Flonne is the closest thing I have to a Tohru icon. I should probably remedy this.

I just finished the second volume of the Fruits Basket anime. (I've been getting each volume in sequence from the public library.) God, but I love this series, both in manga and anime form. XD

Just as an experiment, after watching the last episode I watched the first episode of the disc (the school festival with Yuki in a dress) with the English dub turned on. And actually, it's one of the better dubs I've heard. I find a lot of anime dubs to be hit or miss - generally I'll really like some voices and dislike other voices. But in the Furuba dub - at least in the episode I watched - the voices were uniformly excellent. The only nitpick I had was that Momiji sounded a little too much like a girl rather than a young (-acting) boy, but even that was pretty minor. And Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, Uo and Hana, and Hatori were all quite good.

(Also, they dubbed the opening and closing songs to go with the dub, which for some reason I like - I don't know exactly why.)

But that's yet another reason to pick up the Furuba boxed set when I have the money! :D

By the way, does anyone have the official Gilgamesh release and any ideas about the dub? 'Cause that's a show that would be ruined without a good dub.

Let's Positive Linking!
- Oh my God, they're doing a The Dark is Rising movie! SCORE! That's ONLY one of my favorite kids' fantasy series EVER (easily beating out Harry Potter, Narnia and Lord of the Rings), so it's understandable that I'm kinda elated.
- A flare gun that fits on a keychain. For the spy who has everything.
- TheThingsIWant.com is a cool universal wishlist - it keeps track of items on any site and keeps them all neatly catalogued. This site ROCKS, especially with Christmas coming up. :D

I took the chance, I let go, I promised myself that it wouldn't scare me

When I was watching the Fruits Basket DVD extras today, there was an interview with Aya Hisakawa (the voice of Yuki). She mentioned that she'd worked with "Okki" (Ryotaro Okiayu, who voiced Shigure) before, on his first project. I totally didn't make the connection until I was playing the Marmalade Boy end credits to hear the song "Yoake no Etude," and lo and behold but who was on the credits but Aya Hisakawa as Arimi Suzuki (one of the major secondary characters)! Of course, Ryotaro Okiayu voiced Yuu, the male lead in the series - it was his first major role, I think, and I totally didn't connect this to the earlier interview until just now.

...it's kinda pathetic how little it takes to get me excited. XD

Completely unrelated to that, I kind of feel like making myself over wardrobe-wise. I'm kind of tired of wearing a T-shirt and jeans every day - while it definitely has its good points (comfortable, practical, easy to pick out clothes in the morning), I always feel kind of like a slob when I do so. And especially since I'm in grad school, and I'll be starting to teach next year, I'd kinda like to start dressing "like a grownup." XD

...you know, I don't think it's quite penetrated that I'll be teaching next year. Ye gods and little fishes, who would entrust their children's warpable little undergrad minds to me? >D

Let's Positive Linking!
- The latest on the quake in Pakistan. Pretty devastating stuff...I wish it were getting a little more coverage, but apparently for third-world misery to penetrate the American psyche it has to be on a scale of the tsunami from earlier this year. >_<
- Bwahaha, "shape enhancer" underwear. Read: padded crotch and/or butt. To be honest, I don't really understand it - if you care what someone seeing you in your underwear thinks, you're probably hoping to end up with them sans underwear, so the jig'll be up eventually. XD
- For those of you with Nintendo DSes (lucky bastards), apparently they're releasing a Gyakuten Saiban remake (a.k.a. lawyer videogame) in the U.S. finally, as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.