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I see that there is only one person in the militia with balls of steel…

In many ways I am glad I missed out on last weeks episode as it was all about Ramal who is the worst corporal since one Austrian Corporal by the name of Adolf back in WWI, not that Ramal is a monster, just a huge prick. If this were 41st  Millennium GRIMDARK Ramal would have been fragged in short order, a good officer at least knows that there are times when it is better to turn a blind eye. Still Ramal running around pining for Faldio aside it seems the little runt is trying to swing for Isara as well, I cannot wait to see his heartbreak. Damon continues being an ass with his staff which seems to have about as much fight in them as the Vichy French. On the other half I suppose that Selvaria gallivanting around and cutting her self with an over sized knife as Jaeger invited Gregor over for a foursome sort of mitigated the lose and fail that was Ramal. Speaking of Jaeger the man is certainly weird for inviting Gregor to show off his junk. As for the Darscen Calamaity is suppose since the Ersatz Jews were barred from teaching that ignorance reigns, ah well they will get to it in good time.
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Alright checking out the fresh meat new recruits…

Well to get back on track it seems that the recruitment drive for K-ON went pretty well since most musical bands have now nominated aspirants seeking to throw themselves upon their mercy in the vain hope that they may deem them worthy to join their ranks. Those who play bubble gum pop still cling to their own processes by which perhaps one in a hundred neophytes may survive to become a band member. The methods Sawa-chan has developed over the last few weeks are far more stringent, for K-ON must be pure in their musical mastery and hard of heart, body and soul. Fewer than one in every thousand survive, and I do believe Sawa-chan strives each day to lengthen these odds still further…thus leaving us with one aspirant, Azusa. I was rather disappointed that the concerts were not as godly as I had hoped but granted that Sawa-chan’s motivational speech was not even close to Patton’s to his Third Army and given that K-ON 2.0 is still getting the hang of things I suppose it’s too much to ask for them to start giving us Macross class concerts. Still with interesting songs like “Light and Fluffy Time”, “Curry after Rice”, “My Love is a Stapler”, and “Brush and Ballpoint Pen” I sense that Mio may have some song writing talent of worth as some are in the tradition of the Kyun Kyun tradition. Despite Sawa-chan’s initial miss I suppose the maid thing was dead on and I HIGHLY approve of Sawa-chan scoping out Ui’s size. Now that the classes have been formed I think that Mio’s initial lonliness and her coming on to Nodoka clearly indicate how broken Ritsu has made Mio, at the very least we know Nodoka can give Mio the tender love and care that she so desperately needs since Ritsu seems willing to latch on to just about any one. Even if Ritsu isn’t the smartest of the bunch I think she has a waide variety of skills, from finding a new victim super friend in Mugi-chan, to supplicating herself to Nodoka when the latter made a PRESIDENTIAL ORDER to get Ritsu to submit the proper paper work.  Ritsu even came up with the idea to capture Ui, though in the end since it had been come years since she last played Pokemon, Ritsu did capture Azusa, by leaping lovingly upon her. Such was Ritsu’s caress that there would be no escape for our new twin tailed aspirant. Sadly Mio is still shy as ever though at least now Mugi-chan seems to picking up on the bully Mio past time that Ritsu started. Still I wonder when Mio will figure out that in the case of Yui that she can toss shiny things onto the floor as a defensive and evasive maneuver in addition to a barrel roll. I do like how Yui was honest about her castanet gambit, should have gone with a cowbell though.
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I have lots to do…

I won’t lie I think I am suffering a bit of this burn out thing after roughly two years of being the tl;dr guy I hope to recharge my batteries soon and get back to business as usual, but it seems the perpetual boredom of military life is going to be beyond my reach for the time being, assuming that everything goes according to my supervisors’ plans I will be out and about frolicking from one base to another across the country attending classes real soon methinks. Even when I am not moving about, as a newly minted E-5 as my first real responsibility I get to mentor an E-3 who seems to be having a bit of the troubles, professionally and perhaps otherwise. Then there is the issue of my family… Still I hope to be doing some VOTOMS posts real soon and catch up with the rest of the season. I suppose this is more for myself as once this gets published I will have to try and meet these goals.

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I haven’t dropped it yet! Two weeks ago I was out of town for a few days, and last weekend I was studying for finals (plus the episode was dull) so I skipped them. I’ve also started work on the summer anime preview, so there’s always that to anticipate sometime soon.

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So I know I’m supposed to be orgasming here about the new Haruhi season, considering the title of this blog. Well unfortunately, the unbridled enthusiasm I had for this show has significantly waned in the 3 years since it last aired. Much of that has to do with the dipshit way in which Kadokawa has done the marketing for this show (remember kids, KyoAni is just the animation studio, they don’t do marketing), so I’m going to rant a bit before I get to the actual episode (which I nonetheless enjoyed), you have been warned.

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Ui is smooth…

I like how they have upped the Yuri levels in this show as of late, though it might simply be a case of seeing things that aren’t really there. Still it is good to know that the efforts of Ui do not go unsung, and if the local curs that pass for men in their town are found wanting Ritsu has expressed interest in marrying Ui, given how much dirt Ritsu seems to have on Mio I am sure Ritsu can bully Mio into a…favorable arrangement. I think I am being slowly won over by Ritsu as she bullies Mio. Even if Ritsu is boke, at least she has some cunning and pictures of a compromising nature. If poor Sawa-chan stays single much longer I cannot help but begin to question her actual interest in men, after all Sawa-chan does have a particular fondness for getting girls to wear her hand made out fits and judging by her infiltration to the party I suspect that she has stolen into the homes of other young girls before… I highly approve of Mugi-chan’s hopes for more girl on girl bonding. Although I was mildly disappointed that Mugi-chan didn’t break out Twister, I did enjoy her barely hidden pleasure at watching Sawa-chan force Mio to conform to her will and don Sawa-chan’s latest hand made outfit. I have to hand it to Ritsu for effortlessly getting Mio all dressed up with a mere implication. Nice to know that poor Mio and Mugi-chan actauly put effort in maintiaining fitness standards, it seems that these two lasses were not born outstanding; they actually worked on it through many years of blood, sweat, toil, and tears. Next time it seems Sawa-chan brought out more handmade outfits, I can only hope Mio shows her appreciation for such skill by wearing it with her friends.

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Oddly enough it’s always the the weirdos that get famous, Patton was a weirdo who believed in reincarnation.

I find it morbidly funny that Ellet is blonde haired and blue-eyed as that makes her Grade “A” Jerry and it’s up to Alicia to try and thwart what General Sherman would call a spy, though in this age of poncy politeness we call them journalists. I am pretty certain they changed Aisha’s VA as she doesn’t sound 12 years old but at least it seems they allocated a bit more budget to the rest of the gang even if Marina looks the best out of the bunch beating out Edy who actually tried to get all gussied up until Homer told her that Ellet was only doing radio. I think that in many ways Alicia is Kana as she is blowing things way out of proportion with facial expressions that do at times almost reach the same levels as the black bible faces in Minami-ke. In the end it seems that militia being militia that every one wants to have their own 10 minutes of fame and completely disregard Ellet’s efforts to keep on topic in regards to Welkin. Alicia knows full well how underneath it all, Welkin is a weirdo with an animal fetish. Many funny faces were made as Alicia tried to stop Ellet though such a mighty effort was rather unnecessary. I do like how Welkin asked for a big old pile of pork and some real food, as rations generally suck compared to real food. Sadly the pricks from Faldio’s squad were a bunch of pricks who would bite the hand that feeds them. In the end the so called men of 1st Squad get trounced by the girls of 7th squad who basically routed them once Jann showed them the joys of men. Oddly enough Marina hugging Hans is feasible, but more importantly I also found Marina adorable throughout. She is as adorable as she is lethal. Next time Faldio’s boy friend starts acting weird and Jaeger starts messing around with 40 year old women in front of Gregor. Even if the tactical stuff is pretty much dead for the most part I sort of like the military mishap thing they got going it reminds me of the old movie Stripes, sure the odds of meeting a good looking female MP are pretty much nonexistent but the idea of it is still amusing.

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