I’m not totally sure if my main blog and sites have transitioned over to their new host, but tomorrow at 3 p.m. EDT/2 p.m. CDT, there will be a very important announcement that may be of interest to the handful of anime fans who read my blog on the LJ. Here’s the familiar URL. We’ll [...]

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, [...]

There were multiple reasons for this past week’s radio silence, and the gnarly, gray and not-the-spring-I’m-used-to weather didn’t help. (In fact, it contributed to one of the unfortunate events. >_< ) Sunday morning began with me falling down the stairs. You read that right. I said fell down the stairs, and I’m not an old [...]

It would be easy to say, “They just don’t make movies like that anymore,” and then something special like ONCE comes around. The plot, as the director admits in the extras, could be scribbled in its entirety on a cocktail napkin, but its execution is brilliant in its simplicity, reservedness and honesty. One of the [...]

Seriously. ^_^ I’m a bit behind on the blogging. There’s another “manga binge” to be written before I embark on a NANA-a-thon. Volumes 17 and 18 of Fruits Basket, Volume 21 of Hana-Kimi, Volume 4 of I.N.V.U., and Volumes 9 and 10 of Ouran Host Club are on deck. Once came in my Netflix queue, [...]

I left work a little closer to “normal person time” — as opposed to “Alison time” — to have my taxes prepared for me. My federal refund is a wonderful and happy thing. My state return… GRR. Despite having them withhold the max amount, I still owe the buggers. I’m sure it has to do [...]

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