It’s been gloriously hot in Vancouver this past week, which has been great. Went to the beach yesterday, where the sand was the only thing hotter than the women. I’ll do an update with photos later.
Today, I have to finish writing an essay outline about nuclear and coal power in Ontario, which will take up the majority of the day.
Cool things:
Smart FM-a Tokyo based learning platform that offers free education. Sort of. There are certain limits on what’s available, but they offer a good variety of languages (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, German, Spanish, etc), Geography, English, Physics and other stuff.
Clarity of Night- I have it on good authority that Jason Evans over at Clarity of Night is doing another writing competition in the very near future. I’ll be adding my own submission to this contest as soon as its open.
One Manga-I’ve mentioned this one before, and fairly recently, but I think it bears repeating. One Manga offers a huge number of anime series online, in English, and open for anyone to read. If you like manga, but hate paying, or waiting for translated versions, this is a great place to go.
The Lonely Planet-Boombox-LOVE this video and the song. NSFW
Or, maybe it isn’t. Nonetheless, it could be, in that there will be a mass amount of changes happening over the next few weeks. I THINK I am getting a layout change, and there will be a new feature or two that I shall be implementing.
I’m not entirely sure how long this change will last, or what all it will entail, but I have some ideas and, now that I have dropped a course, I have some time to actually spend on this site.
In other news, I will NOT be going to Emerald City comiccon. Sad, I know, but it just doesn’t work out for scheduling this year. Also, in all reality, there was only 1 or 2 panels that I wanted to go to, the rest seemed sort of meh.
I’m looking into the scheduling for this year’s PAX however, as well as the Vancouver Sci-Fi and Fantasy con, in October.
I also bought a fancy new beautiful laptop. Uber sexy. And light. it also means that I will have some stellar graphics for Warcraft, when I get my account reactivated. I want to do that this weekend, but I still need to load wow on the new comp. The only downside of my new baby is that it has no optical drive, so I will have to use my 1 free downloadable copy. Hopefully, it won’t take too long.
So, expect some fun changes. I’m excited about them!
Needless to say, I have been beyond busy lately. Between schoolwork, the Olympics-which I was not in Vancouver for- the trip, and then other obligations, such as the wedding, I have been tied up this past month.
I will admit that it is sort of nice to have a lot to do, rather then nothing at all, however, I would greatly enjoy some time to work on some of my own things. You know, like, my book. It’s so close to being done, I just need to do edits…and yet, there is no time for it at the moment.
As mentioned, I went on a trip during the Olympics, to get away from Vancouver. Spent some time in Ontario, visiting family, and then for a week in Cuba, Varadero, to be precise. I have a plethora of photos on my camera, which is not on me, which I will post with a full disclosure of the trip, and some of the interesting things about visiting 3rd world countries.
In the fun World of Warcraft area….nothing. To be honest, I cancelled my account. I just don’t have the time to play at the moment. I am hoping to reactivate my account between semesters though, and spend some quality time raiding.
I’ve been working a bit on another short story, and, with luck, I will be able to throw it up some time this week. Fingers crossed.
I’ll have more later, but hopefully not TOO much later.
The writing has finally came forth, so that’s fixed. I think.
Regardless.
I got thinking about what I have been doing over the past few weeks, and, my brain seemed to finally dislodge the answer. I’ve been watching Gundam Seed.
Unlike most anime, this story revolves around friendship, in all its forms, rather then the typical love story beloved by makers of anime.
The story is both profound and complex, becoming more and more tangled until damn near the last episode. Its the kind of story that will make you laugh, cry and then, finally, hope.
