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    Guess what I ate last night

    in The Dark Kitchen

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    Just a tin of em...but they were soooooooooooo good!

     

    :blink:

     

    gogo

     

    p.s I never realized how many yummy goodies there were packed in oil at the grocer's...all kinds of really weird/cool things...like pickled tongues...not ready for that yet :)

     

     

    holy cow...GOGO!

     

    That is exactly what I bought 2 days ago...it is packed with 20g of protein + little or no saturated fat! finally it cost only 1 bux at the groceries.

    Indy's anime thread

    in Media Matters

    Posted

    BLEACH

     

    And now for the first anime in the list named Bleach. Bear in mind that at the moment this counts as my favourite anime (entertainment-wise) so the post might be a bit biased, dunno. :)

    This anime follows the story of a manga (japanese version of comic books) by Kubo Tite. At the time of this post the anime had 119 episodes and the manga 267 chapters, both of them still running.

     

    Story:

    In a city in Japan, Karakura Town, lives a 15-year old high-school student named Kurosaki Ichigo. He isn't quite the average teenager basically because his natural hair color is orange which makes him stand out and sometimes gets him into trouble. But what really makes Ichigo special is the fact that for as far as he can remember he has been able to see and talk to ghosts.

     

    One day his life changes when he meets a girl named Kuchiki Rukia who tells him that she is in fact a shinigami (actual translation would be god of dead, but it's meaning is more like soul reaper). She tells him that she comes from a place called Soul Society and that her job is to deal with the spirits of those that have died. There are two types of spirits, first are called "plus" and are the normal friendly ghosts and a shinigami's task is to send them to soul society through a process called "soul burial".

     

    The second type of spirits are called "hollows" and are characterised by a monster-like appeareance, a mask on their face as well as a hole in their chest. This spirits live only to consume the spirits of those who have died as well as the ones of those who are still living. In order to fight them shinigamis use special swords (called zanpakutou - meaning soul cutter) which have many unique powers.

     

    Rukia's explanation is cut short by the appearance of a hollow and while fighting it she gets seriously wounded (due to Ichigo getting in the way foolishly). In order to kill the hollow she tells Ichigo that she will temporarily grant him half of her power. However something goes wrong and Ichigo gets all her powers and in fact appears to be even stronger and kills the hollow easily.

     

    Due to the fact that Ichigo received all of Rukia's powers, he is reluctantly made to temporarily take over her job as shinigami and fight the hollows. However as Soul Society finds out about this everything takes an unexpected turn and so the real adventure begins...

     

    Wikipedia

    Bleach on Wikipedia - Warning! Here there be spoilers!

     

    Videos:

    Bleach opening 1 - Orange Range - "* ~Asterisk~"

    Bleach opening 2 - UVERworld - D-tecnoLife

    Bleach opening 3 - HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - Ichirin no Hana (High-quality version)

    Bleach opening 4 - Beat Crusaders - TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT

    Bleach opening 5 - Yui - Rolling star (High-quality version)

    Bleach opening 6 - Aqua Timez - ALONES

     

    Personal notes:

    Now why do I like this series? Well probably the main reasons would be the plot and the sword fights. The sword fights just rule. This anime is part of the same genre as Dragon Ball (information on this anime to be posted later on), however unlike in Dragon Ball where about all episodes were filled with fights that had little role in the storyline, here all the battles count to the development of the plot. And well, watching fights with swords that have all sorts of magic (kinda) powers is way more entertaining than watching fist fights. :)

     

    Other than that there would the humor, even though most animes have a certain degree of humor in them. The show has a lot of running gags during the episodes as well as a few seconds, usually 10-20, at the end of the episodes where the characters get involved in funny situations that have no effect on the plotline but just offer comic relief.

     

    The voice acting is very well done, each voice suiting its character perfectly and the actors put a lot of emotions in it.

     

    And then there's the music... Bleach has by far some of the best opening and ending songs found in animes and the songs used during the episodes usually match perfectly with the action.

     

    What else to say... So far I have watched all the released 119 episodes. as well as read 214 out of the 267 released chapters.

     

     

    That's about it for the first anime description. Well, this is the first of many to come and it might not be exactly as good as I would like it to be, but I'm sure that with practice my descriptions will improve. ;)

    OMG!! this is my favourite anime (it is even better than beowulf!) I had to get distracted everyweek checking for updates. I wonder when ichigo will find out that he is son of another shinigami!! WOW!

    Little things that upset you

    in The Daily Grind: Real life right here!

    Posted

    I hate people that walk so fast on the street! Who do they think they are? Why can't they walk slowly and enjoy life like the rest of us....

    Evil monopolizers!

    grrrrrrrrrrrr

     

    :devil:

     

     

    gogo

     

    I do not like to be associated with slow walking people who have a walking time bomb in their hand bags I.e. a cell phone. No ONE wants to listen to their convos!

     

     

    I do not appreciate people monopolizing the street and walking slowly. Sometimes I feel like give them a little smack in the head :P They should create a two lane pedestrian street - one for slow people the other for fast people

     

     

    :P

     

    I know what you mean. I HATE getting stuck behind someone walking too slow. And they always seem to go from left to right as well. Another version of this--and the wife tries to do it all the time--is the family that walks around holding hands. Dad, son, daughter & mother. They cover the entire sidewalk.

     

     

    Yeah man...The zigzag people I hate them too.. I am one of them now just for fun :P.... I am bored without the slow walkers in a city with less than 100 k people! lol but it is the university's hall way I am complaining about haha

     

    Telemarketers............. GRRRRRR I WANNA BLOW THEM UP............. like balloons and pop every last one of them.

     

    They call at stupid hours when some one with the right frame of mind wouldn't call yeah I just had one call and its going on 3am stupid machines.

     

    We used to have trouble with telemarketers until we got on the DNC list. I've actually had telemarketers drop the F-bomb on me.

     

    There was one time when my caller ID actually caught the number. The guy was totally rude to my wife so I called him back. When I started talking he hung up. So I spent the next two hours calling him again and again and again. He finally answered the phone and just put it on the desk. :P

     

     

    Exactly. Do you know you can sue the telemarketers who conceal their phone numbers in the caller id machine ?

    How many spaces after a period

    in The Daily Grind: Real life right here!

    Posted

    academic writing has always been one space here! :bounce: I actually can't believe there is a debate about something so non-controversial :4rofl::twitch::unsure:

     

    P.S. it is just more economical, efficient I guess to type once the spacebar ... I really never heard of 2 spaces...must be something from an older generation but then computers has only been existed for less then half a century. as opposed to typewriters.

    Left Overs?

    in The Dark Kitchen

    Posted

    LOL!

     

    I was thinkin the same thing...maybe they could...kind of like japanese saki?

     

    hmmm, I wonder if anyone's even tried that yet.

     

    Maybe a hot nuked beer for leftovers would work well?

     

    :bye:

     

    gogo

     

    you should definitely try it! I know a friend who made cheese bread ( brazillian gourmet) with beer, eggs, manioc flour, and mozarella. then he puts it inside the oven! YUM!

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