A Near-Continuous Flood of Voices

Today was not one of those nicer work shifts, as far as work experiences go.  The calls seemed unending, and this time around the queue only started to peter out around noon.  It's kind of a throwback to when I was almost literally flying solo during Sundays (Saturdays US-time), but it's one that I'd have …

Serious Business

I've gotten more details about the final project we have for the Translation class, but while it seems simple at first it'll prove to be something that'll once again come down to the last minute.  The main issues are of course a) selecting what to translate (the criteria being 'must raise academic interest') and b) …

Survived To See The Rain

Today wasn't as stressful as I worried about yesterday, but it was still pretty bad.  If not for the fact that one of my teammates was on overtime (on an insane twelve midnight-to-two in the afternoon shift), as mentioned previously there would only be three of us taking calls, and the third member would only …

Not Too Long In The Coming

Give me a moment to gather my thoughts. While I've been watching anime for as long as we've had a TV at home (although I was too young at the time to even know what anime was), I only really started to consider myself an anime fan when I got exposed to the twisted masterpiece …

Bloated

It's not surprising that I'm feeling a little down even after I've done submitting my revisions for the Fiction Workshop class.  Which isn't good, as whenever I feel even a little depressed, I tend to stuff myself silly with food.  Thanksgiving turkeys have nothing on me when I'm feeling blue, oh yes. Needless to say, …

Antecedents of Shock

It's been an incredibly normal day today, at least when compared to the days that preceded it.  Nothing out of the ordinary really happened, and aside from the slight detour to Glorietta I had to do (my sister wanted me to buy those fruit mixes sometimes sold at SM branches) it was pretty much a …

So Obvious

(Author's note: assignment, complete!) It was the fifth of June, and aside from the fact that it was a Monday, there was little to differentiate it from the day that came before it, which was to say that it was already uncomfortably warm even during the early morning. For one Cristina Mendez however the discomfort …

Packets Full of Ideas

I've spent the good part of the day seated in front of my PC, and while I haven't actually finished typing any pages yet for the short story I have to submit next week, I haven't been idle. Fifteen pages can be enough for some people, but I quickly realized that a lot of the …

Placed a Damper on Enjoyment

I'm a little annoyed. Instead of being able to play a coop game of Dawn of War 2 with Kaiohshin-sama, the stupid stupid Microsoft Games for Windows Live started acting up again. It was another update, that pretty much did nothing but stall the game without actually doing anything. It got to the point where …

The Boundary Between Talk and Action (Again)

I've been watching Genshinken this past week or so (and indeed, the dubbed versions are still on my download queue waiting to be completed, so I can  use it for comparison), and it struck me just how much I empathized with Madarame, despite how far apart we were on the 'otaku' scale of obssessiveness--I'm more …