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Final

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:08:50 -0700

I've started a Facebook profile. I really hated doing those things, but thought that I needed some way to keep in touch with my friends after high school. Since I hate MySpace with a passion, I figured I'd hit up the other one. I am enjoying it. It makes it really easy to connect to those that I've already lost touch with. Anyway, because I've begun doing that, this will be my last post on my blog. If you were keeping up with this, you can check out my profile on Facebook, Logan Decker, and see what's going on. If you wanna chat, just let me know that you know me from here and I'll be more than happy to talk with you. I'll probably still hold on to this to write about an anime that really hits me. Aside from that, I'm out. Thanks everyone that was reading and especially to those that made comments! ; )

Update

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:31:54 -0700

As the hard-core readers may know, I'm a major Jesus kid. Well, turns out that was the problem with this girl as previously mentioned. Apparently, I talked about God too much. Wow...wouldn't have seen that coming. Oh well, it was simply a milestone of life. Aside from that, life has pretty much been the same. School, work, sleep, in that order. I haven't found a sweet anime to watch (and haven't been actively searching) since I ended Shakugan no Shana Second. I've got some on my "Plan to Watch" list that I could hit up, but I really need to just collect my thoughts for now. With my last year of high school rolling to a finish, I've been a little disoriented with the work involved in that (Graduation parties and such), along with working 3-11 most nights, so I've been all over the place. Nevertheless, I have a day off, so I figured I'd keep this rolling. Thanks for reading everyone. I'll be back whenever I can cram in time.

Hit it off

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:14:34 -0700

I was introduced to a girl yesterday. A girl from work had her come in because our personalities match to a T, so she says. So I met her, talked for a while, and it was great! I thought we really hit it off. However, today, I call her and got her voicemail. She's a really shy girl so I thought maybe she was just nervous to answer. I left a message and haven't heard back from her. I had a really good feeling about this last night. Maybe I'm just looking into it too much. Or maybe we really didn't hit it off like I thought we did. I don't know. I was really excited about this, too.

Pump it up!

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:33:15 -0700

I went to the Y yesterday with my step-brother and completely exhausted myself. It felt really good to push myself to the limit after an entire winter of doing little to nothing physically straining. That is, it did until this morning. I'm so sore. But I know that that is a sign of recovery and the sore muscles will be rebuilt stronger than ever.

That's what so many people need to see. Whenever there is pain in your life, it's what most would call a "growing pain." Just be reassured that it'll hurt for a little while, but it will rebuild. When that time rolls around, you'll be stronger and (in the event it was a mental stress) wiser.

Bringing back the Past

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:29:22 -0700

I don't recall if I mentioned a girl that I've dated several times within the past five years. If I have, you've seen it again, if not, now you know. Nevertheless, she's having issues with her current boyfriend and now has begun to show another interest in me.

This is kind of cool, yet kind of not. The last time we split I decided that I wouldn't date her again. However, that was almost two years ago and I believe we've both matured a lot since then. That still doesn't change the fact that we've split up at least six times (I can't even remember exactly, it's been that many) before now and there's nothing stopping it from happening now. In fact, because of college, work, church, and anime, my time is limited and I can only assume that it will become a problem. She's not even split up with her current boyfriend. I don't know what to do about it.

Nevertheless, that's the issues of today, thus being immortalized in today's post. Comment your thoughts, please.

Shana

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:51:50 -0700

I've been watching Shakugan no Shana for quite some time now. Those of you reading that have been watching should already be aware of the final episode and how it ended. In my opinion, it was amazing! I had a friend who said that it really sucked, but I liked it.

Spoilers ahead, for those who haven't watched them all!

I'm craving a third season. The only scary part is that there isn't a lot of potential for one. Belle Masque doesn't seem to have a big scheme and the only cliff hanger we're left with is who Yuji chose, which it's implied that it's Shana (her smile at the end was so cute! I couldn't help but make that my desktop backgroud! :D ). I also went back to season one and noticed that it sort of ended the same way because Shana's confession was the only thing we were left with also. Seeing as to how they managed to build off of that, I'm hoping they can pull off the same thing with a third season. Another option, and I pray they don't do this, would be to turn it into a school/slice-of-life. That would, figuratively speaking, rape the series. Shana is amazing because of the sweet way they manage to intermingle romance, school, and action all in the same thing. Nevertheless, I'm hoping for a third season and will be anxiuosly checking almost constantly.

Memories

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:47:55 -0700

I was just watching my friend's girlfriend play a game I used to play way back when I was about 12 or 13 years old. I played it every now and then, even up to this day, but during those two years was when it was new and I was a frequent player.

It reminded me of when I played it and my girlfriend at the time showed up at my house. She criticized me for playing it. The memory is particularly saddening because it sparks a sort of envy in me. He loves her, and she loves him. More than anything, they love what one another likes to do. They can have fun together. I never had that. This afore mentioned girl, Kayla, I was with off and on for five years. Looking back now, I recall that we never had the same interests. When she would play games, she loved the shoot-em-up kind, while I preferred RPGs and fantasy stuff. Games were my escape from the world, why would I want them to be like the world. Anyway, seeing Alisha playing this game and seeing that her and Ben like the same kind of game makes me realize that they enjoy doing things together because the things they like are the same. I never had that with Kayla. Me and her split up, for the final time, in September of 06. Shortly later she found a guy that she is still with today. I have yet to find my special someone.

It's hard to believe that this rush of memories was sparked by seeing someone play a game. The worst part is that it brings back a bunch of saddening memories that still bring me down, even to this day. What is the most saddening part? Is it the knowledge that I spent five years of my life with a girl that I couldn't enjoy my time with? Is it simply the fact that everyone around me is together and happy and I'm still single? I still haven't figured it out exactly, and may never will.

Tear Jerkers

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:00:33 -0700

I've never been one to be too "in touch with one's feelings" and all that crap, but I'll go ahead and post this anyway.

Clannad was, by far, one of the most tear-jerking animes I have ever seen. I just finished episode 22 and teared up a little in that too. I don't think I've ever cried over a show as much as I did with what happened with Fuko (speaking of which, I'm surprised she didn't pop up in 22). I'm not going to elaborate too much due to possibly spoiling it for a potential viewer, but I must say that it is an amazing series that really gets me every time.

Stupid People

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:57:35 -0700

I bought a stereo on eBay for my new car. It was a Pioneer and it was going to be great. It was even capable of playing MP3 discs!...or so I thought.

I've been arguing with this guy for the past week over what is meant by MP3 on the formats part of a CD player auction. When something plays the following formats: CD, MP3 - MP3 doesn't mean a standard audio CD with 80 minutes of music that was burnt USING MP3 FILES! It is a data disc that contains the actual MP3 files themselves! It's so frustrating! I've even provided links to sites that explain this and he still doesn't get it! So, I established a claim with PayPal and now I have to wait until they say I'm right.

This is sort of a pointless post, but more or less a way to vent before I have to go to work. There's nothing worse than a cranky Wal-Mart associate that can't sell TVs because he's just not spirited enough. Plus, with a marine for a manager, it's just all around bad. Thanks for reading, those who are, and hope you enjoy hearing my rants. Those who do use eBay, always ask your seller if they even know about what they posted, because this is a clear example that not all of them do.

Until next time.

Learning Japanese

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:17:10 -0700

Like many anime fans, I prefer to watch them in the original language because the English translations usually rape the characters, verbally. (I still taste the vomit in my mouth when I heard the English version of Ayu's uguu~ *Shudders* - nightmares) The only drawback to watching them in Japanese is that it forbids me from doing anything else while watching. Obviously I don't want to play a game or something while watching an anime, but even just looking away is out of the question.

So, I got this program "The Rosetta Stone" in order to learn Japanese. It's a pretty sweet program and I have been making progress, but it's sort of discouraging when it seems like there's just too much to learn. I don't even know if I'll ever be able to learn the writing system. I would love to vacation to Japan someday and understand everything while I'm there.