You know, I totally forgot this, but about 2 weeks ago, (either the 12th or 13th probably, b/c that was a weeken, and no I looked that up, believe me, i'm not THAT smart!) was my 11th year anniversary of me becoming an anime fan! It was the 3rd DBZ movie "The Tree of Might" that I saw and I haven't looked back since. I saw DBZ b/c that was the only anime I knew by title at the time, but, BOY would that ever change in the future! And that movie would never be a favorite of mine, but it introduced me to the basics of anime! So for that i'm thankful, though I wished that it would have been Outlaw Star (which I stared seeing just a month later) THAT anime really appealed to me at the time! (and still has a good, notable place in my heart) Well anyways, her's to 11 years of anime and to another very good 11 years of it! Cheers!

  Well, for you space fans out there, we've offically hit the 2/3rd mark in NASA's journey to Pluto: www.spacedaily.com/reports/Just_A_Three_Year_Cruise_Left_Before_Pluto_Flyby_999.html

And this was originally not supposed to reach Pluto till JULY of 2015 so great news that they're six months ahead of schedule! Now if they could just get some pics of the ruined Gamilus base from Space Battleship Yamato, that would make me REALLY happy! lol

Many of us have met voice actors at anime cons and the recent decision (as of this post) by Bandai to cease all new DVD and Blu-ray releases will really hurt these hard working people who bring the anime we all know and love to the english speaking market (and get paid very little for doing it I might add) so here's how you can help them out:

www.ipetitions.com/petition/stardriver-engdub/

Ok, am catching up on HOTD and i'm almost done (will probabl finish it up tomorrow) but wow, I must say, just how much fanservice can you possibly cram into one episode? Seriously, i've seen HENTAI series that have less fanservice than this! In fact, MOST hentai that i've seen has less fanservice than this! Not complaining TOO much but still, wow! I feel like my eyes have been assulted by boobs and upskirt shots and... wait a minute, why the hell am I complaining? This show's frickin awesome! lol

But on a serious note, it IS a good insight to how society would react if ANY kind of Apocolypic situation happened. And if you're gonna die tonight, you MIGHT as well get as many boobs and panty shots in as you possibly can, while buying time with automatic weapons, shotguns, and horny, swordwielding high school chics, ok, NOW I understand all this stiff, er I mean stuff, stuff, now I understand all this... oh never mind! I can't pay attention to what i'm writing anyway, I just keep thing of all the boobs, naked chicks and panty shots i've seen!

Saw the end of Star Driver this morning and might I say, I highly recommend this series to the open minded. B/c it's got something for everyone (at least fan service wise) and it's a really good show otherwise as well! A little bit repetitive with the transformation scenes but hey, where HAVEN'T we've seen that before? So check it out and you'll definately get a laugh, and maybe a tear in your eye, no matter what your tastes are! ^^

You know, with this new year, I think that all of us should make ONE new year's resolution. With all the violence and killing going on in the world, and the fact that some people are just flat out going crazy in our own country, I think that all of us should take steps to be nicer people. If you don't like all the violence and are horrified by the beatings and killings going on the the middle east and all the craziness, hatefulness and spitefulness elsewhere, then start being part of the solution yourself. B/c I noticed that some people don't seem to get it. They think that if they're angry and spiteful enough, that it's ok b/c "they're the ones who started it first" therefore it makes it ok, to treat other people like they're rotten pond scum.

But this is something that Ghandi said "we must be the change that we wish to see in the world" so if you don't like people being rude douchebags to you, how is being rude and a douchebag back to them gonna make things any better in the long run? It's not, it's just gonna make the world LESS of what you want it to be, not more. And as a Buddhist I can attest to this, if you feel unhappiness in your life, try think about how you've been treating others. If it hasn't been so nice, then try being nicer to people and try to think about all you DO have. And if you give selflessly (meaning, "out of the goodness of your heart") then you will find that it comes back to you in a very powerful way, and you will experience happiness. This was the message that my Sanga gave to me for new years, and it's something that I resolve to do as my new year's resolution. And it's something that you all should consider too, b/c like I said, we could really use some kindness in these very unkind times.

So think about that and and Chris Ayres always says at the end of his messages...

Love & Laughter always (b/c we could really use some now)

-Joe

Well, it's official, winter is back! Not only b/c of 30 degress but it was FLURRYING a bit a few minutes ago! Only a little bit but still, Good news even if you don't like the cold b/c now the seasons are finally starting to act like how they're supposed to!

Well, the first day of 2012 has been interesting. Up and down like the stock market already, and geez, it's only been 21 1/2 hours! Well, whatever, got a busy week ahead of me and gotta get ready for Kotoricon this weekend! ^^