Left Behind

broderic on May 5, 2011

As I tweeted this afternoon, the good news is I still have a job, and the bad news is I still have a job. At IniTech.

Good or bad I’m still there. Gallows humor the last few days referenced the Rapture, which is where I get the title of my post. Those lucky few who got the notice are going to be in a better place. Us left behind will be ruled by the devil — our damn terrible job.

My contribution went the way of the grand old English nursery rhyme, “Here comes a candle to light you to bed; here comes the chopper to chop off your head.” Dreadful morning. Dreadful mourning. Walking in I was already greeted by those whispers of those who’ve gone away. And then it also came in drips and drops over IM rather than the phone, the dreaded phone. Everyone all hopped up. Got no work done.

Let’s hope this is once. I don’t know if I truly hope it is.

Ritsu!

broderic on May 5, 2011

Drummer Ritsu

Bought the first season first disc DVD of K-ON! Was also looking for the Blu-Ray. The dub is driving me crazy because the girls of Sakuragaoka High School are all sounding the same. I think the voice actress for Yui isn’t working, but the one that doesn’t work is Ritsu. Her voice actress isn’t lively enough. Can they get better? Maybe, but there ain’t nothing like the original Japanese voice actresses. Now, I am dreading Azusa’s English voice actress.

Meanwhile, this is a good chance to post another picture of my K-ON! nendoroid petites. Here’s an interesting shot. Perhaps I can do these professionally.

Me vs IMdB 2011

broderic on April 30, 2011

Tried this one back in 2008. Glad to see I’ve moved up a notch. Slowly but surely I am going to clear out the whole list. Starting up the Netflix download… NOW!! You too can join in here.

The Women In The Office

broderic on April 30, 2011

I wanted use “girls” in the title of this post, but thought better of it. It’s more mature that way.

There has to be a Pam or Erin in every office. A woman who’s like the office version of the girl next door. Slightly quirky though but every bit as lovable. You know the type because she sits across from you, or she’s your cube mate. Yup. There’s one at every job.

Stop by her desk to chat her up. Have a laugh over at the water cooler. Joust in line for the microwave. It’s all good. It’s all flirting and every guy’s angling to do it. Nothing over the top, but all in good fun. Because she’s like that.

Yup. You know the type. Sometimes she makes you smile. Other times you make her smile. With her at work you could be smiling all the time. Wonderful.

I Feel So Broke Up Today

broderic on April 29, 2011

Prince Buster! Prince Buster y’all. If you ain’t feeling this groove, then I feel sorry for you.

I first heard this tune as a cover on the Trojan Ska box set by the Specials/Beat. That’s a great box set and a great tune if you can purchase, purchase. That is all.

But don’t forget to get up and dance!

Link of the Day [4.28.11]

broderic on April 28, 2011

"Tetsuo!""KANEDA!"*bong* *bong**BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*So goes my imagination of Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo's sci-fi manga masterpiece, as I read through Jason Thompson's overview of it at ANN. I saw the anime years ago what the U now calls the Cosford Cinema. Big as life on the big screen with all that chaos of Neo-Tokyo, it was an amazing experience and came to epitomizes anime when I was a young buck. But today's link gives you a reading of the manga that didn't make it very much into the anime. So there was more to it? Yeah, I would guess so, because the anime at times is confusing.I do have few issues of the original US run of the "comic." They are pretty cool issues with a very distinct cover design. I should scan a few as the issues signify that this is not a kid's book: this is AWESOME!And still, "Tetsuo!" rings in my ears…http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2011-04-28