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		<title>Likes/dislikes
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		<link>http://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=41752
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		<description>Likes:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Anime/games: the obvious
&lt;li&gt;His friends
&lt;li&gt;Messing around in Photoshop
&lt;li&gt;Dogs
&lt;li&gt;Cars
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;Dislikes:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stupid people
&lt;li&gt;Clowns
&lt;li&gt;The dentist&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:41:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Visual novels
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		<link>http://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=40228
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		<description>Since MAL doesn&amp;#039;t support visual novels I&amp;#039;ll just keep track of them in this blog post. So far I&amp;#039;ve mostly played non-commercial games. Because I don&amp;#039;t want my account or MAL to get in trouble I won&amp;#039;t link to the download of commercial games. Find them yourself. xD

&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 200%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Currently playing:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;!--size--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://katawa-shoujo.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8883/katawashoujo.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://anime2manga.com/20070913/yo-jin-bo-would-you-perhaps-like-to-see-my-mr-elephant.html&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1702/yojinbo.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 200%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Completed (from new to old):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;!--size--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.renai.us/game/Araiah.shtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/8855/araiah.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bishoujo.us/moonlight/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5486/moonlightwalks.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://narcissu.insani.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8263/narcissu.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://planetarian.insani.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3269/planetarian.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jphinano.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/a-christmas-gift-to-new-old-readers/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/747/renaiblogger.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:13:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Anime quiz time!
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		<link>http://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=35529
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		<description>New blog post! Everyone and their dog has done these quizzes and I&amp;#039;m a little bored so I thought I&amp;#039;d share them. They&amp;#039;re fun. xD

&lt;strong&gt;Which SOS brigade member are you?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/1734/which_sos_brigade_member_are_you&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/1734_Itsuki.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ OH SNAP

&lt;strong&gt;Which SSB character would you be?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/2272/which_ssb_character_would_you_be&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/2272_Marth_Roy_or_Ike.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ Marth was my favorite character in smash bros

&lt;strong&gt;Which Loveless character are you?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/1706/what_loveless_character_are_you&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/1706_Yuiko.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ Oh, this is just el oh el. I haven&amp;#039;t watched this show. xD

&lt;strong&gt;Which .hack class  are you?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/353/what_.hack_class_are_you&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/353_Twin_Blade.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ Cool! I&amp;#039;d play as that class. Not like Sora does though. xDDD

&lt;strong&gt;Which Clannad character are you?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/1920/what_clannad_character_are_you&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/1920_nagisa_furukawa.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ Oh dang. xDDDDD

&lt;strong&gt;Which Death Note character are you?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/922/what_death_note_character_are_you&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/922_L.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ Watashi wa L desu

&lt;strong&gt;Which Gundam Meister are you?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.quizilla.com/quizzes/9140523/which-gundam-meister-are-you&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4343/12383741585846full.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ Kinda right, kinda wrong xD

&lt;strong&gt;What Role Do You Play In An Anime?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/259/what_role_do_you_play_in_an_anime&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/259_Pet.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ Awwww geeeez xD

&lt;strong&gt;What Is Your Anime Hair Color?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/1592/what_is_your_anime_hair_color&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/1592_Brunette.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ Woohoo, that&amp;#039;s rather nice!

&lt;strong&gt;What Sailor Scout Are You?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/1915/what_sailor_scout_are_you&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/1915_Saturn.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ Oh snap, Saturn sounds cool

&lt;strong&gt;What Higurashi Character Are You?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/1899/what_higurashi_character_are_you&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/1899_Keiichi_Maebara.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ Keeeeeeii-kun *manical laughter*

&lt;strong&gt;What Zelda Weapon Are You?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/269/what_zelda_weapon_are_you&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/269_Hookshot.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ Always loved this weapon xD

&lt;strong&gt;Which Code Geass character are you?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/1956/what_code_geass_character_are_you&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/1956_Euphemia_li_Britannia.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ AAAAAAAAAAAGH KILL ALL ELEVENS XD

&lt;strong&gt;Which Harvest Moon Gal Are You?&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/quizzes/view/2153/which_harvest_moon_gal_are_you&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.theotaku.com/guru_results/2153_Maria.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
^ I freaking love Harvest Moon, I chose Karen in HM64 and Maria in Back to Nature! I don&amp;#039;t read much books though.
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:29:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Shima poetry thing
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		<link>http://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=28205
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		<description>Shima, so cute and sweet.
So sweet even &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration:line-through;&quot;&gt;Nagisa&lt;!--strike--&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Ushio can&apos;t beat.
Blonde hair and a big hat.
He also lives happily as a cat.

Misae loves you, but not as much as us.
A cat Misae likes to touch. (lol)
You made our hearts spark.
You need a bigger arc!
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:42:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Shima + Misae wallpaper
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		<link>http://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=24794
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		<description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://chuckstar.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/shima_misae_wallpaper_thumb.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;
I made this wallpaper in Paint.NET of Shima and Misae for the We Love Shima fanclub. 

&lt;strong&gt;The wallpaper!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chuckstar.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/shima_coloring_1280_1024.png&quot;&gt;1280 x 1024&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chuckstar.wordpress.com/files/2009/02/shima_misae_wallpaper1280.png&quot;&gt;1280 x 960&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chuckstar.wordpress.com/files/2009/02/shima_coloring_1024_768.png&quot;&gt;1024 x 768&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;

If anyone wants a different resolution, please comment on this blog post!

&lt;strong&gt;Source for the wallpapers&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4PZXSILA&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4PZXSILA&lt;/a&gt; (Photoshop)
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BZTCB2AP&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BZTCB2AP&lt;/a&gt; (Paint.NET)

I like to go open source these days. :P
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:03:54 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>My personality test
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		<link>http://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=23815
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		<description>&lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chucky.mypersonality.info&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://badges.mypersonality.info/badge/0/11/114290.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

Yup, this describes me pretty well.
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:44:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>My anime history
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		<link>http://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=22052
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		<description>&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Warning: tl, dr alert&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;!--color--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 150%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Good times&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;!--size--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
I started watching anime when I was little even though I didn&apos;t know what anime was yet. I have fond memories of stuff like &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://myanimelist.net/anime/1261/Samurai_Pizza_Cats&quot;&gt;Samurai Pizza Cats&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://myanimelist.net/anime/2813/Ahiru_no_Quack&quot;&gt;Alfred J Kwak&lt;/a&gt;. I really did love these shows for more reasons than one. &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://myanimelist.net/anime/527/Pokemon&quot;&gt;Pokemon&lt;/a&gt; was my first anime obsession, like all the other hyperactive primary school students.

Shortly thereafter, I started taping stuff on television because it was being broadcast while I was at school. So I watched &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Sailor_Moon&quot;&gt;Sailor Moon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://myanimelist.net/anime/232/Cardcaptor_Sakura&quot;&gt;Cardcaptor Sakura&lt;/a&gt; on VHS. I liked these shows more. (who didn&apos;t?)

I must have watched more but these shows were the most memorable. 

&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 150%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here come the torrents&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;!--size--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
My first real japanese spoken/&lt;strong&gt;subbed&lt;/strong&gt; anime was &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://myanimelist.net/anime/189/Love_Hina&quot;&gt;Love Hina&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://myanimelist.net/anime/59/Chobits&quot;&gt;Chobits&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;strong&gt;2004&lt;/strong&gt; (which I got using the fancy new bittorrent) and well... I didn&apos;t like it much, never finshed it either. That didn&apos;t stop me though.

And that brings me to my first REAL &lt;strong&gt;anime obsession&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://myanimelist.net/anime/121/Fullmetal_Alchemist&quot;&gt;Full Metal Alchemist&lt;/a&gt;. Still, being relatively new to anime I didn&apos;t know it was so popular. I patiently downloaded all the episodes, which took me several days each. (the &lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;HORROR&lt;!--color--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) That&apos;s why it took me a year to watch the whole show.

It was about this time I started reading &lt;strong&gt;webcomics&lt;/strong&gt; like &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.megatokyo.com/&quot;&gt;MegaTokyo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ozyandmillie.org/&quot;&gt;Ozy and Millie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://countyoursheep.keenspot.com/&quot;&gt;Count Your Sheep&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 150%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Haruhi invades&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;!--size--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
It was now &lt;strong&gt;2006&lt;/strong&gt;. I remember this very vividly. My internet connection was finally fast enough so I could download episodes within a few of hours instead of days. Along comes &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://myanimelist.net/anime/849/The_Melancholy_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya&quot;&gt;The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya&lt;/a&gt;, which I watched thanks to &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/848#rant760&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this very rant by Piro&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. That really was the turning point for me.

&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://chuckstar.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/haruhinyaah.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;!--center--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 150%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Haruhi on My Mind&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;!--size--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
At about episode 4 of Haruhi I stumbled on a link (on the MegaTokyo forums to be exact) to &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.derailedbydarry.com/&quot;&gt;Anime on My Mind&lt;/a&gt;, now called Derailed by Darry, which I still read &lt;strong&gt;to this very day&lt;/strong&gt;. I really like Jason&apos;s style of posting. After watching a Haruhi episode, I was paying full attention to his corresponding post. This was also the time I slowly &lt;strong&gt;stopped&lt;/strong&gt; reading webcomics. :(

So, building from Jason&apos;s blog posts, I started watching more shows like &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://myanimelist.net/anime/1530/Kanon_(2006)&quot;&gt;Kanon 2006&lt;/a&gt;, quickly becoming a KyoAni fanboy.

&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 150%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More blogs, more anime&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;!--size--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
After Jason&apos;s blog, I started reading more blogs because they were in his links page. I looked around to see which one was best. I liked &lt;!--link--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://randomc.animeblogger.net/&quot;&gt;Random Curiosity&lt;/a&gt; because it had loads of pictures and was updated often.

To be continued?
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:20:27 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>How I give scores.
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		<link>http://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=21511
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Let me explain how I give scores:&lt;/strong&gt;
10) Perfect - Rewatched so much I lost count. Not a boring moment in sight.
9) Almost perfect - Something exciting and well executed.
8) Very good - Brings something new/interesting to the table.
7) Good - Well executed but nothing new.
6) Average - Nothing new but still has it&apos;s moments.
5) Less than average - Meh.
4-1) Crap - Probably a good time to drop it...
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:02:11 -0800</pubDate>
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