There is still a cat stand-off going on in the house. Also new cat (whose name is Jinny) is a cheeky madam - she doesn't like Charlie much right now, but will happily steal her food and use her litter tray. Charlie is not amused by this and, over the past week, has become the clingiest cat on the planet (she follows me around like a dog anyway, but now she seems permanently glued to me). She's also really jealous, and gives me dirty looks whenever I give any attention to Jinny.

(Also Jinny is officially ours now - the Cats Protection Rehoming Officer came around on Thursday to make sure we were happy keeping her, and to get mum to sign papers to say she was ours for keeps :) )

~*~

Animes:

I have given up on Gurren Langan for the time being. I do kind of want to watch it all, because someone I follow on tumblr loves it, and she reblogs screencaps of awesome, so, y'know. Maybe later.

Today I caught up on Kill La Kill. Just when I don't think it can get any dafter, it does. It really fucking does. Today's second episode was no exception.

Then I watched the first two episodes of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, but I don't think I'm going to continue with that. It's too saccharine for my tastes (I know it gets better, as it were, but I don't have the patience for it because of the following). I don't like the style, either - it visually reminds me of Yugioh and I find it really off-putting. Also Nanoha and her two friends have identical faces - there's a scene with them lined up in a row, and it really hits you then. Added to which, the first transformation sequence made me feel really uncomfortable - there's nudity and this is a nine year girl. NO.

(Oh oh also Nanoha explaining the story all the time got on my nerves - but this is nothing new. Bladerunner was nearly destroyed for me by Deckard's voiceover. Thank god for the director's cut, is what I'm saying).

(I am the worst person to watch anime with - I'm picky about styles and voices). (Probably the worst person for watching any animation/anything with voice acting in with).

I'm on a promise to watch Sailor Moon, but I don't feel like it right now, and I thought I'd watch Cardcaptor Sakura, since it used to be my internet wife's favourite anime. I'm also going to watch some of Full Metal Alchemist (also one of her faves) with Annette. (I said I'd watch that if she watched Escaflowne). I am also thinking about watching Princess Jellyfish, because it looks interesting.

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Anyway, it suddenly got to past midnight, so I think I'd better think about sleeping.

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Dec. 5th, 2013 12:19 am
muladhara: (hellblazer)
I have very few Xmas presents bought for people this year. Partly down to the money situation, and partly because I just don't know what to buy people - I generally don't ask unless I'm really stuck because I like getting an idea of what people like, and then getting them something that fits this idea. And some people...yeah...I'm a bit stuck.

I bought my nephew a thing. It's really hard to describe - it looks like a spherical bull on wheels, and you pull it back, let go, and it zooms off. I just tried to find it on the website but it's not actually on there. HELPFUL! I will have to take a picture and try to upload it and remember to link to it.

I attempted to buy video games but there was nothing I wanted :(

I did, however, buy a couple of books. I got a book of socks to knit, because there were some lovely ones, and a pictorial history of David Bowie. Because, you know, BOWIE. I am weak to him. Always. I haven't really looked at it yet, and I actually thought it was one I already owned, but it turned out not to be! HURRAH! (It didn't help that the one I already owned was a pictorial biography).

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In other news: I tried watching FLCL. I've wanted to watch it for years now and...I couldn't even make it through the entire first episode. It just did nothing for me, and I felt like it was trying too hard to be quirky and weird. And, yeah.

So then I sat down to an episode of Tengen Toppa Gurren Langan, which went better. All I know about it is Kamina's shades. Which, you know, if I could reach into the PC and smash them, I would. I hate those things. And obviously, I know Kamina, and Simon, but that is it. TVT says I should watch the show before I read the tropes *pouts* Anyway, going to try a few more eps and see where it goes, and if it grows on me any (I know it's by Gainax, and it's the series they did before Kill la Kill, so if it's as bananas as that? FINE BY ME. That's the only reason I watch KLK anyway).

(I need to stop watching anime I can't remember the titles of, though. Although at least now I've seen it I can remember Madoka Magica's full title, so yay?)

~*~

Oh, and I'm knitting a sky scarf. Actually enjoying it, and it uses up some of the random balls of wool (YES ACTUAL WOOL!) that were in my mum's/gran's stash. Also it's coming out more interesting than I thought it might! (Pictures will post on my tumblr in a couple of days. I'll upload to Flickr or something soonish).

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