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July 27, 2003
false pretenses
since i got back from oregon i have been spending a lot lot lot of time watching japanese animation. my dialogue skills are being reduced to mini exclamations about things being "cute" or "sweet" or "yes" or "no" this is due to my japanese being not that great. in addition to my advent into japanese baby talk my ability to speak english cohesively is also going down the drain. i have taken to yelling at the screen. if you can call chortling and rolling around on the couch as a substitute for "yelling." mostly my tv conversations go a little something like this:
"no! no, but oh that is so cute. oh you're just so cute! give her the bear. no! ahhh....so cute! blush some more!" (this to a 5th grade character)
"he's not...no! what are you stupid? he's malevolent! evil. look at him. those glasses. evil i tell you evil. you can tell, violin music everytime he comes on. eeee-heeee-heee-heee violin! hand kissing! oh oh my! evil! evil!" (this about another 5th grade character)
"jump him! holy shit! you're both so hot! would you just spit out that you love him and then make out?! crapity crap! monkeys! crap! hot! oh god. sweet jesus." (this to her older brother who is a high school senior and his best friend who is also a senior as well as being the false form of this moon warrior guy and her love interest when he's pretending to be human. this is complicated.)
i've been watching this for several days now. there's 8 dvds which are...um about 3-4 hours each i think and then 2 movies. i am on the 7th dvd. i seriously watched from noon till midnight today. this is getting obsessive. i'm already contemplating what series i will begin rewatching after i finish this one. i am totally procrastinating getting anything done. i'm not even looking for a job. i'm not even writing any thesis papers for grad school apps. i hardly bother replying to emails. i look at who's calling on my phone very carefully and spend an inordinate amount of time deciding if i really want to answer it. recluse city, here i come. you might think this is a cry for help. that i want someone to save me from the room, the couch, and the dvd's. but really i am heartily enjoying myself and would have to be dragged out kicking and screaming.
anyway, my show aimed at elementary school children beckons. peace out.
Posted by michele at July 27, 2003 11:53 PM
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man … i need to move back home w/ my parents and get surrounded by a bazillion anime tapes.
yeah, i am actually jealous of your freakish behavior, believe it or not. late last summer and early fall bren and i watched the entire neon genesis evangelion series (which i’d never seen before, i’m not a very good geek). then i downloaded the first 16 episodes onto my computer. i think it’s time to take those out for a spin, eh?
best of luck with the obsession and the possibility of bedsores and impaired vision.
Posted by: Pandas Unite at July 28, 2003 09:27 AM