So another animated feature finally got a nomination for best picture. A pity that it required them to bump the nominees up to ten in order to do it. I get the distinct feeling that Up is on the list merely out of pity and not because it deserves it.

Come to think of it, a lot of crap must have been released last year since there's five nominees for Best Animated Feature instead of the usual three (which has only happened once since the year they created the category). Not sure why The Secret of Kells is on there, though. Didn't realize it had even been released in North America. (Granted, you don't actually have to release it; screening it once in some random theater somewhere is enough to get you eligible.) As for Fantasic Mr. Fox I have nothing else to say other than it looks painfully ugly, but I shall reserve harsher judgment until after I have seen it.

Also, I just realized that Ponyo didn't get a nomination. So Ponyo lost out to Kells? Um... LOLWUT MUCH? Joe Strike over at AWN seems to have put it best: "Okay, we've given you an Oscar, you can go home now."

*Shrugs*

And, oh look, Fern Gully 3D is nominated for practically everything! And the winner for best animated short goes to... Avatar! On the other hand, it only has nine nominations, compared to the record-holding thirteen.

I'll be honest. I haven't even heard yet who the Saints are playing against...

I read The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya... and I enjoyed it.

Does that make me a bad person? ;_;

Every now and then I do this, and I've neglected it for awhile.

I'm looking for honest opinions on the comic. Art style, story, update schedule, character development, anything you want to comment on, I'm open to hearing it (regardless of whether I agree with it or not). Hate the comic? Hey, feel free to say so. :) (Just do it constructively.)

EDIT: Also, one more question for you all. After chapter 8 is finished, would you rather I go on to chapter 9, or go back and color/redraw/tweak chapter 1. (Or do you not really care.) XD

So, upon completing Dennou Coil I finally went back and finished Noein from my brother's collection like I've been meaning to do for ages. Been so long that I had to go start over from the beginning. Not that I had far to go, mind you, I think I only made it four or so episodes in a couple years back during that whole "Ike" thing.

To sum it all up: decent series, but too much wasted potential!

( Noein spoilers )

To begin with, I must thank CO Raptor for recommending this series to me.

( Dennou Coil Spoilers )

This series could really use a good dub. Hopefully it gets licensed by someone who can give it the love it needs. I'll buy it up in a heartbeat.

All X-Com games ever made released are $2 for all of them together through the weekend on Steam. I wish they were all as good as the first. Heck, I wish the original had aged a little better than it did.

...Oh no! Now I have the urge to remake it myself again. Why? Why am I cursed so? T_T

(On a related note, I realize I never use the ¢ sign anymore, even outside computers.)

It has suddenly come to my attention that the infamous Robert Kotick of Activision was previously the CEO of 4Kids Entertainment. How did I not already know this? Suddenly, everything in this world makes sense.

Okay, I'm not very far in, so I might have to have someone explain this to me: what exactly is the big deal with Psychonauts, again?

Almost a year ago now I took several art requests. Alas, I have failed to make good on them thus far, but do not fret. Once things have calmed a bit sometime next month (probably after I start uploading the first Under a Different Moon chapters), I will fulfill any and all outstanding debts in this regard.

Psychonauts for two bucks on Steam, eh? *shrugs* Guess it's time to see what all the fuss is about.

How on Earth did Fern Gully 3D overtake Titanic?

You know, going in I really wanted to like Kino's Journey. Everyone seems to have such high opinions of the series. But after finishing it, to be honest, I can't see why this is other than true art is angsty.

( Kino's Journey spoilers )

You can keep your "beautiful world", Kino. I don't particularly care for it.

Some guy's website I doomed to stand witness to appears to be infatuated with everything open source. In addition to claiming how OpenOffice.org is so superior in every possible way to MSOffice, the guy claims that Paint.NET is "better" than Photoshop.

Figuratively speaking, of course, I almost wet my pants laughing.

I didn't think Birth By Sleep's release date was until March or something. As a consequence, I have failed to notice that the game is already out in Japan and have managed to, by accident, spoil for myself one of the biggest plot points in the game.

I am very angry with my self. :(

Had some Little Caesars the other day when they had their "customer appreciation day". I honestly don't remember them being this... bland... It was like a glorified piece of toast. I thought maybe I just remember it being better because I had different tastes as a kid, but then I realized that I remember it being better just a few years ago.

In the immortal words of Samuraitor, *scratched head*

So I happened to watch Blue Gender recently. I am becoming convinced that the collective human population of Japan is incapable of writing an ending. At least it had a nice opening theme. :(

( There be spoilers beyond this point, for those that care. )

Watching this has made me a supporter of human-induced global warming. Seriously. Earth can't die fast enough.