[Current Mood: Motivated finally...]
[Currently Listening To: Sayonara - The Operation M.D.]
Seeing as my interest in blogging has been dwindling due to laziness/fatigue/simply not having time/a lack of motivation over the past year, I've decided to change the purpose/tone of this fine site.
Why?
Well, to be honest, I'm actually quite sick at the moment of posting long rants over what I see is wrong in society/humanity/life in general. Does this mean everyone's spared from my rants and I'll never write another one? Of course not! Perish the thought! HOWEVER, the majority of my entries will be of different tone. Yes, that's right, I'm moving into reviews of various things I either:
(a) watch/read/listen/observe of my own free will
(b) are forced to watch/read/listen/observe for whatever purpose
SO, to start my new-found-focus...I'll choose the last anime I watched.
Insane much?
Perhaps, but not nearly as much emo facial contortion as, say...Light in episode 37 of Death Note, or, you know, any of the Higurashi girls (particularly Rena). Then again, this is only the first episode. That's right; I finally gave into the hype and watched the first episode of Code Geass to see if the series is any good.
To my surprise, I didn't enjoy it as much as I had expected. That's not to say that I didn't like it, I just felt that it didn't truly live up to all of the hype. But, as I already stated, this is only episode one, so I'll bank that it'll only get better as the series progresses.
The backdrop of the series is simple enough - Japan's been taken over by the Brittannian Empire, and has thus been renamed "Area 11". Our wonder-protagonist, Lelouch, is a student who is harbouring a desire for revenge against the Empire for their brutal actions and is able to fulfill this after getting accidentally caught up in a terrorist attack and is offered a mysterious power by the green-haired C.C. An ability that allows him to have anyone obey his orders. Lots of bloodshed/slaughter in the first episode, what with the Empire attacking a ghetto, trucks blowing up, C.C. getting shot in the head and Lelouch's scene at the end where he, you know...orders the entire police outfit to kill themselves and then cracks that (^) face.
But plot summary aside, Lelouch comes off as highly intelligent (but lazy), determined, and seems to be already corrupted by this powerful ability. Hm, sound like anyone we know? (Only without the laziness, naturally)
Character wise, in addition to Lelouch and C.C, the first episode introduces us to Suzaku (Lelouch's old, childhood friend who has approx. 2 minutes of screen time), the ambitious Kallen (who's evidently apart of some organization going against the Empire) and a prince (and head of Area 11) who really doesn't seem to care much about what happens to the people he rules over. Yup, they're all definitely back-story worthy, and I detect some sort of that coming out in the next few episodes.
Overall, the first episode of this hyped-up series is certainly intriguing enough that it'll keep me watching at least another few, if not the whole thing.
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On a separate note...I'd like to preface this by saying that I generally don't like slow songs. In order for me to listen to/enjoy a slow, melodic song, I have to be in the mood for it. If I'm not (which is most of the time), I'll end up skipping the song on my iPod. This is the reason why all of the songs in my 'Top 25 Most Played' are upbeat, "fast" songs. (Except for one...okay fine, two...But that's all, I swear!)
ANYWAY, the reason I bring this up is because I have once again been floored by the lyrical ability of one, Conor Oberst. Yes, I'm ashamed to say that yet another Bright Eyes song has stricken me. A Perfect Sonnet, to be precise. Never in my life have I been this floored by song lyrics. (And apparently that's a general consensus.) Curse you Conor Oberst, and your insane song writing ability!
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PS: Since the last time I updated was...OMG, December O_o...there's obviously a new Word of the Month [harlot] AND a new Link of the Month [Red Bus]
