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Sometimes life can imitate art retroactively….this is the sea story of one such incident.

Well seeing as at the time of writing I have been in ordered into a short exile by my employer I might as well rant about all the bullshit I had to endure at AX from asinine panels to the underwhelming Masquerade since internet is slow here. After doing paper work and pretty much getting some military paper work done, though I need to put an APB on Impz and (I finally burned him out…) Haesslich for one little thing that will bring them great benefit for their rooms (all are at the time of writing frustratingly MIA), I have simply run out of things to do. Still I suppose it is probably best time to get the Morning Musume panel and concert out of the way. To be honest I went into AX ready to hold them in utter contempt since their handler, hence forth known as the Mouth of Sauron, was tossing her weight around the press junket and decided who it was that would get the “honor” of holding an interview with Morning Musume. Being a gaijin barbarian I had severely underestimated them…

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Ah memories…

Well about two months ago back in April I should have marked my 2nd blog anniversary but things have not really been normal to say the least. Well I suppose that this post will at least mark the start of my terrible twos in which case quality will plummet as will output (Mwahahahaha). I started the year off by getting my apartment broken into and making E-5. Now that my academic career is at an end it basically fell upon me to make good on my newfound responsibilities at work, which meant having a whacked out schedule of extended hyperactivity every now in then. In July it will be a brutal month as I get to fly to Virginia twice in the same month to the same place, knowing what I know now it basically means four or more red eye flights unless the paper work goes over well. Still I do get to make the traditional after graduation road trip, and hopefully that will be a bit more interesting than the usual. While summer looks to be a hit or a miss at least there is the promise of the Macross Movie (Which will be Gorgeous Delicious DECULCHA!). So here goes the mandatory late as hell rant I am supposed to do at the end of every blog year, which is conversely an opportunity to muse aimlessly in a futile effort to put together a post.
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Designation: Liberty Prime. Mission: the Liberation of Mankind from Tanuki Propaganda. Primary Targets: Any and All Red Japanese Harem Leads. Emergency Communist Acquisition Directive: Immediate Self Destruct. Better Dead than Red.

While it has been some time since I last wrote on this subject it was Stripey’s heinous Jominian efforts to spread a spate of lies and propaganda to loser harem animu leads has forced me to create a Clausewitzian response. I also wished to restore the balance of power on the field of courtship because IKnight was ill at ease that there was no treatise for the menfolk. To be sure this article is not for the loser harem animu lead that only needs his mysterious musk to attract women. This guide is for the average man who lacks such miraculous powers and Marty Stu qualities and is in anime that is superior to harem. I am quite well aware of how women operate and my knowledge has compelled me to instead marry my job, nevertheless I am not without mercy and hope that in writing this some of you might happily put on the ball and chain of marriage or otherwise make yourself a nuisance to women everywhere, so that my years of slavery under their continued tyranny might be avenged if only slightly.

(Note there are LOGH spoilers aplenty)

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We will be tracking your sleigh that night…

Now that the Nyquil (I caught something fierce while busting my ass to clean the apartment) has worn off a bit and I am not about to pass out, it’s almost that time of year again. Soon it will be Christmas, and even if times are tough and money is short, I still would like to make a few wishes for the season of giving. I gave my able this year and Travis AFB has already flooded their Toys for Tots bin which is now a mountain with the bin in the center. Given how I have too much crap laying about in the house, I suppose I’d better just ask Santa Claus for something other than Gunpla or War Gaming stuff. Because I have the utmost confidence in NORAD I am sure that Mr. Claus will try his best to deliver on some of my hopes and dreams for the coming year, or risk an ICBM up his arse. (Yeah Christmas is not here yet, but since I trust that most of you will be good little boys and girls that you will be visiting friends and family.)

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Well do ya?!

Since I have just about finished my finals and am bored out of my mind like how I have always wanted to be since the quarter started I thought it was time to add a bit more to weep over now that 2008 is almost over and 2009 is a few days away. Given how I am a creature that thrives on negativity I thought perhaps it was time to go over some of the dick moves that we have seen so far… Let us recall for a moment the trolls and those full of fail characters.

So any one up for some RAGE? (Note shameless image dump ahead.)

(WARNING: this post will have a lot a rage and mean words for many a character if you cannot tolerate copious amounts of RAGE read no further)

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A new year is about to start in 26 some odd days…and no Mako-cakes will not be reclaiming his manhood.

Well another year has almost past and overall it was pretty good. Much fun was had, many gut busting laughs occurred, and memories both good and bad were made. So here are some poorly laid out thoughts on 2008 even if Fall is not over. I might do one for fall once all is said and done, but even so this post is already rather long. I hope you all had a fun year watching anime, no matter what your genre. Feel free to add some of your own stuff as this is hardly exhaustive, otherwise relive the rage relive the joy, savor Shinichiro’s tears one more time.

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Well I sure don’t see what the problem with my Alto-hime is, but I gather that the rest of you could not stand to see that my hime is prettier than your moe blobs.

Well I am still suffering a bit from Macross Frontier withdrawal so hopefully this post will be the one to make the withdrawal symptoms end before I can celebrate the return of my lord and liege Prince Ali when Gundam 00 deigns to have my lord kill something for old times sake. I know that unlike a lot of people I genuinely did like Alto-hime, at first I thought it would be fun just play on the fact that hime was prettier than most other girls when it aired, but as time went on I liked Alto-hime because hime reminded me of what I went through when I enlisted for the Imperial Forces. In that light I could never really hate hime since unlike most mecha protagonists he had to work for his right to pilot his VF-25. Despite the outcry of hime’s good looks and the alleged indecision, I think most people are just giving Alto-hime a cursory glance as the card board cut out of a guy that was to be fought over by Sheryl and Ranka. For me though I think Kawamori did give us a fairly good lead protagonist. Now that most of the rancor and rage should have died it might as well be the time to make one last Macross post until the movie airs. Hopefully now the last of my withdrawal symptoms for Macross Frontier will be gone.

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