Yet again, I predicted our local weather forecast had changed — to one of snow falling all weekend — thanks to my “human barometer” super power. I’m more accurate than the local meteorologists. Still, I wouldn’t mind giving this ability (and its humidity-induced headaches) back. ;-) I got home tonight just in time to swing [...]

The morning following my most recent (previous) post, I looked in my feed reader, and instead of the usual headline, I saw a full paragraph of SPAM. Guess whose RSS feed was hit with crap? >_< It should be all fixed up now, but what a pain. We’ll see if it’s entirely fixed with this [...]

There’s been a lot going on in my offline world. The evidence? It’s been forever since I took a whole month-plus off from blogging. (I don’t count Twitter because, well… It’s off the cuff, and my particular brand of status updates don’t translate into “real” writing, to my mind, anyway.) Work’s been super, crazy busy. [...]

It’s a day late for Halloween — you expected anything less? ^_^ — but if you’re looking a dose of spooky and creepy shoujo manga that can be read within the extra hour many of us have this weekend, be sure to check these out. “The Eye of the Needle” by Yumi TAMURA and included [...]

Another nutso week and another jam-packed weekend! Needless to say, this will be another bullet-point-filled post! – Wednesday was my mom’s birthday. So my brother and I conspired and got her a webcam. Now, she and I can talk — with video — via Skype! It’s something she never would have thought to buy for [...]

This is where we move from a busy weekend into an insanely busy week! On with the bulletpoints! – I found a buried treasure as I prowled around yesterday: a graphic novel copy of Pineapple Army, written by Kazuya Kudo (Mai the Psychic Girl) and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa, who should need no introduction if [...]

Work, the pulling apart of my library and plowing through Harry Potter had a cumulative effect on my manga reading habits this past month, but I did consume two series that each struck me in fairly personal ways. – VS. (Versus), Vols. 1-7 (Complete) by Keiko YAMADA [CMX Manga] | Vs. is an entertaining variation [...]

Let’s see… Anime Expo (which took up quite a bit of time, even if I didn’t attend in person), Mom visiting, and… stuff… – AQUA, Vols. 1-2 and ARIA, Vols. 1-2 by Kozue AMANO [TOKYOPOP] | There are a few reasons I haven’t written about this manga, yet. When I first read it, I was [...]

Somehow, I managed to let almost a month go by, which means I have a backlog of thoughts! – Fruits Basket, Vols. 17-18 by Natsuki TAKAYA [TOKYOPOP] | Wow! I think the Sohmas just about win the award for “most screwed up family” in manga — and considering how much I’ve read over the years, [...]

It was a sad week for meaningful posts… – Tuesday morning, it snowed. Happy April Fool’s Day! Not. >_