LONG ASS TIME AGO WHEN I CAME TO THIS WORLD I’VE ALREADY REALISED LIFE IS FUCKING AROUND WITH ME.

LIFE FUCKS YOU IN THE ASS WITH A PORCUPINE WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECTS IT.

LIFE IS YOUR BEST FRIEND WHICH WHEN YOU TURN AWAY, WILL PUT A KNIFE INTO YOUR CHEST, SELLS YOUR ORGANS IN BLACK MARKET AND TOSSES THE REMAINS OF YOUR CORPSE TO DOGS.

LIFE IS YOUR STEP FATHER WHICH PUNCHES YOU, BEATS YOU WITH HAMMER AND CUTS YOU WITH A RUSTY KITCHEN KNIFE, THEN RAPES YOU IN FRONT OF YOUR MOM WHILE SHE DOES SHIT.

LIFE IS WHEN IN A 1000KM MARATHON, YOU’RE 10 METERS AWAY FROM THE FINISHING LINE, ONLY TO TRIP, FALL AND BREAK YOUR LEG, NEVER BE ABLE TO USE THEM ANYMORE.

LIFE IS WHEN YOU ARE AN UNWANTED CHILD, GROWING IN THE BACKALLEYS SURVIVING ONLY ON OVERNIGHT LEFTOVERS ROTTING WITH MAGGOTS WITH THE OCCASIONAL SEWER RATS AND COCKROACHES.

So I ask you, what is life?

Life’s a Bitch

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
lifes-a-bitch

Greetings, ladies and nubcakes. Please note that the title has nothing to do with the contents of what you shall be reading.

Yes, once again I bring you another mv, this time it’s See You Soon, by Coldplay.

It has a bittersweet tone to it but what’s so interesting about it is that the lyrics are so metaphorical that it’s plain mind baffling at best. Unlike most songs which has literal meanings, See You Soon particularly carries a very subjective interpretation wholly depending on the listeners’ view.