Rain

[talkingsoup]

So last night it started pouring and thundering and lightning. Julie, Kate and I went out and danced in it. It was one of the most exhilarating, refreshing experiences of my life. We got soaked and yelled at lightning and danced in puddles and generally acted silly. I seriously considered going and playing in the mud down on the field.

Oh, and we saw streakers. Haha!

Then we went inside and had hot chocolate and generally felt a lot better about a relatively crappy day.

And only a little while ago I literally couldn't see anything outside my window for the fog. It was like San Francisco.

God, I love it here.

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[talkingsoup]

The violin music was nice too, but the rest of the day before that was kinda like "...meh."

Yay, Ithaca!

[ddrussianinja.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that.

Yay indeed!

Also, I saw the first 4 episodes of D. Gray Man. I gotta say, it wasn't a bad show at all. It was pretty entertaining. However, it doesn't really seem to have any originality... a "hook" so to speak. I mean, I've seen anime where a naive kid with an unusual amount of potential ability, a mysterious past, a strange, transforming arm, a curse, and even more mysterious and morally ambiguous allies works for a mysterious organization and has to fight evil monsters in order to save the world. Granted, not all of those traits are from any one anime (though I think you can pretty much sum it up with Bleach, Naruto, FMA, and maybe Chrno Crusade if necessary) but it's just the fact that I've seen it all before. This anime doesn't seem to have anything new to offer me (unless there's something later on that changes the whole perspective of the anime).

Also, have you given the Heroes Novels a look yet?

[talkingsoup]

Yeah, just mostly from the Homer stuff. Everyone was feeling it.

Well, as for the anime itself, thus far it's shown signs of dragging. It's getting almost into filler territory and taking a long time to get into the real plot. I'd have to say that the manga is a lot better. In terms of originality, I definitely see your point--when I first started reading it, I was like, "this sounds almost exactly like FMA." Later on in the manga, once you meet the Clan of Noah, things start to get more interesting. You learn more about the exorcists, the Innocence itself, and a lot of other things--plus there are some really heart-pounding fights and heart-breaking moments. I'd say, check out the manga, read at least up to when the Noah's plot starts to unfold, and if you don't like it by then you probably won't like it at all. As for the anime, meh. It's kind of going down the tubes at this point.

I tried, but Septimus started howling and getting all hot and bothered when I tried to run the disk. Which doesn't make any sense, since the files showed up as Acrobat files--nothing that would have made him freak out. I suppose I'll try again when he hasn't been running for very long, but yeah, haven't had a chance to look at them yet.