Picturlesque - Black Feathers v4.1

I think I finally reached a compromise with my father. I finish only one part of the work he gave to me (a sort of corperate manual) and after that I will no longer do it, and concentrate on redoing my portfolio, and finding a job.

I was so depressed the other day, I nearly pulled out of fansubbing altogether, but going back and being with the gang was so good. Although the new translator who took my place had questionable skills and had me doing 3-hour TCs for 2 episodes... ><; Not to mention we're so far behind and I have to check karaokes... o_o; Ganbarimashou.

Also, the Blood+ Original Soundtrack is out. It's a top-notch soundtrack that has a standard equal to Hollywood productions. D:< BEAT THAT! :D It's so good I actually cried. T^T Then again, I don't expect anything less from Mark Macina and Hans Zimmer (I still wonder what 2 FANTASTIC movie music score composer and producer are doing in a Japanese animated series). The score reminds me of a grand mix of the LotR, PotC and Mummy music for some odd reason, but it doesn't sound like any. Definitely doesn't feel like an 'anime' soundtrack. Then again, I haven't found a reason why Blood+ can't be made into a live-action film... Flipping' hell, grandest anime soundtrack I've ever come across. GO GET IT. I cannot wait for the next one already!

Also, the new opening and ending of Blood+ rocks serious ass. I love how the ending's lyrics are so aproppriate for the series. It was such a pleasure transliterating and translating both songs. : ) Way to go Uverworld, Angela Aki.

PS: Shiruba-san, I wub you. >_<

Another thing pissing me off. While I bloody hell understand that self-preservation is top priority in any specie, the fact that humans go about making a fucking hoohaa about animals preying on them is plain STUPID.

Homo spaiens are not APEX PREDATORS. In other words, they NEVER were on the top of the food chain. They are omnivours that were preyed on for thousands and thousands of years by top predators like big cats. GET IT? You all are not fuckin' invincible, and hell, you ain't any godly exception to Nature's rule of kill and be killed. It's NATURAL for tigers, crocs, bears, lions, hyenas, etc to prey on you. Tell me, what is to stop them from taking down a simple upright-walking primemate with NO NATURAL defenses? Can you really discriminate them for being smart? Can you? WOULD YOU? That's just LIFE so SHUT the fuck up about man-eating beasts, and GET OVER IT. They are commiting no crime. If you stray into their territory, expect it. If they stray onto yours, get out of the damn way if you can't defend yourself. If someone gets killed, it just happened. Whatever. That person was no match for a force more powerful than himself. That's how the natural world works. -_- Even with all tools and technology, we're just another animal in the continuous cycle of life and death.

Stupid people think they should be left alone by predators just because they're humans. Talk about narcissism at its max.

And another thing. Anything people can't control, they seek to. Like water, aging, death. I don't know why it does, but this disgusts me to the extreme. Have humans become so caught up with controlling their surroundings that they forget their place in nature? Yeah. Thankfully, they get gentle reminders from time to time that they are NOTHING against nature.

I wish an entire generation had to be kicked out into the wild to survive on their own (yes, myself included); let the wimpy spoilt weak ones die off and leave the stronger ones with the lesson that they are NOT invincible. Where is the respect for nature that evolved along with the ancient civilizations? Why are the traditions of treating animals as equals dying with the Inuit, the Native Americans, the ancient tribes of the Africas? Why? Do people see these traditions as all but 'savage'?

Not much going on of late. Or rather, nothing of enough significance to mention. Went to watch Mirror Mask just now without a clue what it was about. Erm... it was... like Neverending Story. With a LOT of arty-fartsy effects. I enjoyed the " I DON'T WANNA BE A WAITER." bit though.

Had a darn heavy lunch after that at 3.

キー次に、アラビア語習いたい！

On the other hand, subbing (or rather, being around the sub-guys) lifts my spirits a little. I was so depressed a few days ago, I nearly sent SK an email, saying I wanted to quit, but it seems this is helping a little in 2 ways; keeping my Japanese keen, and keeping me happy around the gang.

You Are Midnight

You are more than a little eccentric, and you're apt to keep very unusual habits.
Whether you're a nightowl, living in a commune, or taking a vow of silence - you like to experiment with your lifestyle.
Expressing your individuality is important to you, and you often lie awake in bed thinking about the world and your place in it.
You enjoy staying home, but that doesn't mean you're a hermit. You also appreciate quality time with family and close friends.

What Time Of Day Are You?

Mostly correct.

Jedi Elections Special Podcast.
XD Cripes, WTF. Star Wars parody of a particular talk with Minister Mentor.

Don't know if today is Earth Day, but I got annoyed nonetheless by another National Geographic documentary. Point. Humans are obviously not smart enough to see into the depth of their own actions: They cull populations of animals that get 'out of 'hand' and 'destroy the environment', yet they fail to see which is the single specie responsible for forever decimating pristine forest, hunting whole species to utter extinction, claiming land that is no one's as their own and converting everything to concrete, polluting until unique ecosystems die off. Tell me people, which is this phenomenal race? TELL ME. I BET YOU WOULD NEVER GUESS!

Yet what form of action is being taken to control the population of this disease? Nothing. Zilch. Except maybe for somewhere in the East with the One-Child policy (which incidentally isn't really working ANYWAY). 6 freakin' billion of the species ain't enough already? Strangling the little pockets of Nature, driving flora and fauna to non-existence, making the air itself filthier, all this ain't ENOUGH, is it? The Earth itself has to die beneath this race's rule before anyone will actually snap out of their denial, or let them die off (good ridance to bad rubbish, but the rest of all existing species have to go too).

Another thing. In the CM of "China's Mega Dam", there was the tagline "the dragon (Yangtze river) is raging across China". Oh, they want to build a mega dam across the world's 3rd mightiest river because they claim the river is being destructive. My fucking FOOT. I'd say, "China is raging across the dragon". Stupid people don't want to accept the fact that rivers have ebbs and flows. Flooding is a bloody NATURAL cycle you IDIOTIC DOPES. It's what makes your bloody fields FERTILE. Smart up and move out of the area during the flooding season like what the ancient cultures used to practice, then come back to richer fields, stop being such stubborn ASSES. Block up a river? Sure! Screw up the river system! Stop animals from migrating! Stop the flow of aluvium to the fields and watch your lands get sucked DRY. I swear it. The dam will not last against the fury of nature when she lashes out, and you WILL be sorry.