Hello, all. G-star here, frustrated and itchy. Frustrated because I've been sitting outside the school library for half an hour, waiting for someone to unlock it so I could check out a book and start this week's entry. (The same thing happened last week; Wednesdays are late starts so I come early to watch anime and start blogging, but it always ends up opening at a stupid late time. Even now, I only have five minutes to type.) Itchy because, as is every fall here, this is the season of mosquitoes, and those parasitic little vampires seem to love the taste of my blood. I have bites all over the place, on my arms, my face, my back (I don't even), and they take weeks to go away. It's worse when I forget about them, because then I scratch at them absently, remember they're there, but by then it's too late; they itch even more. I'm sorry, I just spent a good paragraph complaining about trivial things. Some interesting (good interesting) things have happened this past week. Firstly, (and this happened a couple weeks ago; it's just that it's only now relevant,) I recently saw a poster hanging on the cork strip serving as the bulletin board that goes down one of the hallways. (Not that seeing a poster there is weird, but...) It said "Please don't cut yourself today. I love you. -- Jesus". I thought that that was really sweet and a testament to the Christian belief that someone would put that up. I'm mentioning this now because, yesterday, I saw a girl with a bright red t-shirt that said "Keep Calm, Jesus Loves You". These are brave people to express their love for God in a public high school.
I wonder, have your missed (or noticed, for that matter) the business class running commentary? Yeah, I know, I stopped after the first one, but that's because my seat was moved. It wasn't even official; one day, a boy was sitting in my seat and told me that I moved across the aisle. It was pretty obvious that he was just sitting there so he could talk with his friend (who sat next to me), but I didn't complain. In fact, my life is pretty blissful now. No more T-dog trying to copy my homework, no more Ginger insulting me with dirty words, just pure, unlimited focus...which I use, of course, to write my blog entries. (Maybe I should use it to focus on the business curriculum instead?)
Once again, I've gone off on a tangent (and an irrelevant one, at that). I'm sorry. At this point, I'm just trying to make this post as long as possible before I start to complain about the fact that no one but MC has posted on the forums I spent a week working on. Oops. Anyway, at least check them out, please!!! (I feel this will not help any, as all my requests for comments were completely ignored as well. T-T)
One thing I wanted to start this week is a regular update on the manga I'm reading. It would be monthly, as that's about the same frequency as my visits to the library (I wish they were more often), and I would only talk about manga I've begun to read recently. If I talked about my old favorites, I would never stop. The first one will be in this post; I'll write them like lists and, once I accumulate enough, will make a separate page to organize them on. (Speaking of which, I think I have an idea for how to organize the list page. I'll try it as soon as I'm done with this.) Other than that, until Saturday, this is G-star, signing out.
Recent Manga Update:
Loveless (Yun Koga)- I've been curious about this one for a while, and on my last visit to the local library, I checked out the volumes 1-2 omnibus and have been reading a chapter per night. (It's incredibly difficult to keep from reading more, it's that good.) The only thing is, about two chapters in, its well, "yaoi-ness" was revealed. Since it has a teen rating, I seriously doubted that it would have yaoi content despite the cover illustration (which wasn't disgusting, just one guy character touching the others' face). It appears I was wrong. Also, the characters live in a world where, apparently, everyone has cat/dog ears and a tail...at least, until they lose their virginity, in which case the ears...fall off? I'm not sure. It hasn't shown that yet, and I hope it never will. It has sparse cussing, not major words, but overall it has interesting characters and a good plot. Even so, I'm glad I didn't buy it when I saw it at Barnes and Noble, or I may have gotten in trouble if my mother had seen it. The writing and art is great, and one minor character in particular, Kio, has already grown on me. ^-^
Fairy Tail (Hiro Mashima)- I'll count this as a recent read, since I'm only 4 volumes in. I've always liked fantasy stories, manga or otherwise, and this series does the genre pride. I admit, the main character's outfit could be a bit more modest (heck, PLEASE MAKE IT MORE MODEST, HIRO-SAN!!) and there's one character who will randomly take off his shirt (and to think he's my favorite character. T-T NO! That's not the reason!), but there's good humor, great plots, extremely sparse cussing (and little words, too), and interesting characters. I'm currently waiting with bated breath to check out volume 5.
Very! Very! Sweet (Jisang Shin and Geo)- A Korean manga (can I even call it manga?) about...well, I'm still trying to figure it out. I'm on volume...3? 4? I've forgotten, that's how little it matters in my life. So far, I think it's about a boy from Japan who's forced to move to Korea, a Korean girl who's extremely frugal, her sister, the boy who rooms with them, and...their cats? The characters cuss too often for a teen-rated comic, the characters all look the same (especially if it zooms in on their faces), and the plot throws me off. And yet...I'm still reading it. Why? Well, I don't know. Maybe that question will be answered if I read another volume....
I wonder, have your missed (or noticed, for that matter) the business class running commentary? Yeah, I know, I stopped after the first one, but that's because my seat was moved. It wasn't even official; one day, a boy was sitting in my seat and told me that I moved across the aisle. It was pretty obvious that he was just sitting there so he could talk with his friend (who sat next to me), but I didn't complain. In fact, my life is pretty blissful now. No more T-dog trying to copy my homework, no more Ginger insulting me with dirty words, just pure, unlimited focus...which I use, of course, to write my blog entries. (Maybe I should use it to focus on the business curriculum instead?)
Once again, I've gone off on a tangent (and an irrelevant one, at that). I'm sorry. At this point, I'm just trying to make this post as long as possible before I start to complain about the fact that no one but MC has posted on the forums I spent a week working on. Oops. Anyway, at least check them out, please!!! (I feel this will not help any, as all my requests for comments were completely ignored as well. T-T)
One thing I wanted to start this week is a regular update on the manga I'm reading. It would be monthly, as that's about the same frequency as my visits to the library (I wish they were more often), and I would only talk about manga I've begun to read recently. If I talked about my old favorites, I would never stop. The first one will be in this post; I'll write them like lists and, once I accumulate enough, will make a separate page to organize them on. (Speaking of which, I think I have an idea for how to organize the list page. I'll try it as soon as I'm done with this.) Other than that, until Saturday, this is G-star, signing out.
Recent Manga Update:
Loveless (Yun Koga)- I've been curious about this one for a while, and on my last visit to the local library, I checked out the volumes 1-2 omnibus and have been reading a chapter per night. (It's incredibly difficult to keep from reading more, it's that good.) The only thing is, about two chapters in, its well, "yaoi-ness" was revealed. Since it has a teen rating, I seriously doubted that it would have yaoi content despite the cover illustration (which wasn't disgusting, just one guy character touching the others' face). It appears I was wrong. Also, the characters live in a world where, apparently, everyone has cat/dog ears and a tail...at least, until they lose their virginity, in which case the ears...fall off? I'm not sure. It hasn't shown that yet, and I hope it never will. It has sparse cussing, not major words, but overall it has interesting characters and a good plot. Even so, I'm glad I didn't buy it when I saw it at Barnes and Noble, or I may have gotten in trouble if my mother had seen it. The writing and art is great, and one minor character in particular, Kio, has already grown on me. ^-^
Fairy Tail (Hiro Mashima)- I'll count this as a recent read, since I'm only 4 volumes in. I've always liked fantasy stories, manga or otherwise, and this series does the genre pride. I admit, the main character's outfit could be a bit more modest (heck, PLEASE MAKE IT MORE MODEST, HIRO-SAN!!) and there's one character who will randomly take off his shirt (and to think he's my favorite character. T-T NO! That's not the reason!), but there's good humor, great plots, extremely sparse cussing (and little words, too), and interesting characters. I'm currently waiting with bated breath to check out volume 5.
Very! Very! Sweet (Jisang Shin and Geo)- A Korean manga (can I even call it manga?) about...well, I'm still trying to figure it out. I'm on volume...3? 4? I've forgotten, that's how little it matters in my life. So far, I think it's about a boy from Japan who's forced to move to Korea, a Korean girl who's extremely frugal, her sister, the boy who rooms with them, and...their cats? The characters cuss too often for a teen-rated comic, the characters all look the same (especially if it zooms in on their faces), and the plot throws me off. And yet...I'm still reading it. Why? Well, I don't know. Maybe that question will be answered if I read another volume....
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