Advent - Day 16

There is such a press to buy something, it almost defines the season.

Resist.

Don't forget this is a season for YOU, as well.

It's a time for preparation for things ahead, for refreshing your memory on the things this season commemorates. (Pick a faith. Each one celebrates either an arrival of great change for the better, memory of a miracle of faith or rededicates commitments to community and faith.)

It's not all about rushing around to Get Things Done Before.

So take the day to get ready. To sit down, have that cup of tea and ponder. Plan. Think. Enjoy the space inside your head where all things begin - as they say, cherish your dreams. That's where your future lies.

See you tomorrow!

Advent - Day 16

There is such a press to buy something, it almost defines the season.

Resist.

Don't forget this is a season for YOU, as well.

It's a time for preparation for things ahead, for refreshing your memory on the things this season commemorates. (Pick a faith. Each one celebrates either an arrival of great change for the better, memory of a miracle of faith or rededicates commitments to community and faith.)

It's not all about rushing around to Get Things Done Before.

So take the day to get ready. To sit down, have that cup of tea and ponder. Plan. Think. Enjoy the space inside your head where all things begin - as they say, cherish your dreams. That's where your future lies.

See you tomorrow!

Advent - Day 16

There is such a press to buy something, it almost defines the season.

Resist.

Don't forget this is a season for YOU, as well.

It's a time for preparation for things ahead, for refreshing your memory on the things this season commemorates. (Pick a faith. Each one celebrates either an arrival of great change for the better, memory of a miracle of faith or rededicates commitments to community and faith.)

It's not all about rushing around to Get Things Done Before.

So take the day to get ready. To sit down, have that cup of tea and ponder. Plan. Think. Enjoy the space inside your head where all things begin - as they say, cherish your dreams. That's where your future lies.

See you tomorrow!

Arg.

There is not a whole lot of things more frustrating than to get bills from the agency for things we planned to do AFTER we got the kid back home.

And then look at the checking account and see how far over we've spent getting ready.

*sigh* We'll manage. But...just once, I'd like to have it all covered and not have to worry.

Peanut butter and jelly, here we come. I am SO glad I decided to get that steer and half a lamb now, you have no idea.

Arg.

There is not a whole lot of things more frustrating than to get bills from the agency for things we planned to do AFTER we got the kid back home.

And then look at the checking account and see how far over we've spent getting ready.

*sigh* We'll manage. But...just once, I'd like to have it all covered and not have to worry.

Peanut butter and jelly, here we come. I am SO glad I decided to get that steer and half a lamb now, you have no idea.

Arg.

There is not a whole lot of things more frustrating than to get bills from the agency for things we planned to do AFTER we got the kid back home.

And then look at the checking account and see how far over we've spent getting ready.

*sigh* We'll manage. But...just once, I'd like to have it all covered and not have to worry.

Peanut butter and jelly, here we come. I am SO glad I decided to get that steer and half a lamb now, you have no idea.

Something I probably didn't mention.

I bought one of the Yawara boxsets from my old buds at Animeigo on preorder.

And just got finished with it.

Any of you folks who were on the Ranma ML and so on remember the reason that license was brought back in and fucked up beyond all repair or recognition retooled because of 'ratings'? It was losing in its time slot to another show...or something.

Well, this is the show it lost to. It's vintage 80's - so vintage, it takes a moment or two to switch gears.

Then you fall in love.

First, the artwork is pretty, characters stay in model consistently and designs don't go chibi on you every other moment. You have nothing to fear, and nothing you have to get used to. It's a manga in color that moves. Scale is used effectively - and action shots are not skimped on.

Those are the production values.

Then your intelligent mind kicks in, and starts making notes of the gender issues.

Unlike Ranma, which puts the feminist issues in the context of 'one splash makes everything different again' - you get one of the best examples I can think of that shows without a doubt what it means by 'who would be special?' What you have to give up to be different - and not even in a gender fashion.

The things you give up to be more than the rest. The things that separate you from the rest of your world - from the things you want to be.

Who the fuck would be famous. Everyone else can have what you want, without trying. What you have is something everyone ELSE wants and you have as easily as breathing, and HATE.

And your family is tickled to death and won't countenance any deviation from being GRREAT.

You just want to be normal and disappear into a routine that everyone else takes for granted.

It's gender roles, preferences and who are you, really? Done seriously. We likes.

I might also add the episodes are a whole lot like popcorn - it shares that trait with Ranma 1/2 - one is just the beginning, and the show only gets better, the more you've seen of it.

This is probably going to be the anime on play for Christmas Eve Open House this year.

(And I'm dropping a note to Robert asking when the second boxset is going to be ready.)

Something I probably didn't mention.

I bought one of the Yawara boxsets from my old buds at Animeigo on preorder.

And just got finished with it.

Any of you folks who were on the Ranma ML and so on remember the reason that license was brought back in and fucked up beyond all repair or recognition retooled because of 'ratings'? It was losing in its time slot to another show...or something.

Well, this is the show it lost to. It's vintage 80's - so vintage, it takes a moment or two to switch gears.

Then you fall in love.

First, the artwork is pretty, characters stay in model consistently and designs don't go chibi on you every other moment. You have nothing to fear, and nothing you have to get used to. It's a manga in color that moves. Scale is used effectively - and action shots are not skimped on.

Those are the production values.

Then your intelligent mind kicks in, and starts making notes of the gender issues.

Unlike Ranma, which puts the feminist issues in the context of 'one splash makes everything different again' - you get one of the best examples I can think of that shows without a doubt what it means by 'who would be special?' What you have to give up to be different - and not even in a gender fashion.

The things you give up to be more than the rest. The things that separate you from the rest of your world - from the things you want to be.

Who the fuck would be famous. Everyone else can have what you want, without trying. What you have is something everyone ELSE wants and you have as easily as breathing, and HATE.

And your family is tickled to death and won't countenance any deviation from being GRREAT.

You just want to be normal and disappear into a routine that everyone else takes for granted.

It's gender roles, preferences and who are you, really? Done seriously. We likes.

I might also add the episodes are a whole lot like popcorn - it shares that trait with Ranma 1/2 - one is just the beginning, and the show only gets better, the more you've seen of it.

This is probably going to be the anime on play for Christmas Eve Open House this year.

(And I'm dropping a note to Robert asking when the second boxset is going to be ready.)

Something I probably didn't mention.

I bought one of the Yawara boxsets from my old buds at Animeigo on preorder.

And just got finished with it.

Any of you folks who were on the Ranma ML and so on remember the reason that license was brought back in and fucked up beyond all repair or recognition retooled because of 'ratings'? It was losing in its time slot to another show...or something.

Well, this is the show it lost to. It's vintage 80's - so vintage, it takes a moment or two to switch gears.

Then you fall in love.

First, the artwork is pretty, characters stay in model consistently and designs don't go chibi on you every other moment. You have nothing to fear, and nothing you have to get used to. It's a manga in color that moves. Scale is used effectively - and action shots are not skimped on.

Those are the production values.

Then your intelligent mind kicks in, and starts making notes of the gender issues.

Unlike Ranma, which puts the feminist issues in the context of 'one splash makes everything different again' - you get one of the best examples I can think of that shows without a doubt what it means by 'who would be special?' What you have to give up to be different - and not even in a gender fashion.

The things you give up to be more than the rest. The things that separate you from the rest of your world - from the things you want to be.

Who the fuck would be famous. Everyone else can have what you want, without trying. What you have is something everyone ELSE wants and you have as easily as breathing, and HATE.

And your family is tickled to death and won't countenance any deviation from being GRREAT.

You just want to be normal and disappear into a routine that everyone else takes for granted.

It's gender roles, preferences and who are you, really? Done seriously. We likes.

I might also add the episodes are a whole lot like popcorn - it shares that trait with Ranma 1/2 - one is just the beginning, and the show only gets better, the more you've seen of it.

This is probably going to be the anime on play for Christmas Eve Open House this year.

(And I'm dropping a note to Robert asking when the second boxset is going to be ready.)